Sheffield Wednesday’s preparations for the coming 2018/19 Championship campaign stepped up a gear on Friday evening as we travelled to Sincil Bank to face Lincoln City in our opening pre-season friendly of the summer.
🎥 Here's a look at @Forestieri45's winning goal v @LincolnCity_FC https://t.co/AHyFJBkT9e #swfc
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) July 13, 2018
A second-half goal from Fernando Forestieri was enough to give struggling Wednesday fans something to cheer about given this summer has been dominated by talk of saving money, trimming the first team group and very little when it came to strengthening and potential realistic arrivals.
As is normal, head coach Jos Luhukay took the opportunity to field two completely different sides in each half as he got minutes into as many players as possible and the game was largely balanced with fitness remaining the aim at this stage of the year.
📽️ The thoughts of manager Jos Luhukay after our pre-season trip to Sincil Bank #swfc pic.twitter.com/Aa1Bp4jPJ9
— Sheffield Wednesday (@swfc) July 14, 2018
Opening with a win will help confidence purposes though, and it’s onto the clash with Mansfield Town now. Owls fans will be hoping that the time between both games will be filled with news of at least one, if not two, arrivals so optimism can lift.
Wednesday:
Westwood (Dawson 46), Baker (Palmer 46), Lees (van Aken 46), Thorniley (Nielsen 46), Lee (Bannan 46), Fox (Pudil 46), Hunt (Boyd 46), Reach (Preston 46), Hutchinson (Pelupessy 46), Matias (Forestieri 46), Joao (Nuhiu 46).
Goals – Forestieri (55).
Highlights of the game are available by Clicking Here.
Great job Wednesday #wawaw #swfcLIVE
— ????????Aaron Smith???????????????????????????? (@aaron84smith) July 13, 2018
Ooooh Forestieri ????
— Manolo (@xM20x) July 13, 2018
Well done, Wednesday – UTO
— Alec Depledge (@AlecDepledge) July 13, 2018
Brilliant support. Wish I could have been there. UTO ????
— Danny Gee (@dannygeez23) July 13, 2018
Mon Wednesday no surrender ????⚪????????????????????????????
— Ross mac (@rossmac66) July 13, 2018
Very good goal all round
— Mack Collinson (@MackCollinson) July 14, 2018
He played well.
— Kat (@kmowl44) July 13, 2018
There’s a player showing he just has the instinctive eye for goal. Great mix of top players back to fitness and youngsters staking a claim tonight. Cobwebs blown away. On we go ????????⚪️ #swfc
— Steve Johnson (@SteveJ2403) July 13, 2018
From the back to the front. Nice goal to start the new season offf with, long may it continue. #swfc
— James Nelson ???????? ???? (@nelsonjd76) July 14, 2018
“Lot of work to do.” Id say so
— Stannington Owls (@StanningtonOwl) July 14, 2018
Hope we keep fessi it looks like he’s really happy at moment ????
— ronwon (@dennishaddingto) July 15, 2018
Great vision with the set up
— chris longbottom (@longboc) July 14, 2018
….second half Bannan and he were head and shoulders above everyone else on the pitch! x
— Peter Martin (@Peterm5757) July 14, 2018
