In a cosy room off the reception at Wolves’ Compton training base, Rob Edwards is reminded he is back talking at the top table where, nine years ago, he struggled to conceal his excitement at being in caretaker charge of the club. “Was that when I had to sort of say I didn’t want the job and had to be really diplomatic?” he says, smiling.
This is the real thing after jumping at the chance to take permanent charge despite the club being bottom of the Premier League with two points from 11 matches and possessing the ignominious record of being the only winless team in the top seven tiers of English football.
