Sheffield Wednesday Rumours Archive November 16 2012

16 Nov 2012 16:04:32
As an Owls in exile in Manchester am becoming increasingly worried about the goings on at my club.
Can anyone shed any light? I know when Megson left he complained about MM and PA not signing the players he actually wanted but surely that hasnt carried on with DJ there now or has it?
I see people on here posted about DJ comments about Bothroyd, I agree he was a decent player at this level a couple of seasons ago but he hasnt set the word alight with us but he is playing out of position? Why spend money bringing in a striker on loan that has proved he is decent at this level to then play him on the wing? Surely it would be better use the money we paying Bothroyd to bring in a winger to play on the wing?
Just looking at the squad a few things dont add up as well.
Kirkland - Quality keeper and decent signing
Lee - Living in Manchester a few mates of mine are Oldham fans and absolutely raved about this kid and thought he would have gone to a higher rated Championship side than us? So what has happened since we signed him? DJ even played Mattock out of position rather than give him a game? Which brings me onto
Mattock - A young defender with potential, surely was signed as back up to Reda but what has happened to him? Surely giving him a run of games he would prove to be better than the awful Daniel Jones?
Jones - A player who couldnt get near our first team last season, we gone up a division and now DJ picks him regularly? What?
Taylor - Was he a panic buy or DJ actual first choice all summer?
Beevers - Was poor for us but again another that DJ liked to play out of position? Has gone to Millwall and been awesome, like he did for MK Dons last season, have said all along give him a decent run in the side with a fast paced CB alongside him and he will excel, surely a better long term propersition than Taylor?
Pecnic - Was he actually signed by DJ or just a cheap buy by the board but then again the same can be said about
Rodri - Why chase him all summer according to DJ and the fanfare DJ gave him when signed and then not play him? Dont think Barca will be too happy that he not playing?
McCabe & Corry - Great signings with great potential
Personally as good as O'Grady has been this season getting stuck in and putting himself about I think the fact that DJ is trying to fit Barkley into the team is why he has changed the formation? Maybe Moyles said he cant do a job in a 442 and wants us to play in similar formation to Everton so he can see how Barkley would fit back into their squad when he goes back and to make sure we got him DJ agreed to this? I believe the team was better earlier in season when playing 442, yeah we conceeded goals but we were winning games and we need to start picking up points asap and the current formation clearly isnt working at this level.
My other worry is stories that DJ doesnt do much time on training ground and leaves it all to his Assistant which was ok last season when we had Terry Burton but since he gone the team look like a bunch of individuals rather than a team!
Am not saying sack DJ now, I believe and still do he the best manager we had since Big Ron but something needs to change asap and if he was to go there isnt anyone out there who has as much experience at this level as him?

Well said our Manny Owl !
I agree with every one of your observations and have posted some similar comments myself.
What really surprises me is how quiet MM has gone . I can't believe that his comms man isn't trawling all the blogs & banter sites such as this one daily and feeding info back to him.
If not, why not?
If so , I would have expected him to make a public statement asking for patience from the fans, or if not that take DJ on one side and give him a hard time? The last thing the Chairman would want to do is lose the fans and I think DJ is losing backing with every week that goes by.
Todays snipe at the fans in The Star is either stupidly thoughtless or a two fingered salute to them which can do nothing to help his or the clubs cause.

The term square pegs in round holes seems to sum up DJ perfectly! Play players in their actually positions!

Sack him he's useless

Will never happen milan loves him

He'll learn !!
We all love somebody that really hurts us at some point in our life and I think DJ is not many matches away from MM realising how he misjudged her, sorry him !

Kirkland has been average at best, he is too quiet and doesn't organise his defence well enough, Bywater has been ill but is back now, not that Jones would drop Kirkland. None of us could understand not playing Lee, when he did play him he looked very good, and then he got injured and has only just come back. Mattock has been useless when he has played and has cost us goals. Taylor has been very poor, Gardner has looked reasonable. Nobody can understand why Beevers has gone out on loan, he is a real prospect. Corry, and McCabe are players for the future but we need experience in midfield now. Bothroyd has been the worst import of the lot, he played up front in the first games and he was worse than useless, against Wolves their defenders had the easiest day they have ever had. Jones is so blind where Bothroyd is concerned that he is now playing him on the wing to justify him being in the team and to do that he has to play 4-1-4-1. This disrupts the team but Bothroyd is bigger than the team as far as Jones is concerned. Very few fans want Bothroyd in the team but Jones has said that 25,000 loyal Wednesday fans are wrong about him and he is the only quality player in the squad. This is hard for an Owls fan to say but living in Manchester you have a wide choice of teams to support pick anyone of them and you won't be has disappointed as you will be has long as Jones is picking our beloved team.

Totally agree about Kirkland. one clean sheet in 16 (and against a terrible Ipswich team) says it all really.

16 Nov 2012 15:05:53
so were now not getting wickham from sunderland then.. ogrady is injured so nobodys coming to replace him as standby? xxxxx