Team Lineups

Day: August 1, 2015

Why Loovens missed St Mirren game

Glenn Loovens missed the final pre-season game against St Mirren as a precaution, ahead of next Saturday’s Championship opener against Bristol City. Loovens is suffering an ankle injury and Carlos Carvalhal said the defender was still feeling pain so he was left out of the squad “to protect him” for the City clash. Carvalhal also paid tribute […]

Read More

Joao can become top player says Carlos

Lucas Joao is very much a striker for the future says head coach Carlos Carvalhal. The 21-year-old came on as a second-half substitute against St Mirren, just 24 hours after joining the Owls, and Carvalhal said afterwards: “He’s a very young player, one for the future, and the fans need to be patient with him.” Carvalhal said […]

Read More

‘Fans can make S6 difficult for visitors’

Head coach Carlos Carvalhal praised the Wednesday fans after today’s win over St Mirren and talked of how the supporters can play their part in helping to improve home form in the upcoming season. Referring to our dismal home record in the last campaign, Carvalhal said he knew the side had problems winning games at […]

Read More

Carvalhal upbeat after impressive display

Carlos Carvalhal was pleased with Wednesday’s all-round display after the 5-0 victory over St Mirren this afternoon. The head coach pointed to the way the team created space and to the organisation of the side, both with and without the ball. He said we still need to work on stepping up the pace at times […]

Read More

Owls hit five in final warm-up game

Wednesday finished our pre-season friendlies in fine style with a 5-0 win over St Mirren at Hillsborough this afternoon. We led 3-0 at half-time with goals from Atdhe Nuhiu, Vincent Sasso and a Lewis McGugan free kick and built on this with a further effort from Nuhiu soon after the break and then a cracker […]

Read More

Owls v St Mirren

Owls v St Mirren. Westwood, Hunt, Sasso, Lees, Helan, Hutchinson, Lopez, McGugan, Matias, Wallace, Nuhiu.

Read More

Number’s up for new signing

New signing Lucas Joao will wear shirt number 18 after becoming Wednesday’s ninth close season acquisition. The striker has signed a four-year deal at Hillsborough for an undisclosed fee, joining from Portuguese Primeira Liga side Nacional, and linking up with former Nacional team mate Marco Matias at S6.

Read More