Dave Challinor sees need to improve despite big win for Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday boss Dave Challinor admitted his side still have “so much work to do” despite their 3-0 victory over Plymouth Argyle at Hillsborough.

A first Owls goal for Billy Mitchell paired with second-half strikes from Davis Keillor-Dunn and Di’Shon Bernard secured Challinor his maiden win since taking charge earlier this month.

Challinor said: “It feels amazing to get my first win. When you go into your first league game at home you dream it will look a certain way. To come here and score three goals and keep a clean sheet is amazing.

“Plymouth are a team that ask you questions and in the first half we didn’t deal with those questions well enough. You have to outrun and outfight the opposition to give yourselves a foothold in any game.

“We were so much better in the second half. We dealt with their threats and started to make the game look how we wanted it to.

“I’m really happy for the players because they’ve bought into what we’ve asked of them even though some of it might be out of their comfort zone.

“We have still got so much work to do. We’ve set the bar for ourselves and given ourselves a platform but we know where we need to improve.”

Mitchell smashed into the net via a deflection to get his first goal for Wednesday after 45 minutes.

Keillor-Dunn then tapped in at the back post following a free-kick to double his side’s lead in the 80th minute, and the scoring was completed two minutes later, with Bernard crashing a shot in off a post.

Plymouth manager Tom Cleverley was disappointed his side failed to take their chances.

He said: “Football is a cruel sport and it owes you nothing. A lot of times you don’t get what you deserve.

“I’m not saying on the whole we deserved to win but to not come in at half-time in front is tough to take.

“The crowd were so flat and we felt like we were on top. We created a lot of good moments but we never got to see what impact taking the lead would have on this place, and I felt we were playing well enough to do that.

“We missed a huge chance with Bradley (Ibrahim), they score from a set piece and you could see it was a big weight off Wednesday’s shoulders.

“This was a carbon copy of the Leicester game away from home and we need to learn from it now because it’s becoming a pattern.

“We need to learn on the mentality side of being more ruthless and then on the technical side of being more clinical in our defensive set play work and finishing our chances.”