Sheffield Wednesday players told to adopt ‘siege mentality’ amid financial uncertainty

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Sheffield Wednesday are in Carabao Cup action on Wednesday evening, as they make the trip west to face Bolton Wanderers at the Toughsheet Community Stadium.

Henrik Pedersen will likely be rotating his squad for the tie, with the Owls’ full focus on the Championship as they look to avoid relegation, something that EFL fans think they can do.

Supporters were ‘proud’ of their team on Sunday afternoon, despite a 2-1 loss to Leicester City on the opening weekend of the campaign.

Players, staff and fans are all united despite the current situation at Hillsborough, and Steven Schumacher has told them to go further as he prepares for his side’s clash against Sheffield Wednesday in Greater Manchester.

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Steven Schumacher tells Sheffield Wednesday what they must do

The Owls face Stoke City at the weekend at home, in their first league game of the season. However, with cup action coming up Bolton manager Steven Schumacher, who was in charge of Bury when they had their own financial problems, has told Sheffield Wednesday how he helped deal with the issues.

Nevertheless, Bolton manager Steven Schumacher, who was in charge of Bury when they had their own financial problems, has told Sheffield Wednesday how he helped deal with the issues.

He said (via: The Bolton News): “There’s a lot of outside noise. The way we coped with it was just to try and explain to the players that they had to focus on the things we could control on the pitch, in training, on a match day.

“All that turmoil that the team went through, it sort of galvanised the squad. We created a siege mentality and we managed to get our heads down and get on with business. From the outside and looking at Sheffield Wednesday I’d be very surprised if that is not what they are speaking about because they have got good experience in that squad.

“They have got good leaders like Barry Bannan, experienced players like Jamal Lowe, Dominic Iorfa, Liam Palmer – my God, he’s played a million games for them – so that type of player will be brilliant to go round and speak to the younger players who may be a bit uncertain, and say ‘look, don’t worry about what you can’t control right now, get the football right.’

“And as I say, sometimes it can bring you closer together and make you a tighter unit.”

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Nathaniel Chalobah’s celebration against Leicester City said everything

Wednesday took the lead against Leicester in spectacular fashion at the weekend, and Nathaniel Chalobah went straight over to his supporters to celebrate with them.

He was joined by his teammates in the corner at the King Power Stadium, and there is no denying that, in that moment, there was a true connection between those on the pitch and those in the stands.

That must continue over the course of the rest of the season, but the Owls do need to be rescued with the future of the club still looking bleak.

Nevertheless, victory in the cup will hand Sheffield Wednesday some reprieve from the outside noise that has been continuous this summer.