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Long wait for next 3pm Saturday kick off …
After tomorrow’s trip to Villa Park, we won’t be starting another Saturday match at 3pm for another six weeks. The decision to switch our trip to Barnsley on April 1 to a 12.30pm start, on police advice, means fans will be left waiting until the home game with Derby on April 22 for the next 3pm kick […]
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Lees ‘back in full training’ after lay-off
Tom Lees began full training again on Friday following his lengthy injury lay-off. Lees has been out since the end of January with a knee problem but Carlos Carvalhal confirmed that the central defender has resumed training, albeit with a few restrictions, and hopes he will back in action in the near future. Carvalhal also confirmed […]
Read MoreFour face fitness tests ahead of Villa clash
Wednesday wait on the fitness of four players ahead of Saturday’s trip to Aston Villa. Sam Hutchinson, Ross Wallace, Almen Abdi and Callum McManaman all face tests before Carlos Carvalhal names his side for the Villa Park clash. Hutchinson missed the midweek game with Burton after limping off in the first-half against Norwich last Saturday, […]
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Carvalhal reflects on “two points dropped”
Carlos Carvalhal talked of “two points dropped” after watching Wednesday fail to break down relegation-threatened Burton in Tuesday night’s 1-1 draw at Hillsborough. The disappointing result meant we missed the opportunity to gain ground on those immediately above and below us in the fight for Championship play-off places, and Carvalhal said: “It is two points dropped. They played […]
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Owls miss chance to boost play-off hopes
Wednesday missed the opportunity to increase our lead over play-off rivals Fulham and to close the gap on Leeds and Reading when we were held to a 1-1 draw at home to lowly Burton. The Londoners grabbed a last-minute draw at home to Leeds while victory for us would have stretched our lead over Fulham to seven points. Instead, […]
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Hutchinson injury doubt for Burton clash
Sam Hutchinson is an injury doubt for the home match with Burton Albion on Tuesday evening. Hutchinson, who was the architect of our opening goal against Norwich on Saturday, limped off after 33 minutes and could sit out the Burton game. Carlos Carvalhal revealed after the match that Hutchinson had been struggling with the injury during […]
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Five-goal Owls turn on attacking style at S6
Wednesday gave the type of attacking display that has been so often lacking at Hillsborough this season in an emphatic 5-1 win over a Norwich side who were hoping to challenge us for a play-off place before kick off. We began the game at a much higher tempo compared to recent matches at S6 and were rewarded […]
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Probably our best of the season says Carlos
Carlos Carvalhal hailed Wednesday’s 5-1 thrashing of play-off rivals Norwich as one of our performances of the season. After witnessing the team fulfil our attacking potential with five excellent goals, Carvalhal said: “My players did fantastic and they did exactly what they must do. It was probably the best performance of the season. “When we are […]
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Team news for clash with play-off rivals
Gary Hooper could be in the Wednesday squad to face former club and play-off rivals Norwich at Hillsborough on Saturday. Hooper picked up a thigh injury at Fulham in November and then suffered a setback when playing for the academy team. However, he is back in training and may be in the 18 for the […]
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Owls double TV date inside five days
Wednesday’s home game with Newcastle on April 8 will now be screened live on Sky Sports, with the kick off moved from 3pm to 5.30pm. That means we will be playing in front of the Sky cameras twice in five days with our trip to Rotherham on April 4 already scheduled as live game, kick […]
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