Karl Henry has backed boss Mick McCarthy to guide Wolves' young squad to future success.

Speaking after the fruitless victory over Plymouth Argyle, the midfielder said: "Had the manager come in and signed older players who were coming towards the end of their careers on big money to get us promoted, then you could say fair enough, it's not worked and there's no future here.

"But the gaffer has clearly built a good squad that's capable of being here in three, four, five years time and peaking.

"With the right mix of older players and younger ones, and no doubt adding to it, I think he needs to be given the time to do that. The dressing room are very much behind him.

"We think he's the man for the job - I'm 100 per cent happy and that applies to the rest of the lads as well.

"It's not just the gaffer but also the backroom staff. Terry Connor is different class, the coaching staff, physios too - I'm grateful for them for getting me back for this game.

"Everyone at the club is top class and there are no complaints from any of the players.

"Everyone gets judged on results and whichever way you look at it we've not made the play-offs. Maybe that is why people want a change but that's always going to happen.

"People think that success comes by freshening things up. I don't feel that's the way forward and it would be a terrible shame if the manager wasn't here.

"He's got the respect of everyone in the dressing room and no one is even thinking about whether he should go. He's a great manager."