Danny Rohl blasts Sheffield Wednesday players and makes relegation scrap prediction after loss to Stoke City..
Danny Rohl has claimed some of his Sheffield Wednesday players cannot play his football in a scathing assessment.
There has been off-field turbulence at Hillsborough of late, but the on-pitch decline has also been alarming.
A 2-0 defeat to Stoke City extended their winless run to six games and Rohl did not hold back when delivering his post-match assessment.
He said: “I think my feeling is disappointment, but two things – first, we have to separate the last four or five results from the previous 18 months,. At the moment, we’re damaging our good work a little bit.
Gruesome truth revealed on late Sheffield Wednesday decision – clarity on another substitution.
Michael Ihiekwe was named in the initial line-up for Sheffield Wednesday’s defeat at Stoke City – but was withdrawn having left the warm-ups.
A last-gasp decision to withdraw Michael Ihiekwe from the Sheffield Wednesday starting line-up at Stoke City was made in the face of a gruesome injury, manager Danny Röhl told The Star. The defender, who was nominated for the Championship player of the month award for his performances in March, was a doubt heading into the 2-0 defeat after sustaining a problem in training on Thursday.
Ihiekwe travelled to Staffordshire regardless and a decision was made on Friday morning to include him in the line-up. Though he was named in the side at 2pm, the 32-year-old was seen leaving their match preparations early and news was confirmed by the club that he would be replaced by Dominic Iorfa 20 minutes or so ahead of kick-off. It transpires Ihiekwe has a deep cut, to the extent he was unable to wear boots without great discomfort.
Ihiekwe’s replacement Iorfa was taken off before the hour, substituted for rookie Gabriel Otegbayo who in turn had not expected to be in the squad having travelled as an ‘extra man’. Röhl, who elsewhere in his post-match press conference made the claim that a group of his players were not able to play his style of football, confirmed this was not due to injury.
“No, it was a tactical decision on that part,” Röhl said. “Gab all in all was OK, they were good minutes for him.”
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Ihiekwe’s replacement Iorfa was taken off before the hour, substituted for rookie Gabriel Otegbayo who in turn had not expected to be in the squad having travelled as an ‘extra man’. Röhl, who elsewhere in his post-match press conference made the claim that a group of his players were not able to play his style of football, confirmed this was not due to injury.
“No, it was a tactical decision on that part,” Röhl said. “Gab all in all was OK, they were good minutes for him.”
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