Sheffield Wednesday warned to expect extra defensive work as Danny Rohl rallies around James Beadle
DANNY ROHL and his goalkeeping coach Sal Bibbo will rely on their experience with some of the world’s best to help James Beadle after a costly error in Sheffield Wednesday’s 2-1 defeat to Coventry City.
But Rohl’s outfield players can expect a lot more training sessions and meetings about the defensive mistake which led to the first of Ellis Simms’ two goals.
Simms opened the scoring at Hillsborough when ex-Huddersfield Town midfielder Jack Rudoni got far too much time to cross, and he outmuscled Max Lowe to score.
The Owls created lots of chances before and after but only scored a Joel Latibeaudiere own goal.
The defining moment came in the second added minute when Beadle, who had made a fantastic save from Tatsuhiro Sakamoto, dropped a hopeful high ball for Simms to score. It was the second Saturday running the Owls lost 2-1 after conceding in stoppage time.
But Rohl knows from working with Manuel Neuer, once the world’s best goalkeeper, with Bayern Munich and Germany that even the finest have their moments.
“I have a fantastic goalkeeping coach, very experienced and he’s worked at a high level at Arsenal with top-class goalkeepers,” said Rohl. “I had some experience with Manu. Even Manu made a mistake.
