Sheffield Wednesday's pre-season campaign has hit a snag with a 4-0 loss to Oldham Athletic, with boss Henrik Pedersen expressing shock and surprise at the team's performance. The Owls, who were expected to dominate the League Two side, were thumped at Boundary Park, with Pedersen stating that the team's performance was 'far away' from the standards he expects. The loss has left the team's fans and staff reeling, with Pedersen admitting that the team's lack of intensity and performance was a major concern. 'I feel like all the players, all the staff, all the coaches, all the fans, that it was not good enough today,' Pedersen said. 'It was far away for who we want to be and for the standard we are setting for how we want to play for all the basic things but of course also in just the general performance today.' The team's performance was a far cry from the team's recent training camp, where they had been working on their intensity and performance. 'We have just come from a really good training camp,' Pedersen said. 'We played against a direct team against Preston and here it is similar, but against Preston we matched the duels, we matched the second balls, we matched the intensity, and today we didn't.' Despite the loss, Pedersen remains optimistic about the team's chances, stating that the team will learn from the defeat and come back stronger. 'If it should come, it's good coming now because then we can learn from it, and we have to learn from it, and we will learn from it,' he said. The team's next fixture is against Luton on January 9, 2027, and Pedersen is confident that the team will come back stronger from this defeat. 'Now we'll put everything together, and then we will find a strong start 11 for next Saturday, and then I'm sure we will see the boys back again with our identity for who we want to be,' he said. League standing (final 2025 table -- new season not yet under way): 24th in Championship, 0 pts, 2W-12D-32L from 46 games, recent form WLLDD. Goals this season: 29 scored, 89 conceded (-60 goal difference). Title race: 95 points behind leaders Coventry.