Rohl oversaw a remarkable escape from relegation in charge of Wednesday last season and the Owls enjoyed an impressive enough first half of the current campaign.
But their form has nosedived in recent weeks and they’ve slumped to 15th in the table after a run of five games without a win.
Wednesday’s latest defeat – their third in their last four games – came at Stoke on Good Friday, after which Rohl blasted: “It is a big disappointment.
“How can I describe it? There are two things; at first we have to separate the last four or five results from the other 18 months. At the moment we are damaging our good work and I must say this. On the other side, the last couple of weeks, some players showed they are not able to play my style of football.
“You speak about quality, decision-making; if you want to improve as a club, you have to do a lot of things right in the summer, otherwise – and this is what I will tell you – next season will be a big, big fight to stay in this league because we have a big group of players that are not able to play at this level with my football.
“I must say this directly. I have protected my players again and again, I take responsibility and I give chances. But the result is not what it should be. I demand not special things, these are basics.
“You see that maybe we overachieved in the last 18 months. Until matchday 40 we played for a play-off position, but maybe now we see just what we did to bring this group so far. I have some fantastic players, but all in all it will be hard work for the summer.”
Rohl and Wednesday haven’t been helped by turbulent matters off the pitch, with the players not being paid on time last month and protests in the fanbase against Dejphon Chansiri.
Wednesday haven’t won at home since January 1 and there’s likely to be more anger in the home stands today.
Rohl said: “Look since January, everything that happens, all the things around. We tried to push this away but maybe if everything is positive energy on and off the pitch, maybe the big moments go in our direction.
“The second half of the season has gone more in the other direction. We will find reasons off and on the pitch, I could make the last part easy that since this problem we had (paying players late), we couldn’t win.
“But the bigger picture is that we had a good first half of the season, we had some good performances in the second half, but now you see what Championship football means.”
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