Wright has sights on goals

The 23-year-old increased his tally for the season to three with the winner against Shrewsbury in the Boxing Day clash.

And Wright is now keen to more than double his total in the remainder of the season after developing a taste for goals.

"I'd probably like to get around eight goals this season, or something like that," said Wright."The most important thing is to carry on working hard and helping the team, but it would be nice to reach that target."

Wright grabbed the glory of the winning goal as 10-man Saddlers saw off the Shrews at Bescot on Tuesday, but the Wolverhampton-based winger was quick to heap praise on the efforts of his team mates following the early red card for his namesake, Tommy Wright.

Mark Wright paid tribute to the spirit which he believes has underpinned the team's climb to the top of the table and helped them defy the odds against the Shrews.

"At half-time the gaffer just told us that we needed to battle," said Wright.

"We only had 10 men and the gaffer made it clear to us that we would need to battle to get something from the game. But he also told us to be brave when we had the ball and try to move it quickly and that's exactly what we did.

"Everybody battles for each other because we all want each other to do well. We know we've got good players, but we have to work hard to be able to play."

Wright seems certain to retain his place in the team at the weekend against Bristol Rovers, but manager Richard Money has hinted he could return to the right hand side with Daniel Fox reverting to the wide left role he occupied in the second half against Shrewsbury.