Edwards on relegation and 'mistakes', recruitment and facing Spurs
Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Tottenham at Molineux (kick-off 15:00 BST). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Edwards provided an update on goalkeeper Jose Sa, who picked up an injury before the Leeds game: "He trained today [Friday] so we'll give him as much time as possible but he felt comfortable today so that's pleasing. " He added Matt Doherty trained all week so he is available, but Ladislav Krejci "will be struggling".
On relegation being confirmed: "Tough to take but we knew where we were. We were marooned at the bottom of the league. We don't like it.
It wasn't easy, I don't think it was ever going to be. There has been mistakes made here for a number of years and the trend that the club has been on for a while has been leading up to this so there is a lot for us to learn. He continued: "If you make mistakes, you can be punished and we have seen that with a number of clubs.
We have been able to make some improvements and we want to take positive momentum into the new season so we want to do that [from] tomorrow. " When asked how he personally processed relegation, Edwards said: "We acknowledged it and I felt I needed to show some strong leadership with the staff and the players and what we want to do moving forward. We know this has been a challenging season but it's about what we do next.
It's been difficult for the supporters and I know it is challenging. Let's react in the right way. Nobody would want us to feel sorry for ourselves.