Rob Edwards focused on football as second interviews start for Wolves job

Nigel Pearson, Paul Lambert and Tim Sherwood are the three favourites to replace Walter Zenga, with Wolves set to undergo second interviews in the coming days.

The odds on ex-Villa and Blackburn boss Lambert tumbled from 25/1 at the weekend to 2/1 last night.

Paul Ince remains an outsider, as does Edwards, although as reported yesterday the 33-year-old will surely need to win this Saturday's game against Derby were he still to be in charge.

Bet365's Steve Freeth said of the latest odds: "Pearson remains a pretty solid favourite but we've seen good support over the last day or so for both Paul Lambert and Tim Sherwood in a market that is dominated by British managers."

Edwards said the support he's received from people at the club, as well as fans, has been greatly appreciated.

He's been keen to ignore any speculation and focus purely on training and matches.

"I genuinely haven't looked at what's been said, on social media or anything," he told the Express & Star. "I'm not on any of that and it probably helps keep my focus more on the task at hand.

"I'd like to say thank you. We do feel it (the support), I've had loads of texts and messages from everyone, as has Scott (Sellars). The staff at Molineux and Compton have all said they're really with us and behind us which is great.

"It's a good feeling. But everyone was before as well, and whoever is next it'll be the same again, because ultimately the club is the most important thing, not us."

"All you think about is the next game, the next day of training and the team, constantly thinking about the team and the players. That's taking up all my energy, my time and my focus."

Under Edwards' brief watch, training sessions have been altered to make them shorter but more intense.

Edwards explained the rationale, saying: "I'm a big believer in training how you play, I think it's important. We've said to the players that we'll manage their load and how long they train for, but while we're out there they give us 100 per cent effort and train as they play.

"We've made the times slightly different. It's got to be intense."