McCarthy has been asked to explain the reasons for his much-changed line-up at Old Trafford on Tuesday.

After making 10 changes to the team that won at Tottenham 72 hours earlier, McCarthy saw his side slump to a 3-0 defeat against Manchester United.

The move has been widely condemned. However, within Molineux, the Wolves hierarchy are backing their man.

And Moxey has no doubt that if McCarthy felt it was in the best interests of his team, he would do the same again.

"He's done it once, he might do it again," he told Sky Sports.

"Mick McCarthy is his own man. It's not for me to try and influence what he thinks is the right team to win a game."

Moxey has also ruled out the possibility of offering refunds to the 3,000 Wolves fans who made the journey up the M6 and were left to chant "we want our money back" as their team subsided.

"There are no plans to refund the £42 that they were chanting (about). You play games with a squad of players," he said.

"Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and sometimes you draw. We've got plenty more games to go."

The Premier League are highly unlikely to take any action against Wolves given their line-up contained six full internationals and contained more regulars than the team Manchester United named on the last day of the season against Hull and promptly won.

Charles Ross, editor of the Wolves fanzine "A Load of Bull" feels the Premier League are the architects of their own trouble, having created a badly uneven playing field where some teams feel they are beaten before they start.

"Whatever the rights and wrongs of this situation are, no-one can accuse Mick McCarthy of being anything other than a traditionalist," said Ross.

"He is a football man, who wants to win football games.

"But he is also a realist. People have been talking about the Tottenham game on Saturday but I believe the gap between third and fourth is bigger than the one between fourth and 20th.

"Mick would have been aware of that. He already had those three points from Tottenham and probably thinks it is better to keep everyone fit and well for Burnley on Sunday, rather than risk injury in a game where the chances of winning are minimal.

"It is a sad situation. It goes against the competitive element that should exist in every sport.

"But the Premier League are the ones who have done this by creating a league that, financially, is completely unbalanced."