Edwards keeps his faith in a post-Christmas miracle

MANAGER Rob Edwards vowed to keep fighting and told his players they cannot give up after rock-bottom Wolves' humiliating campaign continued with a 2-0 home defeat to Brentford.

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Keane Lewis-Potter's second-half brace secured the Bees victory at Molineux, where Jorgen Strand Larsen saw a late penalty saved by Bees' Caoimhin Kelleher - and the home faithful made their fury clear.

Wolves' 10th successive topflight defeat means they have a paltry two points after 17 matches, equalling the Premier League record low at this stage of the season set by Sheffield United in the 2020/21 season.

Newport's fourth-tier team of 1970/71 are the only other side in English league history to have recorded so few points at this stage, but Edwards pledged to keep going.

"We have to (keep fighting)," he said after the final whistle. "I just said it to the lads in there now - 'You can't give up. That would be mental.

"I said, 'I'm standing in front of you now, I'm going to fight, and I know all the staff are with me and are going to fight, and I need all of the lads to come together and help each other and fight as well. That's what we have to do.

"Yes, it's an extremely difficult situation we've come into and obviously it's continuing that way at the moment in terms of results.

"It doesn't feel that way when we're around the training ground. I feel the lads are with us and they're really trying hard.

"We've seen an improvement in the last couple of weeks in training and the work they're doing.