THE WAY I SEE IT I would have been thinking about strike action as an Owls player...

W E'RE expecting major protests against Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri this afternoon as Stoke City go to Hillsborough. I'm not surprised.

- By Mike Pejic

That club has been launched through one crisis after another over the summer.

Wednesday players and staff didn't receive their wages on time for three months in a row and boycotted a preseason friendly at Burnley. They have decided to press on and play now the Championship started but I'm afraid I would have been arguing to go on strike and I would hope that the union would back me and look after me and my teammates.

We love football but, if I'm a player, it’s my living. I've got a family to look after, my own bills to pay and I shouldn't risk an injury which could cost me my career. The preseason schedule was tipped upside down and there were two injuries in their opening match.

Football has a big old problem. There is a huge and ever-growing disparity between the haves and the have nots. This is a division when everyone is chasing that golden nugget to get into the riches of the Premier League and there's a big hole waiting for those who fall short.