McCarthy banking on Irish feelgood factor

WOLVES manager Mick McCarthy hopes his team will benefit from the feelgood factor generated by his trio of Republic of Ireland players having qualified for Euro 2012 – starting with today’s clash at Everton.

The former Republic boss witnessed Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward and Stephen Hunt helping their country complete a 5-1 aggregate play-off win over Estonia with a 1-1 draw in Dublin on Tuesday evening.

He believes they will all benefit from competing at a major tournament but in the short term wants them to play their part for Wolves in building on the 3-1 win over Wigan almost a fortnight ago – their first victory in nine games.