Premier League
Sunday 24 September 2023
SUFC 2023/24 Game #12
"Go on then Phil. A right battering there. What meme/theme are you going for in this Blog"
Well. The initial plan was to maintain The Theme Of Eight. And claim that I'd had eight beers, maybe even claim I did that deliberately. Good themeing. However, on countback I realised I'd only supped seven. And, as avid readers of the Blog will testify, I NEVER make stuff up.
My outlook remains; this is my football team. I want them to win (draw, get points, you get the picture). And I get a high if that happens. And, if they lose, not so high. But, I don't get lows. Tiddles, my imaginary cat, remains unkicked. I've tried to explain before.
"I'm not a Sheffield United fan in the modern tradition."
"I'm a fan of going to watch Sheffield United PLAY."
And, I did that. Any negative mood was also disrupted by the fact I smuggled a Newcastle supporting mate into the South Stand, and he sat next to me. He isn't a boaster. His football banter game is poor. But, it was an interesting dynamic watching us get battered, while sharing the experience with a Tooner.
As host, before kick off, at nil nil, I naturally pushed a pint of Beavertown Neck Oil at him from a South Stand Kiosk. In one of them soppy SUFC logoed paper cups. I didn't imbibe.
But, of course, as we otherwise matched each other beer for beer over the day. That meant he DID fucking have eight beers. The gloating bantering selfish bastard.
So much space, weren't there? In all areas of midfield. And also out wide. Where our new narrow game plan pushes 'em. They exploited every inch of it. Lovely and sharp up top. Great, whipped in balls - set piece and open play.
We missed McBurnie on defensive duties. And, also missed him as any sort of fucking outlet. Norwood was back. So he went front screen at defensive corners. Souza (who screened at Tottenham) was zone. Well. Where do I start?
The second (was it?), where Newcastle run a peel to the back post. Ahmedhodžić tries to track, has two goes at wrestling blocks, grabs a shirt, and is still floun … dering as it's knocked in. Fuck Sake.
For the record, the eight (minus one) were;
Vocation & Friends with Newbarns Brewery (Leith), Pale Ale on Cask at 3.4%
Superb start the day beer at just 3.4%. Hoppy bitterness kicked in early.
Vocation Brewery, Flower Power, Hazy Pale on Keg at 4.5%
Sureshot Brewing (Manchester), Purest Green, Hazy IPA at 6.5%. Dry hopped with Ekuanot, Idaho 7 & Citra.
Vocation Brewery, Tan Lines, IPA on Keg at 7.1%
Lovely. Back to the Old Skool. Opaque, but in a Double IPA way, not a Juice Bomb way. Pine, thick resin. Sugar to spare.
Polly's Brew Co (Flintshire), The Hop Studio Columbus India Pale Ale on Keg at 6.2%
Ridgeside Brewing Co (Leeds), Objects In Space, Hazy Pale on Cask at 4.8%
Siren Craft Brew (Wokingham), Suspended In Mosaic, Pale Ale on Keg at 4%
And, rounding the day off. The eleventh beer I've downed from the Siren Suspended In series. Mosaic hop forward. Bringing the holy trinity - aroma, flavour and bitter. Nice n dank. But well balanced with it.
"Phil, now you've had a crack at this theme thing, based on how many goals are scored, will you not be having a beer if the next one is nil nil?"
"Not. Necessarily."
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