Tony Pulis will do whatever it takes to get Sheffield Wednesday winning, says Moses Odubajo

Now the 27-year-old is hoping he can help play his part in an Owls revival, whether that be as a defender or a winger, starting with Wednesday's Championship trip to Swansea City.

“It's been a little shake up, things the lads are not really used to, but the minute he walked in with his staff, you could tell this guy was a winner, he wants to do anything necessary to get the three points and push us higher up the table as soon as possible,” said Odubajo.

“His managerial careers speaks for itself.

“We knew this was a guy who was going to make guys work, run hard and give their all for the team.

“He's just a manager who has that presence and persona that you know if you don't do what he says you're going to get an earful. It's just that mentality he's had wherever he's gone – win by all means necessary. That's going to funnel down to the lads as the weeks go on.

“There's a lot more big-sided stuff so in terms of defensive shape and getting us drilled and compact, to learn exactly what to do when the opposition have the ball. It's something the lads have to adjust to and something the gaffer feel we can improve on and if that's the case it's something we have to keep on doing it until the point where it's drilled and drummed into our brains what we're doing.”

Odubajo was named in Pulis's first Owls XI, for Saturday's 1-0 defeat at Preston North End, but not in the right-back position he has become accustomed to, rather on the wing, where he used to play for Leyton Orient.

“At the beginning it's always nice to be in the starting line-up but it doesn't mean things can't change shortly,” he cautioned. “I'm working as if I'm not (in the team) and I need to be at my best otherwise I could find myself out of the squad.

“I started off as a winger and I moved to right-back under Mark Warburton (his manager at next club Brentford) and when Garry Monk started to go with the 3-5-2 after lockdown last season I got a couple of games at wing-back. It's something I'm used to.

“I feel like as the games go on I'll grow in confidence and the team will too.

“We'll know exactly what the manager wants from us and hopefully we can emulate that on the pitch.

“From my game he just wants a lot of energy. He wants me up and down the pitch, he wants me to carry the ball when I get the chance to.

“For the team he just wants the ball put in the opposition half as soon as possible when we're able to do that, not forcing it. If the opportunity does come about, we don't turn it down

“We just try to keep our opposition pinned in their own half because that's where goals are scored.

“I was a right winger when we got to Wembley (and the League One play-off final against Rotherham United) and I enjoyed a great season.

“But now I'll play anywhere the gaffer wants me to, I want to do a job for the team and do everything I can to get us three points.

“Goals, assists, whatever I can do to get us the three points, I'll do it.”

Kadeem Harris completes a three-match suspension on Wednesday, and whether Odubajo will remain on the wing beyond that is still to be seen.

“When Harris gets back into the team you've got real pace from someone who's played in that position, I just wanted a bit of pace in the team at Preston. If you look at it, we need that pace and away from home I thought there'd be more spaces behind their full-backs for us to exploit, and there was actually. If we could have played off Josh (Windass, who was sent off after 17 minutes) and played little passes in those pockets I think we'd have caused them problems.

“Out of all the lads this week he (Odubajo)'s most probably looked our best player there.”

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