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Why head coach chose to stay with Owls
Carlos Carvalhal has spoken of how he turned down offers from other clubs in the summer to stay at Hillsborough. He said he was out of contract and had approaches from home and abroad after guiding Wednesday to the play-off final. However he added: “I have a big respect for Sheffield Wednesday and a big, […]
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Carvalhal: Lucas lost six months of career
Head coach Carlos Carvalhal believes Lucas Joao lost his way after bursting onto the Hillsborough scene in the early part of last season. The young Portuguese striker caught the eye of watching millions last year with an outstanding display to help knock Arsenal out of the League Cup in front of the Sky cameras and he quickly […]
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Carlos urges fans: Come on feel the noise!
Carlos Carvalhal has urged the fans to get right behind the team on Saturday when Wednesday return to Hlllsborough after a four-week absence. With the international break, followed by away games at Fulham and Wolves, it is a month since the Owls were in action at S6 … when we went down 2-1 to Ipswich in a […]
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Carlos salutes revitalised Forestieri
Carlos Carvalhal was full of praise for Fernando Forestieri after seeing the revitalised striker inspire Wednesday to a deserved 2-0 win at Wolves. Forestieri scored the opening goal from the penalty spot, helped create the second for Kieran Lee and was at the heart of most of Wednesday’s threatening moments. The striker had been well […]
Read MoreOwls show finishing touches to seal points
An excellent first-half attacking display ensured Wednesday took all three points at Molineux today. Wolves failed to cope with our slick passing game in the opening 45 minutes and, on this occasion, we had the finishing to match. Fernando Forestieri took the eye, as he did at Fulham last week, and put us ahead after 15 minutes, […]
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Hooper injury blow for Wolves trip
Gary Hooper is ruled out of Wednesday’s trip to Wolves on Saturday with a hamstring problem and could face a lengthy lay-off. Hooper limped off in the second half of the 1-1 draw at Fulham, with Carlos Carvalhal confirming after the game that the striker faced a scan on a possible muscle injury. Today, Carvalhal said Hooper […]
Read MoreWe need to kill games off says Carvalhal
Not for the first time this season, Wednesday were again left to reflect on what might have been in a 1-1 draw at Fulham. Once again, we dominated for good periods of a game but failed to turn this superiority into goals and were caught out by a late equaliser. Fernando Forestieri gave us an early lead when he […]
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Carlos: We need more from some players
Carlos Carvalhal is looking for an improvement in performance from some players as we prepare for a tough trip to Fulham on Saturday. Two successive defeats has seen Wednesday drop back to 10th place but we are only two points from the play-off positions, as are Fulham. Carvalhal said three or four players, including Fernando Forestieri, […]
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Owls pair left on bench as Scots beaten
Barry Bannan and Steven Fletcher were both unused substitutes as Scotland went down 3-0 to England in their World Cup qualifier at Wembley tonight. Scotland boss Gordon Strachan made wholesale changes for the match, which meant no place in the starting line-up for the Wednesday pair, and they failed to get the nod during the game […]
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Laws: I owe my life to GP after heart bypass
Former Owls boss Brian Laws has revealed he had double heart bypass surgery in the summer and owes his life to his doctor. Laws told the Alan Biggs Show on Sheffield Live TV on Thursday evening that he had a series of tests following a heartburn attack and they did not indicate any problems. He said […]
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