He has only been in charge for three games since leaving Middlesbrough, but Edwards already seems to be admitting Wolves’ campaign is a lost cause and that his players are playing for pride.
“It looked bleak when I arrived,” he said after Wolves’ loss to Forest – their 12th defeat in 14 league matches.
“We can’t affect what goes on elsewhere. We can affect what we can do – but we didn’t do our job tonight. We don’t want to die like that.
“That’s going to be the message now going forward – we don’t want to go out with a whimper.”
It is a message his players need to heed or some other unwanted records could come into view – including the lows of Derby’s infamous 2007-08 campaign.
The Rams were relegated from the Premier League with just 11 points, in the worst season in the history of Europe’s big five leagues.
Derby’s tally averaged out at just 0.29 points per game over the full 38-match campaign.
While we are just over a third of the way through this season, Wolves are currently averaging 0.14 points per game.
Carrying on at that pace would earn them just five points from 38 matches.
