Match Day Thread Preston North End v Sheffield Wednesday Deepdale 24/8/19

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LAST MEETING

PRESTON NORTH END 3 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 3

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LAST TIME OUT
PRESTON NORTH END 3 STOKE CITY 1

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SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 LUTON TOWN 0

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Wendies arrive having had a decent start to the season even without a permanent manager after Steve the Cabbage Bruce departed to Noocastle, having survived a transfer ban by selling their ground to themselves canny move in itself they appear to be on an upward curve. Now the second biggest side in Sheffield following the Blunts promotion there is pressure on from the fans to achieve the same probably the worst thing they can do is appoint Lee Bullen as a permanent boss, if they do watch their form go west.
They have made sone good signings over the summer Luongo, Borner, Jacob Murphy and Harris.
Should be a decent game although we have Mr Jones as official. The meetings between the two have been littered with red cards over the past feaw seasons although the two we got for fighting each other were probably the strangest of them all.
Expect a full away end.



Match Officials: Sheffield Wednesday Home

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The match official for Saturday’s clash with Lee Bullen’s Sheffield Wednesday at Deepdale is Robert Jones.

The referee, from Merseyside, is in his fourth season on the EFL lists. He has officiated four North End games during his career the last being the April home game against Leeds United, when Ben Pearson saw red.

His first visit to PR1 was the 1-1 draw against Rotherham in April 2017 and, prior to the Leeds game, he most recently he refereed the Lilywhites’ 2-1 victory away against QPR in April 2018.

The 33-year-old’s other game at Deepdale saw him send off PNE midfielder John Welsh for two bookable offences during the 1-1 draw against Wolves in February 2018.

He has already officiated three games this season, beginning with Bristol City’s home win over QPR and most recently Leeds’ 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest. In those games he has issued four yellow cards in each match.

The assistants for the day’s game will be Daniel Leach and Andrew Fox while Aaron Jackson is the fourth official.

 

Good 2-1 win. Up to 6th on goal difference. Both pens deserved according to BBC. Maguire winning both. With refs being so variant in interpretations, Maguire needs to bang them in. DJ top scorer and he nearly exited!

 

Preston North End 2 Johnson 2 pens Sheffield Wednesday 1 Fletcher

PNE: Declan Rudd, Darnell Fisher, Ben Pearson, Ben Davies, Alan Browne (c), Daniel Johnson (Paul Gallagher, 84), Joe Rafferty, Jayden Stockley, Patrick Bauer (Jordan Storey 62), Sean Maguire, Billy Bodin ( Tom Barkhuizen)

Subs not used : Connor Ripley, Josh Harrop, Andre Green, Brad Potts

Sheffield Wednesday: Keiren Westwood, Morgan Fox, Kieran Lee (Atdhe Nuhiu 72), Kadeem Harris, Steven Fletcher, Barry Bannan, Julian Borner, Jacob Murphy (Fernando Forestieri, 45), Tom Lees (c), Moses Odubajo (Adam Reach 65), Sam Hutchinson.

Subs not used: Cameron Dawson, Jordan Rhodes, Adam Reach, Massimo Luongo, Dominic Iorfa,

Referee: Mr Rob Jones

Assistant referees: Mr D Leach and Mr A Fox

Until Fletcher nodded in Reach's pin point cross with about 15 minutes ths had been a decidely average game of football with both keepers virtually unemployed, only difference between the sides had been Odubajo who had twice brought Maguire down in the box and both times Johnson had put away the spot kick, the first one Westwood did get his mits on it but it still went in.

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Once the first had gone in North End better side as Wednesday ran out of ideas, their main danger coming from corners and the pace of Harris, however once the diminutive winger swapped wings at half time he tended to fade from the game. Wednesday set out to frustrate and play on the break in the first period worked fine until Moses made an error in the box lost the ball and brought down Maguire.
Second period Wednesday were woeful creating little, North End should have sown the game up when failing to make the most of some poor Wednesday defending, should have crossed Westwood blocked his shot.

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Second penalty Johnson sends Westwood wrong way. Cruising although one worry Bauer going off injured as you knew Wednesday would bring the giant on and sure enough with 18 minutes left on strode Nuhiu.
Goal back game on as North End started to wilt in the heat, we gave literally free kick after free kick away in dangerous positions but with Stockley employed as a centre back we hung on for the points.
The away faithful were less than impressed with Mr Jones who had a better game than when he last rocked up when we played"Big club Leeds"

Wednesday need to appoint a manager otherwise they are in danger of stagnating we are up to sixth early days but positive signs.

Sheffield Wednesday caretaker manager Lee Bullen:

"Two mistakes cost us but what we don't do as a team is throw anyone under the bus or hang them out to dry; he's a good player but he had an off day today.

"There was nothing in it until that point and then suddenly we're 2-0 down and had to chase the game, but we will always have a go.

"Good teams get around each other after a game like that. The response was very pleasing but we didn't get the break of the ball and it was too little too late."