I have got the pics....will post updates as and when

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Answers

Thanks ITK, I'm looking forward to it.

Liverpool: Westerveld, Matteo, Henchoz, Hyypia, Carragher, Berger, Hamann, Gerrard, Thompson, Camara, Heskey Subs not used: Song, Redknapp, Meijer, Friedel, Murphy Yellow Cards: None Newcastle: Given, Hughes, Dabizas, Howey, Goma, Barton, Speed, Lee, Dyer, Ferguson, Shearer Subs not used: Domi, Harper, Ketsbaia, Gallacher,

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

The team, according the the official s*ite is: GIVEN, BARTON GOMA HOWEY HUGHES DYER SPEED LEE DABIZAS FERGUSON SHEARER

Subs: HARPER DOMI ANTUNES KETSBAIA GALLACHER

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Afternoon and come all the Toon.

SKY have just called the Smoggies v Sheff Wed a derby ;o)

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Toon army in good voice.......just emerged and all you can here is the travelling foot soldiers.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Yeeha! Great news ITK! HOWAY THE LADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Make it a good`un!!!!!

By the way, wet windy and freezing cold in `sunny` Bournemouth.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Keegan and his missus at the game as well.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Oh dear nearly down in 7 secs :o(

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Bliddy heelo....less that a minute and they have a goal off for a foul.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Only three at the back against Liverpool ????

Bobby I hope you know what your doing

A worried Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

3 minutes: Free kick fairly well taken but well held by the keeper

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

A lot of fundemental mistake being made by bnoth teams in first five minutes

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Bollox....Makems beating the Toffee's 1-0

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Mackems 1-0 up Sommerbee Free kick

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Settle, lads settle

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

won't last long

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Evening all. Bit apprehensive about tonights game. Would settle for a draw

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

10 minutes gone, after a very frantic start.....both teams starting to settle down to the game......

Thompson had the ball in the net in 7 SECONDS but ruled off side for a foul.

Dyer delivered a good free kick from the left just outside the penalty area but taken nicely by the 'Pool keeper.

Hamman tried a long drive but was high wide and handsome.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Delia's lot just gone 1 up against QPR next door to me here

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

How are we looking at the back? Please say something to give me confidence!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Smoggies miss a pen

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Back three are fairly solid at the moment....doing what they need to do.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Evening Hiro. Where were you last week?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

20 minutes.....nthing much happened since 10 minutes.

Newcastle free kick on the left again, but nothing came of it.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Bit of a late night . Didn't get the result til next morn which eased my hangover no end. Save by Givern from Heskey!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Shearer free kick ten yard outside the area to the right hammered straight into the wall and cleared to Camera but he was alone and got no where fast.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Any thoughts on Camara as our third forward? I mean Liverpool don't need him?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

We seem to have most of the play at the moment.

Long may this continue

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

What's happening ITK, it sounds a bit dead.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Certainly getting more than our fair share...but a bit like last Sunday, the final penetration just slightly lacking.

Shearer and Ferguson not really getting the service yet. and what they are getting is going to waste a bit.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

The webcast is reasonable to-day. Toon Army are sounding fine! (:o)

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

What is the web cast URL?

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

you can get it get it from the official sitehere

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

ITK, any idea if this is going to be the main match on MOTD? Am I right in saying they have had one shot on target so far to our NONE?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Jay, I called it up through the Official NUFC site by pressing the start broadcast button.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

I've got Radio 5. Not as biased as usual.Uh.... got the Lincoln now. Horse racing!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

no you can't but try here maybe this will work

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

All pretty much bland at the moment.......end to end and lots of touch but nothing really happening.

Heskey has gone to the ground more often than a flash of lightening so far, but I think the referee is keeping a closer eye on him.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Can hear the Toon Army on Radio 5 ;o)

Dunc shouting at the ref

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Big Yin booked for elbowing Hyypia

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

They should go in hard and give them a good kicking. Paul Gurkin is the most lenient of Refs nd hasn't sent anyone off this season. If I were Lee I'd try to break Hammans legs.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Infact If I were Barton I'd try to break Bergers legs. He's marking him isn't he.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

If I were Goma I'd try to Break Cammaras skull.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Goma booked for a foul on Pesky

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Goma booked, amid toon protest

Hamann just missed ;o)

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Durkin sounds lenient doesn't he? 2 bookings in 3 minutes???

