Edwards has projected positivity, combined with realism, in his public comments – but it is the same privately.<\/p>\n
The coaching staff are seeing the improvements on the training ground they want, believing players are getting fitter and becoming braver on the ball – but that is not being shown in games. <\/p>\n
They had a good week of training before a last-minute defeat at Arsenal<\/a> and it was the case again this week, with Edwards drilling in his message and methods. <\/p>\n He has lamented how the squad have forgotten the basics – running, pressing, positional intelligence – and believes the fundamentals in football are not properly coached any more.<\/p>\n Edwards will look to start the rebuild in January, a process Wolves<\/a> must embrace but also handle with care.<\/p>\n They need to get a head start on the summer but cannot look like they are surrendering to relegation months before the end of the season. <\/p>\n Players will also have their own agendas. <\/p>\n Joao Gomes, who has not played for Brazil since March, will have hopes of a World Cup spot, as will South Korea’s Hwang Hee-chan – who has had limited game time in the past two months. <\/p>\n Homegrown players will be targeted – Wolves<\/a> have currently filled their non-homegrown quota – and Premier League know-how sought after a summer where the club’s executives admitted they got the window wrong.<\/p>\n