Team Lineups

Month: January 2015

Bus deal latest … Owls eye more targets

The deal to bring Romanian striker Sergiu Bus to Wednesday looks to be all but sealed … and Stuart Gray hopes to make more signings before Monday’s transfer deadline. Gray confirmed this evening that Bus had been at Hillsborough today for a medical and to finalise terms and the 22-year-old was pictured on social media, […]

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Ban for Loovens . . . Gray rues Jose absence

Glenn Loovens will miss Wednesday’s next two games after picking up his tenth booking of the season at Reading. Loovens ban starts with the visit of his former club Cardiff to Hillsborough next Saturday and he will also be suspended for the trip to Ipswich on the following Tuesday. Meanwhile, Stuart Gray will be hoping […]

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Players come under fire from Gray

Stuart Gray was critical of his side at both ends of the pitch as Wednesday slumped to the 2-0 defeat at Reading. Gray said: “We didn’t do well when we didn’t have the ball. Too many of my players were not winning 50-50 challenges. “The only time they really got to the byline twice we […]

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Owls in first game flop for new owners

The first game since the Thai takeover saw Wednesday go down with little fight in a 2-0 defeat at Reading. First-half goals from Pavel Pogrebnyak and Nathaniel Chabolah saw the Royals take all three points and it could have been worse, with Keiren Westwood saving a second-half penalty from Hal Robson-Kanu. Lewis Baker forced an […]

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Owls line-up at Reading

Owls at Reading. Westwood, Palmer, Loovens, Lees, Mattock, Maghoma, Lee, Baker, Hutchinson, Keane, Maguire. Subs. Wildsmith, Buxton, Nuhiu, May, Coke, Helan, Dielna.

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Keane fit to return for Reading trip

Will Keane is fit to play at Reading tomorrow after suffering an eye injury in the midweek draw with Birmingham. The Manchester United loanee was forced off 15 minutes from time on Tuesday and had three stitches in a cut on his eyelid. However, he has been given the all-clear to return to the squad […]

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Loanee Young to stay at Carlisle for season

Defender Matt Young has extended his loan spell at Carlisle until the end of the season. The 21-year-old has impressed at Brunton Park since joining the club from the Owls on an emergency loan deal in January and he has now signed on a half-season deal. Young has so far played three games for Carlisle […]

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Bus to stop at Hillsborough in £375k deal?

Young Romanian striker Sergiu Bus could be Wednesday’s first signing following yesterday’s Thai takeover. Stuart Gray has confirmed he is trying to bring the CSKA Sofia forward to Hillsborough and reports say the Bulgarian league leaders have accepted a £375,000 bid from Wednesday. However, Gray played down reports saying that Bus will sign today, explaining […]

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Mandaric plans matchday farewell to fans

Milan Mandaric plans to take a ‘final bow’ in front of the fans before formally stepping down as Wednesday chairman following today’s Thai takeover. Mandaric praised the supporters for their loyalty and trust during his four years in charge and said today’s annnouncement of a Thai takeover had been an emotional one for him. He […]

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Thai eyes are on the Premier League

Wednesday’s new owners have bought the club to take us back to the Premier League, says Milan Mandaric. The departing chairman, talking about today’s Thai consortium takeover, said: “They are very creditable people, financially they are very strong and they have a big desire to take this club to the Premier League.” He added: “These […]

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