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GRAFTER DAVE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH OWLS

IF A new manager could handpick his first game, it certainly wouldn’t be an FA Cup game away to lower league opposition.
Unfortunately, that’s exactly what Dave Challinor will face today when he takes his Sheffield Wednesday side to Oldham.
It’s a potential banana skin, and that’s exactly why it’s been chosen for TV, but I don’t think it’ll worry Dave too much.
One, because Oldham are very inconsistent themselves. Two, because he’ll back himself to succeed whatever happens at Boundary Park.
Dave’s been really successful...

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