“I protect the Chairman” – Danny Rohl drops Sheffield Wednesday claim on Dejphon Chansiri
On Friday night, Sheffield Wednesday suffered their third consecutive defeat at the hands of Sunderland.
It’s time to take stock of Sheffield’s blue side after injuries and bad performance caused the Owls’ unexpected play-off campaign to collapse.
Following the match, manager Danny Röhl supported club chairman Dejphon Chansiri and his players with emotion and nuance during an open news conference.
Sheffield Wednesday’s margins of disappointment
“We should be truthful; I’m not lying or trying to find an excuse.” Speaking right after the Owls’ 2-1 loss to Sunderland, Rohl made the offer. “It was a corner when we returned from our game at West Brom. We thrashed Coventry, who have won seven of their last eight games, in an amazing match. We travel to Burnley and wait till the allotted sixty minutes have passed. Perhaps we ought to talk about this. Perhaps the squad currently has a limit, and we should remember this.
“We play at our best; you can see the huge contrast between this game and the season opener against Sunderland. However, this squad has a limit, and in the 17 months that I have been here, we have occasionally played over that limit with excellent mindset, attitude, and plan. Reporters were informed by Rohl. But Sheffield Wednesday’s defeat was due to a specific factor. I can’t recall a terrible game—a really horrible one—that we had this year. I might be mistaken, but I can’t recall.
The manager alluded to bad luck in Wednesday’s recent results: “We can go through all the games and this is hard for me because I see my players and what they are doing, how they invest, how they push. They go again and again and they never give up.”
“I wish we had the momentum in the game where we get a good save, we get a pen, where we score the first goal or get the important block and then win this game.”
Danny Rohl’s defence of Dejphon Chansiri
The transfer window saw both Röhl and Wednesday chairman Dejphon Chansiri publicly address issues with communication during the initial stages of the process.
The German coach stated he wished to ‘protect’ the chairman while reflecting on how the window had shaped his squad, subtly suggesting a need for clarity regarding the Owls’ financial standing in comparison to other teams vying for a spot in the play-off race.
He continued in the press conference: “Go through all the positions on where these teams were in the last 10 years, in which area we played in the last five or six years. We cannot expect. It is easy to say it is the transfer window or January. Some teams signed players in January with a value of what we invest in a whole season – and there is no blaming on anyone.”
“As a club we have to know where we are and from which position we are coming. In this case I protect the Chairman. Yes, you can say what would have happened if me and the Chairman were better connected? But even then we did everything that we could do in this moment. It is not easy in January. I know a lot of numbers on what teams invest in salaries, in loan fees. There is a difference at the moment.”
| Sheffield Wednesday under Danny Röhl (source) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Season | Win percentage | Points per game |
| 2023/24 | 43 | 1.4 |
| 2024/25 | 34 | 1.3 |
“We have to do it with our tools. For this we are doing well. It is the same that we stay in the league and now we are trying to play for the Champions League or a Europa League position. It shows where we are. I am not sure if it is so easy or possible.”
“We make steps and steps, we have identity, how we want to play, how we press, how we play football, how we entertained. But there comes a point for the future and if we want this step then we have to think about what we can do, what is possible and what is not possible.”
Röhl’s comments go beyond a simple post-match analysis – they are a calculated message about the club’s current state, its constraints, and its potential.
By addressing the challenges head-on, he shows not only transparency but also a determination to push Sheffield Wednesday forward in a steady, sustainable manner.
However, with growing speculation about Röhl’s departure, these words may be more than just a reflection of the present – they could signal deeper frustrations with the direction of the club.
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