Sheffield Wednesday manager Danny Röhl has been holding one-on-one feedback sessions with his players as the Owls prepare for their final match of the season away at Watford this weekend.
With the season coming to a close, Röhl is eager to see his squad finish strong while also focusing on individual development. The Owls manager revealed that he has been speaking with specific players and providing targeted feedback to help them progress.
Throughout the season Röhl has gone to a binder holding self-penned notes for improvement, with ideas reported to span from recruitment to player and squad management. And now, in end-of-campaign briefings with individual players, he told The Star he has embraced the feedback of those who have worked with him.
“I took some players and showed them some things that I thought were important for the next step for them,” Röhl said. “I think if you ask every player, each one will have a different point of feedback. It is not necessary to speak with everyone, but I tried to ask some questions, and it was great to get some feedback from the physios, coaches, and all these things.” While gathering feedback from various sources is a valuable exercise for Röhl, he emphasised that.
“You have to take your parts out of the feedback,” he told me. “I am convinced you cannot take every feedback and change everything. If you ask 10 players, you will get 11 opinions, but this is important to be open-minded, you need this mirror sometimes. Then you must decide as a manager which parts you take more, which parts influence your strategy in the future a bit more than other things.”
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