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Mackems 1-1 ;o))))))

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

He really did deserve to be booked.....I don't know what all the protest was about.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Man Ure 1 up. Yorke

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Yes, but we have to think ahead to the Euro championship. Nobble some of the players in the other European teams

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Hamman shot low grass cutter saved at stretch by Given

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Get stuck in you wimps

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Liverpool seem to have adopted the Continental `style` of play! Heskey particularly!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Yorke 2 goals. Manure

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

We are the boot boys, the geordie boot boys, We are mental and we are mad any one want a fight?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

you alright Rik :?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Go on Rik lad.Give em hell

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

I've got two quid on a 3 - 1 win for us...

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

no he's getting loud again....must be drunk

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Did any one hear about that fight between the Newcastle fans and the makems last week at tghe North Shields fish quay?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Half Time - 0-0

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Please Mister - can we have our player back! (o:)

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

okay now you'll all be bored for 15 minutes you can check out www.thegallowgate.com It's about half finished. Let me know what you think!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

That's some PA system they've got there isn't it? It's loud enough

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sounds like the start of a joke that one Rik

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Rik, maybes but how could I have possibly followed you? Now that's got everyone confused!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Rik's definitley been drinking
Rik's mate has signed your guestbook. font size=6Keiron Dyer caught with his pants down, read all about it on Wobbly Tities R Us.../font

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Couldn't find your site Kegsy

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

FIRST HALF REPORT:

Not the greatest of matches thus far but has been pretty much end to end stuff. After almost going 1-0 down in the first seven seconds, the toon rallied and began to get themselves sorted out.

After a frantic first ten minutes, the game settled down and while the ball is being knocked around nicely by both teams, niether has really had a direct shot on goal.

Newcastle's three best chances came from free kicks, two from the left delivered reasonably well by Dyer but both cleared by the keeper. Probably the clearest attempt came from a Shearer free kick ten yards outside the poenalty area, jusy to the right of centre, but his shot was straight into the wall and cleared to camera who broke free but had no one with him and the attack came to nothing.

Liverpool's only two real chances came from Hamman, who is being booed everytime he goes near the ball, the first from 30 yards hit Rob lee and flew high wide and handsome and the second was a daisy cutter from 20 yards which Shay saved at stretch on the right post.

Both Ferguson and Goma were booked within the space of a coup0le of minutes, Ferguson for elbowing Hyphop and Goma for a foul on Pesky. A lot of the Toon players protested at the booking, but on several replays, it was clear the the booking was warrented.

Half time 0-0

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

DOn't you hate it when people claim to be you?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Kegsy Just checked out The Gallowgate. Looks good. What happens to the MSN now? Glass Orange!!!!.... OOhh EErr

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Must have been one of those Rik Impersonators, I've been having a ***** at half time, just got back.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

I'm trying to get a forum which is better than MSN and also a chat which is as good. The first one is easy but I can't find a good free chat page. The gallowgate is better because I have control of everything and everyone can access it. No firewalls etc. And you can ghet email@thegallowgate.com Much better than hotmail

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

ITK I didn't see aa copyright niotice on that first half report. You do realise that Kegsy is gonna nick it for his Gallowgate site don't you?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Kegsy, have you access to a cgi bin, to deposit Perl scripts in?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Ok here we go HOWAY lads

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Already nicked it. Anyway I always ask permission before I use stuff and if I don't get any I use it! Anyway, I've got the full match to watch at 2.30am (Japan time)

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

but the reprot was crap anyway......the definitive report appears on www.dailytoon.co.uk

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

When y webhost pulls their finger out I will, yes hence the reason I'll have a far superior forum to the MSN one why?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Oh that's nice of you ITK, Give us a crap report so our sites look shite, then make yersell a better one.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Darn it rik....sussed

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh Camera hooked one over the bar from 10 yards.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

I am going to get a domain name for my shop and use part of the site for my NUFC pages. I'm going to make a decent messageboard eventually but can't decide on a domain name for my shop yet.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

QPR just equalised against Delia Smith

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Come on Cambridge !!!!!!

