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Everyone accepts this season has been a nightmare for Sheffield Wednesday. A decimated squad. Youth players thrust into action. Multiple emergency goalkeepers.
Nobody expected anything other than an almighty nine month slog.
However, with one game to go, the Owls have won only one solitary league game.
Is it good enough?
It’s a question an increasing number of fans are asking, with a feeling – not confirmed – that the
Sheffield Wednesday head coach Henrik Pedersen says he wants to stay at the club in League One next season despite the ongoing turmoil off the pitch.
The Owls suffered the earliest relegation in EFL history following their 18-point deduction for regulation breaches by owner Dejphon Chansiri and the club remains in administration while they await a potential takeover.
The 48-year-old took over at the club in July 2025 having previously
Norwich City boss Philippe Clement offered consolatory words to Sheffield Wednesday counterpart Henrik Pedersen ahead of the meeting of the two teams at Carrow Road on Wednesday night.
The Owls’ relegation was confirmed by defeat in the Steel City derby last weekend and they have now lost 10 games in a row.
Asked if he had ever been in a similar situation, Clement told BBC Radio Norfolk: “Not as a
Pedersen said Bannan had spoken to his team-mates about his intention to leave earlier in the week and that it was a “difficult” moment.
“You could feel Barry’s emotion from him to them and you could feel the emotion from them to him, so of course it was an emotional moment,” he said.
“I said to him ‘I’ll miss you a lot’ – on a football level, a captain level,
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Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pederson said his side’s performance in their 1-1 draw with fellow Championship strugglers Norwich City was a step in the right direction.
Barry Bannan scored his third goal of the season as the Owls generated an xG of 2.08, their highest of the season.
“We had courage to play today, it’s the best offensive game we have played this season,” Pedersen told BBC Radio Sheffield.
“We
Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen praised his team’s defensive display as they held West Brom to a 0-0 draw at The Hawthorns.
The Owls ended a run of four straight Championship defeats a week after entering administration and Pedersen said his team has finally reached the standard he expects in defence.
“I am very satisfied,” he told BBC Radio Sheffield.
“We have spoken a lot this week about who we
