Dave Edwards: Wolves put in two performances that fans can get behind

There are green shoots of optimism that this Wolves team can be competitive and although there is no doubt it will be a tough season, there are signs that Wolves can give it a good go and they're starting to gel.

They're starting to get more time on the training pitch with Vitor Pereira, relationships are starting to get built and Pereira's not afraid to change things around.

The Everton game was a really professional performance. After that Leeds game where they looked all over the place at times, were outfought and didn't have the athleticism in the team to deal with the Leeds' powerful midfield, Pereira noticed that quickly and changed the formation he has stuck with in recent years.

He isn't stubborn enough not to change it, but the switch to a back four came as a big surprise, but I'm glad he did it because it got rid of some of our shortcomings from the Leeds game.

Having three midfielders with a lot more athleticism gives us a platform to play from. It's not the most creative midfield or one which is going to be full of guile but it's a hard-working midfield.

Marshall Munetsi took his goal really well against Everton and it was good to see Tolu Arokodare get his first goal with an excellent finish, which gave the team some confidence to take to North London on Saturday.

Pereira backed the players with only one change and I was really happy he kept faith in players like Sam Johnstone and Santi Bueno, who deserved to keep their place, although it was a big shout to leave Emmanuel Agbadou and Toti Gomes on the bench.

That just shows the type of manager Pereira is. He's brave and he'll play players on form.

Although the first half was quite scrappy, I thought Wolves grew into it and were well in the game. They were getting a little bit hurt down the sides in particular but he made some proactive changes at half-time and changed to a normal back three, which nullified Spurs' threats out wide. Tchatchoua made a huge difference in that right-wing-back role and stifled Spurs. 

Wolves' goal was a scrappy one itself but I thought it was deserved at the time and after that was the best period of football Wolves have played all season. It was tenacious, it was full of spirit.

The game management was really impressive. The way that they didn't really allow Spurs to have many chances whatsoever, they would absorb the pressure but the counter-attacking was brilliant. That's the best we've seen this season by far. 

Tchatchoua's pace down the right-hand side was brilliant. I thought Jhon Arias had his best game in a Wolves shirt and that's a massive plus for Wolves to show that he is ready to start competing at Premier League level. 

Munetsi polarises opinion but this Wolves team needs him. I think they are such a better outfit with him in the team and he did well again, while S.Bueno was also brilliant.

But the stand-out player for me over the two games was Andre. He's had a bit of a stop-start season with Pereira singling him out for a little bit of criticism about his attitude, but these two performances have been sensational.

He's so secure in possession, so good at winning the ball back, being in the right place at the right time to break up attacks.

He can receive a ball in a really difficult period of the pitch and manoeuvre it into an area where there's more space for his team-mates. He does that better than anyone so it's great to see him back at his best because he's going to be huge for us.

We just needed to see the game out and unfortunately we got to the dying moments and it's a ball which just fell to Palhinha near the box. It was a wonderful finish. 

It's easy to say in hindsight, but one slight criticism I have of Pereira would be the decision to bring on Toti Gomes for Arias late on.

That made us drop a little bit deeper naturally but I also thought that Ladislav Krejci would fill into midfield, but we went to a back six and it left only Andre and Bellegarde in the middle which meant as crosses were coming in we were getting deeper. 

We were unable to get pressure higher up the pitch on the ball, then when the ball came out, I'm adamant if we had three midfielders playing then Palhinha wouldn't be in all that space to take on that shot.

If Arias was still on the pitch or Krejci pushed through into midfield then Bellegarde might be on him. We had the box absolutely packed out but we didn't have any pressure on the edge of the box. 

I feel that was a slight mistake but there's a lot of luck involved in the way it bounced through and it was a terrific finish as well. 

I don't want to take away from what is such a positive Wolves performance and some much-needed confidence leading to what is going to be another huge game at Molineux on Sunday against Brighton.