Joe Crann after Sheffield Wednesday face Luton Town
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00:00 Good afternoon, Joe Cran from the Sheffield Star here.
00:03 So with that, pre-season is over.
00:06 Sheffield Wednesday now turn their attention to Southampton on Friday night.
00:10 It was a 2-1 defeat to Luton Town this afternoon and, to be honest,
00:14 for the most part, Wednesday held their own.
00:16 I thought it was a really solid performance, especially in the first half.
00:19 We got a first look at Juan Delgado, who looked really, really bright,
00:22 playing a little bit further up than I think a lot of people expected him to.
00:25 He was signed as a, you know, played right back,
00:28 he's played right wing back for his club and his country before this,
00:31 but he came in today and played as a right winger.
00:34 Yeah, some really, really bright sparks from him.
00:36 Probably, you know, maybe should have scored.
00:39 Lovely ball over the top from Michael Smith towards the end of the first half
00:42 and he got on the end of it, but, you know, his first touch was a little bit heavy.
00:47 Saw Ashley Fletcher for the first time as well.
00:49 He came on for the last 20 minutes or so.
00:51 So two, obviously not competitive debuts, but two first looks at them.
00:56 And, yeah, just a very solid run out, about 4,000 or 5,000 people here today.
01:01 So a slight change from the last time we were at Illesborough
01:04 for that Peterborough game a few months back.
01:07 But, yeah, like I said, just a very sort of solid performance.
01:11 It was probably the best performance that Wednesday have put in over pre-season.
01:14 It was the first time that it felt like a real game of football.
01:18 There was a lot of changes towards the end.
01:20 I think there was eight changes made by the time the final whistle had gone,
01:23 but the first half, there was only one change made at half-time.
01:27 It did feel like they were really going for it in that sense.
01:32 A good bit of intensity as well.
01:34 Moving on now to Southampton.
01:36 I did speak about Lee Gregory and Rhys James, who are obviously missing from the squad today.
01:42 Chisco said it's nothing really to worry about.
01:44 They basically just don't want to take any risks with anybody.
01:46 Paul Valentin, no sign of him today either.
01:49 He basically, he's been travelling all over the place.
01:52 He was at pre-season in Mexico, then he flew back from Mexico to Spain,
01:55 flew from Spain to here, and then he had to get from Manchester Airport to Sheffield as well.
01:59 So, it's been a bit of a whirlwind ride for him.
02:02 Chisco said that if he was being selfish, he possibly could have given him a run out,
02:06 but he didn't want to risk breaking him.
02:08 We did see Liam Palmer back today, we saw Matty Wilkes back today.
02:11 Two really big positives for Wednesday as well.
02:13 So, all in all, a good day out for Wednesday.
02:16 Moving on to Southampton now.
02:18 I'll be speaking to the manager a little bit later in the week for a proper pre-game press conference.
02:23 But keep your eyes on Startup Code UK, we'll have a load of stuff in the next few days.
02:26 And I'll speak to you soon. Cheers.