Popular Post Lord Snooty Posted March 29, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2018 Wednesday - V - Preston Bit of a predicament I find myself in. I was away and found myself stranded in L**ds on the weekend of our last win unable to access Owlstalk. We then go on to grab a fantastic result. So it is with some reluctance that I find myself here doing the OMDT. Maybe Ipswich was my Huddersfield moment. The time to step aside and let a fresh face come forward and take the mantle. After-all the most important thing is that the team gets results, and if that means that some people have to fall on their swords to make it happen, myself included, then that is what needs to happen. But... still there is that part of me that says “I can do this! I’m just having a bad run." The results can’t be blamed on me and my musings. The players have to take some responsibility surely! And besides which, we now have some of our best players welcomed back to the fore. Lees, Hutchinson , Bannan and Fernando. What a boost. Our best centre half. Our toughest tackling midfield player, our tempo dictating midfield dwarf and our mercurial forward who can make a goal from a half chance. Is it ego I wonder to myself. Or am I genuinely thinking too much about it. My man Stubbs suggests I over think. That I am a prisoner to the shackles of the football supporter...superstition ...but then he would say that. For it was he that had the unenviable task of taking my whistling under crackers to be laundered after our long 1990/91 cup run. Though by that stage they could have probably taken themselves. Match facts The Owls have won their last three home league matches against Preston, last tasting defeat against them at Hillsborough in October 2009. That's nearly a decade! The omens are surely stacked in our favour! Preston have not completed a league double over Sheffield Wednesday since the 2001/02 season. Now that really is over a decade. Sixteen years. Blimey we were only taking our first infant steps into the new millennium back then! Atdhe Nuhiu has had a hand in 56% of Sheffield Wednesday's 16 goals under manager Jos Luhukay in all competitions (six goals, three assists). 56%. FIFTY SIX PERCENT! The mans our lucky totem! If only he who shall not be named had had the balls to play him against Hull instead of the oft tried and oft unsuccessful FF/GH forward pairing! But I digress. And must not have any negativity (even if I cannot be punished with negs) for our omnipotent leader says we must be positive! And stats say with Big Atty leading the line we will be positive and so will be the result! Only leaders Wolves (37) have won more away Championship points than Preston this season (32). Nothing to see here. The Owls have conceded the most 90th minute goals in the Championship this season (six). Good heavens get this removed. If Herr Hargreaves sees it I'll never be allowed the OMDT again!! Sean Maguire has had a hand in eight goals in his last seven league matches for Preston (seven goals, one assist), scoring in each of his last four. A good run. Superb comeback from the chap too. Especially after being out of the game so long. Who can forget the terrible leg break he suffered after falling off the roof of Arthur Fowlers motor whilst off his head on a cocktail of drugs and tequila whilst he was playing for Walford Town. Just shows that with hard work and clean living you can indeed get back in the game. In other news. Fernando is fit again! Champing at bit and ready to roll. Jos says he will be involved. But when and how? From the bench surely? Not only because he's been out so long. But the two lads up top are surely deserving of keeping their places. Not least the big man who, even not accounting for the goals was superb against L**ds. The other question is where would he play anyway in this system. It would surely have to be at centre forward. And that's a debate that has been done to death. I , and I think many others aren't convinced it's his best role. But maybe....coming from the bench, hyped up and after his lay off and against tiring legs it might be the the best place to give him a cameo. Facing the KOP with 25 minutes to go... Could only end a dream couldn't it.. There are other questions to be asked. We can debate how well Pelupessy is settling in. But I think a greater question is whether we will need two sitting players at home? Is it more likely that we have Hutchinson patrolling infront of the defence like a Lion that has been caged and starved and is ready to savage something? Wouldn't Bannan make more sense in a home fixture where we are more likely to dominate possession? And if he does then what of Reach? Will Jos play them both in more advanced roles ahead of Hutchinson? Will they get in each others way? Or will they instead unleash a fury on Preston, a whirling squall of attacking football. A Tsunami of runners supporting the front pair? Or perhaps Reach will be shifted (as many want) to the Left Wing back position. A role I am regularly assured he is ideally suited too. (Prefer wing backs who can tackle myself and I'm still unsure we have one on the books..but that's just IMO) Will Boyd retain his spot. Will Pelupessy. We all want our best players in the team. Have longed for it. Though it's something that was oft used as a stick to bash the previous manager with. It's a funny old game, as Jimmy Greaves never said. To end I'd like to send my condolences to the family of Steve Lee. . Someone I saw many times over the years and who I got to know. We came from different worlds but had Wednesday in common. Plain talking and honest. Wednesday through and through. "Yer not still going on that Owlstalk wi all the other nutters?" he'd always ask when I saw him. "Yes. I am" I'd say. And he'd shake his head at me. Steve I'm sure you'll be looking down and shaking your head even more today because I'm here again with the nutters and I'm dedicating this one to you!! RIP Bigman. COME ON WEDNESDAY! 13 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 You're back!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARMYARMY2010 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome back M'LUD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_D Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 It's like finding that favourite vest you thought you'd misplaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Missed as much as any of our injured players!!!! A welcome return Snoot's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWLERTON GHOST Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 You are grounded young man.... No American Hard Gums for you laddie Straight to bed n lights off And put those Boxing Gloves on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastleigh Owl Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Snooty-The Return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doghouse Daz Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Welcome back Milord, hopefully heralding the great Wednesday come back. 2 - 0 to the Mighty Owls FF on at 65 mins. to assist Joao, and then to score himself. COME ON WEDNESDAY !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Welcome back Mi`Lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRADDO Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Snoots is back. Yippee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash60s Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Snooty Towers has re-opened to officially sponsored wednesdayites - good lord M'Lord is back - and how!!! 2-1 in a squeky bum finish after looking comfy at 2-0 up uto wawaw iwtid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIPPS_S.W.F.C Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 COME ON WEDNESDAY....WAWAW UTO FTB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresh Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Jos has a few more options at his disposal and has had a number of training sessions with the squad so looking forward to what we can produce today. I'm going for us with a comfortable 2 v 0 win to dent Preston's playoff hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronio Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Morning all, Nice to see you back Snoots. Reckon we will win tomorrow. Players coming back could very well be the uplift we have all been waiting for. So I'm going for a 3-1 Wednesday win. Reach, Joao and Nando with the goals. LETS DO THIS!! COME ON WEDNESDAY!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Be good to have the come back Kids back which will give our fans a lift and should be enough to push us over the line ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumbullowl Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Great OMDT Snoots. Some stats in there making it look like it'll be an interesting battle. You don't reckon Pessy will start. I think that'll be interesting to see, as he's started every league game except Ipswich since he arrived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Got a feeling might knick this one. 1 v 0 Fessi (76) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardo Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I wondered if I would find you here this morning....nutters an all. Maybe a bit optimistic but lets go for the win and pretend the last 6 months never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F. Spiksley Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 OMTD back, Lord Snooty, as I live and breathe! UTO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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