"We're going to have to suffer" - Wolves boss confident of long-term success despite short-term pain
Rob Edwards admits his Wolves team will need to 'suffer' in the short-term for the long-term gain as he calls on them to do the 'ugly stuff better'.
The head coach has been unable to stop the run of defeats in his five matches in charge so far and has already admitted he is working on improving the basics with his team.
Chairman Jeff Shi recently gave Edwards public backing to be the man to turn Wolves around, even if they were relegated.
When asked what needs to go right in the short-term to ensure he has a future at the club, Edwards said: "We need to see improvement.
"I can't guarantee the results, but I need to see improvement in certain things that I've tried to touch on.
"I need to see real commitment and to do the hard, ugly stuff better.
"To make better decisions, to compete for longer periods in games and not go down and then let heads drop.
"Those sorts of things we need to see more of and we need to be better in, because there's no doubt we're going to have to suffer.
"I want to see a team that's willing to go and fight.
"We're trying our best to get that right message across. Four weeks in, we've seen some good bits and some not so good bits.
"I need to see more consistency. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to guarantee the results."
Wolves fans have been increasingly angry at club bosses but have given Edwards some patience so far - and he hopes to reward that in the future.
Edwards said: "I'll always be honest and at the moment I hope people understand that I left a really good job to come here and I hope people understand that I want to be here and I want to try and help.
"It's not going to be just done like that. Hopefully people understand that I want to be here and I'm going to give everything to the football club.
"I've never said I can guarantee wins or results. What I can guarantee is that I'm going to give absolutely everything for the football club and I'll be as honest as I possibly can.
"So at the moment, results aren't good enough and I'll hold my hands up.
"But I also think I get it more than most and understand how much it means more than most and I think I can give more than most as well in terms of my time and my energy to the job."
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