Wednesday bowed out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy last night, but most of the talk, from Owls fans at least, surrounded Gary Megson's 'bending of the rules'.
I say bending of the rules, he didn't really bend them at all, he didn't break them, but yet there's talk of a possible fine of up to £5,000 for the Owls as a result of the antics.
The Owls boss made three substitutions inside 17 minutes in the JP Trophy first round clash at Bradford City, which saw the Bantams progress thanks to a penalty shoot-out success after the game ended 0-0 after 90 minutes.
Were the players injured? Unlikely, judging by the laughter on the Owls bench after both David Prutton and Jose Semedo were hauled off early on. It came after Nicky Weaver, the Wednesday stopper, was substituted after just two minutes.
The reason? The most likely, which has been all-but confirmed by Megson, is that the Owls manager wanted to rest some of his better players from a competition which is way down the pecking order this season.
League rules state that clubs must play at least six players that started the last league outing, or that will start the next league game.
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