Sheffield Wednesday suffered their fifth loss in six games under the new leadership of Danny Rohl on Saturday afternoon, handing
Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney his maiden success as Birmingham City boss, but the visitors at St Andrew’s really should have
earned at least a point.The Owls were far the better outfit in the first period in the West Midlands with the likes of Barry Bannan
dictating the play, and they were ahead in the 45th minute after the former Aston Villa man’s free-kick smashed off the post and into the
path of George Byers, who tapped home into an empty net.Despite their impressive control of the opening stages, you always felt that
Wednesday were going to find a way to throw the points away, and so they did, with strikes from Juninho Bacuna and Wales international
Jordan James for Blues condemning Rohl’s men to their 13th loss in 17 league matches.Following Huddersfield Town’s shock
point against Russell Martin’s Southampton on the weekend, the Owls are now 10 points away from safety at the foot of the Championship
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standings, having collected just six points from 17 second-tier matches, scoring a mere eight times since their promotion in
May.Wednesday’s only maximum this season did arrive at Hillsborough against relegation rivals Rotherham United prior to the
international break courtesy of a Michael Smith brace, however the visit of Enzo Maresca’s Foxes will be a completely different – and frankly scarier – proposition.
