Sheffield Wednesday looked a lot better in their 1-1 draw vs QPR.
Sheffield Wednesday welcomed QPR to Hillsborough on Saturday afternoon, looking to end a run of three-straight defeats in the league.
Danny Rohl had to weeks to work with his first-team on the training ground and the early stages of the game vs QPR were positive.
Wednesday had a couple of sights at goal early on and largely dominated the opening stages of the game.
The game was goalless until injury time in the second half, until Barry Bannan scored a long overdue goal that looked like it’d be the winner.
Though QPR held on and right before the final whistle found an equaliser through Alfie Lloyd.
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Danny Rohl’s key change for Sheffield Wednesday vs QPR
Sheffield Wednesday, in the first half in particular, looked as good as they have since their opening day win vs Plymouth Argyle.
Rohl brought in Olaf Kobacki for his first league start and the Polish winger looked lively.
Elsewhere, Liam Palmer put in a decent shift on the right, with Marvin Johnson starting on the left.
The 33-year-old has played back-up to summer signing Max Lowe so far this season.
But coming in for his first league start this campaign, Johnson gave Wednesday a whole new outlet on the left vs QPR.
He made three key passes in the second half alone, boasting more touches of the ball of any player in the first 45 too.
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Rohl has to stick with Marvin Johnson at Sheffield Wednesday, but it’ll force a change
Rohl changed formations to a 5-2-2-1 vs QPR, reverting back from what’s been a 4-2-3-1 formation this season.
Rohl has chopped and changed between the two formations since arriving in S6 and it’s clear that the back-five gives James Beadle in goal more protection.
And it’s also obvious that Johnson is much more effective in this set-up, as opposed to when Johnson has played on the left of a back-four.
So Rohl may now have to stick with this 5-2-2-1, or some variation of a back-five formation, in order to keep Johnson in the XI.
Although Sheffield Wednesday and Johnson quietened down in the second half, they were much-improved.