🚨 Sheffield Wednesday have swooped to sign defender Sil Swinkels from Premier League side Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee. Swinkels spent time on loan at Exeter and Chesterfield last season. He becomes their fourth summer signing. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

Sporting director Simon Wilson added: "And of course, we will get some wrong and that will happen but I think it's more forgivable if you explain the process of what you're trying to do. People can then at least understand with the choices we've got at the moment." #SWFC 🦉⚽️

Sheffield Wednesday sporting director Simon Wilson on improving communication and fan engagement: 🗣️ "We're all part of the same club and I think it's really important that supporters understand the decision-making (process) and why we're doing different things." So refreshing. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

Two assists for Gordon. Fantastic sub. 🙌🙌🙌

Sir Harry of Kane. What a baller.

It’s embarrassing how bad England have looked at the back. No excuses for the lack of organisation and leadership. It’s all on Tuchel. But what’s the point of VAR if it’s not going to overturn the Kane penalty call? He milked it but it’s a foul. End of.

HOW IS THAT NOT A PENALTY?!!! Robbed.

England aren’t going to reach the latter stages of a World Cup with this back four, are they? We’re so open and Pickford is having his worst tournament as an England goalkeeper. Looks totally unconvincing. Such a sloppy start.

Nightmare start. The right side of the defence was left completely exposed with a simple switch of play. England have it all to do. 🤦‍♂️

🚨 Done deal: #SWFC have sold midfielder Svante Ingelsson to Stoke in a deal that could exceed £1m. Wednesday wanted to keep hold of Ingelsson but the Swede was keen to remain in the Championship. Ingelsson played 79 times for the Owls, scoring two goals. 🦉⚽️

🔵⚪️ Huddersfield Town’s central midfield options: Brierley Ledson Kane Kasumu McGuane Evans Iorpenda Surely a few will have to move on. Kane and Kasumu the obvious candidates. Evans a possibility. Vost might have to go out on loan for some game time. #htafc

🔵⚪️ Huddersfield Town have bolstered their midfield options by signing Ethan Brierley for an undisclosed fee from Brentford. He has signed a three-year contract, becoming their third summer signing. #htafc

🆕 Highly-rated #SWFC striker Will Grainger has penned a new three-year contract. The youngster scored his first senior goal in their 4-1 defeat at Oxford in the penultimate match of last season. It will be interesting to see how he does next year. Has bags of potential. 🦉⚽️

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Want more Carlos Carvalhal nostalgia? 😍 It’s all in 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 - the inside story of his Owls era. 🛒 Buy at Vertical Editions: tinyurl.com/4me64wma 📦 Or pick it up on Amazon: tinyurl.com/4me64wma #SWFC #carloshadadream 🦉⚽️

📅 On this day in 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣5️⃣, Carlos Carvalhal walked through the doors at Hillsborough, replacing Stuart Gray and becoming the first foreign boss in #SWFC history. Two-and-a-half years. Two play-off campaigns. A team that played with swagger, belief and heart. #carloshadadream 🦉⚽️

🔵⚪️ Huddersfield Town have completed their second summer signing, bringing in Matty Young on a season-long loan from Premier League side Sunderland. #htafc

What a deflating 24 hours or so for British tennis. More injury woe for both Raducanu and Draper. First round exits galore on day one of Wimbledon. Looks highly unlikely there will be any British interest in the second week of the championship. Just crap. #wimbledon 🎾

First Emma Raducanu now Jack Draper has pulled out of Wimbledon due to injury, leaving Cameron Norrie as Britain’s best hope of reaching the second week of the Slam. You’ve got to worry about Draper’s long term future after suffering a recurrence of his arm injury. So sad. 🎾

What shouldn’t get lost in the Stokes announcement is New Zealand deserve to win this series for the character and brilliant cricket they have played since losing the first Test. They’re a really good, gritty team. There are plenty of things England can learn from them. 🏏

Ben Stokes has given English cricket so many great moments, but his team are throwing away the final Test of a three-match series by stupidly batting Bazball style with zero common sense. This also has to be the end of the road for Rob Key and Brendon McCullum. What a shambles. 🏏

Ben Stokes opening the batting in his final Test innings is great theatre. 🍿

Barry Bannan was asked at the @newbarracktavern.bsky.social how Henrik Pedersen’s playing style compared to Carlos Carvalhal. 🤔 If you don’t already, do follow the 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 FB page. www.facebook.com/share/1DAcYq... #SWFC #carloshadadream 🦉⚽️

Over 100 people packed into the @newbarracktavern.bsky.social last night. I’m incredibly grateful to Barry Bannan for his time and honesty, to Rob Staton for hosting with real class and to everyone who came along and supported the book. Couldn’t have asked for a better evening. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

It’s going to be a long old day in the field for England, isn’t it? A great toss to win. Love Trent Bridge - one of my favourite grounds in the country - but this is the second time in a three-match Test series where it looks an unfair contest between bat and ball. 🏏

