View from the Home End

Milton Keynes Dons 0 v Sheffield United 3

League One

Saturday 22 April 2017

Twitter @ball_sup

It's on days like today you find out what you're really like. It's depressing. I'm churlish. An utterly dominant performance by the Blades on the pitch. Sharp's 200th goal. Local independent beer IN THE GROUND. Some beer belters. I shook hands with Keith Edwards Of Nazareth as the pitch celebrations got under way. But, let's have it right, I'm having a go. The delicious Mrs Ball Sup was with me today. She is not an SUFC Member & she only has a handful of loyalty points. I thought tickets would reach General Sale for her. They didn't. So, we've simply blagged home end tickets. Isn't the first time. Won't be the last. No worries.

So, we've paid particular attention to the shit the club has put out this week about MK Dons tickets. Read it yourself. At a time when everyone is claiming we've got our club back. Raising the roof that he's one of our own. They've still managed to drive a stupid wedge in. Basically they've said - go on the Home End, you could be liable to Criminal Prosecution. What a fucking joke. Phone your brief. Get the cuffs out. You'll never take me alive Copper. Joke. Unnecessary. If I hadn't already got a home end ticket, I'd have got one like a shot.

Plus. Picture of a fella with a flare at Port Vale. Request to Grass him. Shop your son, win an Austin Metro. Look, I know the drill. Pyro is illegal. Check, you've got to say that. Zero tolerance to Pyro. Check, you've got to say that. Images will be shared with the Police. Check, you've got to say that. Ring this number to grass him. No, you haven't got to say that. You've fucking chosen to say that. And, it's unnecessary.

Anyway. I've watched that game from the Home End. You know where I live. Send the Coppers round.

Bonus. Concrete Cow Brewing, Pail Ale at 3.7% from a bottle in The Cowshed Bar on the concourse in the Home End. Throw the key away.

That beer sandwiched between….

Meantime, London Pale on keg at 4.3%
Sierra Nevada, Pale Ale on keg at 5%
in All Bar One, Euston
BBNo. 05|21 Azacca & NZ Cascade IPA on keg at 6.2%
Track Brewery, Sonoma Pale on keg at 3.8%
in The Euston Tap
One Mile End, Session Black IPA on keg at 4.3%
Gipsy Hill, Hepcat IPA on keg at 4.6%
in The Alma, Chapel Market, Islington

I mean. Come on. Not a bad list. And a local independent beer in the ground. And, I'm self confessed Churlish. That Brew By Numbers 6.2% IPA was the Standout Beer Of The Day.

What a performance. What formation is that? Jake Wright Snr & Ebanks-Landell can't start. So, James Wilson is lobbed in. In the first half, Basham (supposedly one of three at the back) is OVERLAPPING Freeman on the right. O’Connell (supposedly one of three at the back) is OVERLAPPING Lafferty on the left. It's like 1-3-4-2. With the four being Basham, Freeman, Lafferty & O’Connell - playing in front of Coutts, Fleck & Duffy at times. Ridiculous.

I know a lot of it is confidence & momentum. When you've already won the League, you can do owt you like. But, that was utterly dominant. You've got a wonderful creative player like Carruthers coming on as sub. He gets given the ball. Traps it. Looks around. He's got acres of space. He can do what he wants. It's wonderful. It's attacking. It's rare. Big headache now. They've got it so much together at the end of the season. Maybe. Just maybe. Existing personnel are good enough to hold their own in The Championship. Maybe. It'd be Churlish to suggest otherwise.

I'm Spartacus.

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