Jos Luhukay proud to have best goalkeeping resources of his career

Sheffield Wednesday boss Jos Luhukay believes in Joe Wildsmith and Cameron Dawson he has the best goalkeeping resources of his career.

Luhukay was appointed manager at Hillsborough last month after two decades of experience in Germany and has been hugely impressed by the two 22-year-olds.

Wildsmith has the number one shirt in the Championship while Luhukay has turned to Dawson in the FA Cup, and he produced a stunning save to keep out Mike van der Hoorn’s header against Swansea on Saturday and earn Wednesday a 0-0 draw and a fifth-round replay.

“I’m so long in football but in all my time I have not found two such good goalkeepers like we have,” said Luhukay.

“In the time I’ve been here, Joe has been fantastic in the Championship and Cammie is fantastic in the FA Cup. They are so good and they are only 22. I’m very proud of these boys.”

The sides must now do battle in south Wales for the right to play either Tottenham or Rochdale – a game both clubs could have done without. Wednesday in particular have a hectic schedule and go straight into preparing for a Championship clash at Millwall on Tuesday.

Luhukay said: “Over 90 minutes we tried to win. It did not happen but it makes me proud when I see how my team is going in these very difficult weeks. We have five games in 14 days and they do it fantastically.

“The mentality and the character is very high. We changed six players, we have a very small squad, but the players are 100 per cent there and I trust them and they have also trust in each other. The confidence is good so we can go with a good feeling on Tuesday to the next game.”

Carlos Carvalhal also made six changes on his return to Hillsborough, giving starts to the likes of Tammy Abraham, Luciano Narsingh and Wayne Routledge.

Swansea struggled to create clear-cut opportunities but looked more dangerous when Jordan Ayew came on with 23 minutes to go.

Carvalhal said: “All of them are ready to play. When the connection is not 100 per cent, sometimes we missed some links. You saw that especially when Jordan Ayew came inside, the connection was better.

“It’s not because Jordan is better than the others, but also because he’s playing often and these connections are important. But I’m very proud of all of them. They all did very well.”