Fit to Tie Sheffield Tuesday err Wednesday

By: Stephen | February 1st, 2009

FULL-TIME WEDNESDAY 1 BLUES 1

credit the club’s website:
Wednesday: Lee Grant, Tommy Spurr, Marcus Tudgay, Darren Potter, Mark Beevers, Richard Wood (C), James O’Connor, Leon Clarke, Michael Gray, Lewis Buxton, Jermaine Johnson (Wade Small 83). Unused subs: Richard Hinds, Steve Watson, Sean McAllister, Luke Boden.

Goal: Lewis Buxton 57

Blues: Maik Taylor, Stuart Parnaby (Seb Larsson 68), Liam Ridgewell, Martin Taylor, David Murphy, Scott Sinclair, Lee Bowyer, Lee Carsley (Keith Fahey 73), Hameur Bouazza, Kevin Phillips, Cameron Jerome (Marcus Bent 80). Unused subs: Colin Doyle, Damien Johnson.

Booked: Martin Taylor 59, David Murphy 89

Goal: Kevin Phillips 90(+3)

Referee: Phil Crossley

Attendance: 18,409

I wanted to copy that, because the club does an amazing job on match reports, and as many times as I can credit them I will.

First and foremost, we need to score more. Maybe when newboy Costly plays the Blues can score more. However, Kevin Phillips scoring is always good!
Hameur Bouazza in the photo.

What did the gaffer say about the match? Again from the website: “The equaliser was the least we deserved. We were really on the front foot today, played with width and a high tempo and got plenty of balls into the box from wide positions.”

“We created several chances – shots from Bouazza and Jerome which went inches wide of target are just a couple that spring immediately to mind.”

“We wanted to build on the Derby result and we did that. I wanted us to be attack-minded and take the game to Sheffield Wednesday and that’s how we played. If you create enough chances over a period of time you usually end up scoring goals. We haven’t scored enough of late but I’m pleased we got what we deserved today.”