Vitor Pereira urges Wolves to use "suffering" as motivation to "fight"

Wolves currently sit at the foot of the table in the English top-flight after failing to win any of their first seven games. 

However, Pereira has arrested a run of five successive league defeats, with back-to-back draws against Tottenham Hotspur and Brighton respectively prior to the international break.

The Portuguese boss will be aiming to end Wolves' winless drought when they travel to newly-promoted Sunderland on Saturday, and still has full confidence that they can turn the tide.

Pereira vows to "fight" at Wolves

"This is football, this is life," Pereira said.

"The time that we are suffering is the time we go again to the fight. 

"I have just one day to recharge myself. A human being needs it, but after one day, I'm ready again to fight and not lose my direction. 

"We cannot lose our direction. We know what we need to improve, we know the way and this is the confidence we have in our work. 

"I'm realising the personalities of the players and they have good personalities, good players, who are trying to adapt to a different league. 

"They need support from us and our supporters." 

Signs of improvement?

Wolves underwent a summer of considerable change in the wake of a trio of key departures in the form of Nelson Semedo, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Matheus Cunha. 

Besides Jorgen Strand Larsen, whose loan deal from last season was converted into a permanent deal, none of the other six summer signings boast previous Premier League experience. 

Pereira acknowledged that it has taken time for the new faces to acclimatise to life in England, but feels that there have been visible signs of adaptation of late.

"Of course," he responded when asked if he is happier with recent signs of improvement. 

"To feel confidence inside of me, I need to control the situation. 

"It's not to be on the lottery, not to there and see. Now, I've started to feel this confidence. 

"I'm starting to understand that my players know what we are demanding. They know what to do and we can do better and better, for sure. 

"But this is the confidence I need to feel inside of me, to give the confidence to my players."