Another important bit of business for #SWFC as Max Lowe has signed a new one-year deal with a club option of an additional year. There won’t be many better left-sided defenders in League One than him next season. 🦉⚽️

📢 Tomorrow night at the @NewBarrack. World Cup chat, a few beers and a deep dive into 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 with Barry Bannan, Ross Wallace and yours truly. Free entry. 7pm start. Books on sale. Hope to see you there. 🍺🦉⚽️ #SWFC #carloshadadream

Centre-back Liam Cooper has penned a one-year deal at #SWFC. Another piece in the jigsaw. Cooper said: "It's a new era for Wednesday and one I'm absolutely delighted to be part of. The new ownership has come in with unbelievable ideas and know-how to run a business." 🦉⚽️

Sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition. Ghana parked the bus, defended magnificently and England failed to break them down. A draw is not the end of the world. It’s a bump in the road. England should still top the group. Long, long way to go in the tournament yet.

🔵⚪️ Lee Nicholls is "close" to joining Championship club Preston, according to Sun journalist Alan Nixon. The goalkeeper has made almost 180 appearances for #htafc since arriving in 2021, but he turns 34 in October. If Nicholls goes, it opens the door for Town to bring in a new No 1.

🚨 Thursday at the @newbarracktavern.bsky.social 🚨 Ross Wallace joins Barry Bannan and myself for football, beers and 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 chat - with @robstaton hosting. Free entry. No tickets. 7pm start. Books on sale (cash or card). Come down and enjoy it. #SWFC 🍺🦉⚽️

🔵⚪️ The speculation over Joe Taylor’s #htafc future refuses to go away. As one of Town’s few saleable assets, it feels inevitable he’ll leave this summer. But a strikeforce of Fletcher, Radulovic, Charles and Sebine isn’t firing Town out of L1. A replacement for Taylor is essential.

Sheffield Wednesday's current centre-back options heading into next season: Bernard Otegbayo Santos Weaver Palmer If Cooper and Lowe re‑sign, that’s plenty of depth. With Valery likely to go, the real debate is whether Pedersen moves away from a back three to a flat four. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

British politics is now like football management. Britain are now searching for their seventh Prime Minister in a decade. What a time to be alive.

🔵⚪️ An intriguing line in the May interview was when he discussed his heat map last season and how he hardly got into the 18-yard box. I’d argue that was down to a combination of the way #htafc poorly used him and May’s lack of positional discipline. He often went searching for work.

🔵⚪️ Listened to Alfie May’s chat with Rob Staton on BBC Radio Sheffield last night. May talked about #htafc playing him out of position and suggested Martin Drury could give him no assurances he would be a regular starter as a striker next season. He will play every week at Rovers.

Watched plenty of Ricardo Santos in League One down the years. Solid signing. Brings height, physicality and experience to the defence. Can be hit and miss in possession but he knows what the division is all about. The first of many signings through the door. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

Really encouraging to see Arise bringing ex-Wednesday players back into the fold. The previous owner didn’t look after the club’s former heroes. This new ownership clearly understands the importance of history and identity. This feels different. This feels right. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

2/2 🔵⚪️ Town have added an experienced striker to their front line (Fletcher) and May will turn 33 next month. May’s exit still leaves #htafc with AF, Radulovic, Taylor, Charles and Sebine in attack. And AM isn’t joining a direct promotion rival so it doesn’t hurt them there.

1/2 🔵⚪️ Prudent move by #htafc to let Alfie May go. He was a big disappointment last season, albeit he played in multiple positions. Failed to build a partnership or a connection with any of the other forwards and lacked a ruthless edge in front of goal. Just hasn’t worked out.

Great to hear the fans in the stadiums booing the hydration breaks. They need binning off ASAP.

Love this from #SWFC CEO David Bruce: 🗣️ "This is not about short-term plasters, which I think this club has been guilty of in the past. You chase, chase and chase and you might get a moment, but then it kills you for the next 3 or 4 years. We’ll do it the right way." 🦉⚽️

Four goals. Three points. Much-improved second half display. Great to get Kane, Bellingham and Rashford in amongst the goals early in the tournament. Defensively England looked shaky at times. But they won. Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal all failed to win their WC openers. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The only good thing about these ‘ad breaks’? Emma Hayes’ analysis on a tactical blackboard. She’s superb. Super insight. No waffle. No jargon. Her love of football shines through. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I like the England team we have seen since half time. Front foot, moving the ball quicker, aggressive in and out of possession. More of this please. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

It’s exactly as we all feared with England: the defence looks unconvincing, having never played together in a major tournament. Neither England nor Croatia have had to work hard for the goals they’ve scored. Major worry for Thomas Tuchel. All felt very sloppy and avoidable.

Kane is the 🐐. Love that guy. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

These hydration breaks are a load of crap. To quote Bumble: “Get on with the game.” 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Well done there to Kane for getting into the referee’s ear so quickly over the goalkeeper being off his line with the penalty. Pointed it out straight away. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

England ready. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿⚽️