Sheffield Wednesday manager Garry Monk insists that he does not fear for his job, despite the club's recent poor run of results.

The Owls have won just one of their last ten league games under Monk, form which has seen them drop from third to 12th in the Championship table, and they are currently nine points adrift of the top-six, with 13 games of the season remaining.

That is something that has led to growing discontent around Hillsborough and mounting pressure on Monk, but it seems the Wednesday will not be panicking anytime soon.

Speaking about his position at the club following his side's 3-0 defeat at home to Reading on Saturday afternoon, Monk told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “The world that we live in, I am experienced enough to know, you have to get results.

“I have to produce results and I haven’t been producing them in this last 10-game period. In this day and age, 10 games are too much, especially in terms of my experience and the way I have been judged before.

“Some get longer, some don’t, and, of course, I understand the situation I am in. But I am not going to sit here and cry or worry about that, it’s out of my control."

Indeed, it appears Monk is still confident he can make a positive impact for the Owls this season, as he continued: “Do I think I can help? Yes. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think that. To get to that bigger change, I need to produce results.”

“I want to help this group of players, I want to help this club to get back to what we know it can be. But I have to produce results in order to get that opportunity.”

Next up for Monk and Wednesday is a trip to face his former club Birmingham City at St Andrew's on Saturday afternoon.

The Verdict

Regardless of what he says here, it is clear that the pressure is going to build on Monk if Wednesday continue in the form they are in.

These days in football, it seems that the majority believe success is achieved quickly, or not at all, and right now, Monk's and his side are falling into the 'not at all' category.

For a club with the sort of size and ambition of Wednesday, that is simply not good enough, especially considering where they were in the table just a few weeks ago, meaning those making the decisions around Hillsborough may start to feel that a change is necessary sooner rather later.

Monk showed last season with Birmingham that he is capable of navigating sides through tricky situations, and it feels as though it is essential he is able to do that again here, both for his own prospects, and those of the club.