"There's no excuses" - Wolves boss issues rallying cry ahead of Spurs test

The club go into tonight's trip to Spurs bottom of the table having lost their opening five matches, with Pereira previously calling for time to get his players up to speed.

But the head coach has revealed he now regrets those comments and is calling on his side to step up and perform to get the club out of trouble.

"I realised that my speech, to give time, was something that went inside their minds," Pereira said.

"We don't have time in this league, we need to perform, we need to get results, confidence and play at the level they are able to.

"There's no excuses, now it's time to prove, it's not time to look for excuses.

"Maybe my speech was wrong and I realised I cannot keep saying it.

"I remember when I came here, after two days I went directly to an important game for us, it means we need to go and be ourselves.

"When I go to a game, I really believe we will win the game, whether it's home or away.

"But this is not about words, this is about proving on the pitch.

"The last game we proved that we deserved to win and in my opinion it was fair.

"Now we have another challenge and we need to go there and prove ourselves, to prove that we have the level of the Premier League and the level to get results.

"Every time I'm asking my players that we need this leadership because it's not only about my leadership.

"It's not only about my demands. Between them, they need to push each other, not in a bad way but in a good way, to be better."

Supporters have been understandably frustrated at the club's plight but during Tuesday's Carabao Cup win over Everton, the home fans chanted in support of Pereira.

The head coach believes that faith will get Wolves through the tough times as they fight for their first points this season.

"The connection with the fans (has been there) since the first day," he said.

"I suffer when they are suffering and I'm happy when they are happy, this is because I'm not an actor.

"I'm a very transparent man, I cannot hide my feelings.

"We need results, but I really believe we can get these results together, if the team and supporters help each other.

"We can find our way again together."