Dave Edwards: A huge week for Wolves' survival hopes

It's been a calm and quiet international break for Wolves as they creep closer to securing safety this season.

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Previous breaks have been met with a bit of panic from some supporters because of the positions we've been in this season.

Now being nine points clear of the relegation zone, it does feel that there was a lot more calmness involved over these last couple of weeks. 

You now come back to it, knowing we have two massive games to put the final nail in the coffin for those bottom three teams and to make sure Wolves don't get dragged into it.

It starts tonight at home to West Ham and it's a very winnable game. Graham Potter, since he's come in, has not had the huge new manager bounce that he would have wanted. It's been a little bit indifferent.

They've had nine Premier League games, they've won three, lost four and drawn two.

They're going through a bit of a style change as well, from David Moyes, to Julen Lopetegui and now Potter - three very different ways of playing and I think Wolves can really take advantage of that.

West Ham are the one team sitting just above Wolves and they can try to claw the teams above them back in. If we beat them at Molineux we go five points behind them with eight games to go

All of a sudden, Wolves have got a chance of finishing 16th or 15th with a really good finish to the season. That's what they've got to aim for.

Momentum is huge. We finished last season very poorly and it rolled into this season. The same happened under Bruno Lage too.

We want to finish the season strong so we can move into next season in a rich vein of form, without putting ourselves in the difficult positions that we put ourselves in this year.

A win against West Ham will take pressure off the Ipswich game, which is Ipswich's last chance. That's a must-win for them to try and claw Wolves back in. 

It will really damage their hopes going into that game if Wolves have already picked up three points against West Ham, whilst they have a tough game at Bournemouth.

I expect Wolves to be unchanged. It's worked well in recent weeks in the absence of Matheus Cunha, still creating chances, having lots of control in the match as well. Although it wasn't a stellar performance against Southampton, I thought it was very professional.

It's nice that everyone's come back from international duty with no injuries. 

I still have to pinch myself that we have three players away playing for Brazil, that is amazing.

They all got time on the pitch against Argentina and Cunha got a goal. Wolves should be really proud.

Maybe this isn't the best Brazil team they've ever had, but to have three Brazilian internationals in our team is pretty amazing. 

Cunha has since given an interview talking about the season so far, all the interest that was there in January and he felt that he had a responsibility to stay at Wolves and get them out of the trouble they're in. 

But it does sound more and more like he will be off at the end of the season.

He's such a terrific talent. He's let himself down a little bit with his disciplinary issues recently but with the football at his feet he creates and scores at will.

He's one of, if not the, most exciting players I've seen in my lifetime at Wolves and I'll be devastated to see him go. 

When fans turn up and pay their money, you want to be entertained, and he is the serial entertainer.

I'll be sad to see him go, but I'm sure Wolves fans will see him off with gratitude more than disappointment, after coming to Wolves and playing to the standard that he did. 

He said he wants to win titles and be competing at the top end. I don't think Wolves could ever be in a position to hold him back from that, but we should be really proud that we've been able to give Matheus Cunha the platform to go and showcase his ability.

Let's hope he can finish the season strong. We're not going to see him for the next two games, but after that, there'll be seven games for him to go and showcase every bit of his ability. 

He'll need to do that for potential suitors as well - finish the season strong, make sure potential future clubs don't see him as too much of a risk from a temperament perspective and try and rein that in a little bit.

Let's hope we can see the very best of Matheus Cunha at the end of the season, and they'll be able to wish him a fond farewell.

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