[Southeyowl]

29, 848 attendance!

Foo king officials today!


Good performance ! Westwood won us that one!

Lees is easily the Star of the season so far!

[St Charles Owl]

Its been a long time since we had a pair of central defenders who can definitely hold their own, and have a decent amount of ball skill to go with it. Is good to see us playing out of defence with these two when we can instead of just hoofing it out!!

[Owlkev71]

Well that was a grind it out performance. The worst ref I think I have ever seen at Hillsboro.
Thought Semedo was our MOTM.
Report and ratings later today or tomorrow.

[Maddix]

It's a bit of a dilemma for me   Man Citeh play the late game tomorrow so we will definitely be playing their reserves in the LC but it is on Wednesday   which gives us less time to recover for the weekend  

Do we put out our first team in the hope of beating Citeh reserves or do we throw the others in and concentrate on the league ?

[Wereham Owl]

Personally, I think we should go for the win, if it is tits up at HT, rest as many as possible, but who knows , we may snatch a draw and a better payday, we're never gonna win it, but money talks, and right now we don't want to get battered and blow the confidence of ANY player , give it a go is my thinking, nobody expects anything less than a beating so we can't lose !

[Owlkev71]

As I said earlier, a grind it out performance. First half was a stop/start affair thanks to Readings Tactics and very poor officiating. Chances were at a premium, both sides had no more than half chances until Coke dragged down Murray and a pen was correctly given imo. Murray stepped up only for Westwood to save with his leg/feet. Every time there was a challenge, the Reading player went down with ease and the ref gave a foul, or so it seemed anyway. Cox for them was always in the refs face, complaining or moaning about any challenge we made. HT 0-0
We started the 2nd half a bit brighter, with a couple of half chances, and one nicely worked corner which produced a save from Anderson. Westwood saved well from Cooper who then hit the bar, both from set pieces. May fired wide from long range who then set up Nuhiu who fired wide. Westwood saved from a Blackmon long range free kick. Then with 7 mins to go, we get a free kick for hand ball, May hits it, and via a deflection the ball nestles in the net and Hillsborough erupts. May fired over and Hope did the same and we nearly scored from a mad scramble in their 6 yard box We also had a couple of good penalty shouts towards the end but with this referee we were never going to get anything. FT 1-0

A good win in the end, not sure if we deserved it tbh. The ref was absolutely clueless, about the only thing he got right was the penalty

Westwood 8 - Saved the pen  and made two other good saves
Palmer 5 - The worst I have seen him play at RB
Lees 8 - Commanding again
Loovens 6 - Struggled a little bit first half I thought, better 2nd half
Mattock 6 - Did Ok, have seen him play better this season
Semedo 8 - Played more forward than Coke, ran his socks off, tackled well, even popped up on the wings several times.MOTM
Coke 6 - Quiet game played more of the holding role.
McGuire 5 - Final ball/decision making let him down
Maghoma 5 - Made some good runs but like McGuire final ball/decision let him down
May 7 - Lots of running, not scared to shoot, game winning goal
Nuhiu 6 - Not much impact 1st half, came more into the game in the 2nd.

Hope 6 - A couple of runs, had half chance
Helan 7 - Got the ball and just ran with it caused them a few problems
Dielna 5 - Not enough time to make an impact.

Thought Semedo was our MOTM, though you could easily give it to Westwood or Lees. The winger position is still a concern, McGuire & Mags are so frustrating. Reading disappointed me with the way they set up and how they went down under challenges and the ref fell for it. I prey to god we don't get Mark Heywood again after one of the most terrible refereeing performances I have seen     .

[Maddix]

Personally, I think we should go for the win, if it is tits up at HT, rest as many as possible, but who knows , we may snatch a draw and a better payday, we're never gonna win it, but money talks, and right now we don't want to get battered and blow the confidence of ANY player , give it a go is my thinking, nobody expects anything less than a beating so we can't lose !

I don't think we have replays in the LC now Wereham I think it's ET and then pens Not sure about later rounds

[Wereham Owl]

Personally, I think we should go for the win, if it is tits up at HT, rest as many as possible, but who knows , we may snatch a draw and a better payday, we're never gonna win it, but money talks, and right now we don't want to get battered and blow the confidence of ANY player , give it a go is my thinking, nobody expects anything less than a beating so we can't lose !

I don't think we have replays in the LC now Wereham I think it's ET and then pens Not sure about later rounds

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F**K ME , dunno what I was thinking there , maybe early onset dementia , sorry Maddix !!

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OwlKev,

I would agree with most of that until the "not sure we deserved to win it" p-art, of course we did , we are Sheffield Wednesday !!, and more to the point, from what I saw we were the better team, we didn't whinge, wine, niggle and tap, plus the fact we were playing the ref too, you say a definite pen for them, I say 2/3 for us, we deserved the win , but by a bigger margin in my opinion

[consilio]

You'll never get past Semedo. He's magic you know

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I love you Sheffield Wednesday xxxxxxxxxxx

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How many SG doubters are still knocking about. 442 again and it works

[Statesideowl]

I think we should change it up for the City game. W have 3 games within a week in City, Cardiff and Ipswich. Can't afford tired players and injuries when we're doing so well in the league.