Michael Smith on Sheffield Wednesday's Championship struggles and his positional role

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00:00 I was looking at a table of the league since Danny arrived,

00:04 and Wednesday are 12th if you take away that start to the season.

00:08 What does it say about the championship that with a run like that,

00:12 Wednesday still haven't been able to get out of the bottom three?

00:15 It speaks volumes.

00:17 Obviously, it's such a tough league that every team's got quality.

00:22 And it's just, it's unfortunate the position we find ourselves in.

00:27 You come in after Saturday and after a win and check the table and we still haven't moved.

00:34 I mean, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a bit deflating,

00:37 but the manager has been really good,

00:39 his staff have been really good at picking the lads up and obviously making them realise that there's still a lot to fight for,

00:45 a lot of points still to play for.

00:46 And he did that again on Saturday against Stoke, he spoke after the game and sort of made the lads believe,

00:54 not that we already didn't, but made the lads believe that we can do this.

00:58 Obviously, each game differs in terms of what you're asked to do,

01:01 but could you give us a bit of an insight into what Danny wants from you

01:05 and sort of how that compares to the role that you played up top for Wednesday last season?

01:10 I think you've seen it a bit recently.

01:13 Obviously, the manager does like playing out front, building from the back, building up a goalkeeper.

01:19 I think it just offers a different option up top if we are under the pressure a bit,

01:25 just to play a bit longer into May and the lads sort of feeding off me.

01:28 It's pretty similar to how I was used last year under Darren Moore,

01:34 just gives the lads a different option.

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