Midfielder Dave Edwards is doing extra training sessions to force his way into the Wolves reckoning.

The Welsh international scored his first Molineux goal in last weekend’s 4-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday after coming off the bench.

But Edwards has played just 11 league games since his £675,000 move from Luton in January through injury, along with the form of Karl Henry and now David Jones.

The 22-year-old is doing all he can to force boss Mick McCarthy’s hand.

He said: “It’s all about working my socks off in training and doing extra sessions to improve my game.

“Hopefully that means it will all come together when I do get a chance on the pitch. I know I’ll get a chance and it’s up to me to take it.

“It was nice to get the goal last weekend. I played against Accrington but other than that my chances have been limited so far.

“It was my first goal at Molineux which was nice – hopefully I can kick on now and get a few more.

“At Plymouth I wasn’t even on the bench and obviously you always want to be involved. I want to make sure my performance levels don’t drop, because I need to be at the top of my game for when the chance comes.”

Edwards admits not being a first choice is something he’s not used to.

He said: “Since I was 18, I’ve been pretty much first choice. It’s only three or four years ago that I was last fighting for a place when I was at Shrewsbury.”

“Since then I’ve been pretty much a regular even though there was competition .”