We're back with Alex Miller on this week's 'All Wednesday', and on the agenda this time around are Sheffield Wednesday's plans going forward as they talk contracts with the likes of Akin Famewo and Pol Valentin. We also discuss the more long-term future with more Owls youngsters catching the eye.
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00:00the proof is in the pudding in that sense.
00:02But let's just talk about those two, because they are interesting ones,
00:06aren't they, from a performance perspective?
00:09I think with Akinfumeno, he's been a bit maligned by parts of the fan base at
00:13different points, but in that left centre-back role, he really seems to have...
00:18I mean, I would say, at this point, made it his own.
00:21You know, I can't see how anyone else takes that spot off him at this point in time.
00:25He's absolutely made it his own.
00:26I think we both make the point, didn't we, sort of looking back.
00:30You look at that pre-season, obviously,
00:32Wednesday were playing a certain calibre of opponent.
00:34They certainly didn't have everything their own way.
00:37You looked at Akinfumeno, and he was one that stood out.
00:40You know, he looked fitter.
00:41He's sort of spoken a little bit about doing extra work in the summer,
00:46hiring out 4G pitchers to, you know, belt about on his own.
00:50And, you know, he sort of recognised the demands of what Danny wants to do.
00:56And recognised that he had to come back fitter and stronger and did that.
01:00So, yeah, he stepped back in all the way from pre-season.
01:04He would have started that first game against Plymouth,
01:08but picked up a knock the day before or a couple of days before,
01:12and that not allowed Dutch to come in.
01:13But, you know, that's its own sort of sign, isn't it,
01:17that he was going to start in a back four ahead of Dishon Minard.
01:21We know how highly he's thought of.