Danny Rohl delivers honest Sheffield Wednesday opinion - but he doesn't blame Dejphon Chansiri | OneFootball

Rohl believes this Owls squad are at their limit, but he doesn't blame the chairman for that.

Danny Rohl has delivered a frank assessment of where his Sheffield Wednesday squad are at.

The German boss feels his players may have hit their limit as a collective this season, but he doesn’t lay blame on chairman, Dejphon Chansiri, for that.

The Owls had been firmly in the mix for a potential play-off berth before a run of one win in six games over the course of February hindered their chances. Now sat 12th in the Championship table, Wednesday find themselves six points behind West Brom in the final play-off spot.

However, with only eight league games remaining, that will surely prove to be an insurmountable gap.

Rohl believes his squad have reached their limit for this season

The Owls have flirted with the play-off positions all season long, but have never really kicked on and laid claim to one of the four spots.

While it’s only natural that some around Hillsborough will perhaps wonder what could have been at the end of the season, Rohl is clearly keen to ensure that the fans’ expectations of the squad are managed appropriately.

Speaking to The Yorkshire Post, Rohl said: “Maybe there is a limit for the squad and we should not forget this. We play at our limit.

"Since I came here, we have sometimes played over our limit with mentality, attitude, with a plan, a great mindset. I cannot remember us having a really bad game this year. Maybe I am wrong, but I cannot remember.

"I see my players and what they are doing, how they invest, how they push. They never give up."

Despite seemingly suggesting that he has taken this group of Wednesday players as far as he can, Rohl was keen to emphasise he doesn’t blame Chansiri for them hitting their ceiling.

He continued: “Go through all the positions where these teams (in play-off contention) were in the last 10 years, where we were in the last five or six years." We cannot expect (to be challenging).

"Some teams signed players in January with a value of what we invest in a whole season – and there is no blaming anyone.

"We have to know where we are and where we are coming from. In this case, I protect the chairman. We have to do it with our tools. For this we are doing well.

"We stayed in the division, now we are trying to play for a (Championship equivalent of) a Champions League or Europa League position. I’m not sure it is so easy or possible.

"If we want to take this step then we have to think about what is possible.”

Rohl has done a fantastic job at Wednesday so far

When Rohl arrived in South Yorkshire in October 2023, he joined a club who were already seven points adrift of safety, after going winless in the opening 10 games of the Championship season.

He fought tooth and nail to keep that squad in the division last time out and, after achieving that, he has turned the Owls into a side who are capable of beating any team in the league on their day.

Although Wednesday look set to miss out on the play-offs this season, a top-half finish would surely still represent a successful campaign, given that it took until the final day of the season for them to mathematically save themselves last term.

Given his forward-thinking methods and the improvements that he has overseen at Hillsborough, it’s no surprise that Rohl is continuously being touted for jobs elsewhere.

Links with Southampton in particular, who Rohl was previously assistant manager of under Ralph Hasenhuttl, just won’t seem to go away.

Wednesday know that they are lucky enough to have an extremely promising young boss in charge at the minute, but keeping hold of him for the long-term could be another issue entirely.