{"id":286536,"date":"2025-07-24T00:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/286536\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T00:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T00:25:14","slug":"josh-windass-first-wrexham-words-suggest-he-has-clearly-learned-from-key-sheffield-wednesday-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/286536\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Windass’ first Wrexham words suggest he has clearly learned from key Sheffield Wednesday criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wrexham announced the astute capture of Josh Windass following his departure from Sheffield Wednesday, and one thing has become apparent from his first words after joining the club. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Amid Sheffield Wednesday\u2019s<\/a> ongoing financial crisis and constant issues with paying their players, Windass decided to leave Hillsborough last week, along with teammate Michael Smith. <\/p>\n

While Smith has signed for Preston North End<\/a>, Wrexham have snapped up Windass<\/a>, beating two Championship rivals to his signature. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a statement of intent from Phil Parkinson\u2019s<\/a> men, who are aiming to continue their upward momentum following successive promotions. <\/p>\n

For Sheffield Wednesday, meanwhile, losing their top scorer to a newly-promoted side has stung, and so will his comments after joining. <\/p>\n

\"JoshPhoto by MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesJosh Windass shows signs of maturity after previous Sheffield Wednesday antics<\/p>\n

During his five-year spell at Sheffield Wednesday, the versatile Englishman produced magic on several occasions, including a last-minute winner against Barnsley in the League One play-off final in 2023. <\/p>\n

But whilst his qualities on the pitch were undeniable, the 31-year-old has also landed himself in hot water on numerous occasions for comments he\u2019s made. <\/p>\n

In May, Windass publicly humiliated Joey Phuthi<\/a>, a former Sheffield Wednesday youth player, after stating he was the \u2018worst player ever\u2019 on a podcast. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Windass also said he was \u2018miles better\u2019 than new Wrexham<\/a> teammate Ollie Palmer in February 2024 in a discussion about how many goals he could score for Manchester City on the Pitch Side podcast. <\/p>\n

The former Sheffield Wednesday attacker has been criticised for showing a lack of professionalism, but his first words for his new club suggest the Red Dragons could see a different side to him. <\/p>\n

\u201cFirst and foremost, I want to get into the team and earn the respect of my team-mates,\u201d Windass told Wrexham\u2019s official website<\/a>. \u201cI want to be professional, be someone to look up to and then get the team as high up the league as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

By stating he wants to be \u2018professional\u2019 and essentially set the standard, this could imply that Windass has put his past antics behind him and is willing to change. <\/p>\n

Windass fits perfectly into Phil Parkinson\u2019s system<\/p>\n

Parkinson utilises a two-striker formation, with one dropping deep and the other running in behind. <\/p>\n

Windass possesses the skill set, as seen at Hillsborough, to be the one who can drop deep and link-up play but also ghost into the box and score goals. <\/p>\n

In 182 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday, the maverick forward scored 53 and assisted 23, establishing himself as a quality Championship player. <\/p>\n

Last season, Wrexham\u2019s top scorers in League One were Elliott Lee, Steven Fletcher and Ollie Rathbone, who were all tied on eight, with Sam Smith netting seven after joining in January. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear Parkinson needed to add a Championship-level forward to his ranks, and Windass is exactly that.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wrexham announced the astute capture of Josh Windass following his departure from Sheffield Wednesday, and one thing has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[748,393,4884,1620,21069,16,15,18833],"class_list":{"0":"post-286536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-sheffield-wednesday","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-wrexham"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114905371436934919","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}