Leon Clarke backed for more Wolves goals

Striker Leon Clarke was today backed to continue his goals rush in the Championship for Wolves.moreClarke took his tally to five in four games with another strike in Tuesday's 2-2 draw at Peterborough.

Head coach Kenny Jackett wants to bring in another forward and is keen on Patrick Bamford and Chris Wood.

But Clarke is determined to keep reminding him of his capabilities and has now been backed to grab goals when the action starts for real.

"If he can keep his run going right the way through pre-season, hopefully come the start of the season, he can get some more goals as well," said midfielder Dave Edwards, who was Wolves' other scorer at London Road.

"He'd done really well since coming back. He's looked sharp and everyone knows what a good finisher he is. It's all about confidence and he's certainly brimming with that at the moment."

Jackett said: "We want strikers to score goals at any time but especially in competitive fixtures.

"Last season he didn't play perhaps as much as he wanted, but there still was an experienced, big centre forward as a substitute that helped us through that time."

"We knew if we got a couple of injuries, we still had a proven goalscorer to come in.

"It's a fresh season now and a fresh start and he'll be trying to get a shirt for the first game and then try to hold onto it.

"He runs at people, he closes people down, he works hard and he trains hard, so he's not shy of effort and he's been no different that way."

Meanwhile, Wolves are waiting on keeper Carl Ikeme after he hurt his back on Tuesday night.

"The initial reaction from the physio is it's just a contact injury and he'll be OK," said Jackett.

Wolves are still waiting for David Davis' move to Barnsley to go through.

Jackett added: "It's gone very quiet. Up until the other night, the club were still in negotiations with Barnsley but nothing's been sealed yet."

But the boss said there hadn't been any interest in the 'group three'.