What To Expect From Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday will visit The John Smiths Stadium on Saturday to take on Huddersfield Town in a game which both teams will be expecting to take points from. As always, we went in search for an opposition fan to give us a bit of a insight into their club as well as what to expect from them when they take on the terriers. This time we have John Wozniak who wrote on behalf of East Midlands Owls;

3 wins on the bounce have silenced the Dave Jones critics (for now). A mixture of bad luck, bad refereeing decisions and some early season poor defending sent most of Sheffield 6 into a state of panic. 

Those that are familiar with Milan Manderic will no that he is not afraid to fire his manager. Despite a few calls for Dave Jones’s head, Milan and 99% of Wednesdayites have stood by him. 

Having watched the Owls home and away since our League Cup game at Oldham in August, Wednesdayites have spent most of the season scratching our heads, wondering how we have not taken 3 points or even a draw from all but a few of our games. 

A low point in the season was against Leicester and Watford at home. The team showed no spirit or desire to win. The East Midlands Owls lads, sat down and discussed who should come into replace Dave Jones. The answer we came up with after 3 hours of head scratching was simple, stick with Dave Jones. 

A 1-0 defeat away to Cardiff was harsh and the lads showed some spirit. Suicidal defending cost us a bitter blow at home to Bristol City. A backs to the wall performance at Barnsley set us up nicely to beat Chartlon at home followed by yesterday’s win away at Bolton.So what can you expect from the Owls on Saturday? Firstly 99% of Wednesdayites won’t want to see Jay Bothroyd playing. His lethargic approach to the game hasn’t won anyone over. You have already seen our pacely players Michail Antonio and Jermain Johnson. Our new recruit Jeremy Helan has blistering pace, and the goal he scored against Charlton was nothing short of class.  There is plenty of spirit and quality in this side, as the lads have shown in the last three games, they will play until the last whistle. We are not getting too carried away. The introduction of Stuart Gray to the back room staff has brought a sense of organisation to the team.  

Dave Jones’s team selection for Saturday will remain a mystery, but in Jones we trust.  I predict a hard fought game and plenty of noise from the 4,000 travelling Wednesdayites.There will be plenty of banter on twitter etc but on behalf of everyone at East Midlands Owls we would like to wish all Huddersfield Town fans a Happy New Year!