Wolves have collected only two points from five Premier League games since star striker Kevin Doyle was sidelined with a knee ligament injury. They now face a local derby against West Brom at Molineux on Sunday knowing anything less than a win will send them nearer to the relegation trapdoor. But McCarthy is determined to remain upbeat. He said: "We're not getting relegated. We're not talking about it at all. We haven't given it a thought. "If we start thinking about that, that's a sure recipe for disaster. "I think you'll find Steve Morgan (club owner) won't discuss it. "I don't know why other people do it - whether it's shock or to say something that might get a reaction. "We're not having those discussions because we're not considering it." McCarthy knows Wolves have to be motivated but also remain calm in the derby cauldron against Roy Hodgson's side. He said: "It's an emotional time for everyone coming towards the end of the season, and in the position we're in, we need the points. "There has to be an element of both trying to remove the hype and using it. "We need to be highly motivated in the way we play, we need to be aggressive in how we play - and I mean passing the ball aggressively, running aggressively and competing aggressively. "We have to be tough, resolute and determined and yet we've got to be cool and calm when the time comes. "It's about picking and choosing when to adopt which characteristics, and that's the difficulty. "If you're all aggressive and the blood is flowing around the brain when you've got to be cool and calm and collected to score, you won't score. "Equally if you go into a 50-50 challenge cool, calm and collected, you'll get smashed." McCarthy is also reluctant to be drawn on the fact Albion could play a big role in sending Wolves down in what is certain to be a powderkeg atmosphere. He said: "I prefer to look at it like if we win it can make a huge difference to us staying up. "We might be saying afterwards that they gave us a real leg up towards staying in the Premier League. "Why look at it negatively? Why not look at it the other way around?" Striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is expected to be fit after missing the last two games with a hamstring injury after returning to training. But Doyle will not be risked with McCarthy hoping he will be available after his knee injury for the final two games.
