Jamie O'Hara: Wolves can replace Ebanks-Blake gap

The club's 15-goal top scorer has now been ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken left leg.

Ebanks-Blake's misfortune is the latest season-ending blow to Dean Saunders and his squad after the injuries to Carl Ikeme, Dave Edwards, Bakary Sako and Razak Boukari in the last three weeks.

But O'Hara believes the resurgence in form of team-mates such as Kevin Doyle, Bjorn Sigurdarson and Stephen Hunt can bridge the gap in the final six games of the season.

Doyle has looked a transformed player since being awarded the captaincy three games ago when Karl Henry was dropped. Wolves have won all three matches.

O'Hara said: "Sylvan was in excellent form for us over the last few games and losing him will be a big blow for us.

"But Bjorn has been brilliant over the last few games and Kevin Doyle seems to be a different player since he's been given the armband.

"We have got other players coming into good form too – David Davis has come in and done really well and so has Roger Johnson.

"All over the pitch there are people putting in good performances. Bakary Sako has been our best player this season, but Stephen Hunt gives us something different.

"With him in the team, it's changed the dynamic of the way we play. We're more up in the opposition's faces, biting and snapping into tackles – like he does – and he's got everyone else doing it with him."

Wolves are up to 18th but only a point ahead of safety and O'Hara insisted they cannot relax yet.

He said: "We were saying a few days ago 'imagine where we'd be now if we hadn't won those games?'

"It's scary, really. We've put a great run of form together, but we need to carry on. We can't stop now. Everyone knows what role they have got to do in the team.

"We have won three on the bounce now and we're full of confidence and that's all it needed."