Wolves coming of age for McCarthy
Thursday 25th March 2010, 10:37AM GMT.
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy believes his side have come of age and are winning their Premier League spurs.
McCarthy’s side outplayed West Ham at Upton Park on Tuesday to win 3-1 to make it seven points from nine games and go seven points clear of the drop.
And the Molineux boss reckons this season has seen his players gain the nous to succeed at the top level.
He said: “You have to improve in this league if you’re in it – physically, mentally, technically and emotionally – all those things you get better at.
“We came into the season with very little Premier League experience, some of them have got better and matured to the belief in themselves that they can play in the Premier League.
“Not just survive, but also compete against teams who are supposedly better than us.”
McCarthy admitted the seven-point return was a bonus but insists his team cannot afford to let up in the scramble for points to clinch survival.
He said: “If you’d have asked me whether we’d have got nine points from those three away games, I’d have said ‘no’ but if you’d asked if I’d settled for three, I’d have said ‘yes.’
“We still need some more points. I’ve congratulated the players on their performances, just the same as they get a flea in their ear if they don’t perform.
“But there is still work to do. We can’t take our foot off the gas and think we’re a Premier League for the foreseeable future, because we have to get more points.
“We are all together in this, they have put good performances in and had fabulous results.”
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