Following his impressive play at Middlesbrough, Rob Edwards will be named Wolves’ next manager in the coming days. However, one journalist has referred to his choice to quit the Teesside club as “shameful.”
Wolves’ disastrous start to the Premier League season resulted in Vitor Pereira’s dismissal after the team had only two points from ten games.
They have agreed to pay Rob Edwards for his services, and because a new successor is imminent, he is their man of choice.
However, after only a few months in the position in the north east, the former Wales international’s decision to move from Riverside Stadium to Molineux has been deemed dishonorable.
Rob Edwards “has abandoned” Middlesbrough, according to a different decision on the Wolves move.
Luke Edwards, a reporter for The Telegraph, attacked namesake Rob’s choice to quit Middlesbrough prior to the managerial position, saying that if he applies the same tactic to the Wolves team, his remarks about the Boro team being a “family” could backfire.
“I think he’s taken a very, very risky move in his managerial career,” Luke Edwards stated on the BBC’s Premier League Review. It is shameful, in my opinion.
Rob Edwards took a risk and caused embarrassment when he entered Middlesbrough with the statements, “We’re a family, and we only want people who want to be here.”
“You can only presume that’s the kind of language he uses in his team discussions as a manager behind the scenes to try to get players to join the team.
“To be honest, after three months—and he’s done a great job in a short amount of time, Edwards—they’re quite difficult to promote.
He then left them as soon as he had the chance. Words like that will follow him wherever. For a manager who encourages that kind of communication, it’s a risky decision.
“He has a job in the Premier League and has joined Wolves, but I don’t think he’ll stay there, and his actions always speak louder than words.”
At least Rob Edwards’ tenure at Wolves lends legitimacy to the move.
Rob Edwards at least has connections to Wolves, even though Middlesbrough supporters will find it difficult to deal with their manager’s departure.
Edwards, who was born in Telford, which is close by, played for Wolves for four years. He played a significant part in the 2005–06 season and the one after that before joining Blackpool, with whom he gained promotion.
After retiring at the age of 30, Edwards worked as a coach at Wolves’ academy before joining the first team staff and eventually becoming head coach, helping the under-23 squad win promotion.
Even with Middlesbrough’s recent comeback and the Old Gold’s current decline, it alone gives Edwards a reason to join Wolves.
Edwards will undoubtedly rise from club icon to club legend if he can pull Wolves out of the abyss.
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