Four fresh Sheffield Wednesday injury issues explained with one revealed by scan
A long-overdue home win over Middlesbrough sent Sheffield Wednesday supporters out of the Easter weekend with reasons to be cheerful – and was achieved despite injuries having impacted their line-up.
The Owls named a makeshift defensive line-up with rookie Gabriel Otegbayo called in alongside midfield man Shea Charles – with both players earning praise from manager Danny Röhl for their efforts.
Of the four changes made to the side that lost at Stoke City on Good Friday, three were defenders – with centre-half pairing Akin Famewo and Dominic Iorfa left out of the squad altogether through injury. Pol Valentin also missed out alongside Michael Ihiekwe, who has suffered a cut to the ankle.
Röhl explained the injuries to The Star post-match and didn’t talk in terms of timescales, though there was a sense that none were thought to be too serious. With only two matches remaining in the campaign, it remains to be seen what roles the injured quartet are able to play.
“We had Max and Dish of course,” Röhl said. “Then there is Akin, it’s hard because he comes back with a long, long injury and to play every three days is just not possible for him. We have to protect him. Dom we saw in a scan that he has problems with his ankle. Icky still has problems and Pol in the end had problems. We had six defenders out, five centre-backs.”
