Month: October 2019
Borner set for Rovers return
Julian Borner is expected to slot back into the Wednesday defence for Saturday’s trip to Blackburn. Borner missed last weekend’s draw with Leeds after turning an ankle in the warm-up but he has been back in training this week and Garry Monk says he will be fit for the Ewood Park clash. Monk is also […]
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Fitness checks for pair ahead of Blackburn trip
Wednesday will be monitoring the fitness of Julian Borner and Massimo Luongo ahead of Saturday’s trip to Blackburn. Borner had to pull out of Saturday’s home draw with Leeds after suffering an ankle injury in the pre-match warm-up while Luongo failed to recover in time after taking a knock on a knee in the midweek […]
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Owls drop one place after Swansea win
Wednesday have slipped to fifth place in the Championship after Swansea’s 1-0 win over Cardiff on Sunday lunchtime. The Welsh side move into fourth place on 25 points – one ahead of us – while QPR will go second on Monday night if they defeat Brentford in the West London derby at Loftus Road. West […]
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‘Our performance deserved all three points’
Garry Monk was full of praise for his Wednesday side after our 0-0 draw with Leeds and felt we deserved to take all three points. Having seen us go close on several occasions and dominate the second half, Monk said: “I thought the performance we gave deserved all three points.” He added: “We were very […]
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Owls unfortunate not to claim victory
Wednesday can count themselves unfortunate not to take all three points in a keenly-fought goalless clash with Leeds at Hillsborough on Saturday lunchtime. Overall, we had the best of the game and, while Leeds had their chances as well, on another day we could easily have chalked up a victory in our best performance in […]
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Borner ruled out of Leeds clash
Julian Borner has suffered an ankle injury in the warm-up and misses today’s game with Leeds. Sam Hutchinson moves into the back four with Joey Pelupessy stepping up to the midfield from the bench and Jordan Thorniley filling the final subs’ position. Revised line-up: Westwood; Palmer, Iorfa, Hutchinson Fox; Reach, Pelupessy, Bannan, Harris; Nuhiu, Fletcher. […]
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We’re back live on Sky in December
Wednesday are back on Sky twice in December for live match coverage. The midweek trip to Derby on the 11th will be screened, with the kick off still at 7.45pm, and our home game with Bristol City has been moved back 24 hours to December 22, kick off noon, for live TV coverage.
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Leeds game live at Mabel’s
Don’t forget … today’s lunchtime game with Leeds at Hillsborough will be screened live at Mabel’s Tavern. So if you’re not going up to S6, then why not join fellow London Owls for the match. Kick off is 12.30pm.
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Monk to decide whether to recall Westwood
Keiren Westwood is in contention for a return to the starting line-up for Saturday’s home clash with Leeds. Westwood has missed the last two games after suffering an ankle injury in the warm-up at Cardiff and Cameron Dawson has impressed Garry Monk after stepping up. A scan has shown no further problems with Westwood’s ankle […]
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Monk takes positives from stuttering victory
Garry Monk was particularly pleased with Wednesday’s first half performance against Stoke and felt there were plenty of positives to come out of the 1-0 victory. It was a stuttering performance from the Owls in a stop-start match but Monk reflected on four points from the last two games by saying: “We’re a wrong decision […]
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