The Owls battered promotion-chasing West Brom to earn their second win on the spin and stretch their end-of-season unbeaten run to five. They leapfrogged Plymouth Argyle into 20th place and with results elsewhere in the survival scrap going their way, it means a draw at Sunderland next weekend will secure second tier status from the depths of a 12-point deficit in November. Goals from Anthony Musaba, Ike Ugbo and Josh Windass did the business on an afternoon that they shut the Baggies down...
Sheffield Wednesday are potentially just days away to securing a second consecutive season in the Championship. The Owls defeated West Brom last weekend to give themselves a huge chance of securing survival, needing just a point from their final game to ensure safety. The Owls were once cut adrift at the bottom of the table, but the arrival of Danny Rohl on October 13 changed everything. Rohl has done a tremendous job to give Wednesday an opportunity to survive, and here we have put together a...
On Sunday, after a massive win over Blackburn Rovers, the German beckoned his technical team onto the edge of the box in front of a packed out away end so that they could celebrate with the 7,300+ travelling fans together. Henrik Pedersen, Sal Bibbo, Sascha Lense, Chris Powell and Neil Thompson threw their arms in the air alongside the manager to the delight of the Wednesdayites in front of them, and it was another moment that showed how far the team has come since October. Wednesday, as a...
All focus is on Wednesday’s clash with Sunderland this weekend, from which a point will secure safety for the Owls after a remarkable resurgence in the last few months. Beyond that lies the hope that Röhl will be satisfied with talks to be had with Owls owner Chansiri about the future direction of the club and changes he believes are required to take the club ‘to the next level’. “We will speak, like always, and then go forward,” he said after Saturday’s win over West Bromwich Albion before he...
The Merseyside battler has spoken a number of times about his never-say-die attitude this season, one that has instructed his comeback from Xisco outcast to Danny Röhl key man via a testing in-and-out period in between. Nobody made more tackles than Vaulks in the 3-1 Ewood Park win, with one of those leading to Wednesday’s vital second goal. A back-to-basics approach edged towards in recent outings is a side-step from where they were some weeks ago under Röhl, who has always maintained that...
A televised Sunday clash saw the Owls win out at Ewood Park thanks to goals from Josh Windass, Marvin Johnson and a calamity own goal from Rovers goalkeeper Aynsley Pears. Nearly 7,400 Wednesday fans roared their side to a victory that takes them out of the Championship relegation zone for the first time since August. Röhl had to use two of his substitutes earlier than he might have liked when two defenders - Michael Ihiekwe and his replacement Bambo Diaby - both had to leave the clash through...
Windass scored the match-sealing third goal in a Baggies rout that put the Owls to within one point of safety heading into the final clash of the campaign this weekend at Sunderland. In the moments afterwards he lifted his shirt high above his head and appeared to kiss the Wednesday badge, before taking his time applauding supporters post-match in what could stand to serve as his final home appearance as an Owls player. The former Rangers attacker has been with Wednesday for four-and-a-half...
This time last year, the Geordie target man was in the process of closing out the regular League One season with four goals in two matches including a hat-trick against Shrewsbury Town. A penalty in the Miracle took his tally to 20 across all competitions and only injuries had prevented him from starting every league game. Football is a peculiar business, where achieving success can increase the likelihood of you losing your job - or in Smith’s case, change it immeasurably. Niggly injuries and a...
But there’s a sizeable ‘if’. The Owls are looking ahead to the prospect of a remarkable great escape in a relegation battle that has seen them battle back from the worst-ever start to a Championship campaign to needing just a point from their final match at Sunderland to secure safety. It’s a resurgence inspired by the appointment of Danny Röhl in October, the German coach picking up a side hapless and winless before inspirng a turnaround that sees them among the most prolific points-getters in...
The German coach has steered Wednesday out of the relegation zone having taken over a side winless in 13 and in the midst of their worst-ever start to a league campaign. With two matches to go the Owls sit a point clear of Birmingham City in 22nd place, with Röhl maintaining the side’s aim is to hunt the places immediately above them in the table rather than to look back at the teams behind. In an interview with the national media last week, the former Bayern Munich assistant boss suggested he...
Boyhood Wednesdayite Weaver has been on the coaching staff at Middlewood Road for a decade but recently announced his surprise exit from the club, citing personal reasons. A former Premier League stopper, the 45-year-old enjoyed two playing spells with the Owls - though he is perhaps best known for his time at Manchester City - before stepping into coaching with Wednesday. Röhl has only been in situ for just over six months at S6 but found himself the beneficiary of Weaver’s expertise and...
Danny Rohl may be the youngest manager in the EFL, but he’ll need his elite-level coaching experience to get Sheffield Wednesday out of trouble. Following the sacking of Xisco Munoz in Octobe