da bet7: At long last. The Championship gets back underway.
da mrbet: Sheffield Wednesday have been given the honour of resuming the domestic season as they face a trip to the Welsh capital on Friday evening to face Cardiff City in front of the TV cameras.
This encounter gives Owls boss Garry Monk a considerable physical test, and by the end of the evening, they could well sit top of the Championship table should they win by two or more goals – albeit until the rest of the league play less than 24 hours later.
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The 40-year-old has steered his new club to ten points from a possible 15, meaning they currently sit on the cusp of playoff contention.
He has many decisions to make in terms of squad selection with players returning left, right and centre on top of the fringe men who may have caught his eye over the international break.
But for the greatest possible success, this is the starting XI he should run with:
Now that Monk has had more time with his squad on the training pitch, without the distraction of competitive games, he should be able to implement a more regular style.
The 4-4-2 system has seemingly worked the best as displayed against Middlesbrough when they bagged four goals in just under half an hour.
Fernando Forestieri is back from suspension, and after Football FanCast highlighted him as the perfect partner for five-goal forward Steven Fletcher, it would make sense to play the pair together.
Another change should be in midfield as Sam Hutchinson also returns from a ban of his own, and even though Massimo Luongo scored the game-winner against Wigan Athletic last time out, the 30-year-old has better qualities to combat Cardiff – as shown here.
Finally, Liam Palmer could return at right-back having played there for Scotland over the international break, meaning Morgan Fox can come back into the side for the first time since the Queens Park Rangers defeat, which coincidentally was Forestieri’s last game too.
The rest of the squad remains much the same as skipper Tom Lees remains absent.