Sheffield Wednesday: Danny Rohl drops Hillsborough crowd complaint ahead of Sheffield United | OneFootball

The Owls got back to winning ways at home on Tuesday night ahead of their cross-city weekend trip.

Danny Rohl appeared to be a bit concerned by the lack of noise at Hillsborough on Tuesday night during Sheffield Wednesday's 2-0 win over Norwich City, ahead of the Steel City derby this weekend.

There's no better way to go into a derby than off the back of a win. After a shocking 6-2 loss to Watford, a reaction was needed ahead of the Owls' biggest game of the season so far, away at Sheffield United, and Rohl got the response that he was wanting.

Goals from Josh Windass and Dominic Iorfa secured all three points for Wednesday against a damaged Norwich side, although, in all fairness, the hosts were a bit banged up too.

Their injured list heading into Saturday looked like it was going to grow after Iorfa was forced off with a facial injury just over 10 minutes into the second half, but he has been assured by the club's medical team that he will be able to play against the Blades.

Danny Rohl's complaint about Sheffield Wednesday crowd

There was one element of Tuesday night that Rohl wasn't pleased with: the home support.

He told Alan Biggs of talkSPORT that he felt the crowd was "a bit quiet" and added that he felt the biggest reaction from the night was when it was announced that their rivals were trailing against Bristol City - though United ended up winning in the last minute.

Nevertheless, there's no expectation that the Wednesday faithful will be, in any way, shy this weekend when they are in the away end at Bramall Lane. Despite his concern about the crowd, the German was happy with how his players reacted to the red-face-induced result that they suffered at the weekend.

"Big credit to my players," Rohl said to The Star. "I always believe and trust in my players and I know what we can do. We have two faces in our journey, we know this. But we should not forget against Watford it was a good first half, very dominant, very controlled. We looked at the data and they had seven shots, six goals. It is a big, big difference.

"We showed a good reaction, we started Saturday immediately in the dressing room and then on Monday we had some clear messages for the team, that I was sad and angry.

"For us...today to see a very tactical, strong performance with two different halves, I must say credit to my team. The first half we changed the shape to surprise them with more players high up the pitch to stop their good ball possession. Second half we defended as a unit. It was much, much better."

The manager further added: "They were outstanding, but after the game I told my players today is not for jumping in the air, it is three points and not more. We can be proud of our reaction and our tactical understanding for the game, but now we recover and create energy for the big one on Sunday."

Norwich game was a nice Steel City derby dress rehearsal for Sheffield Wednesday

Rohl, as a young, modern manager, operates in the same way that most of his contemporaries like to nowadays. Managers want to try and get teams on the front foot, controlling the game and playing in the opposition's half. That didn't happen against Norwich.

The Canaries were allowed to have more than 70% possession, but they were only able to fashion one big chance from all of that ball dominance.

Even Wednesday fans would probably admit that United, currently, have better players than they do. The derby takes place at the Blades' home stadium, and it may be another game where the Owls have to be more concerned about their defensive resoluteness rather than going after the opposition.

Which gameplan Rohl decides to roll with remains to be seen, but, if he does go for a more conservative approach, then at least his players have some recent experience of successfully playing in that manner.