Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Rohl was visibly frustrated during the game against Swansea City on Tuesday night.
Danny Rohl and the Owls faithful might have shared the same frustration and anger during, and indeed after, the 0-0 draw against Swansea City on Tuesday.
Sheffield Wednesday played out a lacklustre first half but looked bright in the second, and Swansea might have had no complaints if Wednesday knicked a winner, especially after Jamal Lowe was seemingly fouled inside the Swans’ box.
But it’s another draw for both teams. For Rohl, the clean sheet is a positive, but there’s a sense that the Swansea performance held more negatives than positives from a Sheffield Wednesday viewpoint.
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Danny Rohl fuming after Marvin Johnson moment
Sheffield Wednesday started the second half against Swansea City very brightly, going at the Swans’ backline and looking for a goal.
As they often do, Wednesday attacked the wings and got low balls into the opposition box. And as often is the case, Marvin Johnson was in the thick of it.
But in the 50th minute, the veteran wing-back worked well down the left, got a ball into the box, only to find nobody there.
Journalist Alex Miller documented the moment, revealing that Owls boss Rohl was fuming on the touchline.
It’s a move that we see Sheffield Wednesday play often and one that Rohl clearly works on on the training ground.
And in a game that was cagey throughout, it’s no wonder Rohl was furious when nobody was on the end of Johnson’s cross, when the players arguably knew where the ball was going to end up.
Marvin Johnson stats for Sheffield Wednesday vs Swansea City
Marvin Johnson made his 10th Championship appearance of the season against Swansea City, with six of those being starts.
He’s the preferred choice at left wing-back for Rohl, and it’s often easy to see why; he’s still a really creative and energetic outlet at 33 years old, complimenting the Rohl style of play nicely.
Against Swansea, Johnson had the fifth-most touches of any Owls player (47), making the seventh-most accurate passes (17), with one key pass to his name.
One telling stat for Johnson, or perhaps his teammates on the night, was zero out of seven crosses completed, which was the joint-most attempted crosses of anyone on the pitch.
Johnson’s focus on attack is highlighted with his defensive actions too; two on the night, compared to the three centre-backs, Di’Shon Bernard, Akin Famewo, and Yan Valery who made 11, 10, and nine respectively.