Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday travel to Swansea City on Wednesday (19:45 GMT) as they continue to hunt for play-off spot.

The Owls currently sit outside the top 10 but are only three points shy of sixth placed Blackburn Rovers.

Though the Swans ended a six match winless run with their victory over Bristol City on the weekend and will be looking to build further away from the relegation scrap come the end of the season.

• Swansea City are unbeaten across their last seven league games against Sheffield Wednesday (W3 D4), since a 3-1 defeat at Hillsborough in February 2019.

• Sheffield Wednesday have failed to win any of their last six away league games against Swansea City (D3 L3), failing to score more than one goal in any of those matches.

• Swansea City have lost their last two home Championship matches, last losing more consecutively in January and February 2024 (4 in a row).

• Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their last 17 away league matches in Wales (D7 L9), beating Cardiff City in September 2020.

• Since losing 2-0 to Leicester City in February 2024, Sheffield Wednesday haven't lost any of their last 12 league games against City teams (W5 D7).

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Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl believed the Owls did enough to come away from the Hawthorns with a point.

"The second half was a good Championship game from both teams, both teams tried to win it," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"It's hard. I really feel for my players. I think we deserved a point. In the first half West Brom did more for the game, but it was ok for me, today.

"We changed the game with the subs. A draw would have been fantastic today, and deserved.

"We had the chance to take a point here, but at the end we conceded a goal from a set-piece. It's hard to take.

"We believed we could do something. In the first half we had a little too much respect sometimes."

On the disallowed Djeidi Gassama goal, he said: "I never complain about decisions, it is what it is, it's football, but to take a goal back after 16 seconds is a little bit hard to take. It's not really clear for me."

Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl says new signing Ryo Hatsuse had "a passion" to join the club.

The 27-year-old defender is the first Japanese player to sign for the Owls having been on trial since leaving Vissel, who won the J-League title in 2023 and 2024.

"It fascinated me how much passion he comes here [with]," Rohl told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"From the first talk he said he wanted to be a Sheffield Wednesday player.

"He didn't talk with me before. He said 'it's my dream to come here and play for you', and his mindset was fantastic to see.

"It's a good option for us to take him."

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West Bromwich Albion will be looking to bounce back from their 2-1 defeat at bottom side Plymouth when they host fellow play-off chasers Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday (12:30 GMT).

The Baggies are sixth in the Championship but only above Middlesbrough in seventh on goal difference.

Meanwhile the Owls are only two points back in 10th place and could move into the top six with victory, even if only temporarily.

• West Brom have won three of their past four home league games against Sheffield Wednesday (D1), having been in winless in the previous seven (D4 L3).

• Sheffield Wednesday have won each of their past two league games against West Brom, last winning more consecutively between 1961 and 1963 (5).

• West Brom have lost just one of their past 15 home league games (W7 D7), and are unbeaten in 10 at the Hawthorns since a 1-0 loss to Middlesbrough in October.

• Sheffield Wednesday lost their first three away league games this season. However, since the start of October only Burnley (25) and Sheffield United (23) have earned more away points in the Championship than the Owls (20).

• Sheffield Wednesday's Michael Smith has scored in both of his past two league games, coming off the bench both times. He last scored in three consecutive league games within the same season in August/September 2021 while at Rotherham.

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We asked what you thought about Sheffield Wednesday's transfer business after the window closed on Monday.

Midfielder Shea Charles returned on loan from Southampton after the Owls struck a fresh agreement with the Premier League side, while Stuart Armstrong was signed from Vancouver Whitecaps.

Winger Ibrahim Cissoko also joined on loan until the end of the season from Toulouse, having spent the first half of the campaign with Championship strugglers Plymouth.

Midfielder Sean Fusire was the only player to leave, joining Carlisle United on loan until the end of the season.

Here are your responses:

Ben: Charles coming back was big. I don't believe we need a No.9 as stats suggest our attacking output is good. Would have liked to have seen maybe LWB & CB or maybe two join the club to tighten up defensively. Still sort our home form and turn a few of the draws into wins and we could sneak into the play-offs. We just need to remember that so far this has been an amazing improvement on last season.

Alan: We are desperate for a strong centre-back and have been for a long time. Why no action?

David: I think we needed a defender. There is still a chance we sign Ryo Hatsuse, but if we don't it could prove disastrous, as we only have two fit central defenders. I think Armstrong and Cissoko are good signings, but without extra defensive cover could prove to be irrelevant.

Darren: Disappointed. I thought we would have done a lot more business if we are aiming for the top six.

David: Everyone thought a centre-back was the priority, but that didn't happen. Securing Shea Charles by extending his loan was massive, and the signing of Stuart Armstrong was another masterstroke. Although we wanted a couple more loans, we need to remember where we were last season. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Perry: Wednesday got the important things right and may have added a useful bit of flair as well. It will add up to an interesting end to the season.

Eric: We are nowhere near a promotion side. Charles' loan extension is very important but the newcomers are very moderate indeed. Just as we are at the moment. Staying up should be the focus, nothing else.

Robert: Good spirit at club which can easily be disrupted by too many additions and players who are not match fit. Yes, another central defender wouldn't go amiss, but time for the current defenders to stand up. Not disappointed and always a balancing act

Ian: Underwhelming transfer window. Hopefully Danny's tactical nous will keep us out of trouble.

Paul: An opportunity lost as usual. Chansiri either wants success or just mid-table happiness that suits him. Danny will not hang around forever.

Rob: Some defensive cover would have been useful, especially as we seem to struggle to hold on to a winning position at the moment. Play-offs probably unrealistic because of that but we can hope...

