Doyle breaking scoring duck music to manager Saunders’ ears

Dean Saunders is convinced Kevin Doyle can get back to making sweet music for Wolves now that, as the manager puts it, “the piano is off his back”.

Doyle returned to Molineux after a frustrating international interlude which began with him expressing his disappointment at being notified of his omission from the Irish squad by text.

Following the scoreless draw with Sweden, Giovanni Trapattoni then personally phoned the striker to call him back in after Robbie Keane had to withdraw through injury but, in the end, Doyle still got no further than the bench as Ireland drew 2-2 with Austria in the Aviva Stadium.