Oh sorry wrong sport ;o)

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

>>>>>I'm going to make a decent messageboard eventually but can't decide on a domain name for my shop yet<<<<<<

So what's the shopp currently called.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

sh!t. Like I said we should have signed him as a third striker

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Goma should have nobble him early in the game

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Bollox Camera just scored....side foot from a good cross from Gerrard.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

I signesd up to pay for a host, but they are having a laugh at the mo. virtualnet.com give you 25 MB and cgi access, you could check them out. I'll give you the url of an excellent board if you're interested. It looks really good

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

OH RATS!!!!!! COME ON LADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :o(

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

And now the game starts...? Back to a 4 - 4 - 2, same as we did when we tried 3 at the back against Chelsea

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Camera just chopped the general and Gerkin just bliddy ignores it....free kick now booking

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Domi coming on for Goma?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Brilliant save by Given....one of the L9iverpool players in on a one on one....they have upped a gear I'm afraid.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Come on Lads get a goal.....hell get 2

TOON ARMY

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

ARRGHHH! GET YERSELVES SORTED OUT!!!!!!! They seem to have come out with all guns blazing! This will take some determination on our part.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

hello all - soon as I try to log on, they score. Typical.

But Domi is coming on - (could not here who is going off, to be quite honest wit ya) - just heard it is Goma.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Come on Domi - you made a difference last week!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

They can't keep that kind of pressure up. Keep it tight lads and don;t let anymore in

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Good delivery into the box by Barton, knocked just wide by Shearer(?)

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Ferguson (and Shearer) seem quiet - this is the first game weher I feel we are missing Solano. Are the big guys getting any service or not?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sounds like QPR have just gone 2-1 up against Delia

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Another excellent save by Given - they have a corner, but nowt happens.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

oooooo

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Almost the most spectacular own goal form Howie(?) - out over the top for a corner

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

come on you reds...

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Coppinger scored for Hattlepool !

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

What has Rik been drinking/smoking/sniffing/swallowing?

Speaking of drink - looks like Gallacher is coming on.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Gallacher on for Dyer?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sorry people....but Liverpool are loking pretty good and really up for it in the second half.,

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

My vite is to bring off a defender for Gallacher.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

vite=vote.

No, Rob Lee off.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Gallacher on for The General.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Remember the last time Rik was like this? He kept making goals up! I thought we were going to get a possee, what happened?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Lee off...Gallacher on

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

So we`d all be pleased with an equalizer?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

I know me are going to win this, A malaysian told me the score

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

1-1 SHEARER!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Is Bjarni Gudjonsson, the former Magpie playing for Stoke ???

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

1-1 SHEARER>?>>>>>>>>>>>

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

tee heee told you so, and now for the other two..

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Yessssssss. Just what we needed

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Shearer

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Did I leave the italics on?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Soputhampton beating Chewsee 1-0 at Stamford Bridge

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

How do we stop becoming italicised?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Westerthingy is taking a bung, we will win this one 3 - 1,

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Come on the TOON and

Come on Cambridge !!!!!!!!

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Anybody listening to Metro - I just seem to have lost transmission!!! Ta be quite honest wit ya.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

soory, it's better now!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

So we can all talk in Magenta then?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Lets all turn Red

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Let's turn back again!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

What are you crossing that out for? did you make a mistake?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

stop it

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

How do you get a penalty on Merseyside........Ferguson bundled in the box and the gerkin just waves it away tw@t.....Rednap just came on

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Fergusson lovely left foot volley just wide to the left.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Durkin the gherkin - like it.

Any other Official rhyming slang out there?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

COME ON - KEEP UP THE PRESSURE!!!!!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!

HOWAY THE LADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

If Camara dived in the box - surley that is a booking!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Can I swear in invisable ink Fucking Hamman? Well?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Camera diving in the box fairly regularly now.....

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

okay you got me on that one, how did you do that?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Posh Puff puts Newton heath 4-0

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

What was that mate?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

hheeeee heeee

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Rik - if this is stil invisible, I can call you a fuckwit with IMPUNITY ;-)

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Whats going on?

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

bugger.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

show off!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Will you stop acting like a kid! (:o{

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sorry I'm bored

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Solano - we are missing him no longer (or are we?)

