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Jos Luhukay: Sheffield Wednesday sack boss after 11 months in charge

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Jos Luhukay replaced Carlos Carvalhal who parted company with the Owls on 24 December 2017

Championship club Sheffield Wednesday have sacked boss Jos Luhukay after just under a year in charge at Hillsborough.

The 55-year-old Dutchman took over the Owls in January, winning only 16 and losing 19 of his 49 matches in charge.

Coach Lee Bullen will take caretaker charge for Saturday's visit of Preston, with Wednesday 18th in the table, six points above the relegation zone.

"I would like to place on record my thanks to Jos for the efforts he has given," chairman Dejphon Chansiri said.

"But now is the right time for both parties to move on and I wish him all the very best for the future."

Was Luhukay hampered by off-field issues?

The Owls have won just one of their past 10 games and owner Chansiri revealed at a fans' forum on Wednesday that he would listen to offers for the club.

His announcement followed the club being placed under a transfer embargo between April and August of this year for breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

Under the English Football League's profitability and sustainability regulations, clubs are not allowed to post losses in excess of £39m over three years without punishment.

The most recent available financial figures show the Owls lost more than £20m in 2016-17, an increase of £15m on the previous year.

Wednesday made just one permanent signing and two loan signings before the transfer window closed at the end of August.

"The EFL changed the regulations at the end of last season. We didn't just break (FFP rules) a little, we broke them a lot - eight figures," Chansiri told the forum.

"We have problems with FFP, so it is hard, but we will try our best."

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  • Comment posted by U16902789, at 22:07 21 Dec 2018

    Always liked both Sheffield teams and their supporters. Hope You get yourselves sorted out, quick. Good luck to who You get as manager. Most of the time though the supporters don't know what goes on behind closed doors, between management, directors or players. Hope You get someone decent and that You stay up. Always been a friendly city and had a good following of support. From a Stoke Fan.

  • Comment posted by Spock71, at 21:26 21 Dec 2018

    True to form, a Sheffield United fan had to be the one to open the discussion about Sheffield's oldest and most successful league club. Thanks, Jos, for your efforts with the younger players. Change was certainly needed, as we saw from our cross-city neighbours just how long it takes to get out League One. Happy Christmas to all football fans from Stu.

  • Comment posted by cliffbayfan, at 21:52 21 Dec 2018

    Sooner or later, some of our wannabee clubs will realise that 'foreign' managers are not the answer....never heard of him.

    Take a leaf out of Sean Dych, Eddie Howe, Dean Smith, Darren Moore.....they are doing a far better job on limited resources.

  • Comment posted by Iola, at 22:08 21 Dec 2018

    What is disappointing here is the infantile commentary from people who claim to be sports fans. Sheffield Wednesday is one of the oldest clubs in football. That does not entitle them to anything, but heritage dictates that if there is a means of salvation it should be grasped and shame on those who think petty point scoring does anything other than demean the reputation of the beautiful game

  • Comment posted by GorbleGorble, at 01:24 22 Dec 2018

    People who think Sheffield is a tinpot city with tinpot clubs have absolutely no respect for the history of the sport they claim to love.

  • Comment posted by Ninj, at 23:34 21 Dec 2018

    Glad Luhukay gone. Very strange guy with wierd management skills. However, I really hopes Chansiri sticks with us. A very honest and genuine guy who has done so much for the club. Do we want to go down the Leeds route with a succession of dodgy owners?

  • Comment posted by AKheyre44, at 06:22 22 Dec 2018

    Another grand club being ruined by dodgy ownership. The Owls could go the way of Bradford, Coventry & Blackburn.

  • Comment posted by Skipton Rose, at 07:50 22 Dec 2018

    The thing with Leeds is that they do not get the same support as the Sheffield clubs combined despite having a larger catchment area. They should look and compare with Newcastle as they are a single club city too. This will then show that they are a small club in terms of support.

