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Carvalhal is not fazed by pressure build

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The LeaguePaper Team
1 October 2017

By Chris Dunlavy
CARLOS Carvalhal insists he is “afraid of nothing” as pressure on the Sheffield Wednesday boss reaches boiling point.
The struggling Owls welcome Leeds on the back of a derby defeat to Sheffield United and a shock 1-0 loss at struggling Birmingham.
Pre-weekend, Wednesday were 14th. They had won just three of their first ten games and were five points shy of the top six.
Victory for the Whites today also would mark the first time Wednesday have lost three straight league games since Carvalhal’s appointment in June 2015.
Steady progress? Hardly, but the Port...

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