Wide open for Wolves - Keogh
Two-goal hero Andy Keogh believes the path is wide open for an FA Cup run after Wolves thrashed Watford 4-1. Two-goal hero Andy Keogh believes the path is wide open for an FA Cup run after Wolves thrashed Watford 4-1. Keogh was one of the star performers as Wolves booked a safe passage into the last 16 with arguably their best display of the season to beat Championship high-fliers Watford. With only six Premiership sides still left in the draw there is a chance for Wolves to make serious headway in the competition that was hailed as the "blue riband" event of the season by boss Mick McCarthy. Check out our match photo gallery here and read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
Two-goal hero Andy Keogh believes the path is wide open for an FA Cup run after Wolves thrashed Watford.Keogh was one of the star performers as Wolves booked a safe passage into the last 16 with arguably their best display of the season to beat Championship high-fliers Watford.
With only six Premiership sides still left in the draw there is a chance for Wolves to make serious headway in the competition that was hailed as the "blue riband" event of the season by boss Mick McCarthy.
And while Keogh stresses that promotion is the priority for Wolves, he insists the Cup holds great importance for the Molineux men.
"We want to go as far as we can - it's an important thing for us and a good Cup run will definitely help out our league form too. I look at the teams left and plenty of Premiership teams have gone out so you just never know.
"We just have to keep plugging away in both the Cup and the League now.
"That is where our priority is and I'd take getting knocked out if it meant getting into the Premiership - but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have a go in both competitions."
Keogh struck the crucial first goal at Watford with a chip after Jay Bothroyd's flick on, while his second saw him beat his marker before driving home in the last minute.
His two goals were excellent but he was quick to hail the contribution of wingers Stephen Elliott and Matt Jarvis, with the latter coming in for particular praise for a man of the match display at Vicarage Road.
"They've been superb in the last couple of games. Jarvo is really coming into his own now - he started slowly and he'd be the first to admit it. But he set two goals up and had some very good link play," said Keogh.
"He's unselfish and maybe once or twice it would nice for him to go on and smash a goal himself because he deserves it.
"I thought Stephen Elliott was superb too. He's always supporting the lads and his finish was typical . He used to do that for Sunderland week in-week out."
Meanwhile, Elliott believes Wolves' high-tempo from the start helped clinch the victory.
"Getting a good start in games has been mentioned by the boss and we need to score goals to do what we want to do in this division. Hopefully this will kick-start us now," said Elliott.