The Dean and I

Brian Carey reflects on the long football journey which has taken him from Cork City to Wolves as assistant to Dean Saunders.

Four games, two defeats and two draws into his job as assistant to Dean Saunders at Wolves, Brian Carey has barely found time to pause for breath as the new management team grapple with the task of trying to resuscitate the struggling Championship side.

A spirited performance on Thursday night away to high-flying Leicester City offered grounds for encouragement but, in the end, a luckless 2-1 defeat saw Wolves drop to 19th in the table, just five points above the relegation zone.