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Wolverhampton Wanderers can avoid relegation from the Premier League - Mick McCarthy
Wolves boss makes bold statement...
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9 Feb 2010 17:30:00
By Adithya Ananth
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy believes that his side can avoid the axe that will come down on the bottom three Premier League clubs at the end of the season.
Wolves are currently in the drop zone and have picked up only two points from their last six outings in the league, with their last victory coming against Burnley on December 20 last year.
But McCarthy remains confident his team will be celebrating come May.
"I do believe that we have got it and what you see is what you get from me. I am not any good at acting," McCarthy is quoted by the Press Association as saying.
"It is irrelevant what anyone else does and we were never going to stay up on 21 points.
"We are going to have to get near to 40 points. I don't think you will need 40 to stay up but we certainly need another 16, 17, or 18 points.
"But we are capable of doing it and that is what gives me the confidence."
McCarthy's men had the lead against Birmingham City on Sunday, but a brace from Kevin Phillips saw the travellers end up with nothing to show for their efforts.
He added: "After the Birmingham game it was the worst I have felt in a long time.
"But you get better at dealing with that as you get older and I have to go round lifting other people.
"We are all hurting but we have got another game to plan for and we have made sure the players won't take that into this game.
"What we want to do is to take the performance against Birmingham into the game, not the result.
"We did play well. We just need to be more clinical. We could have managed the game better.
"When we were winning 1-0 we could have kept the ball better rather than keep charging forward. But you only learn about the Premier League by playing in it."
Wolves now play host to Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday, hoping to grab three vital points to pull them out of the relegation zone.
Wolves are currently in the drop zone and have picked up only two points from their last six outings in the league, with their last victory coming against Burnley on December 20 last year.
But McCarthy remains confident his team will be celebrating come May.
"I do believe that we have got it and what you see is what you get from me. I am not any good at acting," McCarthy is quoted by the Press Association as saying.
"It is irrelevant what anyone else does and we were never going to stay up on 21 points.
"We are going to have to get near to 40 points. I don't think you will need 40 to stay up but we certainly need another 16, 17, or 18 points.
"But we are capable of doing it and that is what gives me the confidence."
McCarthy's men had the lead against Birmingham City on Sunday, but a brace from Kevin Phillips saw the travellers end up with nothing to show for their efforts.
He added: "After the Birmingham game it was the worst I have felt in a long time.
"But you get better at dealing with that as you get older and I have to go round lifting other people.
"We are all hurting but we have got another game to plan for and we have made sure the players won't take that into this game.
"What we want to do is to take the performance against Birmingham into the game, not the result.
"We did play well. We just need to be more clinical. We could have managed the game better.
"When we were winning 1-0 we could have kept the ball better rather than keep charging forward. But you only learn about the Premier League by playing in it."
Wolves now play host to Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday, hoping to grab three vital points to pull them out of the relegation zone.
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