Sheffield Wednesday played out a goalless draw with Huddersfield Town on Tuesday and Tom Lees put in a good performance to garner praise from supporters. The 29-year-old started alongside Julian Borner and Dominic Iorfa at centre-back and looked at his best at Hillsborough, keeping Town at bay for 90 minutes. Lees helped limit the Terriers to only one shot on target and has now led Wednesday to consecutive clean sheets.
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He was class yesterday and looked like the ‘old’ Tom Lees who played alongside Glenn Loovens #swfc @jamesellis7979
— Dale Hirst (@dale_hirst) July 15, 2020
since the return of the “finished” tom lees we’ve kept our only 2 clean sheets since coming back from lockdown #swfc
— nathan 🏴 (@nathanswfc04) July 16, 2020
He was class yesterday and looked like the ‘old’ Tom Lees who played alongside Glenn Loovens #swfc @jamesellis7979
— Dale Hirst (@dale_hirst) July 15, 2020
I feared that me may have seen the last of Tom Lees after his dreadful display against Derby… but I got to say he was brilliant last night, best I seen him play in a long time. He won every battle. #swfc #wawaw
— James Scott (@james12scott) July 15, 2020
Played very good last couple of games
— Matthew kirk (@dinnys100) July 15, 2020
Thought he was brilliant
— Alex Bonnington (@BonningtonAlex) July 15, 2020
Toms been Class last 2 games
— Steven Wilkinson (@swilko84) July 15, 2020
his best performance in ages, center of a back 3 clearly suits him better
— Mark (@mark42swfc) July 15, 2020
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Fair play Tom Lees. 2 motm performances since coming back, not much else to say on it. Harris & Windass looked decent. Probably fair result tbh #swfc
— Mark (@mark42swfc) July 14, 2020
Against Huddersfield, Lees had 42 touches, won five aerial duels, completed 69.2% of his 26 passes, had one shot, attempted five long balls with 60% accuracy, made two tackles, blocked one shot, made nine clearances and made three interceptions.
The 29-year-old has made 28 appearances in all competitions this season, scoring two goals, but he’s been short of playing time since football returned in England.
Lees was an unused substitute in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest (June 20) and in their 2-1 win over Bristol City (June 28) before being left out of the matchday squad in the 3-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion (July 1), 2-1 defeat to Swansea City (July 5) and 3-1 defeat to Preston North End (July 8).
The £2.52m-rated defender returned in the 3-0 win over Queens Park Rangers (July 11) and win over Huddersfield, so he should start when Wednesday lock horns with Fulham on Saturday.