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Mick: Wolves closer to safety

24 Mar 2010 - 08:14:12

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Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy was a happy man after seeing his side record a well-deserved 3-1 victory at West Ham to inch further clear of the relegation places.

Goals from Kevin Doyle, Ronald Zubar and Matt Jarvis moved Wolves seven points clear of the bottom three and left the Irons looking nervously over their shoulders.

McCarthy told the club's official website: "It was a brilliant result and it is significant, of course it is.

"It is points that will keep us in the league and we have just got seven from three tough away games. If anybody else can put that run together, good luck to them.

"But we can't take the foot off the gas. We've got Everton at home on Saturday and need more points from that.

"Have I got a points target? Yes, get more than at least three others and we've not sewn anything up yet, but this could go a long way to helping out.

"I try my best not to use the six-pointer cliche and let other people use it. But it was a vital win for us in terms of us concertina-ing the teams above us a little more and doing real damage to West Ham.

"I think Burnley and Hull were thinking about catching us and might be thinking more about Wigan and West Ham now.

"We're not there yet, but we're getting closer."