'i Haven't Got A Magic Wand' - Edwards Faces Impossible Job At Wolves

For a infinitesimal astatine Molineux location was optimism.

New leader Rob Edwards was introduced to nan location fans to a roar and, briefly, Wolves had renewed hope.

Eventually, though, it was Crystal Palace celebrating successful a subdued stadium arsenic nan they outclassed their hosts for a deserved triumph which underlines nan size of Edwards' task to support his broadside successful nan Premier League.

Winless aft nan first 12 games, nary squad has survived pinch conscionable 2 points astatine this shape of a top-flight season. Everton stayed up successful 1994-95, but nan Toffees had 4 points aft nan aforesaid magnitude of games.

Edwards bristled a small connected Friday, joking he could show he was backmost successful nan dour Midlands erstwhile asked if Wolves would hit Derby County's grounds Premier League debased points tally of 11 from 2007-08.

But it was a morganatic mobility to ask.

It is almost December and Wolves are bottommost and person not won successful nan apical formation for 7 months.

They person mislaid 10 of their 12 games this season, person scored conscionable 7 goals, conceded 27 and are 9 points from nan information line.

They are moreover 8 points adrift of 19th-placed Burnley truthful location is small grounds to show they will beryllium capable to make history pinch 1 of nan top of escapes.

This is Telford-born Edwards' dream job, 1 which nan erstwhile subordinate had been waiting for, but it besides now looks an intolerable one.

"We person sewage players who tin nutrient nan large moments. I cognize we person mislaid and everyone will beryllium flattened by it, but I person been present 5 aliases six days and I haven't sewage a magic wand," said nan 42-year-old.

"Emotion and nan consequence will unreality - and return immoderate people's emotions a definite way. I person to look astatine it pinch a spot of clarity.

"They were amended successful nan first half, successful nan 2nd half we were beardown and sewage punished pinch nan moments and that's why we are here. It's a acquainted communicative to nan game, location wasn't loads successful it."

There is nary doubting Wolves' endeavour, they worked difficult for Edwards but location is simply a glaring deficiency of value and belief successful nan squad.

That debased assurance will sap nan accomplishment Jorgen Strand Larsen demonstrated by scoring 14 goals past season, aliases nan power and people which Andre and Joao Gomes person antecedently shown successful midfield.

It will beryllium up to Edwards and his unit to thief them rediscover that belief, though he was not helped by guardant Hwang Hee-Chan's wretched pass, conscionable 3 minutes aft coming on, which yet talented Palace their 2nd extremity done Yeremy Pino's beautiful decorativeness and sent them fourth.

"Clearly there's 1 aliases 2 that are lacking immoderate belief and assurance anyway, and that's understandable from nan position that we're in," said nan caller boss, who played 111 times for Wolves from 2004-2008.

"You've sewage to beryllium capable to grip that, nan anticipation this crowd are going to put connected us. You consciousness that small spot of vexation erstwhile nan goals spell successful and you tin perceive it astir nan place. I understand it, nan fans were brilliant.

"The heads did driblet but I don't deliberation nan capacity level dropped. I thought we tried to get backmost connected nan beforehand ft and show immoderate purpose."

Edwards wants Wolves to tally much and, earlier nan sojourn of nan Eagles, they had covered 1194.6k this play successful nan Premier League.

They are successful nan bottommost six connected that peculiar metric, compared to others, and connected Saturday's evidence, they request much than conscionable miles successful nan vessel to survive, contempt Edwards' affirmative notes.

The erstwhile Luton head added: "I was saying to nan lads if we triumph much duels and tally harder and faster than them [opposition], bully things will come. It hasn't coming but location are things you tin return from it.

"We did triumph much duels, we did sprint pinch much strength and I've sewage nan results.

"We tin activity harder and do nan basics better, nan turnover for nan 2nd extremity is frustrating, but location was an effort there.

"The boys did support going. We sewage punished pinch a mates of nan moments. That is why they are wherever they are and we are wherever we are.

"The Premier League is ruthless."