Edwards on relegation and 'mistakes', recruitment and facing Spurs

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Edwards on relegation and 'mistakes', recruitment and facing Spurs

Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Tottenham at Molineux (kick-off 15:00 BST). It's been difficult for the supporters and I know it is challenging.

Edwards on relegation and 'mistakes', recruitment and facing Spurs

Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Tottenham at Molineux (kick-off 15:00 BST). It's been difficult for the supporters and I know it is challenging.

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Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Tottenham at Molineux (kick-off 15:00 BST).

Edwards provided an update on goalkeeper Jose Sa, who picked up an injury before the Leeds game: "He trained today [Friday] so we'll give him as much time as possible but he felt comfortable today so that's pleasing."

He added Matt Doherty trained all week so he is available, but Ladislav Krejci "will be struggling".

On relegation being confirmed: "Tough to take but we knew where we were. We were marooned at the bottom of the league. We don't like it. It wasn't easy, I don't think it was ever going to be. There has been mistakes made here for a number of years and the trend that the club has been on for a while has been leading up to this so there is a lot for us to learn.

He continued: "If you make mistakes, you can be punished and we have seen that with a number of clubs. We have been able to make some improvements and we want to take positive momentum into the new season so we want to do that [from] tomorrow."

When asked how he personally processed relegation, Edwards said: "We acknowledged it and I felt I needed to show some strong leadership with the staff and the players and what we want to do moving forward. We know this has been a challenging season but it's about what we do next. It's been difficult for the supporters and I know it is challenging. Let's react in the right way. Nobody would want us to feel sorry for ourselves. We have to respond in a professional way and do a good job."

On recruitment for next season: "Players [are the ones who] go over the line and do it so it is important that we get that bit right. The process was started in January and a lot of hard work has gone on to make sure we are in a good position in the summer. We want to act as early as possible to give us the best chance to work with the group."

Edwards spoke about an altercation between team-mates Tolu Arokodare and Mateus Mane: "That was a couple of weeks ago. Not uncommon. We dealt with it and we have moved on from it. There is a lot of passion and sometimes things can get physical. We have a group that care. They are a tight group and sometimes things can spill over. I've got no problem with any of the individuals."

On facing Tottenham: "Roberto [de Zerbi] is in for a reason, because they have had some difficulties as well. Momentum is hard to change. It's a really good game and it's an interesting game so it shouldn't be one that is difficult for us to respond. I hope we can show the best side of us and I know it will be a difficult game. We want to try and finish as strongly as possible. We haven't done that as a football club so that is the message we are driving. We have got to guarantee our performance levels are high."

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