Wolves youngster Joe Hodge insists he will not become unprofessional in his bid to play more.

The 21-year-old has made no secret of his desire to be a first team regular at his club.

He does want to move on loan to get more game time, but will not complain if he remains and is played more often.

“It was hard to get myself in a position where I could play," Hodge told reporters after getting a rare start on Tuesday in a 3-2 win against Brentford in the FA Cup on Tuesday.

“It's been a long few months since my last game and I've been working as hard as I can every day.

“I trained on my own for a really long time and since I've been back with the team I've been trying to get sharp.

“I'm delighted (to be back), it was tough. It's not been much fun at all, but I've been trying to plug away, same as every day.

“I've taken it day by day and worked hard every day and I've now seen some sort of reward for that, so I'm happy.

“I don't gain anything from throwing my toys out of the pram in training.

“I had to work hard to get closer to getting back fit and I've finally done that.

“The plan for me is to go out on loan but when the gaffer said he wanted to play me, I was delighted, buzzing, I couldn't wait to get out there.

“Hopefully I've played my part in getting us through to the next round, so I'm happy with that."