The direction of travel on Danny Röhl’s Sheffield Wednesday future is clear
Sheffield Wednesday conceded late to lose 1-0 to Hull City on Saturday and wave off their outsider hopes at play-off qualification – but as is so often the sorry case at S6, the bigger stories are off the field.
Chaos has once again been been rained down from above, with player wages still unpaid as of Saturday evening and a d-day looming on those payments. Should their players not receive their March wages on Monday latest, the crippling nature of a three-window transfer embargo awaits. In terms of life under Dejphon Chansiri, it’s been a remarkably unremarkable turn of events at S6.
Having trudged off the field to the concern of watching supporters, Danny Röhl’s post-match press conference was a vision of despondency, the German coach speaking in hushed tones with the body language of a beaten boxer. The feeling was that there was more left unsaid than has been transcribed.
A 10-minute interview with The Star contained just a brief chat about football; the goal they conceded was avoidable but impressive, some 50-50 decisions went against them, pride in his players. But it was an afternoon on which on-field chinwag felt futile.
