Henrik Pedersen has outlined his desire to mix up Sheffield Wednesday’s style of play.

Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen has accepted his team must become more creative in possession after criticism was aimed at him and his players after Monday night’s 3-0 defeat to Derby County at Hillsborough.

The Owls, who are down to the bare-bones ahead of Saturday’s trip to Portman Road to face Ipswich Town, attracted a fair share of criticism for the manner in which they approached their defeat to the Rams, with playing the ball out from the back a constant theme.

Derby, for their opening goal, pounced on a poor pass from Liam Cooper, meaning Patrick Agyemang gobbled up the opportunity, firing a low shot into the bottom corner out of the reach of goalkeeper Pierce Charles. However, the Owls persisted with playing the ball out from the back, generating groans and gasps from the stands.

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Given Wednesday’s current situation, many supporters argued the Owls do not have the resources to take such a risky approach to get themselves up the pitch. Additionally, they were also criticised for having possession for possession's sake, knocking the ball around the edge of their own penalty area without really going anywhere.

"I love to have a very aggressive pressing team,” Pedersen told BBC Radio Sheffield at Thursday’s pre-match press conference. “Again, when we play so many games with the amount of players that we have, we cannot press high every time.

"We want to be an aggressive, compact team. On the ball, we want to develop a team that can be strong and effective. I like a big part of versatility when we are on the ball.

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"I am not a coach who likes to have the ball just to have the ball; I want to be dominant and be able to play out against a team that is pressing high, but also a team that is standing deep.

"It is a running possession game. What we saw against Derby it was more to keep the ball more than it was to create with the ball, and this is not what I want to stand for and also the players.

"We want more, we want to create something, and we want to be effective. In the same part, when you want to be effective and create something, then you need to speed up the game and not always keep the same speed because you don't move them quickly enough."

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Asked if Wednesday are playing around with the ball too much in dangerous areas, Pedersen added: "Yes, I think so. We want to play, we want to break the first pressing line so that we can have a step in and from here we can speed it up and have the versatility instead of just playing it out and playing a long ball.

"We don't have the team to play only long balls and only the second balls. I think this is a place where we have to improve.

"We don't have to play four, five or six times, but this is what we are working on to be more effective in this part, so we are not only keeping the ball, but we break lines and speed up the game."