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Palace into top four as Edwards loses first game as Wolves boss. Video, 00:06:38Palace into top four as Edwards loses first game as Wolves boss
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After a tumultuous week culminating in Edwards leaving, the club issued a statement thanking the fans for the atmosphere and support shown in that victory over Blues, saying, external: “The Riverside came together as one, players, staff, supporters, and you could feel the sense of unity which is at the core of this club.
“To everyone involved, we would like to say thank you.”
As Middlesbrough begin their
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Rob Edwards has described the decision to leave Middlesbrough as “one of the toughest decisions” in his life in a statement released on his instagram account.
Edwards told supporters he “wouldn’t have considered leaving for any other club” aside from Wolves, where he began his coaching career and made 111 appearances as a player.
“Middlesbrough is a incredible club, with a fantastic owner, staff and passionate supporters,”
Edwards leaves Middlesbrough second in the Championship table, five points behind leaders Coventry City.
Wolves, meanwhile, are rooted to the bottom of the top-flight table after a poor start to the season in which they have picked up just two points from their opening 11 league games.
Edwards will be joined at Wolves by Harry Watling, who takes on the role of assistant head coach and was part of his
Middlesbrough assistant manager Ali Viveash told BBC Radio Tees:
“Today was about the players and the fans and they dovetailed together, they suffered together and we’ve come out on the right side of a really important victory.
“The positives were; the resilience, the grit, the fight that we showed.
“We dominated the opening 20 minutes, could have been two or three up. Dael took his chance and it took us
Boss Rob Edwards has been stood down from Middlesbrough’s game against Birmingham on Saturday amid Wolves’ interest in appointing him as their new manager.
Wolves saw an approach to speak to Edwards rejected by Boro on Thursday and the manager was locked in talks with members of the Championship club’s hierarchy on Friday.
Edwards did not hold his regular pre-game news conference or oversee the team’s final training session before
Wolves have made an approach to Middlesbrough about appointing Rob Edwards as their new head coach.
BBC Sport reported on Sunday that former Luton manager Edwards was among the leading contenders to replace Vitor Pereira, who was sacked following Wolves’ 10-game winless start to the Premier League season.
Wolves held talks with former boss Gary O’Neil, but the 42-year-old withdrew from the running on Monday.
Former Wolves player Edwards, also
Rob Edwards and Gary O’Neil are two of the early names in the frame to replace Vitor Pereira as manager of Wolves.
Pereira was sacked on Sunday following the team’s 10-match winless start to the Premier League season.
And Edwards and O’Neil – both of who have historic links to the club – are among the names to be considered by the Wolves ownership.
Edwards is currently at Middlesbrough, which
Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards says he understands why he has been linked with the managerial vacancy at Premier League strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers, but is concentrating solely on Tuesday’s game against Leicester.
Edwards, 42, made 100 league appearances for Wolves between 2004 and 2008 and has held various coaching roles at the club since.
The winless West Midlands side sacked boss Vitor Pereira on Sunday and are eight points adrift of
Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards says he has no concerns about his strikeforce in the Championship this season.
Boro go into this weekend’s match with Edwards’ previous side Watford in second place in the table.
They have scored 16 goals in 12 games – fewer than half the 34 hit by leaders Coventry – and no player has more than two goals in the league.
Coventry’s Haji Wright and Brandon Thomas-Asante
