PREVIEW WOLVES TRIP TO CHELSEA

On a quick turnaround for Chelsea

“It’ll be an incredibly tough challenge, as always, playing Manchester United like we just have or Chelsea, two of the biggest clubs in England. They have incredible ability to sign talent and produce some of their own talent – massive squad full of quality. It’ll be an incredibly tough test, especially with such a quick turnaround and such a small squad.

“The effort which went into the Manchester United game and the amount of work the boys put in will take some recovering from, so it was important we started to get the lads recovered as quickly as possible and going to Stamford Bridge will be a real test. We’ll embrace it, the same as we have with every other game.”

On continuing to progress as a group

“As I said before the Man United game, you can give everything at this level and still cruelly come out the losing side. I’m looking at more from us, more progression, more togetherness, and see if we can keep producing.

“The distance we’ve managed to move over the last six months – I’ve watched a few games from last season, where games like Thursday got away and it ended up five or six – so I think how far we’ve come shouldn’t be taken lightly, but that doesn’t mean we stop. We have to keep going.”

On maintaining the spirit in the group

“That’s always a big part of what I do. It was always a big part of what I tried to do last season and it’s been a big part of what I’ve tried to do this season. Transfer windows when you’re in the playing squad already can be funny because sometimes you’d like to see a few arrive because you’ll get help and support, and other times for selfish reasons, and being in it together, you prefer it to stay how it was.

“I don’t know how each individual thinks about it, I’m clear on how I feel about them and how I feel about the group and what we are. I’m sure, no matter what happens between now and the end of the season, you’ll get us giving absolutely everything in every moment.

“I don’t think there’ll be too many teams that can suffer a sucker punch like the one which made it 3-1 against Manchester United and still show the resilience to get back up and fight their way back like we did. I’m sure if there was another five or six minutes left, we’d have found a way to fight and threaten to make it 4-4. That’s where it is, it’s my job to keep it there and to make sure the lads understand how important each little detail is. Will we ever be perfect? Probably not. But it’s my job to get us as close as possible.”