Rob Edwards wants his Wolves players to stand up and fight so they are to stop their losing run and bring pride back to the club.
The head coach is yet to preside over a victory since he came into Molineux during November, despite being level in all six of his matches in charge, with the latest defeat coming at home to Brentford on Saturday evening.
With the game against the Bees following the same script once again, as two second half goals gave the visitors all three points, Edwards has called on his squad to show some bottle in their upcoming festive fixtures on the road against Liverpool and Manchester United.
On defeat to Brentford
“It’s a similar story to what we’ve had in recent games. All six of the games since we’ve arrived here, we’ve been drawing at half-time, and then we concede around that hour mark, and today we self=-imploded.
“We were not in too much of a dangerous position, and we should deal with the ball that came in, and I can’t believe they’ve scored from that situation. The first goal is so important in games. Then after that, we tried to open up more, made some changes, and again we should deal with the second.
“We’ve got the bodies back and the numbers there to deal with the second goal, but it’s very difficult from there.”
On a lack of confidence in the squad
“You can see that, and at the moment, we’re probably getting some different performance in training to what we’re getting out there. It does inhibit one or two a little bit more, and there’s a few that are feeling that heat and that pressure, and it’s affecting their performance.
“The first goal is key. That’s obvious. But we’ve not been able to get that. There wasn’t loads in it, Sa had to make a couple of saves in the early period of that second half, and we tried to address that.
“But in a threatening position from the goal they scored that first one, and we managed to gift that and from there it’s tough for us at the moment.”
On Mane’s promising performances
“He’s beginning to look at home when he’s out on the pitch. I don’t think he’s someone who’s necessarily got some of the scars that one or two of the others are holding at the moment.
“It was a real positive performance again from Mateus.”
On the upcoming festive fixtures
“They’re difficult games, but they’re exciting games as well. They’re brilliant opportunities for us to go and try and do that.
“We’ve got two away games, but since we’ve arrived here, our two best performances have been away from home against two very good teams, so we look forward to the challenges.
“I said to the lads in there now that I’m standing up, I’m ready to fight and I need everyone to be able to do the same.”
On a change of chairman
“I was in a meeting yesterday where I was informed. But going forward, look, I think Fosun have always shown and said that they’re fully committed to this club and want to see it in the Premier League, and flourishing.
“There’s a big commitment from the ownership, and I met Nathan Shi over the last two days, and he’s someone that seems really committed to being aligned and working with us now in this process, and trying to turn things around.”
On transfer plans for January
“There’s a plan in place there, but January is difficult for the top teams, never mind teams that are in our position at the moment.
“A lot of people are working really hard on that so we can try and have an impact in the window.”
