THE WEDNESDAYPRESS.A closer look at the shapes, decisions and details that define the game.
Six straight home crowds above 30,000 have coincided with Wednesday’s strongest Hillsborough displays this season, yet the evidence says the atmosphere amplifies results more than it creates them.
Sheffield Wednesday still turn to their captain for calm and control — but the new regime may use him more carefully.
Sheffield Wednesday go into the Cambridge fixture looking to recover from defeat at Doncaster, with a current squad that now looks very different from earlier in the season.
A new manager inherits a squad with goals in it, senior presence and enough variety to shape a plan — but also repeated problems with slow starts, defensive basics and availability.
A back three, a midfield pair or two forwards: explore the decisions that would give Wednesday their next identity.
With Henrik Pedersen gone and Cambridge United next up at Hillsborough, Sheffield Wednesday may look beyond the obvious names for a manager who can impose order quickly.
Dave Challinor is the betting-led frontrunner, with Gary Rowett and Paul Heckingbottom also in the frame. Here is how each would likely set up if all players were available.
Follow the next pass, the space behind the press and the players out of shot. Defending becomes easier to read when you look beyond the ball.