Sheffield Wednesday: Danny Rohl wants to improve – do Owls have same ambition?

If you want to play a progressive brand of football and succeed, to the extent of being a Championship promotion contender, a big summer is necessary. Typically that kind of reality check resonates. Instead, it has invited criticism.

I just don’t think Rohl wants to stand still. Not unfairly he sees a squad with some quality but nowhere near enough to be a legit top-six team.

That is exactly the mindset a club that has been outside of the Premier League for a quarter of a century should have. Sometimes, that means hearing a few home truths.

Even so, nobody can deny results and performances have been disappointing in recent weeks.

It shouldn’t be forgotten this has happened with an unhelpful backdrop, to put it mildly, of players and staff not being paid on time. Combined with having nothing to play for, it’s difficult.