What pushed Di’Shon Bernard to send that Dejphon Chansiri tweet at Sheffield Wednesday | OneFootball

Di'Shon Bernard spent the entirety of Sheffield Wednesday's administration campaign injured, but still felt aggrieved by Dejphon Chansiri's actions

Sheffield Wednesday defender Di'Shon Bernard explained that the Owls stooping "below rock bottom," led him to release a Dejphon Chansiri-aimed tweet back in June 2025.

Wednesday were in the midst of some real financial uncertainty this time last year. Later this month marks a year since the Owls entered administration, and the months before that were marred by late wage payments, an exodus of senior players and fan boycotts of the Chansiri reign.

It wasn't just the fans who were speaking out against their former owner, too, with ex-players and even those currently at the club making their feelings heard, including Bernard.

After wages weren't paid on time yet again for May, the second instance in what would become a five-time occurrence in just seven months, Bernard took to X and tweeted, with no caption, the José Mourinho interview clip after his Chelsea side were beaten by Aston Villa.

The Portuguese boss stated, "I prefer not to speak. If I speak, I'm in big trouble," which has become immortalised in the footballing world for indicating that something has gone completely off the rails.

Di'Shon Bernard explains Dejphon Chansiri-aimed Jose Mourinho tweet

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The 2025/26 campaign was a difficult one for everyone associated with Sheffield Wednesday, but for Bernard, it was even tougher, given he missed the entire campaign with a knee injury, which saw him miss 19 months of action.

The Jamaican international had to watch from the sidelines as his teammates struggled on the pitch, endured below-standard training facilities and faced late wage payments.

Looking back on the tweet, Bernard told the Sheffield Star that he tried to bite his tongue numerous times regarding the treatment of the staff at Hillsborough, both on the pitch and behind the scenes, but had to let his frustrations be heard after another case of late payments.

"I'm hearing things, and I'm thinking, no, surely it can't get worse, it can't," he said. So you want to hold your tongue a bit, then you're thinking it can't get worse, and you go in the next day, it's gotten worse.

"Then you're like, okay, we're at rock bottom now; you can't go below rock bottom. Now we've gone even below rock bottom. I just thought, ‘I'm just going to put it out’.

"It's unacceptable what happened; it shouldn't happen at any level of football. No one deserves anything like that. I would not wish that on anyone, really.

"It was one of 20 moments I could have sent something. I bit my tongue sometimes. I don't really regret it, because I think I had to do it. It could have been worse."

Di'Shon Bernard is revelling in new Sheffield Wednesday era

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Bernard's personal career over the past 19 months has followed a similar trend to Sheffield Wednesday as a club.

What was pretty bleak all last season is starting to look a lot more positive, as the 25-year-old made his long-awaited return from injury against Salford City in the Jersey Mike's Trophy last week.

As for Wednesday as a club, the first five months under David Storch and the Arise ownership couldn't have been more promising, with some much-needed investment into the structure of the club, recognised personnel at board level and a feeling not felt in the stands at Hillsborough for some time.

The fans aren't the only people associated with the club who are feeling good about the new owners; Bernard believes that the group itself is a lot happier and more hopeful this season than it was last year.

“It's crazy to think about where we were, to where we are now; it's one of the biggest things for us. It's just a much happier environment," he added.

"We've got a new gym, stuff around the training ground getting done up, even staff coming in, helping us; it's just much, much, much better.”

Di'Shon Bernard's admission will only stoke Dejphon Chansiri hatred further amongst Sheffield Wednesday fans

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Sheffield Wednesday fans arguably don't need much more reason to hate Dejphon Chansiri than they already do, but Bernard lifting the lid a little further on what it was like being a player at Hillsborough during that time will help stoke that hatred further.

The centre-back likely wasn't exaggerating when he stated it was "one of 20 moments" he could have spoken out against the former owner. Incredibly, things would only get worse from that moment in June until the club finally entered administration in October.

The fact that David Storch and co have come in and completely transformed the feeling around the club is a testament to their hard work, but also the highs felt under them so far wouldn't be as drastic if the lows weren't as bad.

Bernard is evidently on a high, with him finally back in action after such a difficult time out, but it seems that both he and the rest of the Wednesday