Jitters

Sheffield United 2 v Middlesbrough 1
The Championship

Tuesday 10 April 2018

SUFC 2017/18 Game 80

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Lovely & hoppy. The abv lifts it a lot. Nice, rich, intense. Long, long finish.

You can't help but think, what if we'd got recent games over the line instead of drawing. The real story of that tonight was a comprehensive & fairly dominant win over a side above us. And with POP - Play Off Pretentions of their own.

Because of who we are, where we come from, it didn't feel like that all the way through. A somewhat sloppy goal immediately after half time, gave us the right old jitters. In the first half, the game had followed a helpful pattern. A wondergoal strike from Evans (Lee) calmed everything down & gave us a bit of a platform. Boro down to ten after 25. The fella has had to work hard to get two yellows by then. And then another Evans goal. A great volley, after Brooks picked him out.

I thought Boro looked a pretty decent outfit. Fast, accurate, direct. But, also a touch joyless. Very physical. Relying on those long throws. Pulis dicking about furiously on the touchline.

640/1330