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Prutton wants Owls to finish teams off
sheffield Wednesday midfielder David Prutton says the team needs to be more ruthless to maintain their pursuit of an automatic promotion position in League One.
A 1-1 draw at play-off contenders MK Dons on Tuesday was a decent result, but it left the 30-year-old summer signing frustrated that maximum points weren’t picked up.
He said: “We had slightly better chances in the second half. But in games like this you need to put them away.
“We had the ball in their box a few times. Straight from the kick off in the second half we had a couple of headers; Reda Johnson’s was cleared off the line, and Gary Madine’s went just past the post.
“Obviously the place we want to be is in that top two. The way we’re going about these games will stand us in good stead for that. But we need to put games like these away.”
After starting the season as part of Gary Megson’s first choice centre midfield pairing alongside Jose Semedo, Prutton has been in and out of the team before impressing enough at Blackpool in the FA Cup to retain his place for the MK match.
However, he says he knows the formula for impressing the Owls’ manager: “Hard work and dedication get you to where you want to be, especially with a manager like ours. For two minutes let you rest on your laurels and not put it in? No chance. You’ve got to have your own standards and if the manager keeps pushing your standards up and up, it can only be good for you and the team.
“More and more it’s a squad game; you have to be ready for when you’re called upon. You get on with it. A younger version of myself might have been a bit more disgruntled.”
Prutton’s colleague Clinton Morrison thought the result at the Dons could be valuable later in the campaign. He posted on Twitter: “Unlucky not to get the win started off slow but got into game eventually that point could become crucial at end of season.”
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The Dukeries Owl
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 05:00 PM@29 Have you sampled the local liquer brewed in Dusseldorf, "Killepitsch" it blows yer 'kin ead off, you can buy it by the glass 100 yards from the Old square next to the brewery where they make the Altbier.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 03:37 PMDeputy - make no mistake - you're still special - oh boy, oh yes, you are one very special dude! :-))
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 03:35 PM.....Koeln, where the fox hat!
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 03:32 PMHa ha - Bravo Dingle D - mind you, can't let your post go by without making comment that you said 'football goes out of the window for the weekend' - feck me DD - for all Blunt and Owls fans - I think it went out years ago!?!....as for the cricket garb - great, you'll quietly blend in to the background then! Merv Hughes taches?! - like you need any more help to look like c*-nts?! Speaking of foxing the Hun - you know, it's very cold in Koeln - you should try wearing the fox hat....
Dingle Dickie
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 02:56 PMMr Beeee #32 - No Blades shirts. Footy goes out the window for the weekend. 8 Blades and 2 Owls on the trip. Going as the Wazzedup Cricket Club, in full cricket regalia for the weekend, complete with Merv Hughes taches, and plastic bats and stumps for impromptu games in the street. T'will fox the Jerries no end...
doggtheveryspecialdeputy
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 02:55 PMAnd heres me thinking Im special.... looks like every tvvat and his dogg virtually lives in Germany.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 02:39 PMDingle Pit-Prop - you're a font of travelogue info - great! Your inside, indepth, insight of the subtleties of rivalry betwixt Dufflebag and The Perfume Boys does you credit! :-)......Koeln is fantastic at Carnival - as good as anywhere - and, as you say, certainly better than in Dufflebag! Enjoy! - and if you happen to swally around in your Ferkel Blunt shirt - you never know......:-))
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 02:31 PMFerkel Blunts! DTO - are you telling us that you go all the way to Dufflebag - so as to sell your Chinese Bead Necklaces at a Trade Fair?! Feck me!..... Ahhh - now I get it - when you say 'Trade Fair' what you really are doing is hawking your wares around the Christmas Markets!
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Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 02:26 PMArbend Deputy, DTO, Flotter (or should that be Flitter - seeing as you're seemingly always on the move?!), Dingel Pit-Prop und alles!....Dingle D,if you are going to Koeln - don't forget to take with you a pad-lock - suitably engraved with the initials of the love of your life (the Blunts?!) - so that you can then attach it to the bridge (along with the other approx. 500,000 - NO, not declaring affections to the Blunts!). Custom is to attach it - then throw the key into the river. Remember though, if you do this when you're 'sherbetted' on the local bier - don't get it the wrong way round - and leave the key on the bridge and throw yerself into the river!......on second thoughts......
Dingle Dickie
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 02:26 PMDuke - We go to Dusseldorf, (who are economically and culturally a rival to Cologne), on the Saturday afternoon, 'cos they have a mini-carnival of their own (doesn't really compare to Cologne 'Toll Tage'), and go in the bars in the Altstadt to sing the Cologne carnival drinking songs. Winds them up no end. Bit like going in the Park Hotel singing 'Greasy Chip Butty', only they take it with a bit more good humour, often even buying us a drink...
The Dukeries Owl
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 01:48 PMHey DD you'll have to rename yoursef Gael Cliche. One of my favourite places for a jar or more is the Aldstadt in Dusseldorf when I'm there for trade fairs.
doggtheveryspecialdeputy
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 01:04 PMHey DD#2 Cologne is a v.good place for a wazz up indeed. Aben Flott, not too keen on cliches myself but I have to say, Its a game of two halves, ill be as sick as a parrot if we dont do well but there are no easy games and it is all to play for, football is a funny old game but its no good just being strong on paper, games arnt won on paper. You need to give 110%, 110% of the time, they are fighting for their lives out there and we need to take each game as it comes. But at the end of the day, all credit to the lads, they wear their hearts on their sleeves, every game is a cup game and they work their socks off. Weve got some honest players and they like to play football.
Flotter
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 11:53 AM#19 Mr Bee, I love Praha, but prefer it to be a little warmer than it is now. I came back from behind the bamboo curtain not so long ago, no not from the kitchen at Zing Vaa, from Vietnam & it was going on for +30°C. Unfortunately the next job is Poland which was -22°C this maaaarrrnin! I used the "s" word the other day & got pm'd several times before I realised. I wonder if you can say sh*g instead. As in rough sh*g tobacco of course, not as in casual intercourse! UTFO! This just got pm'd, silly me!
Flotter
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 11:52 AMAha! no you can't say that word either!
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