Sheaf Saint

Our title rivals Chelsea are 1-0 up now

He does have a point though. Hull are the ones asking all the questions at the moment, and we haven't found our attacking rhythm yet. The early goal and the potential for more howlers from their dodgy keeper are making things look more hopeful for us though.

Diame is the one causing us most problems at the moment. Clyne seems to be struggling to cope with him at the moment.

Indeed they do.

Is anybody else a little surprised we aren't wearing our away kit? On my stream it's a little difficult to tell them apart at times given both teams are wearing black shorts.

To be fair, if somebody is moronic enough to slag him off just for being African, I seriously doubt they have the intellect or awareness to recognise how good a game he is having.

Hull are discovering, much as we did last season, how crippling it can be to rely on your third choice keeper. Very poor clearance, but what a cool finish from Big Vic. He made it look easy, when it would have been much easier to have ballooned it high and wide.

The Sheffield Tap right next to the main entrance of the station is OK. Serves some nice beers anyway.

I know it's early but a couple of bits of advice for those planning on driving up... There are ongoing roadworks on the M1 at the moment between junctions 28-32, with average speed cameras and no hard shoulder, so avoid this if you can. Best bet is to come off at junction 29 and head into Chesterfield on the A617, then pick up the A61 into Sheffield. This brings you in to town right near Bramall Lane anyway. Avoid any of the pubs in the immediate vicinity of the ground. They are all complete sh*tholes and not very away-fan-friendly. The ground is only a short walk from the city centre and there are lots of good boozers there, although stay away from West Street or Division Street as most of the bars in that area will not let you in wearing football colours. The Old Monk, off the square right next to the Crucible theatre is a decent option. Alternatively, there are a couple of really good pubs in Heeley which are away fan friendly. The Sheaf View and the newly re-opened Brothers arms just up the hill are both only about a 15 minute walk from the ground, and both have a very good range of reasonably-priced beers.

BYOB, yeah?

Let's put it this way - I live close enough to the ground that if I didn't have a driveway, I wouldn't be able to park near my house on matchday! Look forward to this tie. Have a few pints in my local before toddling down and walking home again. Just gotta hope we win to top it all off.

Ker-ching!

Sheff Utd away would be a bonus for me. It's only a ten minute walk from my house.

Cork and Toby on for Davis and Gardos

Hahahahaha! Crouchy gets 2 yellows in 2 minutes and walks. Only been on for about 10 minutes as well. And .... PELLE!!!!!!!!!!!

Well it's taken 80 minutes but the Stoke fans have finally woken up.

Dirty b*stard Charlie Adam. How can you possibly complain at getting a yellow card for that?

Has he even touched the ball yet?

I thought tonight would be a tougher game than saturday, but if anything Stoke look worse than they did at SMS.

Oh, lovely stuff. Great build up and a tap-in for Long. Beautiful.

FT! Yes! I'll take that.

But the rest of his game has been excellent.

Holy crap - that's the third time we've hit the woodwork so far!

Totally dominant performance so far, but we need to score one or two more in the 2nd half to make certain of the points. One thing I have learned from our games against them since we got back to the PL is that you should never underestimate Stoke's ability to bully their way back into a game and score scrappy goals.