Wolves' Rob Edwards: I'm not thinking about full-time job

The 33-year-old is due to take charge of Wolves' game at Blackburn Rovers this weekend, assisted by Scott Sellars.

Edwards undertook media duties on Thursday afternoon for the pre-Blackburn press conference.

And he spoke of his pride at being asked to manage, however temporarily, a club that he loves.

"It's very exciting," Edwards said. "I'm really looking forward to the challenge. This is, I feel, my club. I played here, I've been youth team and first team coach

"Now to be interim head coach is something I'm really proud of. I'll be giving it my all. They'll get 100 per cent from me and the staff and we want the same in return.

"It's a great opportunity and I will give 100 per cent for however long it goes on for.

"My instructions are to mind the shop. They'll be looking for their next candidate and me and Scott Sellars will take the team for as long as it takes.

"It's a big responsibility – but what an opportunity as well.

"To be taking charge of a game is something I'll be incredibly proud of."

After Walter Zenga was sacked on Tuesday attention has quickly turned to who his successor will be.

The highly-rated Edwards is one of the favourites for the role and knows that if he can guide Wolves to a victory or two it will do his chances no harm at all.

But does he want the job? "I can't look that far ahead, I genuinely can't," he said.

"All we're thinking about is Blackburn Rovers. It'll be an amazing opportunity for whoever gets the job.

"It's an incredible club with great supporters and a great infrastructure, it's got everything. But I can't look that far ahead."

Edwards was recently heavily linked with the vacant Shrewsbury job.

The former under-18 coach - who was promoted to first-team coach by Kenny Jackett last summer - admitted he has ambitions of becoming a manager.

And he thinks he's got the qualities to make the step up.

"I'd like to think I've got good experience now," he said. "Of course I'm younger than a lot of managers and head coaches out there, but I've played at this level, I know the league, I've worked under some fantastic managers and leaders. I'm confident in my own ability to lead the team.

"Are there ambitions of doing it? Yes, I'm not going to lie. But that journey could take 10 years or 10 days, I don't know.

"I think I'm suited to it. There are different types – leaders come in different shapes and forms. I'm reading a good book by Carlo Ancelotti at the moment on leadership. It's fascinating.

"He's a quieter man, but there'll be some who rant and rave, or people who think about it a lot and maybe don't say as much. I have my own style and hopefully that works, at least for these next few days."

Captain Danny Batth said training earlier this week had 'intensity' to it under Edwards, who has made a couple of changes in that training starts earlier in the day and is based more on intense, shorter sessions.

Popular Edwards said that although he'll have some tough decisions to make ahead of this weekend, he doesn't feel like he's acted any differently yet despite making that step up from coach to boss, albeit very briefly thus far.

"I've been the same," he added. "Of course I've been leading the sessions and I'll be more vocal and making decisions. But I've not been any different yet.

"Friday and Saturday will come along and that'll be decision-time, but I'm fine with that.

"I want to speak to people. As long as the players know why they're not playing they'll respect that decision, they might not agree with it, but you've got to do that.

"I don't think anyone would say they enjoy that part of it, and I won't, but I've got no problem doing it.

"The last thing I want is there to be any excuses for the players this week. There can't be. And working at this level I have to be bang on and get everything right.

"I've had to think about nailing training – Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and then the game on Saturday. That's all I've allowed myself to think about."

Wolves have picked up just one point in their past four games and are four points off the relegation zone.

Edwards said it was difficult to put his finger on exactly where Wolves had been going wrong.

He said: It's really difficult. Performances have been there. And what you'd normally say to people is, if performances are there then results will come.

"We have missed some chances, so we do need to be clinical. And I suppose we need to be clinical in both boxes because that's where it counts.

"I want to be a hard-working team, that's how it should be done.

"Working with them over the last few days they're buying into it and understanding it.

"We've got some really talented players but if you look at the top teams at the moment – and I like to look at the top teams – they run, they work. So we have to too."