Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Joey Pelupessy has suggested that the Owls remain fully behind manager Garry Monk following the club’s poor run of form in the Championship.

Monk has come under ever growing scrutiny over the last few weeks, with the Owls suffering a real dip in form which has seen them drop from as high as third place in the table in December to 12th place in the Championship and nine points adrift of the play-off places.

Sheffield Wednesday have not won any of their last six league matches following a 3-0 defeat at home to Reading last weekend, and have managed to claim just one win in their last ten Championship games, which has led to Monk facing a real challenge to turn things around during the rest of the campaign.

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Speaking to the Sheffield Star, Pelupessy has suggested that the Owls’ squad need to take responsibility for the recent dip in form over the last few months, and that Monk still has the backing of the players as they look to turn around their form and get back on track.

He said: "This manager and we as a group, we've shown what we are capable of, we showed that in his first months here, before Christmas, but let's make it clear, it's time to turn that around now.

"We are 100 per cent responsible, nobody else. It's us as a group, we as players and we do it together, with the manager, with the staff, everybody. One thing is for sure we give 100 per cent, we keep working hard, I know maybe it doesn't look good at the moment but we are working hard, there is no doubt."

The verdict

These comments from Pelupessy demonstrate that Monk still is able to command the support of his players, despite the Owls struggling for both form and confidence over the last few weeks, but the Sheffield Wednesday manager will be needing these comments to be reflected in an upturn in performance levels.

Sheffield Wednesday at one stage in the season looked like they were flying under Monk and had the potential to be in and amongst the promotion contenders for the rest of the campaign, but their dip in form since the turn of the year will have been very alarming to all around the club.

It is right that the players should be taking some responsibility for the situation that they now find themselves in, but as ever in football it falls on the manager to find a way to turn things around swiftly, or they will ultimately be the ones in the firing line.

The next few matches will be vital for the Owls, who are need of finding a win very quickly to relieve some of the pressure on their shoulders, and if Sheffield Wednesday can re-find their confidence they are capable of putting some results together and changing the outlook of the rest of their season.