Month: February 2021
‘We’ve given ourselves a lot to do to stay up’
Caretaker boss Neil Thompson says Wednesday have given themselves a big task to stay in the Championship after today’s second-half collapse at Luton. Having seen the team lose a 2-0 half-time lead to go down 3-2 and slip to six points from safety, Thompson said: “It is plausible that we can stay up. We’ve got […]
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Owls throw away two-goal lead in fourth successive defeat
Wednesday threw away a two-goal lead at the interval to crash to a 3-2 defeat at Luton this afternoon and further dent our hopes of avoiding relegation. That first-half dominance also saw us create 14 efforts, three on target, while Luton mustered just one off-target shot during that time. However, as soon as we conceded […]
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Owls at Luton
Wildsmith, Urhoghide, Lees, Borner, Penney, Harris, Hutchinson, Bannan, Brown, Paterson, Windass. Subs. Jackson, Dunkley, Palmer, Pelupessy, Reach, Hunt, Marriott, Kachunga, Rhodes.
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‘We need a to turn it round after three defeats’
Wednesday travel to Luton tomorrow, desperate to end a run of three defeats and offer some hope that we can yet survive the drop to division one. With fellow strugglers also finding points hard to come by, we are still only three from safety but have failed to show the passion and will-to-win of a […]
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Third injury blow as Dele-Bashiru is sidelined
Midfielder Fisayo Dele-Bashiru could be out for six weeks after suffering an ankle injury at Brentford on Wednesday evening. The 20-year-old came on as a substitute on 55 minutes but lasted just over 20 minutes before a poor tackle by Henrik Dalsgaard forced him off the field, also earning the Bees player a yellow card. […]
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Thompson calls for Wednesday to show ruthless streak
Neil Thompson said Wednesday need to be more ruthless at both ends of the pitch after another weak display in the 3-0 defeat at Brentford. With the Owls again failing to show the fight, will-to-win and belief needed to pull away from the relegation zone, the caretaker boss said: “They were three really disappointing goals. […]
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Three successive defeats for punchless Wednesday
Wednesday made it three successive defeats and no goals scored after going down 3-0 at Brentford this evening. It was another largely uninspiring performance from the Owls, leaving us still just one place off the bottom of the table and three points from the safety zone, and this latest reverse means we have taken just […]
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Owls at Brentford
Wildsmith, Palmer, Urhoghide, Lees, Penney, Harris, Hutchinson, Bannan, Reach, Kachunga, Rhodes. Subs. Jackson, Dunkley, Borner, Pelupessy, Brown, Hunt, Dele-Bashiru, Paterson, Windass.
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Boost for Owls as closest rivals go down to defeats
Wednesday go into tomorrow evening’s clash at Brentford with fresh impetus in terms of possible relegation survival after our two closest rivals were both beaten in tonight’s Championship games. Defeat at home to fellow strugglers Birmingham on Saturday, following the midweek loss at Stoke, was a big blow to our chances of staying up and […]
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Norwich home game now live on Sky
Our home game with promotion-chasing Norwich will be screened live on Sky Sports on Sunday March 14, kick off 12.15pm. The match was originally scheduled for the previous day.
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