Praise for Sheffield Wednesday attacker who gave Owls 'a lift' before being taken off
Sheffield Wednesday manager, Danny Röhl, has been pleased by what he’s seen from Jamal Lowe in recent Owls outings.
The striker has been in and out of Röhl’s Owls side this season since joining the club over the summer, but was handed a starting berth against his former club on Tuesday night as Wednesday played host to Swansea City at Hillsborough.
Lowe led the line well and tried to make things happen for the home side in what was a relatively drab game in S6, but was taken off - somewhat surprisingly for a number of supporters - with just over an hour played as Röhl searched for a winner.
The German was asked about Lowe’s impact in his post-match press conference, and while he did say he’d been pleased with the former AFC Bournemouth man, he was quick to say how important the collective was.
"He worked hard,” he told The Star afterwards. “He carried the ball well and gives us a bit of a lift. Sometimes he can work quicker against the ball but I’m positive in the games he's been involved in, that he helps us. It’s a nice opportunity, and he’s used his moment - which is nice to see…
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"But now we come to the point we want to score, and everyone has to take the responsibility. It’s not about you or you, it’s about ‘we’. We have to take the responsibility, we want to improve, we want to win games, we want to be clinical in the box, and we want to be sharp to score.”
Wednesday are back in action on Friday night as they make the trip down to Fratton Park, and it’ll be interesting to see what kind of rotations the German makes as the Owls navigate their third game in a week.