This weekend’s Premier League match between Wolves and Sheffield United is a fantastic opportunity for the team to pick up three more points, thus the manager really needs to think about starting Tommy Doyle.
Gary O’Neil masterminded another brilliant result at the weekend, with Wolve beating Tottenham Hotspur once again.
The visitors were led by Joao Gomes with two goals, but Wolves prevailed 2-1 and were well worth the three points.
Although O’Neil made a strategically sound decision, Sunday’s match at Molineux is probably going to be quite different.
Wolves are hosting bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United – and surely, it’s a game that calls for Tommy Doyle…
Sheffield United are having a terrible season.
The Blades currently sit rock bottom and have taken 13 points from their 25 games.
They have a goal difference of -43, which is truly abysmal and they have a serious job on their hands staying in the division.
It is a major opportunity for Wolves to get another three points on the board, and the expectation is that Wolves will have the lion’s share of possession in this game, unlike against 
.
Mario Lemina thinks Wanderers will “have the possession,” thus Wolves must utilize the ball effectively.
For this reason, O’Neil ought to think about starting Tommy Doyle in this specific game.
Wolves will be asking a lot of questions, and United will be trying to hold the ground. Thus, having Doyle—who Andy Thompson has called “quality”—get on the ball for Wolves will undoubtedly pay off.
It will be more important to use creativity to get past a defense-focused squad than it will be to track down and recover the ball.
Doyle – whom Wolves are expected to buy for £5 million this summer – has a fantastic passing range and is more incisive from deep than Lemina and Joao Gomes.
Lemina and Gomes have been outstanding though, and neither would really warrant being dropped.
For this reason, Doyle should play with Lemina and Gomes in a back four, not in place of one, as O’Neil should actually contemplate.
Maybe Toti Gomes doesn’t really need to play in this game as much.
The manner Brentford defended their lead after scoring was evident when they visited Molineux earlier this month, and Lee Naylor believes Doyle ought to have been substituted sooner.
Maybe he should just be tossed in right away this weekend.
