The club currently sit one point above the relegation zone, with the spotlight being cast on the 52-year-old after fellow strugglers Sunderland and QPR recently sacked Steve Bruce and Neil Warnock respectively.

"I wasn't aware the pressure was seeping my way. I just think you guys are trying to divert it," McCarthy said on Friday.

"Someone has blocked the dam at QPR and is trying to force it up the road to Wolves."

"I put myself under pressure. We are scrapping away and that's the way we are going to be all the time."

"We had a great start (seven points from three games) and we all hoped for better and I'm still hoping for better this time."

Club chairman Steve Morgan said on Thursday he was disappointed with Wolves' current plight, although he insisted they were not a 'hire and fire club'.

"Steve is, and continues to be terrific," McCarthy said.

"There was no glowing praise when we got promoted or stayed up or when we are doing well and there is never any criticism."

"We are both straight with one another. You know full well I am like that and Steve is very much the same."

"But regardless of what anyone else has said. I think it is unacceptable where we are."

"I don't think we should be where we are. I think we should have more points."