Stephen Hunt wants 4-4-2 for Wolves

Stephen Hunt has insisted Wolves are ready to unleash Kevin Doyle and Steven Fletcher up front together in playing 4-4-2 this season.

Doyle, who missed Saturday's 2-1 win at Ipswich with a minor back injury, has played on his own up front for much of his two years at Molineux, while £7million club-record signing Fletcher only came good when Doyle was missing through injury in the run-in.

But winger Hunt, now fully fit himself after a stop-start first campaign at the club, believes manager Mick McCarthy will try to accommodate both more often than not in 2011-12.

The 29-year-old said: "We've got strength in depth now, but it's about getting the right formula and the right shape so we can play 4-4-2. We seem to be able to find little spaces so we're getting used to it again.

"If we can work the ball into those spaces we can play two up front together with one dropping off and one kicking on.

"Hopefully, we can do that because they're both quite a handful – Fletcher's deceptively strong - and if we can do that, I feel we'll do well.

"We want to do well and get off to a good start, and we're looking alright."

Hunt is virtually at full tilt again after suffering with a serious foot injury, a calf strain then a hernia last term.

He said: "I got about 65 minutes at Celtic which I needed to get under my belt and after another seven days, hopefully I'll be flying.

"Box to box I feel fine, but I just need that last bit of sharpness.

"I'll probably do some extra work to get that and then I'll be ready for the start of the season."

Hunt is now ready to continue being Wolves' lucky talisman – they collected 1.1 per points per game in his 20 Premier League appearances last season, as opposed to 1.0 when he didn't play.

He said: "I put in some important performances when we won games – our win ratio was slightly better when I played than when I didn't so, hopefully, I can get flying again.

"I scored three goals in 14 starts so I've got goals in me and, if I can stay fit and play every game, then it will come together, without a doubt."