Sheffield Wednesday are in the early days of a new direction.

The arrival of Dave Challinor and a new coaching team offers a reset for a Sheffield Wednesday side in the midst of a mixed start to their grand rebuild - a little over six months on from the purchase of the club by Arise.

Former Stockport County boss Challinor was officially unveiled as the new Wednesday manager on Tuesday and is an interesting character having built his way through the leagues in a 16-year management career. Together with fellow new hires Clint Hill and Tony Sweeney, it will be hoped that strides can be taken in the coming weeks and months to build an Owls side in the image of their fresh outlook - with greater consistency, clarity and intensity among the shorter-term missions.

A great focus was placed in the perceived misgivings of now sacked boss Henrik Pedersen in the last weeks but with a fresh start to kick off with an FA Cup clash at Oldham Athletic on Sunday, a renewed onus will be placed on a talented playing group blended with both youngsters and experienced EFL figures.

Informing and educating the group is the role of the new-look coaching team, Challinor said: “I'm big on ownership. As much as this is about me coming in, the players have to go out there and perform.

“We can stand on the touchline and we can shout and give them as many instructions as we can - in front of 35,000 people, that's difficult to get across! The players are the ones who have to go out there and make the decisions that ultimately will win or lose a football match.

“We've got to give them all the answers over a period of time and they've got to pick which ones are suitable to the situation they find themselves in. Your experienced players are massively important wherever football club you're at. You look at what we've got in the building.

“I spoke with a few of them today. They're going to be huge. You've got lads at the start of their careers that do need guiding. You've got lads that, like I say, have the experience of a Barry Bannan, of a Coops, Palms, Joe Lumley. The list is endless of lads who are over 30 and have seen everything. It's a lot more powerful coming from current players than it is from the staff all the time. In any football club the experienced players are going to be massive.”