Sheffield Wednesday: Lee Gregory reveals Josh Windass-inspired Owls ambitions

That’s the belief of Owls striker Lee Gregory, who admitted that while an automatic promotion push is going to take hard work, Windass' headline-grabbing return has unlocked some of the potential of the Wednesday squad.

“It’s a massive boost,” Gregory said. “I’d never played with Josh but you could see his quality on the training ground.

“We’ve a few more to come back too. Mass [Luongo] coming back has been a massive boost to the lads. If we can keep everyone fit and keep ourselves up there, we have every chance.”

Wednesday took seven points from a possible nine last week, with Windass providing two goals and an assist in two appearances.

Asked whether he felt the division was there for the taking, Gregory recoiled a touch: “It’s definitely a graft, it’s not going to be an easy ride," he said.

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“Everyone has been talking about us not doing too well, then you look at the league and see where we are. We might have come through a bit of a bad patch where we’ve drawn or whatever.

“But it’s always been about turning that around and getting results like we are now. As we are now, there’s no stopping us.

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“I don’t know what everyone was panicking about! A couple of results and we’re not far off the top now. That’s still our main goal [winning the league]. We’re doing something right.”