Sheffield Wednesday suffered their second league defeat of Garry Monk’s reign on Saturday afternoon as Blackburn Rovers came from behind to snatch all three points at Ewood Park.
It means the south Yorkshire club now sit one point outside of the playoff zone, and with January rapidly approaching, the 40-year-old may need to make some key additions to strengthen their promotion bid.
The Owls have been linked to Crawley striker Bez Lubala this week, but Monk may be looking closer to home with his latest decision as club-record signing Jordan Rhodes featured for the U23 squad on Monday night.
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The 29-year-old scored in the game as they drew 1-1 with Burnley.
Since Monk took charge at the start of September, Rhodes has featured for a total of just 22 minutes, which was also the only time he’s been named in a matchday squad, per Transfermarkt.
Despite making a goalscoring return in the blue and white stripes, many supporters at Hillsborough aren’t fooled as they took to social media to slam the striker.
One fan believes he is the biggest waste of money the club have ever had, also claiming that his arrival single-handedly crippled their financial situation, while another simply labelled him as ‘useless.’
A further member of the Owls faithful said the team would start to drop down the league if Rhodes was introduced to the starting line up with one more wanting the club to get rid of him in January.
Here’s the best of the reaction:
