Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl urges his players to “wake up” after suffering a 3-0 defeat at Millwall on Saturday afternoon.
Josh Coburn, Duncan Watmore and Jake Cooper found the net in what played out to be a rather comfortable win for the Lions.
The result mans that Sheffield Wednesday are 20th in the Championship, with 3 points after 4 games (W1 D0 L3), while Millwall are 14th with 4 points (W1 D1 L2).
🎥 Danny Röhl’s reaction to today’s game #MILSHW pic.twitter.com/zVRMfdkie7
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) August 31, 2024
Rohl said: “This is the reality, we must fight for every point, we must wake up.
“It’s a big signal for me that it’s the wrong direction and for this I need to find a solution in the next two weeks.
“We have to do it again and again, take responsibility, we conceded cheap goals.
“It was an attacking 11 that we started with today and we expected more from this team.
“We come from the first game against Plymouth with over four xG, and now we are back a little bit in the past, this is hard to take as we work on this day by day, and we must find a solution.”
Rohl told BBC Radio Sheffield: “Three defeats in a row. It’s terrible. It’s time to wake up.
“There was high expectation after one win but we are back in reality and that means fighting for every point – that is what I want to see in the next few weeks.
“It’s a big, big sickener for me that it goes in the wrong direction and not the right direction. I need to find a solution in the next few weeks.
“Cheap goals (conceded) and also we created nothing up front. We have to improve as soon as possible.
“We are back a little bit in the past and that is very hard to take. We have a lot of individual players but now it’s about finding the best team.
“This is my job – to find the best team that is ready. We have to start as soon as possible to make the turnaround.”
Rohl, per Sky Sports: “We came here to take something, but the opponent was doing the basics better.
“We know what it means to play here and I think we have [to do] different things now because we’re looking back at three games, nine conceded goals, no goal chances today, really.
“I think this is a big, big part of what we have to improve as soon as possible.
“It’s now time that we have to wake up and get back to reality – we cannot dream for more.
“For us, it’s about results. We can speak about process, process, but a process without results is not what we need and we have to work hard in the next two weeks.
“Today, the surprise for me was we didn’t create chances because we chose a very attacking team.
“I think it is a little bit hard to understand, but this is what we have to improve.”
Millwall’s Neil Harris: “I knew once we got Josh Coburn in that we’d have a different identity.
“I talked after Leyton Orient that I didn’t recognise my team, that I didn’t see a Millwall identity on the pitch.
“Today I did, and that’s the importance of having a number nine that you can play up to and get around, that Tom Bradshaw has done so effectively for a long time for us.
“Ultimately, I felt Josh gave everyone belief and confidence.”
Harris told BBC Radio London: “We made individual errors in the first two games and we’ve cut them out and picked up four points accordingly.
“We’re now up and running. We looked like a proper Championship football team that has a structure and an identity.
“There was a desire to keep a clean sheet. We scored three goals and, let’s be honest, it could have been five or six.
“Josh has set his bar very high for performances but I wanted to bring him to the club because I know his attributes. He’s an outstanding player.
“He gave us the platform and the belief to build off today.”
💭 “I thought the players were brilliant!”#Millwall pic.twitter.com/XEkBIfmyaS
— Millwall FC (@MillwallFC) August 31, 2024
Fans gave their reaction as Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl urges his players to “wake up” after the 3-0 defeat at Millwall…
@CharlieCassid20: I’m hoping ‘back in reality’ means he realises we cannot play this type of football yet
@bessowl: Some of our current retained squad not being picked at the moment can’t play Danny’s chosen way which unfortunately isn’t working Change of style probably needed and a use those players. Championship is a tough gig.
@MDN099: I appreciate what he’s trying to do, but there has to be a plan B & C. Play 3 in midfield, protect the defence, make us hard to beat. Open, expressive football doesn’t always work, as we’ve seen.
@neilbono: Paul dummett and Stuart Armstrong both free agents. Both experienced and the positions were short in.
@thorney811: I trust Danny to get things right and turn around the slump in form. I think he’s wise enough to see that with a new group of players we’ve probably been trying to run before we can walk, to a certain degree, and we’ve got to get the basics right fist #swfc
@Hazzy2_0: Not a fan of the international break, but fvk me do we need it! Outclassed all over the pitch, midfield on the beach, attack chasing shadows, defence look like they first met last Sunday in a working mans club, I trust in Danny but he’s got some fvkin work to do #swfc
@BigBri82: Thing is. He talks like a real genius in football. And he’s seeing and saying by the looks of it everything everyone else is seeing and saying. Hope he genuinely puts what he’s saying here in to practice during international break. We need a massive turn around fast! Gaffer 💙🦉
@WednesdayOwen: Conceding 3 to fucking hoof ball shite Millwall is absolutely sickening, take a good look at your sens
@nattasswfc: It’s ok, Danny will come out and just say ‘trust the process’ after the 3rd league game in a row where we’ve been absolutely pathetic.
@DanJamesHaywood: Sunderland and Leeds I can accept, this one is real eye opener as to where we are right now. Can’t see where the next goal comes from, prime Xisco-ball today.
@dannyboyowl1983: Cheers for another weekend ruined,
@andymcelwaine: Absolutely torrid. Some serious questions need to be asked….
@DavidWi48102400: Pretty crap lads. We look worse than we did in the second half of last season. We can only hope two weeks with most of the players will help.
@Logan_swfc: sunderland and leeds i can accept, that was worrying
@Fids16sw: Make them walk home
@_CharlieThePooh: so i burnt my black shirt in a sacrificial bonfire, so i guess now the orange has to go too!!!
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