James from the Wednesday Till I Die podcast

There's been occasions where I've said, oh, I won't mind him moving on, but I'd be interested to see what Sheffield Wednesday would look like without Barry Bannon in.

And then he obviously doesn't go and he plays that season.

And I think actually now maybe I'm wrong.

It's a bit of a banner dependency, isn't it?

Yeah, exactly.

And I think that just comes down to the fact that the past three, four, five seasons, he has been by far the best player at the football club.

It's probably been a bit, from my point of view, a bit selfish in that, you know, I feel like he shouldn't be the best player for so long at Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

We should move on from him.

He's such a good player.

His 7 out of 10 is someone else's 10 out of 10.

That is just how good he is for Sheffield Wednesday.

So when he has a bit of an off day, like I just said, that's the same as someone else's best performance that they've ever had.

And you do, and I do, take him for granted.

He'll play a few passes that are misplaced and you'll get on his back.

But then you'll just realise that

Or in the next breath, he'll pull a pass out that you're thinking, wow, that is unbelievable.

So, yeah.

The best you get out of Barry Bannon, just let him do whatever he wants.

Just let him roam around.

I feel like if you give him a bit of a free reign, he does play a lot better further forward.