It is dangerous to take a too serious look at preseason results and performances in the friendlies in general, but this is a horrifying set of results from Sheffield Wednesday:

The only goal scored in their run came vs Luton Town, who are the absolutely weakest side in the Premier League in everyone' s estimations.

How did Wednesday get into Championship in the first place. A review:

Wednesday had a good season in the league one, but had to go through play-offs. And what a rollercoaster it was! They lost first leg vs Peterborough by 4-0, they equalized on the 7th minute of added to 4-0 at home, the extra time ended in 1-1 and Wednesday qualified to promotion final. That one vs Barnsley was decided by added time goal of the key striker Josh Windass, so it was not so easy for Wednesday to play in this league at all!

Most important new players:

Reece James (Blackpool), Juan Delgado (Pacos Ferreira), Ashley Fletcher (Watford), Pol Valentin (Sporting Gijon)

Key losses: David Stockdale (York), Ben Henegan (?), Aden Flint (Stoke)

Optimal starting lineup: (3-5-1-1): Dawson; James, Ihiekwe, Palmer; Johnson, Bannan, Vaulks, Byers, Delgado; Windass; Smith

Wedesday have the smallest player market value at Champioship, they are very strong relegation candidates but it is up to coaching, injuries, good start, possibly shining individual efforts where they end up.

Southampton on the other hand are the club with biggest player market value, some 20 times higher than of Wednesday. Last season in the Premier league naturally was a disaster and none of their 3 coaches made the team click at any time, and they did rely too highly on their own young players.

This season they are coached by Russell Martin, who made super job at Swansea, and he likes his teams to control the ball and the games. On this level with this material they also should be able to do it in most games. The most interesting newcomer in the team is Shea Charles, who is a versatile midaxis player, could be a centre-back or a holding midfielder. Striker Tella returns from on-loan deal from Burnley, he could be the golden boot of the whole league!

The preseason results are not great, but it has to be noted the high level of the opponents, on the contrary the Wednesdays weak ones.

The transfer window is still open, there is a danger that Soton lose their most shining stars, and the might be a lot weaker on paper in two weeks time.

Key players in: Ryan Manning (Swansea), Shea Charles (Man City U21)

Key players out; Mohamed Elyounoussi (?)

Optimal lineup: (4-3-3): Bazunu; Manning, Charles, Stephens, Bree; S. Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Alcaraz; Tella, A. Armstrong, Adams

Despite all the question marks over Southampton at the moment, I must go against the weak Wednesday side tonight.

Good luck!

对季前赛的结果和友谊赛的表现过于认真是很危险的，但谢菲尔德星期三的结果令人震惊:

他们唯一的进球是在对阵卢顿城的比赛中，卢顿城在所有人看来都是英超最弱的球队。

星期三是怎么进入冠军联赛的?回顾:

周三在联赛中有一个不错的赛季，但必须经过附加赛。这是多么的过山车啊!他们首回合0 - 4输给彼得伯勒，在主场4-0加时赛第7分钟扳平比分，加时赛以1-1结束，周三晋级升级决赛。那场对巴恩斯利的比赛是由关键前锋乔什·温德斯在补时阶段的进球决定的，所以周三在联赛中比赛一点也不容易!

最重要的新参与者:

里斯·詹姆斯(布莱克浦)，胡安·德尔加多(帕科斯·费雷拉)，阿什利·弗莱彻(沃特福德)，波尔·瓦伦丁(希洪竞技)

主要损失:大卫·斯托克代尔(约克)，本·亨尼根(?)，亚丁·弗林特(斯托克)

最佳首发阵容:(3-5-1-1):道森;James, Ihiekwe, Palmer;约翰逊、班南、沃克斯、拜尔斯、德尔加多;Windass;史密斯

周三的球员市场价值在英冠联赛中是最小的，他们是非常强大的降级候选人，但这取决于教练、伤病、良好的开端，可能还有个人的努力。

相反，南安普顿是球员市场价值最高的俱乐部，比昨天高出20倍左右。上个赛季的英超联赛自然是一场灾难，他们的三位教练都没有在任何时候让球队运转良好，而且他们确实过于依赖自己的年轻球员。

本赛季他们的教练是拉塞尔·马丁，他在斯旺西做得非常出色，他喜欢他的球队控制球和比赛。在这个层面上，他们也应该能够在大多数游戏中做到这一点。球队中最有趣的新人是谢伊·查尔斯，他是一名全能的中轴球员，可以担任中后卫或控球中场。从伯恩利租借回来的前锋特拉，他可能是整个联赛的金靴!

季前赛的结果不是很好，但必须注意到对手的高水平，相反周三的弱对手。

转会窗口仍然敞开着，索顿有可能失去他们最耀眼的球星，两周后他们的实力可能会大大削弱。

关键球员:瑞恩·曼宁(斯旺西)，谢伊·查尔斯(曼城U21)

关键球员出局;穆罕默德·埃尔尤努西(?)

最佳阵容:(4-3-3):巴祖努;曼宁、查尔斯、斯蒂芬斯、布里;S.阿姆斯特朗，沃德-普劳斯，阿尔卡拉斯;泰勒，A.阿姆斯特朗，亚当斯

尽管现在南安普顿有很多疑问，但今晚我必须面对周三的弱队。

好运！