Wolves were in a great deal of trouble, replacing Vitor Pereira in an abysmal season, but they had their coach on a mission in Middlesbrough. They appointed a caretaker manager while being in negotiations with a new manager. Their luck has turned around, and their former player and former youth team categories manager, Rob Edwards, was ready to terminate his contract with Middlesbrough and return to Wolverhampton as first-team manager.
The Wolverhampton former player, who spent his best playing years at Wolverhampton and later coached the youth category teams, has now returned to the club, and he surely is a great Wolverhampton player and a huge fan of the team, and was keen on the project. Now he is the leader of the Wolves project and has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club.
He has left the promising project that he built at Middlesbrough in the Championship, where he had a chance to promote the club to the Premier League, but he decided to leave to lead Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League and try to take on the huge fight to avoid relegation with a club that has not won a single Premier League game so far.
Rob Edwards had been coaching Middlesbrough earlier this season but decided to finish it on the side of Wolves as part of his personal preferences and his connection with the club.
Instant impact on Wolverhampton’s football and avoiding relegation chances
The club now has a strong manager who is well prepared for the tasks in Wolverhampton a has been working since the summer, has coached many matches in recent weeks and months, and is in momentum and football rhythm. The players need to understand Edwards’ football views and ideas, and be devoted to the manager. They have a hard relegation battle ahead until the season finishes.
It works in their favor that they have appointed an active manager from the English divisions who will give his best with the club this season, and it is going to enhance their chances of avoiding relegation.
Can Wolves avoid relegation at the end of this season?
The question is: can Wolves avoid relegation? The answer to this question is yes, they can. It is November — they can, if they start playing more compactly with great passing, with an offensive approach, and with the involvement of more players in attacking positions. With a well-organized defense and with many games coming, the Wolves can avoid relegation with Rob Edwards’ great influence. The point is, there is still time for Wolverhampton, and they agreed on a very good contract with Edwards. Certainly, it needs time for Wolverhampton and Edwards.
They first need to start being competitive in Premier League games, grow as time passes to develop a certain style of play, and establish patterns and ways of defending and attacking. They need Rob Edwards to stamp a certain style of positioning, defensive principles, and playing patterns.
Edwards has signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with the club and will be there next season, even if the club is relegated. There will still be a future for Wolverhampton Wanderers, even if they are relegated. There is still a future for the club.
Rob Edwards is a Wolwewrhampon player on task and will certainly build a strong selection and a team the owners, fans, and board will be proud of. He is the happiest man at this moment and will surely give his best to help his club in building a strong team, and will try to reverse the situation in the team. Wolves will surely, with time, be competitive and will no longer be a stadium in which Premier League teams can score points in advance.
He needs to turn things over since the club has not been led well for the past few seasons. The team has been wise when choosing the new manager, with a caretaker manager, James Collins, in charge for a match against Chelsea.
They now have a young, energetic, and strong manager who has been brilliant at Championship with Middlesbrough, and who could stay at Middlesbrough and would have been in a position to get promotion to the Premier League, but he chose his club, Wolverhampton, instead.
S. Šijaković
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