This season always felt like it was going to be a long, old slog, and it’s proven to be just that for Sheffield Wednesday.

Mass exodus last summer. Players sold on the cheap. Stadium in dire need of a lick of paint and then some. One win all season. Only nine draws. Relegated in February, by Sheffield United, at the Lane.

But thankfully, Dejphon Chansiri is gone. Although his shadow still looms over Hillsborough as we wait to see if he has any dignity and decides to give up the money he’s owed, saving Wednesday from -15 in League One.

Arise looks promising. Not just David Storch’s tweets and well-spoken interviews, but the overall feel from the new proposed owners seems right.

But with all that, one question still remains… will Sheffield Wednesday win again this season?

The fixtures are a real mixed bag for the Owls. From fellow relegation candidates to potential Premier League teams next season.

Before this dreadful season is over, Wednesday play:

• Stoke City (A)
• Leicester City (H)
• Coventry City (A)
• Charlton (H)
• Middlesbrough (A)
• Oxford United (A)
• West Brom (H).

Of those games, Leicester, Oxford United, and West...