‘We’re having fun’ – Sheffield Wednesday attacker praises Owls resilience and says more goals will come

The Owls have lost just three games in League One this season, and are eight points better off than they were at this point last season – showing an improvement in output following another busy summer at Hillsborough.

‘Pato’ has seen a big turnover in players even in his two and a half years at the club, and he thinks that the size of the squad this year has made things easier to manage.

And though points have been dropped in games they wanted to win, the Scot thinks that there are more goals on the way.

“I think we’ve drawn games that we’d have ended up losing a season or two ago,” he told The Star. “It shows us that we’ve got a bit about us now that we can not get beat, and we’re creating many, many chances to win loads more games than we have. It’s not clicked yet, but it will eventually.

“When the new boys came in it takes a couple of games for everyone to adapt and figure out what we’re good at, and the Gaffer has to work with everyone individually to see what we can do. But we’re clicking now, putting together a good run of form, and hopefully we can keep it going.

“Last year we had a lot of players, this year we’ve cut it down. So it’s easier to integrate everyone in the group - it’s a good team spirit, a good camaraderie, and we’re having fun.”

Paterson is likely to get another chance to show what he can do on Friday evening when the Owls go up against Morecambe in the FA Cup, and he says it’s a tournament they want to do well in.

He added, “It’s a massive, old cup… It’s a proper cup, one you want to do well in. Having it on your CV is something special, and you never know what can happen, so we have to get past this game and hopefully progress further.”

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