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

bored or pi$$ed.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Hamman has his Sky Shooting Boots on - Ha Ha.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Come on lads!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . Hang in there. Getting nervous in the last few minutes

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

four minutes to go and a Liverpool free kicjk is played back to Hamman who almst put the ball into Stanley Park

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sorry, I'll act my age..... So, if we get a draw will we go to ninth?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

OK I GIVE IN - I`D SETTLE FOR THE DRAW!!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Fuck 1-2

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Corner to them - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - THEY SCORE SH1111T.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Can I be silly again, it might cheer us all up?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh 2-1 Redknapp

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Rednapp header from a corner.....Barton really should have cleared off the line, but headed it into the roof of the net

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Rik that'ts your fault, It should be illeghal on here to say what position we'll be if we win a game. We always bloody lose

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

OH NO!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET AFTER THEM!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

3 minutes injury time

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

They always score right at the end.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

GALAXY

Write another post with equaliser in the title - a goal always appears immediately afterwards.

BUGGER - scumberland win 2-1.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!! BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!! BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!VBOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!!BOLLOCKS!!!!! BOLLOCKS!!!!! hOW MANY TIMES HAVE THOSE TW@TS SCORED INTHE LAST MINUTE

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

The Liverpool fans, They think it's all over

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Gutted, absolutely gutted final score 2-1. Jeesh

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

final whistle 2-1 :-(

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

bollocks triplacated.............2-1 last minute again.....tw@ts

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

it is now

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Beaten in the Semi final and now this . It's been a bad week

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sorry Chevy. (:o(

Sick as a parrot - just can`t believe they nicked it at the end. Thanks for all your efforts ITK. It must be hard work for you.

Thanks for the company folks - I`m away to boil my head.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Eh? Semi Final we haven't played it yet!

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Beaten in the Semi - what have I missed? Or are we tempting fate but in a neagtive way?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

The better team won the Semi-Final....as they will at Wembley....but why do I ALWAYS feel so sodding depressed when we lose at Anfield.

Not many teams go there and win....but why do we always go under to a bloody last minute goal.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

He meaneth the Corrinthian BBS Semi-Final.....I stuffed him 2-0

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sorry Softie et al, I was to blame for both goals, please Mr. Robson give me a couple of games rest.

+ the SMB's have won, what a $hit day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

pheeeew - I was worried I had been asleep for a week

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

well - if we had said 2 weeks ago that we would get 3 points against Everton/Liberpool, and the Mackems would only get 3, I would have been hapy(ish). It could have been worse.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Off to kick the neighbours cat. To sick to even bait ITK Night all!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Night Hiro......you couldn't bait me even if you tried........outwitted you before the BBS Cup Semi-Final....and now about to do the same to Beardo beofre the final

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

No you have lost me on that ??

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sorry Jay....where did we lose you

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

around the getting beat in the Semi final that we haven't played yet mark.

Is it sometime of footie comp?

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

The BBS Cortinthian Football league....as run on this board, and previosuly on the Commie board by Softie......I'm the manager of the World Beaters and Hiro is the manager of Wallsend Old Boys.....in the cup competition that ran off the back of the league.....I beat him 2- 0 in the semi-final and now go on to play Beardo United in the final.

Clear yet?

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Yes its all clear now :o)

Thanks

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Off to do some work now.....speak to you soon.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Yeah will do.

Will be on later tonight no doubt drunk :o)

Jay

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Oi, whoever is trying to blame Barton, NOOOOO!!!!! He was at fault for the first insofar as his misplaced pass set up their attck, but Goma and Dabizas both missed tackles to let them score. For the second, Dabs miskicked and sliced the ball for a corner. From this, Rednapp headed hom ethanks to a sh*te Speed challenge.

The single most telling contribution to our defeat, however, came from that c*nt Durkin waving on THE most blatant penalty of all time. That's it from me, watch MotD if you like, but I'm too angry to bother anymore. Had that been at wor end of the ground, the twat would have given it - utterly ruled by the crowd; w*nker!!!!

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Bartinho -- especially for Softie

Really fun crowd at the pub to watch today's match. Nonstop wisecracks from a couple of guys down front the whole game. About half way through the second half when Bartinho had put in yet another cross, one of the guys(a Liverpool supporter) said "What is this? The Warren Barton show?"

A few minutes later, after Barton had danced the ball around one of the Liverpool players, the same guy remarked, "Whoa! That's one sexy muthaf****r!"

