The Three Ps

Sheffield United 6 v Peterborough United 2 

The Championship 

Saturday 11 September 2021 

SUFC 2021/22 Game #7 

Quoting Martin Fry

"All my dreams came true last night

All my hopes and fears"

Wallow in the moment. A send a message result. On the back of a brilliant performance. Three new faces if you're counting Gibbs-White, Ndiaye & Hourihane. But, the fears. We don't know yet. We just don't. We're hoping. Let's take all that we did & learned today. And put it in the next game. And the next.

There was a feeding frenzy on confidence. Nudging each other. Then, once it all began to work out. Bouncing off each other. Big fucking bounces an' all. 

Weeks of two Ps - Possession & Passing. Suddenly became the three Ps - Possession, Passing & PURPOSE. If this is a one swallow summer, might as well focus on Morgan Gibbs-White & Iliman Ndiaye. Number 56 on the teamsheet.

The lady sat next to me glanced between the replays on the scoreboard & her teamsheet on just 14 minutes. Back & forth glances.

"How do you say his name?"

"Give it your best shot as it's written, don't overcomplicate it & when you get confident emphasise the N into a long unnn. Iliman Ndiaye." I helpfully replied.

Me? I'm so glass half empty, I was hectoring the Carrier Bag Firm.

"Did he shin that? He's shinned that surely? Or maybe kicked it onto his other foot & deflected it the other way? Shinned it probably. AnyRoadUp, that's never a clean strike"

*checks Quest, reverts to glass half full*

Iliman was eventually denied a hat trick by Jokanovic's back roomers not hydrating him properly. He looked like he got beer drinker's cramp "celebrating" his second goal as he lay on the deck in the Kop penalty area.

"Did he mean that? Come off his shoulder that surely?"

(Collected CBF response - "oh do Fuck Off, Phil")

Lots of energy, lots of activity, Sharp now with a reason to have his back to goal sometimes. Please be true.

For the first time in living memory, I stayed to watch them limp off. Then we needed to celebrate. "Luckily" we were in the John Street Hospitality. Essentially the International Bar. Where they serve Beavertown Neck Oil on Keg at 4.3%. Keen readers of the Blog over the years will recall - that's about as good as it gets inside grounds nowadays.

I made the full half ark order for the CBF - one of everything for the assembled diverse drinkers.

"Neck Oil has gone, need to change the barrel, I'll do the others, then bring yours over, what table are you?"

Me - "The Ben Osborn"

Matey has pfaffed around for a bit. Got it pulled. But got it wrong. And brought me two over instead of just the one I'd paid for. A fitting tribute to two goal Osborn. And … Driiiink.

"And don't disappear, no, don't disappear

… Be near me, be near"

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