Wolves are expected to announce Rob Edwards as their new head coach very soon – and James Collins last night sent a message to the incoming manager.
Wolves crashed to yet another defeat in the Premier League on Saturday, losing 3-0 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Most fans did not really expect anything from the game.
But it was still another disappointing performance, especially from an attacking sense, with Wolves not having a single shot on target.
It was U21s manager James Collins, helped by Richard Walker, who took the team for the game, with Wolves still in the process of naming Vitor Pereira’s replacement.
Rob Edwards is all set to be that man after not managing Middlesbrough yesterday – he was stood down, and then there was word of an agreement.
It is clear he has a massive job on his hands – and James Collins had a message for Edwards last night as he prepares to come in.
James Collins has one clear instruction for Rob Edwards ahead of taking Wolves job
It is going to take a miracle for Wolves to avoid relegation this season.
No club has ever survived having taken just two points from 11 games, so Edwards will have to make history if Wolves are to avoid slipping into the Championship.
Wolves just have so many problems right now that many fans have already accepted that relegation is on the cards.
After last night’s game, Collins was asked about Edwards’ impending arrival – and gave him one message ahead of starting the biggest job of his life.
He said: “It’s obviously a tough job because the boys are at the bottom of the league. What I would say to him is, if it’s him, that the boys are together, the boys are working hard. The boys want to work on the training pitch. There aren’t little cliques etc – they’re very, very together. And that’s a good place to start.
“Yes there’s work to do. Yes we’ve got to improve. But there’s a lot of games left this season. I just said to the boys in there, ‘Your season’s not going to be defined by Chelsea away, you’ve got to pick points up in the big games’.
“I think if they work as hard as that, and add more quality to their play at times, they can pick points up and go up the league.”
Wolves squad is together, but lacks quality
The Wolves squad may still be ‘together’, but the big issue is that it lacks leaders, proven Premier League players and quality.
And that is the fault of Fosun, and also Domenico Teti and Vitor Pereira, who both had big says in Wolves’ recruitment in the summer.
Jeff Shi claimed Wolves had a good window, but the general consensus for fans is that there may not have been a worse window since Fosun bought the club.
And now Wolves face a big issue going into January in that, players are likely not going to want to come due to the club’s precarious league position.
Wolves are in a mess, so finding top players who can make a difference who actually want to come is going to be a real challenge.