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Maybe it was because of the jovial crowd at the pub...about even mix of Liverpool and Newcastle supporters, or maybe I just expected us to lose(and hoped for at least a draw), or maybe it was the absence of YMO that took away the target of pure seething hatred ;-)), but I'm not all that upset about the result. Defensively both teams seemed about evenly matched. Liverpool had the slight edge in attack. Until Domi and Gallacher came on, we just didn't seem to have a clue going forward. It was frustrating to watch, and byt the time the second half kicked off I just wanted SOMEbody to score, figuring that would kick start both sides. As it did. Maybe I'm just happy because we got one more point than expected out of these last 2 games. Given the choice between 2 and 3, I'll take the 3, with a close loss at Anfield. It really could have gone either way today.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

Sorry Softie.......I have to disagree, as a long standing defender of his I though WB was very poor today and that his positioning was dire.

He hit a couple of nice crosses, but that was about the level of it.

-- Anonymous, March 25, 2000

ITK

I agree that Warren had a stinker yesterday. His early crossing was poor, going straight to Van Westerveld and he was caught out by Camara repeatedly. Saying that, he improved markedly in the second half until giving the ball away to start the Liverpool move which led to their first. It still took two challenges going begging for them to score, so I think it would be unfair to point the finger at him for something three passes earlier. As for his failure to clear the ball on the line - are we suggesting that the man on the post should jump as the cross comes in to ensure that he can prevent the ball going in above him? That'll put paid to the daisy-cutters and balls to the side of him, won't it? Grossly unfair. He's there to make it as hard as possible for someone to sneak the ball beyond the keeper, not to suddenly grow by three feet. If you want to point fingers for that second goal then start with the ball sliced over a centre-half's (who will remain nameless to avoid accusations of bias) shoulder to give the corner away in the first place, Given's being caught in two minds and most importantly Gary Speed challenging Redknapp with his feet firmly on the ground. More of a cumulative balls-up, hence YBR coming on after the game to say "We've had a row" when he has been quite forthright about individual errors in the past.

The crap performers yesterday (in so far as anyone was bad - they mostly had mixed performances) were notably Barton, Speed, Dyer and Ferguson. YBR had the best performance, holding them to 0-0 (not our job to provide the entertainment away from home) and instantly switching when we conceded. Whilst I thought that it was unfair on Lee to be subbed for Gallacher when Speed was struggling to find a Newcastle player with any of his passes, the forward momentum was markedly improved with another player who runs and passes in the right direction. Small wonder that Dyer improved with a running-mate since Shearer and Ferguson were largely immobile until the last 20 mins. Al really put himself about towards the end and chased some 'lost causes' to good effect.

Have you any idea why MotD didn't feel that the blatant penalty Durkin ignored was worth sharing with the nation? What about Heskey's extraordinary gravitational difficulties? He managed to get Goma booked for a fair challenge which came on the back of 2 Liverpool fouls which went unnoticed and provoked a serious reaction from 5 of our players. That Mark Poogash needs to be shot. One of the worst commentaries we have ever had to endure. He was SO biased it was embarrassing.

-- Anonymous, March 26, 2000

SOFTIE:

OK, I'll concede defeat on the first goal....he shouldn't and can't be held responsible for something that happened three moves before the goal was scored, but as far as the second is concerned I will not be moved.

On the few occassions when I played right back (no not right back in the dressing room) I was always told, when you are defending a corner at the near post, you stand your ground for the flick on, but when you are defending a corner at the back post, as soon as the ball is played in, take a step to a steo and a half to your left....the keeper should have gone to claim the ball, and yu are primarilty taking his place. If WB had done that yesterday, Redknapp's header would have been straight at him.

As far as MOTD not featuring the blatant penalty against Big Yin was concerned I have no Idea why they didn't show it.....It was certainly being discussed in the sports area yestreday afternoon and in the club before the programme was taped last night,

>>>>>What about Heskey's extraordinary gravitational difficulties? He managed to get Goma booked for a fair challenge which came on the back of 2 Liverpool fouls which went unnoticed and provoked a serious reaction from 5 of our players<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Very true,

>>>>>>>>That Mark Poogash needs to be shot. One of the worst commentaries we have ever had to endure. He was SO biased it was embarrassing<<<<<<<<. Don't start me on that one.....not with Mark Lawrenson and Alan Green fresh in the mind. B@ST@RDS

-- Anonymous, March 26, 2000

Even the Scousers around me thought it was a penalty....and my how the Kop was quiet

-- Anonymous, March 27, 2000