Sheffield Wednesday 4-0 Plymouth Argyle: Wayne Rooney’s tenure at Argyle starts with heavy loss

The second half began with Bannan having two shots blocked as Wednesday continued to boss the game.

They got a deserved second goal as Nathanael Ogbeta failed to stop Jamal Lowe rising up to head Gassama’s cross on to Galloway’s head and past the helpless Hazard.

Gassama should have made it 3-0 two minutes later, but his poor effort at the back post hit the side-netting following a good cross from Valery.

Rooney made a triple change 12 minutes after the break with Bali Mumba, Ryan Hardie and Callum Wright coming on, but little changed as Owls trio Gassama, Di’Shon Bernard and Anthony Musaba all had efforts.

Windass set up substitute Olaf Kobacki’s strike from close-range which was blocked with 10 minutes to go, before Rohl’s side ended any doubt with Windass’ emphatic finish.

Argyle and Rooney’s day was summed up when last season’s star player Morgan Whittaker – who had largely been a spectator throughout the match – dragged a low left-footed effort weakly wide after finally finding some space in the penalty area.

Jamal Lowe flicked a near post header from a corner just wide as Wednesday searched for a fourth goal in stoppage time.

They found it when Bannan dinked a pass to Marvin Johnson and his cross from the left was met by Smith, whose first effort was blocked by Hazard before blasting in the rebound from a yard out.