If you do your job badly you will lose it – Megson

The Owls suffered a 5-1 humbling at Stevenage on Tuesday night to leave Megson admitting he had never felt lower as a manager.

Four goals down at half-time, Wednesday were nothing like the side that had performed so admirably in beating then League One leaders Milton Keynes Dons at Hillsborough just a few days earlier.

Megson’s side are back in action this weekend when they make the long trip to Yeovil Town and the 52-year-old is demanding a big improvement.

He said: “We are in a tenuous position right now.

“There were one or two fans in the crowd (at Stevenage) who were having a moan at myself, which I fully accept.

“There are one or two players who will look round and see their performance was poor and blame other people, which has happened at this football club for a long, long time.

“Before Stevenage, we had won three and drawn one but that performance was a disgrace.

“We have to go back to basics and get a result against Yeovil. It won’t put everything right but it will go some way to getting us back on track.”

Wednesday took 1,337 supporters to Stevenage and looking ahead to Saturday’s trip to Somerset, Megson added: “The fans deserve better. I write things up on the board before games, pointers that we need to be aware of.

“The first thing I wrote (on Tuesday) was that the away tickets had all been sold and it was important we didn’t let people down.

“If people in the stands have got that kind of honesty to turn up then the least you can accept is that we battle and scrap.

“We might play badly and pass the ball wrong. But not abdicate responsibility.”

Asked if it would be difficult to lift the Owls players, Megson added: “The players have got to lift themselves too. They get well paid. If you do your job as badly as they did (against Stevenage) then you lose it. So will I and so will every single person in any walk of life.”

Meanwhile, Bradford City manager Phil Parkinson is still hoping to bring an unnamed striker in after problems arose during his medical last week.

Parkinson said: “It is still progressing. We have had more talks. Things have had to be adjusted before we can come to an agreement. It is not just what we are happy to offer him, it is what he is happy to accept as well. All parties have to be happy with the deal, including our medical people.”