Nailed on relegation for the Fowls !

<h1><font size="3">Welcome to Wilko</font></h1><div>Published Date: 09 January 2009 </div><div class="byline" id="ds-byline">By Paul Thompson</div><div class="ds-bylinetext" id="ds-bylinetext">Sheffield Wednesday</div><div class="ds-firstpara" id="ds-firstpara">BRIAN Laws today welcomed the surprise return to Hillsborough of Howard Wilkinson.</div><div class="va-bodytext" id="va-bodytext">The Owls have appointed the 65-year-old ex-manager as technical adviser and manager Laws believes tWilkinson can help the club map out the way to a brighter future.

Wilkinson, who was Owls manager between 1983 and 1988, will have no direct input into playing affairs.

He will help the board in their bid to secure multi-million-pound investment and advise them on what needs to be put in place to give Laws and academy manager Sean McAuley the best possible support.

As part of the club's new business plan, the former Wednesday manager will also prepare a report on the infrastructure - the basic framework - that the club need to improve their Championship prospects and what will be needed if they get into the Premier-ship.

It is believed that the involvement of such a high-profile personality will also show to the potential investors that the club's business strategy is sound and highly professional.

Laws believes that the scouting operation in particular is an area that needs to be strengthened after being seriously eroded by previous cutbacks.

If he got millions to spend on players he believes that his current scouting resources would not be able to assess the market properly.

The Owls manager said: &quot;We have to have the infrastructure right. At the moment we are a million miles away from it.

&quot;That's where Howard will come in - on what the needs are if you have a Premier League club and what the infrastructure has to be. He wants to produce something so that we are in a position to be ready when the money becomes available.&quot;

He added: &quot;The scouting system is down to the bare minimum. I have spoken to many clubs about their structures and we are a millions miles away from them.

&quot;Howard will support me in what I believe we need.
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All gravy and no Meat

Like the references to 'to prepare us for the Premiership' what an utter load of twaddle. They will be sending him out scouting and he will come back with a list of potential signings.
Result well when we get some money we'll buy em. Give him 3 months or until they find out he's a waste of space and money.