"We don't want to go out with a whimper" - Wolves boss' honest assessment after poor defeat

Edwards, visibly frustrated with his team's showing, has revealed he questioned if the players were scared at half-time and has called on them not to be relegated without a fight as they sit bottom on two points.

"I'm really disappointed with tonight," Edwards said.

"Compared to the levels that we set on Sunday, it was almost like the opposite tonight.

"I asked the players at half-time, are you scared? I asked them that. It looked in the first half like we were very passive. We didn't play forward.

"It looked like we were afraid to make a mistake. Maybe afraid of the reaction from the crowd, I don't know. Maybe that's human nature. 

"I know we conceded in the second half, but I feel like the game was lost in the first half with the lack of intensity.

"We didn't show any of the things that I want from my team and that hurts."

When asked what the players' response was to his half-time question, Edwards added: "They said they weren't. I looked in all their eyes and stood there and let it linger for about 30 seconds and just go, 'right, are you?' No, was the answer.

"We saw a response, we were a bit better in the second half. Not a lot, but a bit.

"We're in the position we're in now, we don't want to die like that. That's probably going to be the message now going forward.

"We don't want to go out with a whimper. In the first half that's how it felt.

"It looked bleak when I arrived, so we can't affect what goes on elsewhere.

"We can affect what we can do and we didn't do our job tonight. 

"We can't expect anyone else to give us any help."

Leeds' win against Chelsea leaves Wolves 12 points from safety and without a win in 14 Premier League matches.

And Edwards was particularly annoyed at a passive attacking display against Forest.

"We kept playing back and sideways too much, there was no real risk there," he added.

"We waited, it was too slow. In the first half, there was nothing really I liked about us.

"The fact that we were 0-0 was a massive positive. That was it.

"We kept going back, back, back, or sideways and not taking a risk, not playing it through.

"It wasn't a good game, was it? Your eyes must be hurting, do you know what I mean? It wasn't a good game. I don't think either team were great, if I'm being honest. 

"But we haven't won for a long, long time. Those games when we're not great like that, we've got to try and find a way to win, even when we're poor."