MICK McCarthy is confident of turning round his side’s season with victory over Wanderers.

Wolves lie second bottom of the Premier League, trailing the Whites by two points heading into Saturday's game at Molineux.

But despite his side being without a win in their last eight outings — he insists the situation can be turned around. “I know what we have to do, beat Bolton,” he said. “You’d be amazed by how a victory against Bolton would lift this place, the fans, the club, everybody.

“My message is ‘let’s be positive about the game on Saturday’.”

Wolves have scored just 12 goals in 14 games this season, three of which have come from centre-half Jody Craddock.

Defeat against local rivals Birmingham last weekend left them four points from safety, but McCarthy believes victory over Wanderers would erase the memory of that performance.

“I’m not suggesting for one minute that the players are lacking confidence, but it’s amazing how it floods back, or it grows,” he said.

“It might be lying dormant somewhere but it’s certainly there when you get a result from somewhere.

“If we beat Bolton there will be a different feel about the place Monday morning, and that’s what we have to look forward to.

“Birmingham was our low point of the season because of our performance and the result. The result of course is paramount, but the performance was poor as well.

“We’ve all got a role to play in that, me and the players, but there are no fingers being pointed at anybody from us. It’s a matter of redressing the balance this weekend.”