Results can change almost anything in sport.

Wins and positive performances can transform the mood of a dressing room, revitalise the spirit of a fanbase and make the world feel an altogether better place.

What they should not alter is longer-term plans, which is why Wolverhampton Wanderers’ massively encouraging nine days should not have a major impact on their strategy for the January transfer window.

Head coach Rob Edwards certainly appears not to have had his opinion influenced unduly by a three-game unbeaten run which has seen Wolves go from two points to seven at the foot of the Premier League in just a few days, thanks to two spirited away draws and one emphatic home win.

“I’m just pleased that the lads are responding and we’re seeing performances and fight,” Edwards told journalists after the 1-1 draw at Everton. “That’s what I’m pleased with, but we want to try, with some outs as well as some ins, to make an impact.”

Will Jorgen Strand Larsen (right) be sold this month? (Brett Patzke – WWFC/Wolves via Getty Images)

Edwards went into a little more detail before last night’s game, telling his pre-match press conference that the draw at Old Trafford in the final game of 2025 and the victory over West Ham in the first outing of 2026 had not changed his plans for this month.

“I still think we want to freshen things up,” he said. “As a football club, we recognise that there’s a need to make a few changes. We’re working hard to try to do that. But there’s certainly been a bit of an upturn in form with a few people as well, which is really welcome.

“It isn’t like in one window we’re able to say: ‘Right, 20 out and 15 in’, or something mad like that. There’s going to be a little bit going on, but it’s not going to be wholesale (change) within one window.

“Especially in January, it’s impossible to do, but I think having people in good form certainly helps. I definitely feel like there’s more competition now, but I don’t think my mind’s changed too much with people that we think might need to go and get some football.”

Hwang Hee-Chan wriggles away from Everton’s Tim Iroegbunam (Matt McNulty/Getty Images)

Edwards’ assessment should come as no surprise. Despite the post-Christmas upturn in form, his Wolves side remain 14 points adrift of the Premier League safety line with just one win from 21 games, and with relegation all but certain with four months of the season remaining.

So, irrespective of recent improvements, January clearly needs to be used as stage one of a wider rebuild to help the club salvage a modicum of respectability and, more importantly, challenge to return from the Championship next season.