Rob Edwards: A huge ask for Wolves U23s to break through

Edwards has returned to the club after a year away managing Telford.

He oversaw an impressive 4-1 victory over local rivals Albion on Friday night, with Benny Ashley-Seal (two), Pedro Goncalves and Niall Ennis on the scoresheet.

However, the former Wolves player, under-18 chief and first-team coach knows it will be a tall order for any of his group to force their way into Nuno Espirito Santo’s first-team plans.

“The result (against Albion) was good but we’re not necessarily in the results business.

“Results for us is developing players and trying to get them first-team football, wherever that may be. Ideally for Wolves, obviously.

“We develop by winning but there’s still lots to do.

“The next step is a real challenge – first-team football is tough.

“We believe in them and we’ve got some good players but we constantly need to hammer it home.”

Ashley-Seal, Goncalves, Cameron John, Elliot Watt, Ryan Giles and Andrea Sondergaard joined Nuno’s squad for pre-season and impressed the boss.

Edwards added: “Nuno’s looked at some in pre-season so he knows a lot of them.

“The staff are always asking how they’re getting on and a lot of them go down and regularly train with the first team.

“He knows and he’s aware of them.

“But let’s be honest and real, it’s a huge challenge to get into a Premier League squad and Wolves have got some terrific players in the first team.

“The challenge is massive. We’ve got to work with them but they’ve got to understand it’s tough to break in.

“There may be one, two or three stepping stones in between. Look at Harry Kane, he had about seven loans before he broke in at Tottenham.

“The main goals are to help develop the players.

“We need to improve them in every aspect of their game. The mental side and the demands are undervalued I think.

“They put pressure on themselves and there is pressure there but you’ve got to be able to deal with it.”