David Edwards on stability, style, 300 games - and Jeff Shi's dressing room influence

Edwards, who played his 300th game for the club in Monday's 1-0 win at Leeds, regularly speaks to Fosun's Wolves supremo.

And he has full confidence in the owners to deliver the success they and the club's supporters crave.

"They know it's not going to be a quick fix," Edwards said. "They know for the club's sake it has to be a slow process of building the club up again.

"The Championship is such an open league, there's no difference to playing Brighton or Rotherham, they're all tough games.

"It's all about being consistent and that comes from the top.

"I've been lucky enough to speak to Jeff on numerous occasions, he's always at the training ground.

"Jeff's really passionate, as are Fosun as a group.

"Jeff always comes and says hello, we've had meetings in the past with all the players or a few of the players, trying to get the message across that this isn't a short-term thing, it's a long-term thing.

"That helped when we were going through the bad run. A few of us spoke to Jeff, he really settled the club down in terms of saying 'relax, it's not the end of the world, just get back to enjoying your football and the results will come'.

"On the back of that we've done really well. I can't say enough positive things about the owners. They've invested heavily and got a long-term vision. I'm really confident the club will achieve that.

"Hopefully it's sooner rather than later and hopefully I'm here to witness us get back into the Premier League. It's definitely in safe hands."

Edwards has seen plenty of managers come and go in his nine years at the club, namely Mick McCarthy, Terry Connor, Stale Solbakken, Dean Saunders, Kenny Jackett and Walter Zenga.

Under Lambert Wolves have transformed their away form, winning eight on his 16 matches on the road, but their Molineux record has continued to suffer.

Edwards thinks Lambert is exactly what Wolves need right now – as the Welsh international eyes up plenty more appearances to add to his 300 in gold and black.

"This club craves stability," Edwards added. "When we've done well...the Mick McCarthy era, when Kenny came in. That's what this club needs. We, as much as the fans, are desperate for success. I just hope in my time we can do it.

"The gaffer has come in and settled everyone down.

"That's the sort of manager we need at the moment, someone who knows the league. He knows what players we're going to need and the way we're going to need to play.

"There's no point in us being an open, expansive team at this moment in time because we haven't got the players who are comfortable doing that.

"He recognises what our qualities are and is letting us play to them. I know he sees this as a real project for himself.

"The owners wanted to make a difference when they came in, and you can understand the decisions they've made.

"Unfortunately it didn't quite pan out as everyone had hoped. I believe we've got a good manager in charge, great owners and with a few more additions we can be really successful next year."

Of his triple century of appearances, Edwards added: "I got a late message off (Wolves radio commentator) Mikey Burrows on Sunday night! I knew I was reasonably close but I don't track games as well as our 'club statistician' Mikey Burrows.

"Three-hundred games...it's an amazing achievement for me personally. I'm so proud. Hopefully there are more to come.

"I'm 31, I'm enjoying my football at the moment. Hopefully I can be part of the plans next year. I don't take it for granted – every time I go onto the pitch I know I'm playing for my shirt and try and put every ounce of energy I have into that.

"As long as the fans know every time I've pulled on the shirt I've never given less than my absolute best. I'll continue doing that and hopefully I'm part of the plans in the future."

Nouha Dicko scored the game's only goal as Wolves produced a surprise win at play-off chasing Leeds, with Edwards skipper for the day in Danny Batth's absence.

The 31-year-old felt Wolves' game plan worked perfectly.

"It was a very good away performance in terms of being solid and disciplined, getting a clean sheet and at times in the first half playing some really exciting stuff," he added.

"I think the way we set up and frustrated Leeds, that was the game plan, and we had some real quality in behind their midfield, releasing the strikers. It worked a treat.

"I was delighted for Nouha to get his goal. In the second half we absorbed a lot of pressure and for whatever reason we were 20 or 30 yards deeper and couldn't quite get our foot on the ball and take the game away from them.

"But it's a clean sheet too. The boys at the back were terrific. Even though Chris Wood's very good in the box we wanted to force them wide and not let them come through the middle. I thought we did that really well and the two centre halves were brilliant all day.

"It was definitely a team performance defensively, very disciplined and working hard without the ball."

The result secured Wolves' Championship status for another season. While that's nothing to shout about given the £27m spent this season and expectations of a promotion push, it's an achievement given where Wolves were at the start of March – heading for the relegation zone.

Welsh international Edwards believes that a few key additions in the transfer market can make all the difference next season.

"It's not where we want to be in terms of league position but if you said that to us a couple of months ago we'd have snapped your hand off for it," Edwards said.

"There were times, in that awful run, when we were only out the bottom three by one point.

"In the last nine games we've lost two, drawn one and won six. That's a real testament to us as a team and the whole football club.

"Overall I think people look at it as a bit of a disappointing season but there are so many factors to take into it. We've had four different managers this season, new owners, 15 new players or so...a lot's gone on.

"As much as you want it to happen overnight it rarely does. The owners are great, it sounds like they'll be here for a long time. I really do think good things are going to come to this football club. We just need a bit of stability, we don't need mass changes again in the summer. The gaffer will bring in a few players who'll make a difference on the team.

"We don't need big numbers, just a few. If we have that stability hopefully next year will be very successful."