Doyle expecting more twists and turns for Wolves
Mick McCarthy’s men moved out of the Barclays Premier League’s bottom three with a 1-0 success against the Blues at Molineux on Wednesday night.
The victory came just a week after another impressive performance in beating Liverpool, although the focus in the aftermath of the game was on the continuing crisis at Stamford Bridge rather than Wolves’ own resolute and determined display.
They travel to npower Championship side Doncaster in the FA Cup third round later today.
“It’s nice to get out of the bottom three and a bit of a relief for 10 days,” Doyle said.
“Hopefully we can stay out of the bottom three for longer, which is good psychologically.
“We’d been in there for a while and we’re used to being in and around it and fighting to get out of it.”
Wolves have now taken 12 from the last 21 points available, a statistic which could look even more impressive had they not lost to fellow strugglers West Ham and Wigan.
“Four wins out of seven is a good run but teams around us are winning as well,” the Ireland international added.
“People will still write us off and I am sure we may well be back in the bottom three at some stage and then get out of it again.
“The season will continue to be up and down so we’re not getting carried away with ourselves.
“We were written off last season and put down as one of the favourites to go down and it’s no different this time,” he added.
“That’s not a problem to us - when you’re fighting as underdogs, it gives you something to battle for.”
McCarthy will field a strong team against Doncaster, although 18-year-old Matt Doherty will make his debut at right-back with Ronald Zubar and Kevin Foley missing because of minor ankle injuries.
Striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake will be out for three weeks with the hamstring problem he picked up against Chelsea, while captain Karl Henry and defender Jody Craddock are still not ready to return following injury.
Marcus Hahnemann will play in goal as Wayne Hennessey is rested.
“Despite the fact we’ve got a few knocks and will be missing a couple, we will be taking this very seriously,” McCarthy said.
“We want to take care of the Doncaster game — we want to win it and certainly don’t want to draw it.
“It’s definitely not a weakened team."
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