Wolves' Conor Coady loved the top level

It's given him and his teammates a taster of what to expect should they achieve their aim of promotion this season.

Wolves may be seven points off the play-offs but three successive league victories have given them hope of sneaking into the post-season shoot-out.

And Coady wants trips to Premier League grounds to become the norm, not a novelty, saying: "The ground was full, the Wolves fans were in good voice and it was a brilliant day, apart from the result.

"We want that every week and we need to strive towards it. The quality showed in the end from the Premier League side.

"The circumstances weren't the best, you want to win every game, but we restricted them.

"The difference was Andy Carroll coming on. He was fantastic, the whole dimension of their game changed.

"Dimitri Payet was a top player, we were talking about it before the game if he'd play. To test yourself against those players in huge."

For Wolves it's now back to league action with successive home games in five days, starting against Fulham tonight.

It will be the first Championship game for Wolves without Benik Afobe – and the first time they welcome Richard Stearman back to Molineux.

Coady said of the pair: "Benik's a great lad, a fantastic player on the pitch, he deserved his move, he's going to do fantastic in the Premier League.

"Richard Stearman was good for Wolves, a great servant. All the lads know him and he was a real top player for Wolves, I'm looking forward to seeing him again.

"There's a bit of banter flying about and we hope we can win!"

Coady, back in the side for the past four matches, is keen to add goals to his game and has revelled in more of a 'box to box' role of late.

He said: "I'm a midfield player, I want to do both (attack and defend), it's something the gaffer's emphasised to me and Dave Edwards.

"Goalscoring is massive for me. I scored a couple last year for Huddersfield, it's something I really need to improve on as a player, especially if we carry on playing that formation.

"I started the season quite well, came out of the team a bit but now I want to stay there.

"No player wants a break, it's the worst thing in the world when you're not playing football.

"But you can see how the lads are playing, what needs improving, what you can do better as a player. I did that."

And the team's recent fortunes? He added: "Everybody knows we conceded a few goals, we needed to go back to basics and build from there.

"We need to keep building as a team. Confidence always takes a battering when you concede a few goals but the lads have reacted superbly.

"The gaffer's been on the lads massively in training, I feel like we've come past that a bit but we can't go away from that structure that's in place.

"We need to keep on building, we can't go away from the defending of the past few games, but it's up to us to push ourselves, get on the ball a bit more and show the fans what we're made of."