Sheffield Wednesday: Hard work ongoing after staff were left a 'smouldering dumpster fire'
There is lots of work going on behind the scenes as staff at Sheffield Wednesday look to keep things ticking over after being left in the lurch by Dejphon Chansiri.
On and off the pitch the situation remains dire at Hillsborough, and though there is light at the end of the tunnel after a preferred bidder was chosen by the club’s administrators, there are still various difficulties that those involved in the day-to-day of life at S6 are having to deal with.
One such element right now is that of recruitment, with Wednesday under very strict rules when it comes to adding to their threadbare squad because of the financial mismanagement of their former owner. The Owls are limited in terms of what they can bring in despite their ongoing injury crisis, and it all falls at the door of one man.
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Wednesday writer, Alex Miller, has been full of praise for those going about their business amid the uncertainty, but knows that circumstances are still miserable for the club.
Speaking on this week’s edition of the show, he said, “I’ve no doubt that in these conversations Wednesday are holding Harry Amass up as a, ‘Look at this, look how marvellously he’s done and how much closer we can take him to being closer to your Premier League requirements’. But there’s no dressing it up, this is a pretty grim situation.
“There are people at the club at all levels that are just trying their best to get through. It’s a frankly impossible situation on so many different fronts, and I have great sympathy for the people involved that have been left this smouldering dumpster fire by a certain person. It’s just a case of ticking off the games and picking up what they can.
“I remember writing back in August that every win would feel iconic and every draw would feel like a win, and that is very much where we are now.”
You can check out a clip of the show at the top of the page, or tune in for the full episode below as Alex talks us through some of the latest goings on over at Hillsborough:
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