Wolves defender 'hurting' at club's struggles but has faith in resurgence

A defeat at Sunderland condemned Wolves to just two points from their opening eight matches as fans vented their anger at the club sitting bottom of the table.

The defender, who has spent the vast majority of his career at the club over two spells, is finding the team's plight painful but he believes they can 'prosper' if they find that elusive first win.

"You have to have accountability in every team and we've got that," Doherty said.

"People might think that we don't, but we definitely have that in the squad.

"We're serious people, we want to do well for Wolves. 

"Wolves is my club, I've been there basically my whole career.

"It hurts me as much as it will hurt the fans, but we do have the leaders there.

"I've been in this position a few times, so I really do believe that we have the manager and the players to not only get out of it, but to actually prosper up the league."

Doherty added: "We're trying almost everything, but we know how quickly it can change.

"We've got another opportunity next week against Burnley at home. Look what happened last season when we went on that run.

"We know that one result can flip the whole season and change everything. That's the thought process that we have.

"That's the belief that we still have in everybody.

"We know we're a win or two away from going on a potential run. I know that's easy to say now and fans won't want to hear it or believe it until you get the results, but I suppose the evidence was in last season that once we do get going, we can win games in this league."

Doherty recently underwent surgery for a broken wrist but made a speedy recovery to start the match at Sunderland.

"It was meant to be four to eight weeks or six to eight weeks," the Irishman added.

"It's been two and a half weeks and it feels alright.

"I had a big cast on and it's going to take a lot for me to not be involved.

"It's my wrist as well, if it was my knee or my ankle or something, you can take falling on it.

"I'm absolutely fine. It's healing quite fast I think because I don't really feel it now."