Dave Edwards: Wolves have work to do but Molineux will be rocking against Man City

It's always a strange time of the year and you really can't read too much into results in particular, but you obviously want good performances.

I've been involved in pre-seasons where we've won a lot of games and started the season poorly and vice versa.

The fans will watch the game and they can see what's happening themselves and they'll see where the shortcomings are, where we look strong and obviously where we need to improve.

There's no doubt that we do need to sign some players and we have some key areas that we need to add to, in particular at right-wing-back.

I think Ki-Jana Hoever has had a wonderful pre-season. He's put himself right in the mix and I expect him to start against Manchester City this weekend, but I feel we really need someone to come into that role and make it their own. Hoever can support them, hopefully build and get some appearance this season and then see where he goes from there.

The one area that hasn't quite clicked in pre-season is at the top end of the pitch, we haven't looked overly threatening in front of goal. We've had good spells in games, had good control at times, but that final little bit of creativity has been lacking.

But it's pre-season and it will be very different when it all kicks off against City. 

The team Vitor Pereira selected against Celta Vigo is probably close to his strongest side, but I fully expect Marshall Munetsi to come in for Fer Lopez, despite the Spaniard putting himself in a decent position as one of the stronger performers in pre-season.

Against Manchester City, the type of team they are, I think having Munetsi in the team will help the situation.

It also helps Jorgen Strand Larsen, who at times looked a little bit isolated against Celta Vigo. He needs to get players around him to help him and Munetsi will make his job a lot easier.

It'll help him find a little bit more space in the box when crosses are coming in and I think Pereira will be looking at that.

The Celta Vigo game was similar to others in pre-season, with some good moments and opportunities. 

Jhon Arias was quieter than his first game against Girona but he still had Wolves' best chance after a lovely bit of work from Lopez. Arias initially showed some nice composure in the box, but unfortunately the finish didn't match it. 

Andre and Joao Gomes were solid enough, too, while Matt Doherty made some really good interceptions in the game, showing his experience.

He might have been a bit disappointed with the goal, but it was a wonderful pass and a wonderful finish as well. 

It was nice to see Wolfe get his first 45 minutes in a Wolves shirt. I thought he was steady enough and I fully expect him to be starting against Manchester City.

Hugo Bueno looked good going forward when he came on, but he had a few nervy moments defensively.

Emmanuel Agbadou had his header from a corner and Sasa Kalajdzic had a bit of a chance at the end, but we need to do more in creating chances.

Against City, I do expect a completely different intensity from the lads. That always happens and Molineux will be absolutely rocking.

We had some Diogo Jota tributes at the start of the Celta Vigo game and there will be more before the City match, which will set up the atmosphere really nicely for Wolves to feed off and try to produce a performance.

It's a great time to play Man City. They've only been back in training for two weeks after the Club World Cup and there's a huge opportunity for Wolves to go and get three points on the board early on, regardless of Man City's stature within the Premier League.

But they are going to have to play a lot better than what they have in pre-season to do that. 

Let's just hope that roles are reversed from last season, where we had some decent results in pre-season but started the season poorly. 

We haven't had those results this summer, so hopefully that means that we can start strongly. There's nothing better than a home game against a big team to get us started.