Rubber Chicken’s Dojo

with crystal palace looming up from behind in the relegation zone, sheffield wednesday played out a snore draw with derby county at hillsborough overnight. despite having a clear cut chance in the very first minute, the owls could not muster any significant attack but were still able to hold off an unusually impotent derby side.

luke varney was unavailable for this match as derby county is his parent club, he is contractually obliged not to play against them. leon clarke started in his place with marcus tudgay. looks like we needed varney. lee grant wasn’t really troubled in the game, which is good. more support from the front would have been better too.

the draw still leaves wednesday one place from the drop zone, one point ahead of palace. the other two teams look certain to drop, the closest being six points adrift of the london club. palace have a game in hand. a win in their next match could lift the owls a few places. fingers crossed.

nice cooked breakfast. playing x-box 360. sizzler for lunch. marking tests all afternoon and night. i’m now 33 years old.

sheffield wednesday climbed their sorry arses out of the relegation zone, while putting a small dent in swansea‘s playoff hopes after a goalless draw at liberty stadium overnight.

despite the lack of scoring, it was an open game with some chances for both teams. leon clarke and jermaine johnson both spurned good chances for the owls. while, (let’s face it, i don’t care who they are), swansea strikers missed some quality opportunities of their own.

while the draw takes the owls out of the drop zone, the bottom teams have a game in hand. also, the gap between the drop teams and the mid-table sides is growing, meaning that wednesday will have to keep winning from now on to stay ahead of those behind, let alone catch up to the rest. yeah, good luck with that.

while trolling through trendalicious, i found this neat page from the village of joy.

it describes life in north korea with some nice pics and interesting facts. it provides an insight that many people dispute. still, i wouldn’t mind going and checking it out myself. find the page here.

leon clarke scored a goal in each half as sheffield wednesday stunned promotion hopefuls, leceister city, 2-0 at hillsborough overnight. with nearly 22,000 people packed into the old stadium, the owls made a bid to escape the relegation zone, keeping the foxes at bay for most of the contest.

clarke opened the scoring with only six minutes gone. darren potter slipped in a through ball and clarke finished it with a smart drive into the top corner. clarke’s second came just after the hour. the striker finished a nice play that started with marcus tudgay and finished with jermaine johnson’s cross, neatly dispatched by clarke.

the win puts the owls in 22nd place, currently even with 21st-placed crystal palace. it’s the whopping minus- 17 goals against differential that is worrying. they need to start winning to reach safety.