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Kenny Jackett: We must do better for the Wolves fans

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Wolves boss Kenny Jackett says he senses apathy among the club's supporters – and is determined to entertain them with attacking football.

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His team were booed off at the end of Tuesday's disappointing draw against Bolton, in which Wolves were mostly outplayed and threw away a two-goal lead in the last 10 minutes.

With frustration at the club's failure to land a striker to replace Benik Afobe, coupled with Wolves' poor league position, frustration is growing among the fanbase.

When asked if he could sense apathy, Jackett said: "Yes, perhaps that is the case. The supporters, if they see a good performance, do get behind the team.

"We were labouring against Bolton. Myself and the players feel we can do better. We should have seen the game out.

"It wasn't a great performance. In that respect the supporters will be restless, they react off what they see on the pitch and it's our responsibility to give them something to cheer about."

Of the lack of a new striker ahead of Monday's deadline, he added: "We tried hard to do more, but it wasn't necessarily possible.

"Selling Benik in the second week of January made it tough. A lot of the enquiries and offers we made didn't come back to us.

"If we feel we can get the right player, we'll look to bring in a loan. It doesn't suddenly stop. If there's a player that's available, every effort will be made to try and bring him in."

Jackett takes his team to the Madejski to face Reading tomorrow, knowing time is running out for Wolves' slim pay-off hopes.

"We want to be one of the form sides now and see where it takes us," he added.

"We have to be optimistic for now, for the future, just for enjoying watching the team.

"I want to see us dynamic, competitive, I want to see us work hard to break up the opposition's play, I want us to be able to attack with pace and go at sides and be able to shoot and strike."