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Wednesday derby injury scare for in-form JJ
WEDNESDAY today begin the final countdown to the Sheffield derby with a worry about Jermaine Johnson.
An assessment is due to be carried out today on the knee problem that forced him off in the 25th minute of the Chesterfield game.
Early indications were that he has suffered a ligament injury - which if confirmed could rule him out of the Hillsborough clash with United on Sunday.
Gary Megson said it was a “massive” blow when he had to go off on Saturday. Johnson has been the Owls’ main threat in recent games and has scored four top-class goals.
Megson said the initial diagnosis from the club’s medical team was a medial ligament issue: “We’ll see how bad it is once it settles down,” said the Owls boss. “JJ had set off really well. He looked a threat. He closed down, and he created a chance. He’s on top of his game. Fingers crossed it (the injury) is not as bad as it could be.”
Megson felt that a failure to score when they were on top was key to the Owls’ 1-0 setback at Chesterfield - their third successive league defeat: “We started brilliantly. The only criticism I could level is that we didn’t score. You just have to kick on and get better at taking chances.
“It’s just about one thing - that is winning games, and we ain’t. We were probably no different from how we played against Chesterfield at Hillsborough (in a 3-1 win), except that in that we scored and in this we didn’t.”
He added: “We just keep plugging away. It doesn’t matter whether you’re going for automatic promotion, trying to get into the top six or trying to avoid relegation, you have to try to win games.”
Chesterfield boss John Sheridan said Wednesday and United are “evenly matched.” He added: “We were right in the games against Charlton, Huddersfield and United, though we lost.
“I wouldn’t pick any team and say they’re better than any of the others. They’re all strong teams who are up there on merit.”
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steelycityblue the 5H1TE SPEAKER
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 07:03 PMchanged ur name to steelycity because steelcityblue got banned. is that true you numpty. if u werent such a liar and a nasty saddo you wont have stalkers
B1ademiester
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 09:27 AMcaptblunt... oh no, another one who has crawled out from a slimey rock.... listern stupid.. these pages belong to a select few.. UTO, WTID, 0v0, Dingle, Handsworth, the cat, Gerimo , and one or two others.... so as a one time visitor and guest, have respect for you betters or p1ss off back to jerry kyle or however else you spend you dull life......... stupis name also
Gerimo
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 09:08 AMOr better still we could have a page for all the idiots & call it S2 so that normal people can have a decent conversation.
TheBohemian
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 08:34 AMComment removed by moderator
captblade666
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 06:48 AMmorning wtid we can all have a good football chat anytime, just keep scb off here
WTID
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 06:25 AMWho knows what today brings. You never know perhaps a good football conversation without the imitating blades
WTID
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 12:34 AMWhy don't blades fans complain about blades imitating owls fans on here. Why don't blades fans complain about all the vile abuse given out by some blades fans on here. It appears blades have double standards as usuall, apart from the Cat
B1ademiester
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 11:16 PMI'll do same next time I am in brazil
BROWL
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:58 PM@45 o gato. And if Wednesday win 3-0, I'll do the same next time I'm in ASDA, although it could be a while as I'm in Brazil.
B1ademiester
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:20 PMAnyone know if handsworth has any room in his kitchen... the beam back is selling fast and the lounge looks like filling up
Gerimo
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:19 PMWe could have a page for Bohemians that are just pending moderation all the time to save the Star the trouble
B1ademiester
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:17 PMhey cat .. have you lost it~
B1ademiester
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 10:16 PMthe cat has lost it!!!!
Archangel
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 09:15 PMIn all this posting is there any information on your Yardie thugs health issues the little lamb?
TheBohemian
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 08:52 PMAnyway, back to football: my prediction for Sunday is a scrappy draw. Wednesday will be pumped up, despite the best efforts of their uninspiring manager. The combination of a narrow pitch and McDonald injured means the Blades' flowing, passing game will be nullified. It will be a war of attrition which will suit Wednesday.
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