Team Lineups

Month: September 2019

Monk: We were devastating in first half

Garry Monk was delighted with Wednesday’s emphatic 4-1 win on his return to the Riverside. Monk, sacked by Middlesbrough in December 2017, saw us go into a 4-1 lead inside 34 minutes and the manager said afterwards: “We showed how devastating we can be in the first half. It was exceptional, we were clinical and […]

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Four-goal Owls edge close to play-offs

A first-half goal spree saw Wednesday move up to seventh place and just a point from the play-offs after a 4-1 win at Middlesbrough today. We rocked Boro with two goals in the opening six minutes, Adam Clayton turning the ball into his own net and then Dominic Iorfa heading home from Barry Bannan’s cross. […]

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Owls at Boro

Westwood; Odubajo, Iorfa, Borner, Palmer; Reach, Hutchinson, Bannan, Harris; Nuhiu, Fletcher. Subs: Dawson, Fox, Pelupessy, Lee, Winnall, Murphy, Luongo.    

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‘Back to league line-up’ for Boro trip

Wednesday will revert our ‘league line-up’ when we return to Championship action at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Garry Monk made eight changes to the starting line-up for the midweek Carabao Cup defeat to Everton but will no doubt go back, by and large at least, to the team that has taken four points from his first […]

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Positive reaction despite Carabao Cup exit

Garry Monk was pleased with much-changed Wednesday’s overall display despite our Carabao Cup defeat to Everton. Monk, who made eight changes from the team that drew with Fulham on Saturday, said: “You are always disappointed not to get the result but there were some very positive things for us tonight. “The difference was taking the […]

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Cup hopes end after early double strike

An understrength Wednesday side bowed out of the Carabao Cup after two early Everton goals in our third round tie at Hillsborough. Garry Monk showed pre-match that his main interest this season is the Championship when he made eight changes from the side that drew with Fulham on Saturday, while under pressure Everton boss Marco […]

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Owls v Everton

Dawson, Odubajo, Thorniley, Iorfa, Fox, Murphy, Pelupessy, Luongo, Reach, Winnall, Nuhiu. Subs. Jones, Palmer, Lee, Bannan, Rhodes, Harris, Fletcher.

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‘Let’s use our home advantage’

Garry Monk is looking forward to the challenge of taking on Premier League Everton in the Carabao Cup at Hillsborough tonight. After seeing Wednesday take four points from his first two games in charge, Monk said of the third round tie: “In a sense it’s a free hit but we want to win and it’s […]

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We deserved the point says Monk

Garry Monk felt Wednesday were well worth the draw after Atdhe Nuhiu’s last-gasp headed equaliser against Fulham. Monk, who has seen us take four points out of six since taking charge, said: “I was very pleased. I think we deserved at least a point for the way we went about it.” He said he felt […]

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Atdhe to the rescue with added time saver

Atdhe Nuhiu’s 94th minute diving header saw Wednesday grab a point as Garry Monk’s Hillsborough debut as Owls boss ended in  a 1-1 draw with Fulham. Scott Parker’s side, who went ahead through Tom Cairney’s close-range effort just behind half-time after Keiren Westwood pushed out Joe Bryan’s low cross, looked to have secured all three […]

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