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da betway： Sheffield Wednesday are starting to slip down the table slightly, but as the division is so immensely competitive this year, it will only take a result or two to get amongst playoff contention once again.
Garry Monk’s side drew 2-2 with Swansea City at the weekend, but they must have thought it was going to be three points when left-back Morgan Fox slammed home an effort in the 91st minute.
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The visitors hit back just moments later when Ben Wilmot scrambled in from a corner.
What will be most annoying for the Owls is the fact that they probably played some of their best attacking football since the 40-year-old took charge at the start of September.
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Wednesday registered 20 shots in the game, which is well above the average of any team in the division – West Brom and Leeds included and very nearly double what they usually average at 12.9 per match, via WhoScored.
Yet despite this, Monk’s men came away with just one point to show for it, which will only frustrate them going forward as such attempts have been futile up until this stage.
Since the former Swansea manager took charge at Hillsborough, they have typically been defensively sound having recorded four clean sheets, but they had only been able to find the net on 11 occasions with four coming in one match alone.
Had they managed to put away a few of these chances, then they would have won the game by at least a couple of goals, and that gap to the playoffs would be severely diminished.
For a long time, the side appeared to have a reliance on top goalscorer Steven Fletcher, but the 32-year-old hasn’t netted in six consecutive games now.
It only goes to show just how badly a striker is needed in January – it is clear that neither Sam Winnall or Jordan Rhodes are doing it for Monk while Atdhe Nuhiu and Fernando Forestieri offer those niche characteristics.
The Owls just need someone that can stick the ball in the net. Good luck finding that in a couple of months.