One former Sheffield Wednesday striker target has kicked on since he was previously linked to the Owls.
Sheffield Wednesday managed to get back to winning ways as they saw off Coventry City on their travels.
The Owls were by no means expected to pick up all three points against the Sky Blues, and that mainly comes down to Danny Rohl’s side’s lack of confidence in front of goal, especially away from home.
That shot confidence has been embodied in the recent performances of Ike Ugbo, who was dropped for the Coventry City clash for Jamal Lowe, who has scored on just one occasion so far this Championship season.
There are clear issues with Sheffield Wednesday’s frontline at this moment, especially in whoever is leading the line, but it could have worked out incredibly differently if the Owls managed to claim one of their former targets who bagged a hat-trick against a Champions League side.
Former Sheffield Wednesday target Mika Biereth scores hat-trick vs RB Salzburg
Former Owls target Mika Biereth managed to score an incredible brace against fellow Champions League side RB Salzburg to cement their spot at the top of the Austrian Bundesliga.
Rohl was clearly a big fan of the striker and Sheffield Wednesday came close to signing the striker whilst he was at Arsenal on loan to Scottish Premiership side Motherwell, however he turned down a move to the Championship in favour of Sturm Graz in Austria, where he has scored seven goals in nine games so far in the 2024/25 campaign.
Sturm Graz fans have described the 21-year-old Danishman as a ‘thoroughbred striker’, per Abseits, following his fine display against RB Salzburg.
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The Danishman’s goalscoring record in nine games makes grim viewing in comparison to Sheffield Wednesday’s current attacking options, with the Owls’ main two poachers Lowe and Ugbo massively underperforming up until this point.
They have managed to score a combined one goal in the league throughout the 2024/25 Championship season, and it is fair to say that goalscoring has been Sheffield Wednesday’s achilles heel up until this point, and there is no denying that when analysing the statistics.
Both Ugbo and Lowe simply need to take ownership of what has been a very poor start to life with the Owls, particularly the Canadian international who has had his fair share of minutes so far in the campaign.
If Sheffield Wednesday had a competent and confident attacker leading the line, they would certainly have picked up many more points t this early stage of the campaign, and it is up to the out of form duo to put an end to it.