24-05-2015, 09:58
November
The month started with a trip to Charlton and finally SG relented and gave Drenthe a start. Unsurprisingly, he was our MOTM by a distance, scoring a brilliant individual goal and giving us a deserved half time lead. We fell away in the second half and the match finished 1-1, taking our run to eight matches without a win.
Next we were at home to Bournemouth, who were already challenging for promotion. We played with little conviction and shots from Drenthe (twice) and Maghoma were our only efforts of note. Bournemouth looked a class above but couldn't take advantage until Drenthe was sent off for a stupid second yellow card offence. Two goals in five minutes settled the game as we faded to another defeat.
Next up we were at home to relegation threatened Rotherham. Taylor-Fletcher was preferred up front but we lacked any guile or creative skills and the closest we came was from a mis-hit back pass from a Rotherham defender. This stretched our home run to over 400 minutes without a goal and our overall run to nine without a win.
Next we travelled to Huddersfield who were sat just two points above the relegation zone. Two poor sides but Wednesday could have won this one with May's shot coming out after hitting both the bar & the post. We were denied a clear penalty when Maguire was brought down in the box & to rub salt in the wounds, he got a yellow card for diving. Now it was ten matches without a win.
We finally scored at home from open play in our final match of November against 23rd placed Wigan and broke our run without a win. Semedo hit a post but Wigan took the lead. May equalised from close range shortly after and although we struggled in parts, May won the match with a flash header from 12 yards.
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The month started with a trip to Charlton and finally SG relented and gave Drenthe a start. Unsurprisingly, he was our MOTM by a distance, scoring a brilliant individual goal and giving us a deserved half time lead. We fell away in the second half and the match finished 1-1, taking our run to eight matches without a win.
Next we were at home to Bournemouth, who were already challenging for promotion. We played with little conviction and shots from Drenthe (twice) and Maghoma were our only efforts of note. Bournemouth looked a class above but couldn't take advantage until Drenthe was sent off for a stupid second yellow card offence. Two goals in five minutes settled the game as we faded to another defeat.
Next up we were at home to relegation threatened Rotherham. Taylor-Fletcher was preferred up front but we lacked any guile or creative skills and the closest we came was from a mis-hit back pass from a Rotherham defender. This stretched our home run to over 400 minutes without a goal and our overall run to nine without a win.
Next we travelled to Huddersfield who were sat just two points above the relegation zone. Two poor sides but Wednesday could have won this one with May's shot coming out after hitting both the bar & the post. We were denied a clear penalty when Maguire was brought down in the box & to rub salt in the wounds, he got a yellow card for diving. Now it was ten matches without a win.
We finally scored at home from open play in our final match of November against 23rd placed Wigan and broke our run without a win. Semedo hit a post but Wigan took the lead. May equalised from close range shortly after and although we struggled in parts, May won the match with a flash header from 12 yards.
P5 W1 D3 L1 F3 A4 Pts6
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