After today’s Hillsborough match against Huddersfield Town, in which a new manager is anticipated to be named, the Owls enter a two-week break.
The next two weeks will be a crucial period for the club as it establishes its reputation and embarks on a fresh beginning.
Former manager Xisco mentioned the value of their most recent international break, which offers coaches the chance to get a head start on the execution of their strategies without having to immediately prepare for matchday.
Di’Shon Bernard, Juan Delgado, Jeff Hendrick, and Devis Vasquez were abroad on international service during the last break, but Xisco managed without them.
The latter duo, who were not selected for the teams of the Republic of Ireland and Colombia, respectively, will have the benefit of experience when they meet whomever assumes the Hillsborough hotseat on this occasion.
When Jamaica travels for CONCACAF Nations League excursions to Grenada in the early hours of Friday morning and Haiti in the early hours of Monday morning, Bernard will be hoping to add to his six caps for Jamaica.
Delgado will represent Chile in two CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying matches: the first at home against Peru on Friday morning and the second on the road against Venezuela on Tuesday night.
Wednesday will attempt to beat their season post-international break mark. The Owls only earned one out of a possible 15 points after starting the September break with a valiant draw against Leeds United.
After the October break, the team will travel to Watford and Plymouth Argyle on consecutive weekends before facing South Yorkshire rivals Rotherham United at the end of the month.
With just two points after 10 games, it has been the worst start to a season in the club’s history. Earlier this week, the Spanish head coach was fired as a result.
It is now up to Chansiri to find Wednesday a manager who can change the course of the team’s fortunes and prevent what now appears to be a relegation back to League One.
What has changed since Neil Warnock was hired by Sheffield Wednesday?
Recently, journalist Alan Biggs said that out-of-work manager Neil Warnock might be open to take the position in order to keep the team from failing.
It is still unclear, though, whether the Owls would approach the former Sheffield United manager to take Munoz’s place.
The vacant position at Hillsborough has been connected to candidates like Stevenage’s Steve Evans and free-agent strategista, a Oscar Garcind Chansiri is rumoured to desire a prompt decision.
However, Wednesday’s owner might save the team by striking a deal with Warnock, who kept Huddersfield in the division last year.
The seasoned head coach joined the Yorkshire-based team in February when they were 23rd in the standings and one point away from safety. He normally uses a 4-2-3-1 system.
At the end of the 2022–23 season, he led his team to 18th position and survival with 25 points from 15 games, with seven victories and four draws.
In the twenty-first century, Warnock has not been demoted from the Championship, or the second division of English football before the name change, and he now holds the record for the most Football League promotions with eight.
Since the start of the 2016–17 season, none of his teams have finished worse than 18th, and in the 2017–18 season, he gained promotion to the Premier League with Cardiff City.
He has a track record of success as a manager at this level, and his stellar record demonstrates that he is fully aware of what it takes to keep his team out of League One.
