Preview: Wolves strikers ready to hurt Brentford

The Molineux head coach has been impressed with Jake Cassidy in the last three games, but Jackett admits Wolves are a better team when Griffiths is on the pitch.

But as the head coach prepares to wheel out his big guns again for the arrival of Brentford tomorrow, he also confessed he will continue to rotate his forwards to keep them fresh.

After coming off the bench in the two previous games without scoring, Griffiths returned to the starting line-up for Tuesday's FA Cup first-round replay against Oldham and netted his 11th goal of the season on the same night Doyle came on for the last 22 minutes in Ireland's 0-0 draw in Poland.

"Generally he and we have looked in our best goalscoring form with Griffiths and Doyle," said Jackett. "If we can get something like our best side out that's what we need to do.

"So far this season Leigh's done well and we've been a better side with him in rather than out.

"But if you look around the country, I wouldn't think every centre forward would play all of the time and consistently.

"Goalscorers can come off the bench and make just as big an effect in the last 30 minutes as they do playing all of the time.

"The balance of the team and trying different partnerships have been the main reasons."

In the 1-0 win at Notts County last week, Jackett started with Cassidy as a lone forward with Dave Edwards just behind. But he admitted he got it wrong and that Griffiths made the difference when he came on.

"Leigh didn't score, but we didn't show anything near enough going forward in the first half," said the boss.

"So it probably wasn't the right decision, and in the second half we created more chances.

"Griffiths was out wide and in the holes, and you could see runners breaking off and opportunities arising, and us with more chance of getting in behind their defence, which we didn't do in the first half.

"Cassidy, Griffiths and Sigurdarson all had one-on-one chances added to the goal in what was our best period."

While at best in tandem at Wolves, Doyle and Griffiths have had contrasting fortunes at international level.

Doyle was brought back from the wilderness under new Ireland boss Martin O'Neill to win his 56th and 57th caps in the last seven days.

But Griffiths lost his place in the Scotland squad for the recent friendlies against Norway and the USA, even though Steven Fletcher, Jordan Rhodes and Ross McCormack were unavailable.

The 23-year-old, who has won four caps, tweeted his frustration at being left out, but Jackett is confident he will force his way back in. "The best thing he can do is get another 10 goals and keep knocking on the door," he said.

"If we get into the Championship and he maintains his form, then I think that will look after any Scotland situation.

"I know it's a disappointment for him as he'd been in several squads and now the manager is choosing to look at other options.

"Sometimes players think they've been dropped, but as a manager sometimes you need to look at different combinations to see if you've got an even better one and you still know that other one is there."

Griffiths and Wolves face a Brentford side buoyed by six straight wins – the last two of them by 5-0 – while they haven't conceded in their last four.

Jackett isn't surprised Uwe Rosler's side have come good again after being pipped to the Championship by Yeovil in the play-off final last season. "Brentford look strong, and barring a penalty would be in the Championship now," he said.

"They've added to last year's squad as well. In the two bottom divisions people compete on momentum. But we're always ready for the fact that teams see us as a scalp – there's a big motivation level against Wolves this year."

Jackett needs no introduction to the Brentford team. He signed centre-back Tony Craig for Millwall and had him four years, while he took midfielder George Saville, 20, on loan from Chelsea last spring and had defender Shaleum Logan during his brief spell as reserve-team boss at Manchester City in 2007.

Striker Clayton Donaldson was one that got away after being linked with a move to Wolves in the summer.

Now 29, the journeyman is preparing to make his 100th League start for Brentford tomorrow after the 300th of his career in the Bees' 5-0 win against Crewe last week.

Fittingly, Donaldson marked the occasion with a brace against his last club to take his tally to nine in 14 games.

And the Bradford-born forward, who plays on the right of Brentford's three-man attack with on-loan Cardiff striker Kadeem Harris, 20, and on-loan Fulham frontman Marcello Trotta will be in the mood to show Wolves what they missed out on if boss Rosler's pre-match words prove correct.

"We're starting to click now and I know the players will not need any motivation for the Wolves game," said Rosler, who was linked to the Molineux hotseat in the summer before Jackett was appointed.