Bullen steals a point from The Posh

Defender turn striker Lee Bullen salvaged the Owls a point from their game at Peterborough United in midweek when his header from a Patrick Collins cross. The 1-1 draw kept Paul Sturrock's unbeaten league record as Wednesday manager in tact.

In all honesty it was a game the Owls really should've won. The Posh had just one win in their previous ten outings but Sturrock had, rather strangely, opted for a defensive 4-5-1 formation to start the game. The plan backfired and he reverted back to 4-4-2 for the second half.

Lee Bullen, who has played upfront previously in his career, was switched to play upfront with Steven MacLean and the move paid off when the Scot grabbed his second goal of the season in the 85th minute with an unstoppable header into the top left-corner.

Sturrock's injury woes increased when goalkeeper David Lucas was forced off after only 24 minutes, replaced by Ola Tidman, and is expected to be out of action for at least a fortnight. Meanwhile Wednesday continue their hectic schedule of five games in 14 days.

Half-time: Peterborough 1-0 Owls

Paul Sturrock's post match comments:
" Sometimes managers get things wrong, I'm going to put my hand up and say that I maybe asked players to do things without really being able to work on them in the first half. We played a system that is probably alien to the players we have.We have young players who didn't adapt to it very well."

"I thought Peterborough played well in the first half and merited to go in leading (at half-time). I was quite happy that we were only 1-0 down but we changed it in the second half, went to a simpler system and I think we dominated the second half.We had three or four chances, it looked as if it was going to get away from us, then we get the goal."

"We played on Sunday, it is hard to have the trek here and play a difficult game again, with just 48 hours rest. I think that was part of why we looked leg-weary at the start, strangely enough we got stronger as the game went on so."

"He (Bullen) had to do something right on the night. I have had a word with him about it. He had a torrid 90 minutes, I think he'd be the first to admit it. I knew he was a striker before he was a defender. It is a bit unfortunate for Lee because he came as a right back and we've pushed him into playing centre half as well and sometimes it is a difficult thing to do."

" I thought he played very well on Sunday and had a poor game tonight, but there were three or four who didn't play to the tempo and the pace of the game that we showed on Sunday. Had they done that, I feel we would have benefited. We're trying to ask a very young squad of players to do things in a very difficult league and we will take confidence from getting back into the game tonight."

Lee Bullen's post match comments:
"I think I saved my own bacon as well because the amount of abuse I got from the manager at half-time was unbelievable! He sent me out with the orders of getting a goal to cover my own back a bit. He was unhappy with the overall play at the back. Our shape there wasn't the best, we weren't squeezing up enough and obviously had their goal - it was my man who scored. I won the initial header, headed it out and never reacted quickly enough to get back in and it was him who scored, so the manager certainly let me know that he wasn't happy."

"I remember the ball coming in. I was steaming into the box to try and get onto it, but the ball was more cut back very flat and it was perfect timing for me to get on it. I don't think I was far into the box and I tried to get as much power on it as possible. 99 times out of 100, you wouldn't score in that top corner but luckily enough, it was on the night."

AnzOwls verdict: Not a great result against a struggling Peterborough side, but a point is better than none.