Terry Connor backing battered Wolves after Fulham drubbing

Terry Connor today insisted Wolves have the heart for a survival scrap despite yesterday's 5-0 drubbing at Fulham.

Wolves dropped back into the bottom three on goal difference after crashing to their equal worst-ever Premier League defeat, matching the 5-0 loss to Chelsea in September 2003.

The biggest since losing 6-0 to Southampton in March 2007, yesterday's battering meant Wolves have conceded 12 goals in the last three games and it cranked up the stakes for Saturday's potentially pivotal home clash against Blackburn, who are fourth bottom with a goal difference that is four better than Wolves.

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But Connor remains confident he can lead the club to survival.

Asked if he has the players to stay up, the new manager said: "Absolutely; we do work at that end of the table so we know we'll be in the bottom three at times.

"We've done it for two years now and worked our way through and stuck together and been in the Premier League.

"They're well versed in what's required for working at that end of the league and we've got to stick together."

Connor added: "We're always going to get a bloody nose every now and again.

"For me, it's how we bounce back from those things; we've lost games like this over the last three seasons and come back, and we need to do it again."

Connor insists the players can cope with the pressure of getting points despite their position in the drop zone.

"They've shown they can perform under this pressure of being in this position and being in the bottom three," he said.

"I don't think it makes that much difference at this stage because the players are well versed in playing under that pressure."

Despite the scale of the defeat, Connor believes the players are improving under him.

"They've shown signs of progressing in what I want them to try to do which is keep the ball, work the ball and defend better," he said.