Michael
Doyle left the club on transfer deadline day to join League Two Notts
County on an 18-month contract. There are mixed feelings about his
departure but I think Mark Robins’ comments about Doyle’s wanting
to play football and there being no guarantee of that at the Ricoh is
probably accurate. There are no mixed feelings about Doyle’s
contribution to the club in his two spells spanning almost 16 years.
He arrived from Celtic as a raw boned midfielder with a delicious
left foot. In his first spell he played under six different full-time
managers in six and a half seasons (with a season on loan at Leeds)
before joining Sheffield United and subsequently Portsmouth. I
think his high wages were an issue when he was allowed to join the
Blades in 2011 but would the Sky Blues have been relegated from the
Championship if the feisty Dubliner had still been at the club. I'm
sure all City fans wish Michael all the best with Notts and hope he
can help pull them from the abyss to the Conference.
He was the captain and a major force for Portsmouth in their League Two promotion in 2017 and repeated the feat with the Sky Blues last season. He leaves having made 373 first team appearances for the club and scoring 26 goals. That makes him the seventh highest appearance maker for the club and easily the highest in the 21st century. The six players to play more games are Steve Ogrizovic (601), George Curtis (543), Mick Coop (499), Brian Borrows (488), Bill Glazier (402) and Mick Kearns (385).
His full season-by-season record is as follows:
He was the captain and a major force for Portsmouth in their League Two promotion in 2017 and repeated the feat with the Sky Blues last season. He leaves having made 373 first team appearances for the club and scoring 26 goals. That makes him the seventh highest appearance maker for the club and easily the highest in the 21st century. The six players to play more games are Steve Ogrizovic (601), George Curtis (543), Mick Coop (499), Brian Borrows (488), Bill Glazier (402) and Mick Kearns (385).
His full season-by-season record is as follows:
Season League FA Cup L Cup Other Total Lge goals Cup goals 2003-04 38+2 3 2 - 43+2 5 - 2004-05 43+1 2 3 - 48+1 2 1 2005-06 44 3 2 - 49 - - 2006-07 40 2 - - 42 3 - 2007-08 42 3 4 - 49 7 - 2008-09 34+3 5 0+2 - 39+5 2 1 2010-11 15+3 1 - - 16+3 1 - 2017-18 44 4 - 4 52 3 - 2018-19 21+2 1 - - 22+2 1 - Totals 321+11 24 11+2 4 360+13 24 2
It was a surprise last Saturday to see new boy David Meyler lead out the team. He is the first loanee to captain the club and the sixth starting captain of the season after Doyle, Kelly, Tom Davies, Abu Ogogo and Morgan Williams. Ogogo and Williams captained the team in Checkatrade EFL trophy games.
Several people on Twitter bemoaned the lack of headed goals from City this season and I had to remind them that we have actually scored eight headed goals, three from set pieces. The eight are: Clarke-Harris v Gillingham (a), Bradford (a), Hiwula v Charlton (h), Chaplin v Wycombe (h), Scunthorpe (a), Willis v Barnsley (h), Hyam v Bristol R (a), Bakayoko v Charlton (a). There was a ninth as well, Tom Davies’ header at Southend was clearly over the line but not given!
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