In what was an incredibly poor team display, Sheffield Wednesday fell to a dismal 3-1 defeat at home to Derby on Saturday afternoon.
Garry Monk’s side could only muster up four shots on target in the entire game, and found themselves three goals down after just 30 minutes of the game.
A late Josh Windass strike provided some consolation for the Owls, but in truth, it didn’t distract from the rest of the game or the result. And Barry Bannan’s display in the middle of the park certainly left a lot to be desired.
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As per Sofascore, he lost all of his seven duels, made no tackles, and lost possession 24 times.
After seeing his performance, Wednesday fans took to Twitter to voice their thoughts on the central midfielder.
A couple of fans called for Bannan to be taken out of the squad, with one supporter saying that if you got rid of him and Tom Lees, they would look “10x better”.
One Owls fan meanwhile took aim at how Bannan appeared to be “frightened to death of (Wayne) Rooney from minute 1”.
Make no mistake about it, Bannan has certainly got to raise his game for the Owls over these coming weeks and months.
The Scot has provided just one goal contribution in his last 11 games in the Championship, and that simply isn’t enough.
Where is he from?! Can you name which obscure countries these famous players have represented?
It will be interesting to see whether Monk takes the brave decision to drop Bannan from the team, and offer someone else an opportunity in that engine room.
Meanwhile, Sheffield Wednesday must tread carefully with this ace.
