Wolves face Leeds at Elland Road this afternoon.
Rob Edwards has urged his players to show pride in the face of relegation and has fired a warning to his side that he will drop any players not performing.
Wolves have six games remaining of the season but the loss to West Ham last time out ended any faint hopes of a great escape.
The club are set to be mathematically relegated either this weekend or in the coming weeks, but Edwards says the players have a lot still to play for.
“I've spoken about it consistently every single week, but everyone's fighting for something at the moment,” he said.
“At Premier League level the game is viewed by everybody so it's in everyone's best interests for themselves, for their families to do well and for the football club to fight.
“The lads are showing us that in training every week and every day.
“I'm pretty convinced that the performance levels and the fight will remain and if anyone doesn't and they don't show that then they won't play and we'll play a young player and I'm pretty sure they will.
“But I don't think that will have to be the case.
“I'm sure the fight will be there and we need to make sure that there's pride in difficult circumstances and we'll continue to show that.”
On the likelihood of relegation, the head coach added: ”If it happens, there's a few of us that have lived that before in the staff, so we'll be able to lean on those experiences.
“Of course no one wants it but of course we know the challenges that we've faced this season and where we've been all season long.
“It's about making sure now that we continue to fight and finish the season as strongly as possible and of course then we face whatever reality comes our way in the right way possible to make sure that the club is in a position to bounce as strongly as possible if that happens.”
Meanwhile, Edwards says Yerson Mosquera has apologised for his petulant booking that means he will miss the next two games against Leeds and Spurs.
The defender needed to get through the West Ham fixture without a yellow card to avoid a suspension, but in the first half after winning a free-kick, he inexplicably gestured to the referee for a yellow card for the opposition, which resulted in his own caution.
”In the conversation that I've had with him, he knows my feelings on it,” Edwards said.
“But also the fact that he's missing two games of Premier League football is enough to deter him.
“He plays with his heart on his sleeve, he's emotional, he gets involved and he's really on the edge.
“A lot of that is why he performs so well but in those critical moments he needs to know when to strike the balance.
“He made a mistake, he admitted that, he apologised and he felt really down when I spoke to him about it.
“So I think he will learn but he's someone that he's always on the edge. It's tough because he's been performing so well for us, so now we miss him for a couple of games and we all pay the penalty.
“He managed himself for a few games on those nine bookings well, so I was really surprised when he done that. Then he tried to cover it up and go and have a drink and thought he got away with it but they didn't miss it!”
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