Willian Jose's work ethic impressing Wolves skipper Conor Coady

Jose, signed on loan from Real Sociedad in January, thought he had finally opened his account against Fulham last Friday.

Coming up with a smart header on the stroke of half-time, the 29-year-old’s celebrations were cut short as Daniel Podence – having made the cross – was found to be offside by the tightest of margins.

It means Jose’s goalless run in gold and black now stands at 12 appearances, but Coady has backed him to keep plugging away and have his moment soon.

“He’s a brilliant person and he works hard every day. He gives his all in training,” said Coady.

“We see him every day in training. We see how hard people work, and Willian is no different.

“It’s disappointing that it’s been chalked off because I thought it was a perfectly good goal, to be honest.

“It’s a tough one to take, but it’s better talking about it after a win rather than a draw or a loss.

“I’ve spoke many times about offsides and it’s happened to every club – not just us.

“Everyone has got gripes with it, but these are the rules and what they are now.”

Jose will hope to hit the goal trail in the last seven games of the season for Wolves, who have the option to make his move permanent in the summer.

Club-record signing Fabio Silva, though, is also making a case to be handed a start up front after coming up with a goal and an assist across his last two appearances – both as a substitute.

He scored in the 3-2 loss to West Ham before setting up Adama Traore for his late winner against Fulham.

Coady was impressed with him and midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, who also came off the bench, in the 1-0 win at Craven Cottage, too.

“You see the lads coming on, Morgan had some fantastic touches – getting into those little pockets, getting on the half-turn,” he said.

“He’s brilliant at doing that. Fabio came on last week and scored his goal, and he’s played it through to Adama to score, which will do him the world of good.

“They’re fantastic people who are very much part of this football club moving forward.

“Substitutes want to make a difference and when they do that, we’ll give them all the praise in the world. They’ve made a real difference for us.”

Wolves – after losing Pedro Neto to a knee injury which will keep him out for around six months – are now getting ready to host rock-bottom Sheffield United at Molineux.

The three games after that – against Burnley, Albion and Brighton – also come against teams below them in the table.

When asked what Wolves want to do in the final weeks of the season, Coady added: “Improve.

“We spoke after the international break about trying to do that and gathering momentum for next season.

“We don’t look too much at what’s going with the league table, but it was important we got a result.

“You just want to pick up as many points as possible, so it was all about the result and sticking in there.

“We’ve done that, so that gives us confidence moving forward.”