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It was a pretty quiet January for Sheffield Wednesday but what do you make of their transfer dealings?

The Owls secured winger Ibrahim Cissoko on loan from Toulouse until the end of the season and brought in midfielder Stuart Armstrong from Vancouver Whitecaps.

Perhaps their most significant piece of business was holding on to on-loan Southampton midfielder Shea Charles with city rivals Sheffield United rumoured to be interested in taking him to Bramall Lane.

Have Sheffield Wednesday done enough business to sustain their play-off challenge?

You can give us your thoughts here.

Rob Staton
BBC Radio Sheffield reporter

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Even by Sheffield Wednesday's standards, this was a bizarre January transfer window.

A highly unnecessary five-hour fans forum on 15 January, hosted by the chairman Dejphon Chansiri, revealed he hadn't spoken to his manager Danny Rohl since the turn of the month.

He also said he hadn't been handed a list of targets by the German, a point contradicted when Rohl stated at his next press conference that targets had been provided during a meeting with head of recruitment Kevin Beadell and club advisor Amadeu Paixao.

There was a disconnect at a time when everyone should've been pulling in the same direction.

The forum ended with the bombshell announcement that Shea Charles was being recalled by Southampton.

Undoubtedly the big positive in the window was reaching a new agreement with the Premier League club to keep Charles at Hillsborough.

It might've been expensive but the midfielder has been a revelation and a joy to watch.

The Owls haven't signed a player of this quality in so long, it would've been a huge blow to lose him. If Wednesday are going to make the top six, they simply had to keep Shea Charles.

Following a meeting between Rohl and Chansiri, finally things started to happen.

Stuart Armstrong and Ibrahim Cissoko were signings hailed by the manager and he thanked the chairman for bringing them to the club.

However, there was genuine hope over the weekend that one or two more additions would be made before the deadline. They didn't materialise.

It leaves Wednesday light at the back, with no defensive additions in particular being seen as a glaring miss by many supporters.

However, look at everything Rohl, his staff and his players have achieved in 16 months.

They pulled off a miraculous great escape last season. Now, despite not having the riches of some of their peers, or the infrastructure and facilities many others boast, they're two points off the top six.

The state of the Hillsborough pitch is awful, because the training ground wasn't available for a 16-day stretch, according to the manager, during recent cold weather.

Unlike Sheffield United, they haven't spent millions in the window. Despite all of this, they're still in contention for the play-offs. It's a massive overachievement, frankly.

Rohl's message is clear and it's one I agree with. He and his players deserve a positive vibe for the last 16 games of the season.

When everyone was pulling in the same direction a year ago, look what happened.

He wants that same feeling around the place now. If the fans can recreate it, who knows what could happen?

BBC Radio Sheffield's Football Heaven team will take you through the final moments of the transfer window later on tonight.

How have Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday fared?

Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Chesterfield's signings will also be discussed.

The show runs from 22:00 GMT until 00:00 - click here to tune in.

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Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl admitted the Hillsborough surface was a factor in slowing his team's progress after they were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Luton.

Rohl's side struggled to make much progress early in the game and trailed at the break before producing a much-improved display in the second period, claiming a point through substitute Michael Smith's penalty.

"I knew we could bring input and accelerate our game, in the first half it was not easy to speed up the game at the right moments," the Owls boss told BBC Radio Sheffield.

"Of course the pitch, at this time of the year, is not easy – it slows you down a little bit and you need two or three touches.

"In the second half we found more spaces and adapted the shape a little bit. The two subs helped us a lot, the second half was much better and I think in the end we deserved to win this game.

"We had 68 per cent possession, even on this pitch. But I cannot blame my team, they tried everything."

Luton Town boss Matt Bloomfield will hope to find his first win since taking charge as they visit Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

Bloomfield has seen a draw and two losses from his new side since joining from League One's Wycombe Wanderers in January.

The Hatters are currently second from bottom in the Championship and only an emphatic win will give them the opportunity to escape the bottom three.

Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday are on the hunt for a play-off place and will need three points else risk dropping off the pace.

• Sheffield Wednesday have won just one of their last 13 league games against Luton Town (D4 L8), a 1-0 victory at Hillsborough in August 2019.

• Luton Town have won seven of their last eight league games against Sheffield Wednesday (L1), keeping four clean sheets across that time.

• Sheffield Wednesday are unbeaten across their last four home league games (W2 D2), scoring 2+ goals in each of those matches.

• Luton have lost each of their last 11 away league games in succession, conceding 2.7 goals on average per match in that time. No side across England's top four tiers is currently on a longer losing run on their travels than the Hatters.

• Luton's Charlton Morris has netted three goals across his last two league meetings with Sheffield Wednesday, netting a brace in the reverse fixture back in September.

Sheffield United could pip Steel City rivals Wednesday to the capture of Scotland midfielder Stuart Armstrong, who has been playing in Canada since leaving Southampton. (Sheffield Star, external)

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The second Steel City derby of the season between Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United has been moved to Sunday, 16 March with a 12:30 (GMT) kick-off.

The fixture was originally scheduled for a day earlier at 15:00 (GMT) but has been put back just under 24 hours.

United won the reverse fixture 1-0 at Bramall Lane in November thanks to a goal from Tyrese Campbell.

The game in March will be the first time the sides have met in a league game at Hillsborough in just over six years after a goalless draw in the Championship in 2019.

Sheffield Wednesday are trying to seal a deal to sign Japanese defender Ryo Hatsuse from J1 League club Vissel Kobe after he spent time training with the Owls this month. (The Star), external

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