Rob Edwards insists that regardless of the league Wolves are in next season, it’s essential they go into it in a positive frame of mind, which can be built between now and May.
The Old Gold have eight Premier League matches remaining, with the next coming at Brentford on Monday, and having taken six points from the last six available, the head coach can feel the mood changing for the better, both internally and externally.
Determined to learn from his past experiences, Edwards was looking ahead in his pre-match press conference and knows that good performances this season, and a positive feeling in the stands, can be huge for how the club starts the 2026/27 campaign.
On the focus for the remaining games
“Our aim is, and always has been, to achieve as many points as possible, and go into every game to try and win it. We want to try and take things as far as we can and we want to take momentum into next season. We’ll continue to fight and continue to try to take as many points as we can. We’ve not had an away win, so it'd be lovely to achieve that, but the next game is as far as we can go.
“We’ve had a couple of decent results, but our performances for quite a long time now have been consistent, and that's what we want to try and keep focusing on. If our performance levels are good, and we're working really hard, it gives us the best chance of getting points and keeping the momentum going. It's about trying to keep our momentum by doing our basics really well.”
On laying foundations for next year
“We, as a football club, need to remember how to win games and try to make the whole place feel a bit lighter and brighter, which I think has been happening more recently. Whether that's inside or outside, I think we need to try and lift the cloud and find that winning formula again. I mean with us internally, but also outside as well.
“There's a lot we can learn, and I've got real experiences of that, we don't want to take any negativity wherever we're going. We want to be able to look forward and build on a lot of good work towards the end of the season. It's important that we remain competitive, we keep working extremely hard and keep improving. It's really important that we do that.
“I do feel now that around. I feel like there's more smiles on faces again, and I can see them really getting behind the team and behind the players, which is the most important thing all of the time. If the players continue to work as hard as they are, and show that they're going to fight to the end and for the football club, then we'll have everyone on side, and it’s really important that we do that.”
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On Mane’s continued impact
“He's had a great impact and a great start to his young career. We obviously think a lot of him. He's got a long way to go as well, and he knows that, and he recognises that as well, but he's giving everything. He's working incredibly hard.
“Fairly early on he had a big impact for us, but he's still been affecting games really well without scoring. He's still involved in the goals against Arsenal and does things in games that maybe a lot of people then won't actually see, that make him really important to the team. He's top of our running every game, and most days in training. I don't think we’ve got to worry about his energy too much.”
On facing his former teammate in Andrews
“It was obviously great to work with Keith and get to know him when we were young players starting out, and then it's nice to see where we are now and what we're doing. He's done a brilliant job, and he should be really proud, and I'm sure he will be. There's loads of people speaking really positively about him, and he's certainly one of the candidates for the Manager of the Year. It doesn't surprise me. He's really intelligent guy, very astute, always has been, he communicates very well. He's got all the qualities needed to be a top manager, and he's showing that.”
