Minus 7, It's getting warmer at Hillsborough.

So, the first international break is behind us and once again we turn focus on the Championship. Wednesday for me have made a steady start to a difficult challenge of season 20/21. Lets take a more in depth look.

Minus 7

We sit now on -7 points after a win, two draws and a defeat as well as a third round exit in the League Cup. Personally I think we've done well, nobody would have had Wednesday winning down at Cardiff on opening day and to come away with a win and a clean sheet was massively pleasing. Following that up with the Watford draw it was a great start. Bristol City while disappointing in result still had positives. We've been the better side in most of the first halfs since lockdown and it's been capitalising on that that has been the issue. QPR again while a frustrating finish was a decent performance. We're still developing, only today we've added two faces in the forms of Aden Flint and Jack Marriott who join Callum Paterson in arriving after the season started. All three for me add quality, experience in in the case of Paterson a promotion winner from this division.

There's been a bit of debate around the formation over the international break, for me I like the way we line up. It suits the players we have and with the depth we have at centre back we can rotate well as well as up front with the recent additions. Again it has to be said that any player who chooses to come here must have something about them, that is the kind of character we need at Hillsborough.

Also it must be said, it's great to see Dominic Iorfa and Barry Bannan both stay despite reported interest elsewhere. Both will be key in Wednesday's battle against the drop. Bannan in my opinion is our best player, we'd already be in League One if it wasn't for his creativity and he's clearly a leader and popular in the dressing room. For me getting him to sign a new deal has to be something of an off the field priority.

The Next Five Games

For me, if we're being 100% realistic and honest with ourselves the next five games will tell us a lot about how this season will pan out. With all due respect to the clubs involved, there is only really Brentford who worry me. All the other games, as with a lot of the games in this division are winnable. Birmingham, Brentford, Luton, Rotherham and Wycombe offer the chance for Wednesday to really get to work on making sure they are into positive equity before the end of the month. For me if we do that then we are on track to stay in this division.

Thanks for reading

Tom

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