Brentford v Wolves preview: Wolves have the players to compete

A frustrating start to the season sees Wolves drop to the bottom of the Premier League after picking up just one point in six games.

Wolves have faced five of the current top seven in their opening games and also take on Manchester City after the international break.

As a result, tomorrow’s trip to Brentford becomes an important game for Wolves to get their season up and running, and Doyle is eager for the team to drag themselves out of this rut.

“We can’t beat around the bush, obviously it’s disappointing,” Doyle said.

“We’re not in the best of places at the moment but as lads we know we have more than enough to get out of the situation that we’re in.

“We have had a difficult start but I don’t want to be that person that mentions that because we competed against those teams last season.

“There’s no reason, with what we have now, that we can’t compete against the top teams.

“For players that point is really disappointing for us, but soon we will have a run of fixtures against teams around us and that’s where we will be judged massively.

“We want to move on from what’s happened at this moment in time, but we also need to remember that we have to compete against these teams.”

When asked what needs to change, Doyle added: “That’s the difficult thing that we don’t know, if we’d have figured that out we’d probably have a few better results.

“For the lads starting, the lads coming on or if the team changes, we have to be ready to perform and help each other.

“At this moment in time it’s very difficult to put a finger on it because otherwise we’d have stopped what’s happening.”

In order to achieve their desired result at the Gtech Community Stadium, Wolves will need to improve in both boxes.

Defensive errors have hindered the team’s progress in recent weeks and the return of Craig Dawson – who missed the loss to Liverpool through illness – will be a massive boost.

The defender has returned to training this week and is likely to be involved at Brentford.

At the other end of the pitch, Wolves must find a way to get Jorgen Strand Larsen into the game.

The towering striker has often been isolated up front with few players getting close to him.

When Matheus Cunha has got near the Norwegian the pair have struck up an impressive partnership, but Wolves’ switch to three midfielders has seen Cunha shifted out wide.

Gary O’Neil has so far been unwilling to drop a midfielder, and will probably not do it again tomorrow, but it may be necessary to allow Cunha to play more centrally as a number 10. Before the international break Wolves need a result and this game offers up an opportunity.