Danny Rohl: Sheffield Wednesday boss says side have '10 finals to go'

Danny Rohl has led Sheffield Wednesday to four successive Championship wins

Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl has said the club believes in "special things" as they look to move out of the Championship relegation zone for the first time since 12 August.

The Owls will move out of the bottom three if they can avoid defeat by Yorkshire rivals Leeds on Friday.

Wednesday did not pick up their first victory of the season until 29 October.

"Now we come all together and I think that's very helpful," Rohl told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"For me, Sheffield Wednesday is passion and hard working and also to come back from big defeats in the past. That's a strength of this club, that the belief is still there and we know we can do special things even if we have some setbacks.

"Now we come to a point where we can earn something. We have invested a lot in the last weeks even when it was not easy, especially in January.

"We have a good moment and we have to keep going, with 10 finals to go."

He added: "You see how close the table is, with a lot of teams around us. It will be a challenge and there will be ups and downs if you win or lose.

"In the last games we took so many points, but if we hadn't it would be difficult to have a chance. Now we have a chance and we should try everything in the next 10 games."

Wednesday fought back after losing the first leg of their League One play-off semi-final 4-0 at Peterborough before going on to win promotion to the Championship under Darren Moore last May.

Moore left in the summer and his successor Xisco Munoz failed to win any of his 10 league games in charge before being sacked in October and replaced by former Southampton and Germany assistant boss Rohl.

Under Rohl they have won 11 of 25 league matches, including their past four, to come back from being 12 points adrift in November to only being in the bottom three on goal difference.

'It could be our night'

Rohl, who welcomed former Germany coach Hansi Flick for Tuesday's 1-0 home win over Plymouth, praised the "togetherness" and "positivity" of the fans as being a central part of their turnaround on the pitch.

The Owls now host a Leeds side who are looking to secure automatic promotion back to the Premier League and who will go back up to second if they win at Hillsborough.

The Whites are unbeaten in the Championship since 29 December but Rohl believes his team, who would rise from 23rd to 16th with a victory, are capable of causing an upset.

"I think this is absolutely an exciting game. They have had some really good results in the last weeks. They've got 10 wins and one draw in their last 11 games and that says a lot about their quality," Rohl said.

"We have also had a run and created momentum. At home, with our positive fans, it could be a special night and in football you never know what happens. It could be our night.

"They're well organised and they're good with transitions and with a lot of speed up front. All in all it is a Premier League club but we have a chance as a team.

"That is the key - we have to play as a team, defend as a team and fight as a team. That is the guys starting and the ones on the bench too."