  • Comment posted by SWDC, at 22:26 21 Dec 2018

    @35 he’s NOT ‘banging’ goals in for them at all mate.
    Wednesday should never have bought him. The Chairman trying to win over fans basically. He wasn’t what Wednesday needed as it proved.
    Let Norwich pick up his wages but he’s hardly been prolific since going there. He’s not even starting games anymore!!!

  • Comment posted by Spock71, at 21:55 21 Dec 2018

    21: It's 1991 for Owls and yes, you're right the mists of time (1926) for Blades. Pray tell whom God bestowed upon you to support, Sir?

  • Comment posted by Owl in Hong Kong, at 04:47 22 Dec 2018

    Although I don't want to see managers lose their jobs, it seems that Jos wasn't getting any response from the players and so it was probably the right decision. It' s a tough job due to the financial restraints and lack of quality in the squad, so the next appointment has to be the right one! UTO!

  • Comment posted by Anthony Deakin, at 02:47 22 Dec 2018

    #73, they are more obsessed with us than their own team. PMSL at the Leeds fan calling us tinpot, 2 teams in Sheffield with almost the same support as one team Leeds. And as for the 2nd reply (Yorkshire Dingle) look at your own club if you want to know what tinpot looks like.

  • Comment posted by Spock71, at 21:37 21 Dec 2018

    Re: #10 Well observed from afar. Despite extortionate ticket prices and an awful season our gates are not too far behind United's, when generally we get the greater footfall.

  • Comment posted by Leaguefan, at 01:11 22 Dec 2018

    Another set of clueless directors. It's the PLAYERS, always has been, always will be. If they don't know how to score goals and stop them being scored, l.e the SIMPLE aspect of the game, then they shouldn't call themselves professionals.
    Seriously it is that SIMPLE.
    Managers don't kick the ball during a match.
    If the players won't play for the club then sack them it's that SIMPLE.

  • Comment posted by Spock71, at 21:49 21 Dec 2018

    Re: 14 Scooby, my four legged historian friend, have you been using Velma's 👓 glasses??? I stated LEAGUE club. Apology accepted. God bless and Happy Christmas. Stu. PS I am a big fan of yours, especially the 69/70 shows.

  • Comment posted by Spock71, at 21:33 21 Dec 2018

    Re: #7 absolutely!🦉 OlderBiggerBetter
    Happy Christmas! Stu

  • Comment posted by Dial House Dermot, at 08:46 22 Dec 2018

    We always seem to get Leeds fans on Wednesday forums.
    It’s to be expected I guess when they have a massive club like us as neighbours.
    It’s not long ago that they struggled to get 17,000 crowds which is disgraceful for a one club city.
    It must embarrass them to see the Steel City Clubs averaging 50k between them.
    They even steal our songs the cheeky Loiners!
    WAWAW

  • Comment posted by Ryan, at 02:31 22 Dec 2018

    It didn't work out soon enough, but he gave the young footballers at Wednesday a chance, some of them worked out some not so but his contribution shouldn't be over looked, he didn't have the luxury of playing some of the key players who brought success under Carlos, why? Cos they are hiding in the physios room getting paid God knows what.

  • Comment posted by Liam K, at 00:45 22 Dec 2018

    Jos was part of the problem. Wasn't right for the job and that's down to the chairman for appointing him. There was a reason why he was close to not managing again and it showed. Completely out of his depth. Maybe now the players will grow a pair and start performing. The last 18 months have been poor.

  • Comment posted by U16902789, at 22:27 21 Dec 2018

    33. Spock 71. It was actually the 84-5 season. But We were bad then, very bad !!! Paul Dyson get sent off for headbutting Lee Chapman during the game. Every pub used to get packed out and it was more exciting listening to our supporters than going to some of the games. Our attendances were also rock bottom aswell, between 6 to 9,000. luckily we survived. Happy Xmas thanks and good luck.

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