English Football League Championship this season, Thai football fans are eagerly looking forward to watching the “Thai Derby” between Leicester City and Sheffield Wednesday, two clubs owned by Thais. However, Their path at this time was like living in a parallel world.
By Leicester who were relegated from the Premier League. There is a bright path with a performance of 7 wins and 1 loss at the top of the league. On the other hand, Wednesday is a sweet plum with a 2-lose 7 performance and is the only team that has not won against an opponent in the league this season, which is This caused football fans to protest and pressure Dejphon Chansiri to sell the Sheffield Wednesday club.
What happened in the background of this story? So why is Sheffield Wednesday’s performance falling short? What will the conclusion be like? Follow the whole story here..
Dream big and then (not) reach.
It cannot be denied that Leicester City’s success after Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha took over the club and led the team to promotion to the Premier League before later winning the championship. It has become an inspiration for many Thai billionaires to follow in its footsteps.
Until 2015, there were two Thai businessmen who came to sit in the chairs of clubs in the English Championship League, namely Samrit Thanakanchanasut. Take over Reading (sold the team in 2017 and then take over Oxford United at present) and Dejphon Chansiri take over Sheffield Wednesday.
But in the case of Dejphon, he arrived and played a big role because he announced that he would lead the team to promotion to the Premier League within 2017 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the club’s founding, and the method he chose was to spend money to buy and be ready to pay. Player wages are high But in the end, they could only go as far as losing the 2017 playoff final, continuing to stay in the league.
His extreme spending methods have caused the club to lose money every year since he took over in 2015, causing him to fall foul of EFL financial rules before being penalized by a 6-point deduction for the 2020-21 season, and that’s it. It is one of the factors that cause the players to lack morale and contribute to the team’s performance plummeting along with its financial status, ending with relegation to League One that season.
However, as the team owner and club president, Dejphon didn’t wait, taking advantage of the moment when everyone was depressed and releasing a statement ready to lead a comeback as soon as possible.
“I take sole responsibility for what happened. I am a leader in good times. and when times are bad I apologize to all of you that we were relegated in the end. Now we have to accept the reality of what awaits us next season: League One.”
“I will give everything I have. To enable us to advance back in one year. We will rebuild everything from the ground up, both on the field and off the field, looking forward to the day when fans can return to watch games on the field again.”
Results that no one expected
The first thing Dejphon did after being relegated to League One was to find a manager who was talented enough to bring the team back to flying high, which the lottery went to Darren Moore, former West Bromwich manager. who has experience managing a team on the Premier League stage and leading the “World Boxing” army into the promotion playoffs
Moore took over the team during the final stretch of the 2020-21 season, at which time the team was close to relegation, but Dechphon thought that if the team were to be relegated, it would be Moore who would be able to lay the foundation to take control of the team early in order to Win promotion quickly because he is a manager with a quite satisfactory win percentage, during his time managing West Bromwich for 48 matches, a win percentage of 47.9% and managing Doncaster for 78 matches, a win percentage of 44.9%.
However, in the 2021-22 season, Moore made the team finish 4th in League One before losing in the promotion play-off round. But the following season (2022-23) he maintained the same standard, finishing 3rd and leading the team to the promotion play-off final, which he achieved this time. Bring the team back to the Championship, but…
On June 19, 2023, or about a month later, Moore had to part ways with the club, with Dechphon saying through a statement that they could not agree on a contract and therefore had to part ways voluntarily from both sides, making the exception Day had to find a new coach, and two weeks later, on July 4, 2023, Cisco Munoz took the job.
Muñoz is not a football coach because he once managed Watford, who was promoted from the Championship to the Premier League in the first year of managing the team in the 2020-21 season (he was fired after promotion), but It’s unbelievable that since the start of the season he has never led his team to a win and lost 7 out of the first 9 games.
Cut to the player. The reinforcement team focuses on defenders and central midfielders. Most of them are grades C to B- players, but I don’t know why the team’s performance has deteriorated even though some of the core players still have experience playing in the championship league with the team before, such as Lee Gregory and Josh Windass
Especially the last 2 results, the team lost completely to Swansea and Sunderland with the same score of 0-3, causing football fans to come out to protest in front of their home home of Hillsborough, but Det. Phon couldn’t stand the behavior of fans that had spread to his family and had to issue a statement that he would not continue funding the team, which became a hot topic in the English football world.
As for the issue of selling the club, Dechphon stated that he is ready to let go of Sheffield Wednesday if those interested show clear evidence of funding and submit a professional offer. As well as showing that he can manage the club better than him.
“It’s very simple if you want to buy a club. Please show evidence of funds and submit a professional proposal. If there aren’t these two things How do I sell my club? I want the best for Sheffield Wednesday. If anyone wishes to invest and do better than me, I want the best for Sheffield Wednesday. We came to talk. Until then I will try my best to do my best. To help the team move up the ranks.” Dechaphon Chansiri concludes.
But if we had to point out the culprit behind Sheffield Wednesday’s problems, it would be unfair because every party is doing their best. If the problem is resolved correctly, maybe the club will have a happy ending that no one expected…
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2023-09-30 05:39:06
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