Hunt is looking for a repeat of survival heroics
Wolves' Survival Sunday hero Stephen Hunt today targeted a repeat of his stunning exploits of a year ago to drag the club out of the mire.
Wolves' Survival Sunday hero Stephen Hunt today targeted a repeat of his stunning exploits of a year ago to drag the club out of the mire.
Last May, the winger returned from a hernia operation to score the goal that kept Wolves up three minutes from time in the 3-2 defeat to Blackburn on the last day.
He also produced a Man of the match performance in the 3-1 derby win against Albion, after then-manager Mick McCarthy stunned everyone by dropping Player of the Year Matt Jarvis to accommodate him.
Now the 30-year-old, who is fit again after another hernia complaint, is determined to do the same again to pull off an even more unlikely rescue act, starting with tomorrow's clash against Bolton.
He said: "I want to be able to make a similar impact to what I did in the last few games of last season, so I need to get up to those levels in the next few games.
"I'm confident I can do that. The lads here will always fight to the bitter end."
Meanwhile, Mark Davies is finally set for his first playing return at Wolves – with a ringing endorsement from his former coach Terry Connor.
Now 24, the Bolton midfielder spent 11 years at Molineux and was ranked as the most promising academy youngster after Robbie Keane and Joleon Lescott.
Injuries restricted him to just 35 appearances at Wolves after making his debut under Glenn Hoddle before Chris Evans, then Bolton's No 2, was instrumental in taking him to the Reebok Stadium for a cut-price £1m in January 2009.
Connor watched the Willenhall youngster emerge through the academy and tips him for an ever brighter future.
Connor said: "He had been here since he was 10 and went to a Premier League club when we were in the Championship.
"Each year he's got better and better and that was what we hoped he'd do, but there's plenty of room for improvement."
Davies said: "It will be good to go back because it's been about four years since I last played there.
"I have been on the bench the last couple of years and not managed to get on."