Lairy in the BLUT

Sheffield United 1 v Peterborough United 2

Tuesday 3 March 2015

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It was easy to walk out of Bramall Lane fairly miserable & despondent tonight. A quick glance at the league table in the morning calmed me down a bit. We’re still basically after the 5th or 6th spot. The issue is, games are now following a formula. We’ve increased our goal scoring options (Matt Done). If/when we score, we go defensive. Then disruptive substitutions. Boot it out, wait for it to come back, no outlet for the pressure. If we do get to the Play-Offs, we’ll need some momentum. At the moment, we seem very inconsistent. Some players shine one week & are anonymous the next.

And, we got our arses royally kicked tonight. Ryan Flynn picked up a niggle AFTER the substitutions. So, even fewer outlets. Posh nicked two at the death & we’re gone.  All that after a nice poachers goal from Matt Done. Partly, he’s frustrating, he misses crosses, they hit him on his knee, ankles, etc. But, crucially, he’s in the 6 yard box & creating problems. And, he chases down. Defenders & keepers.  On this occasion, he chased & harried the defender, nicked in and bore down on goal. His shot was beaten out, but he kept his cool & headed it back over the keeper.

Because of my travels, I don’t have a season ticket. I try to sit in the same seat at the back of the Bramall Lane Upper Corner. It’s odds & sods in there. Of course, the Away Fans are now routinely chucked in the main bit of the Bramall Lane Upper. Generally, two sets of netting & a good bit of a gap are all that separates the away fans from us in the corner.

Traditionally, the away fans have kept their waving, shouting & bawling and finger pointing to the John Street & H Block of the South Stand.  Of course, they are now set-up to assume their Banter Rivals are just across from them in the Bramall Lane Upper. It only takes a couple of Young Blades Pups, near the netting, to start playing up & the away fans attention is directed to us in the Corner. Indeed, it got quite lairy towards the end. A bit of the netting was ripped up by the Peterborough fans & they made a “two metre” encroachment, before thinking better of it - CCTV & Stewards.

I’m not fussed. But I’ll be surprised if there is not more of a problem up there at a future game.

The Rutland Arms. Blue Bee, Into The Void, Black IPA, on cask at 6%. The bitterness takes a while to develop. So, at the first glug, you feel not much going on. But, actually the toasting & the bittering are well put together & balanced. There is also a little abv fire burn. Nice, gentle & smooth in the mouth at first. The final bitterness is more anaesthetic than tingling.

Also on the team sheet - Slaters, Rye IPA at 3.8% & Allgates, Dry Bones at 4%.

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