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Win-win: Garry Monk must continue to put “brilliant” Wednesday ace in the shop window – opinion

Sheffield Wednesday head into the festive period firmly in playoff contention and irrespective of results this afternoon, they’ll still be in the hunt following tomorrow’s fixture with Bristol City.

The Owls then face Stoke City on Boxing Day before a run of home games against Cardiff City and Hull City. The City four-peat it seems.

So far during Garry Monk’s reign this season, the south Yorkshiremen have lost just three matches, all by a solitary goal.

And it appears as if the landscape is starting to change under his stewardship, which would certainly make a change as several players still remain at the club from previous seasons.

The club have been linked to a number of strikers in January, including Lyle Taylor, Rhian Brewster and Jonson Clarke-Harris, so it seems likely that some sort of exit in the department soon follows.

One man that could be in doubt is Jordan Rhodes, even after his recent heroics. Wednesday have a win-win situation with him if Monk plays his cards right.

The 29-year-old has been at the club for several years now, and despite being forced out on loan last season, he’s finally managed to play a string of matches in the blue and white stripes.

Three, in fact, leading to him being lauded as ‘brilliant’ by skipper Tom Lees. There’s no way you can drop a man that has just scored a hattrick, but that’s a good thing.

It means the club-record signing is put in the shop window ahead of January. The Sun journalist Alan Nixon did claim that he was heading towards an exit in order to balance the books, but his latest showing changes things somewhat.

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His performances over the next trio of games could lead to a club coming in for him next month, which will help the rebuild job that Monk has on his hands.

Rhodes’ contract expires at the end of the season too.

If a club doesn’t choose to gamble on him, then that’s just as good as the Owls will continue to call on his goalscoring exploits as their promotion push rumbles on.

And in other Hillsborough news, this man’s future at Sheffield Wednesday looks bleak amidst January transfer reports…

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