Sheffield United 0-3 Arsenal
Ah, The Blades… ye ain’t what ye used to be. I miss the days when Uncle Neil would come to town and play. The Prem needs characters like Neil, and I hope he comes back up someday. Although, currently it looks as though he’ll be riding yet another rele-bus down to League 1. Can’t blame this one on Teves. FFS, Neil… 11 of 39 points? When Birmingham calls next year, take the job. Anyway… if I remember correctly, The Blades took 3 points off us the last time we met. Well, not this time.
For this match, as I suspected earlier he would to rest his players, Le Boss went with the quite obscure 1-1 formation, with Emma Byrne between the sticks, and Vic Akers covering the entire outfield. Emma split her time evenly between pacing to and fro, inspecting her gloves and leaning on one post with her arms folded. 
Meanwhile, Vic continuously threaded his way up and down the other side of the pitch in a beige blur, completely frustrating the Sheffield midfield and back line. Winning quadruples just isn’t enough for these two, evidently. No injuries, no cards, and no one came off the bench. This proved enough to bring home a convincing 3 goal win. It might have been 4 goals, but Vic was beginning to show fatigue in the last 6 or 7 minutes. Well done, you two. We’re on to the quarter finals.
