Ipswich Town player claims after 6-0 hammering shows why Sheffield Wednesday must hold Sunderland off | OneFootball

Sheffield Wednesday took a battering last time out against Ipswich Town, but, even in that morbid game for the Owls, there were signs of what could be to come if they can keep hold of their man.

Losing when you're down at the bottom end of the table can become something that fans become numb to, but shipping six goals in one match is something that will always cause concern among supporters. That's no regular loss, that is a destructive beatdown that tends to reflect a great chasm in quality or tactics between the two sides.

Ipswich have been used to scoring a lot of goals as of late - with 19 in their last six games - but this was the peak of their attacking output.

This wasn't a continuation of poor form for Wednesday, though. Sure, they had lost their prior match to Yorkshire rivals Leeds United, but, before then, they'd won six of their last seven, and got themselves back in contention for safety. Those hopes have taken a bit of a hit because of the last two games, but manager Danny Röhl still believes his team can avoid relegation in what is their first season back in the Championship.

The goalkeeper for the Tractor Boys, Vaclav Hladky, got to watch on as his teammates set up camp in the opposition half, and his assessment of the game, and why it played out the way it did, should actually give some encouragement to Owls fans.

Vaclav Hladky's comments after 6-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday

The 33-year-old said that the result of the game didn't come as too much of a surprise because of the way that Ipswich play. "If you watch back our games we always create loads of chances," said the keeper, via EADT. "A lot of our games, especially here, could have ended up like that. This time pretty much everything went in.

"They tried to play, tried to press us as high as possible. But we have been together as a group, with our manager, for two-and-a-half years. They have been with their manager for a few months. That makes a difference."

Those last few sentences should give real impetus to those at Hillsborough to hang on to their boss, in the face of temptation and potential offers from other Championship clubs.

Vaclav Hladk's Sheffield Wednesday assessment shows that they need to keep Danny Röhl amid Sunderland interest

iNews have reported that the Black Cats have been intrigued by Röhl's short time at Wednesday and the job that the 34-year-old has done since arriving in October. They added that 31-year-old Will Still is also a potential candidate to take over from interim head coach Mike Dodds in the summer. He took on the role for the second time in this campaign after former boss Michael Beale was relieved of his duties after just 63 days in charge of the team.

Hladky's words about how the Owls tried to go about the game, although they may be slightly easier for him to say considering the emphatic nature of his side's win, speak volumes about where Wednesday could go if they manage to hold on to Röhl. Having an extended run with a top young manager, like both Kieran McKenna and his German counterpart are, can do wonders for a club, and that Ipswich path could be the one that Wednesday find themselves on if he stays at Hillsborough.

They will almost certainly need to avoid the drop in order to keep hold of the German coach, but, if they can, then he could lead them to a very bright future.

The Owls looked down and out before he arrived, and yet, in his first job as a manager, he now has them well and truly fighting. They are Tyson Fury in the 12th round, and the rest of the relegation-battling teams are Deontay Wilder, trying to compute how Wednesday still somehow have a chance of surviving. That's how good he is, and that's why the club must do everything in their power to stop him leaving South Yorkshire.