Michael Duberry says he has a "responsibility" as the club's captain to work closely with the new manager and help fire the Blues up the League One table.
Wanderers are looking for a new boss following the departure of Peter Taylor on Friday and 'Dubes' knows he has a key role to play in turning around a disappointing start to the season.
He said: "Steve (Hayes) might want a young manager with a bit of fire in his belly and determination to make a name for himself.
"The way football is at the moment there are a lot of people out of work and many want to get back into the game. I'm sure Steve has had a lot of people knock on his door and a lot of applications to look at.
"My responsibility now is to respond to whoever comes in and try and get this team climbing up the table. It's an uncertain time for the club but we've got a good squad and I'm sure the new manager will add to that and get what is wrong right and turn it around."
The 33-year-old hailed the Wanderers' fighting spirit in their 3-2 defeat at Gillingham on Saturday for coming from 1-0 and 2-1 down to draw level on two occasions but said it was "bad habits" that ultimately cost them a point.
Dubes said: "I think the players reacted well considering the notice and the lack of time Dobbo (Richard Dobson) had to prepare for the game. Obviously we would have liked to come back with a win but the way it's going for us at the moment it wasn't to be.
"We came back twice, showed a bit of fight but the bad habits that have got us in the bottom two this season crept back in and we lost.
"It's never a good time to lose a manager but as cut throat as it is sometimes it works for the team. I've played teams when they've lost their manager and they've had fire in their bellies and got a result, unfortunately we didn't get that today. We had a fight and we made a game of it."
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