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MONK MISERY OVER AS OWLS PLUMP FOR PULIS

FLP FOCUS ON THE PLIGHT OF SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY
By Chris Dunlavy

BIG MISS: Steven Fletcher was a key man for the Owls
PICTURE: Richard Parkes

DURING the opening moments of Saving Private Ryan, a soldier is so astonished at surviving a shot to the head that he takes off his helmet to inspect the damage - and is immediately felled by a second volley.
Garry Monk must feel similarly luckless when he reflects upon his shock dismissal by Sheffield Wednesday.
Having somehow survived gruesome defeats to Luton (0-1), Rotherham (0-3) and Wycombe (0-1), the 41-year-old caught a bullet...

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