Sheffield Wednesday have 'a lot' of injury concerns for Preston North End - Pierce Charles return revealed
Sheffield Wednesday have injury concerns heading into this weekend’s Hillsborough battle with Preston North End.
Owls boss Henrik Pedersen couldn’t help but produce a wry smile when asked on the condition of his squad heading into the clash, which will be Wednesday’s third game in just six days. Injuries have reduced the size of the squad already and the team will be without defender Dominic Iorfa, who misses out through suspension having picked up his fifth yellow card in defeat at Millwall in midweek.
Pedersen refused to be drawn on which players were of concern and asked whether it was purely a case of fatigue rather than any actual outright injury worries, he again kept his cards close to his chest.
“Let’s see tomorrow if we have made any solutions yet,” he said. “I will see tomorrow morning when I speak to different people on how they are. We have some doubts, but let’s see which team and what squad we will bring.
“Of course there are a lot of players (that may have an issue). Preston played on Friday, we played Sunday, they play Tuesday and we played Wednesday. Now we play Saturday and Saturday. We have some tired boys because they gave everything on Wednesday evening. Let’s see how things are looking tomorrow morning and we’ll see who makes the starting 11, who makes the squad.”
In more positive news, the long-awaited return of Pierce Charles is just days away. The Northern Ireland number one injured his shoulder in August and required surgery, but had staged back his recovery and is set for a first run-out back between the Hillsborough sticks next week.
Charles is scheduled to play as part of a Sheffield Wednesday XI in next Wednesday’s Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup match against Stocksbridge Park Steels at S6.