Alan Biggs: Why I've felt sorry for Sheffield Wednesday chairman Dejphon Chansiri

While that person can be blamed for the plight the club found itself in last summer, he cannot be faulted for the way he has tried to rectify it.

For me, he’s made many of the right moves even if, until the huge midweek win over Bournemouth, he was getting all the wrong outcomes.

The pressure on Garry Monk has certainly not been coming from Dejphon Chansiri, despite it being hard to argue that the manager’s overall record has not been sackable.

Neither, strictly speaking, has the pressure been applied by absent fans, even though a section have been calling for a change of manager for some time.

No, it had come - until Tuesday - from performances and results, pure and simple. Allied to the 12 point penalty that’s been a millstone around the club’s neck.

Throw in sendings-off and injuries to key players and Hillsborough has been engulfed by what is often referred to as a “perfect storm.“

Right in the eye of it, not so much Monk as the chairman and owner.

What was he to do and how much would it cost? Bear in mind that this is a man who has continued bankrolling the club from personal wealth, to the tune of every salary and nine signings, at a time of little or no income.

Monk admitted to me recently that he could not have asked for greater support or understanding.

So, outside of historic criticisms, let’s not point the finger at the chairman this time. Actually I’ve felt sorry for him.

Chansiri could have gone one of two ways after last season’s dramatic slump in form. Admirably in many respects, he chose to front out the flak and back his manager; a manager who, despite what some say, did well at three of his previous clubs.

There was clearly no intention for this appointment to be short term, even on a short rolling contract. Otherwise Monk would not have been able to form a new - and finally his own - management team with three coaches arriving.

The signings made have been, by common consent, the best the Owls could have hoped for in the circumstances and all have had Monk’s imprint on them.

What could go wrong? Well, the system, until midweek, looked ponderous and ineffective, individual blunders crept back as frustration mounted and, while no excuse overall, Monk has been desperately unlucky with injuries.

It has appeared that Wednesday were not equipped to compete without their first-choice line-up or close to it.

Thankfully Chansiri has been spared, for now, another stick or twist moment. Not that he is a man for buckling, a good quality when it comes to time for managers. Could sticking seal Wednesday’s fate? Might twisting give them an opportunity to turn things?

Questions for another day and if a further win over Millwall on Saturday takes Wednesday to plus two, we might wonder what all the fuss was about.

It’s good that Chansiri has made a rare decision to give his thoughts to the media, although that prompts suspicions that there might be more to worry about than the future of one employee.

For better or worse, people need a pointer to the future, hopefully calming the noise and bringing he club together - as Monk and his players most certainly did against Bournemouth.