Month: December 2019

News

A very Happy New Year to all London Owls

The London Owls wish all our members – and your families – a very happy and healthy New Year. Who knows just what the next 12 months will hold for us on the pitch but, this being Sheffield Wednesday, then at least that’s no different to usual. What we do know is that we will […]

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Garry eyes loan market in transfer window

Garry Monk says his work in the upcoming January transfer window is likely to be in the loan market. The Owls boss was full of praise today for the performances, to date, of the squad he inherited in September, adding: “I don’t expect a lot of incomings or outgoings and that will be dictated by […]

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Injury updates as Owls seek return to form

Steven Fletcher could well make his return to the squad against Hull City at Hillsborough on New Year’s Day … but Liam Palmer is ruled out. Fletcher has been training this week as he continues to recover from the illness which has forced him out of the last three games and Garry Monk is hopeful […]

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Monk: Hoilett tackle deserved red card

Like most of the 25,000 crowd, Garry Monk believed Cardiff’s Junior Hoilett should have been sent off after his second-half tackle on Liam Palmer saw the Wednesday defender having to be helped from the pitch with an ankle injury. Hoilett received only a yellow card and Monk said: “I don’t want players sent off at […]

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‘We let in poor goals and lacked final edge’

Garry Monk reflected on poor defending at one end and a lack of cutting edge at the other after the 2-1 defeat to Cardiff. Speaking after a second loss in three days, Monk said: “I thought we actually started the game well but then conceded two poor goals. “We tried in the second half, we […]

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Owls beaten again after early double setback

Two goals conceded in the first eight minutes set the scene for a hugely disappointing afternoon at Hillsborough as Wednesday went down to a 2-1 home defeat against Cardiff. This second reverse inside three days sees us slip to sixth place, hanging on to that final play-off position on 39 points and ahead of Preston […]

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Match News

Owls v Cardiff

Dawson; Palmer, Lees, Iorfa, Fox; Murphy, Hutchinson, Bannan, Harris; Reach, Winnall. Subs. Wildsmith, Lee, Rhodes, Pelupessy, Borner, Nuhiu, Odubajo.

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Fingers crossed over Fletcher fitness

Wednesday are hoping Steven Fletcher will be fit to make a much-needed return at home to Cardiff on Sunday after being sidelined by sickness for the last two games. Garry Monk said after the Boxing Day defeat at Stoke: “Steven hasn’t been eating or drinking properly for a few days but he’s getting there. He’s […]

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We got what we deserved says Owls boss

Garry Monk said Wednesday got what they deserved after turning a 2-1 lead into a 3-2 defeat inside the final four minutes of added time at Stoke. Speaking after another late reverse, Monk said: “It wasn’t a performance I expect from that team, from what they have been showing since I came in. “I’m hugely […]

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Another injury-time sickener for Wednesday

Wednesday’s weakness in conceding late goals came back to haunt us once again as two in added time saw struggling Stoke to a 3-2 victory this afternoon. We trailed 1-0 after a lifeless first 45 minutes from the Owls but looked to have turned the game round ourselves in the second half, goals from Morgan […]

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