Poor lambkin. I wonder how he's feeling now. One of the saddest things on Saturday was that a few people tried to get a "Shearer! Shearer" going and it just died cos we were all so devastated. I hope he gets a really big cheer on Sunday. The worst of it is, his pen miss has served to eclipse what should be a major discussion point this week: how crap Kevin Phillips is. Did anyone think he was remotely good apart from that cross?

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

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If Phillips is a future England striker,might as well forget about 2002 and 2006, the man is hopeless.

Shearer won't let this setback effect him, he'll probably come back and get a hat rick against the scousers on Sunday , once again silencing his critics.

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

Kevin who? Other than that cross and when the cameras picked him up hand-bagging our players behind the ref's back, never noticed him. ;-)

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

The mackems had a rousing chant of "Shearer! Shearer!" going until the end of the game. I just hope people might stop chanting his name every time he wins a throw in, makes a tackle, ties up his laces etc: he doesn't seem to need to do a lot does he? Time was when people would have groaned when a centre forward played the ball off a defender to gain a corner rather than attempt a shot/cross. Especially odd with no more Dunc or Dabizas in the area making it an outside chance at best.

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

He's a decent goal-poacher, but he makes minimal contribution to the team and just can't see him as a fixture for England.
His body language last Saturday was of a player who wants away. I reckon he'll be off at the end of the season to a real club - assuming one is prepared to pay big bucks for him.

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

Thing is Softie - who's he realistically going to cross to? The best crosses we've seen in the past three seasons have been from him. I think he's just given up. Agree re shots, though.

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

Er, Clarky. He's a decent goal-poacher, but he makes minimal contribution to the team and just can't see him as a fixture for England. His body language last Saturday was of a player who wants away. I reckon he'll be off at the end of the season to a real club - assuming one is prepared to pay big bucks for him.

Which of the two in the thread title was that aimed at?

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

Dumb & Dumber(!),

You don't really need me to spell it out, do you?

;-{)

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

BTW Screacher,

You still swanning around in the US? Get yersel back and let them complete their bloody election handcount - it's far too late to fix those bloody vote-counting AS/400's now anyway?

Yer back for 't 'Pool game?

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

As if aah didn't knaa fella! 'fraid I won't be back for a while - I've become frozen to the ground (that'll teach iz ti gaan oot on the p1$$ !!) here in Minnesota. Doesn't even look like I'll get a chance to swan down to the warmth of Arizona :-(

My ticket is in good hands for the 'pool game (well, as long as Dougal's posted it - hmmm). #1 son Peach (Screach 'n' Peach - gerrit??) will be making the journey up to the North East, ostensibly to see his gran (divvent tell her the real reason, please!) so he'll make a short appearance in the Straabeery. Same colour hair as me - just less of it ;-))

Hoping to get back in time for a bit of @rse.

-- Anonymous, November 23, 2000

Why, can't you find any over there Screach??

-- Anonymous, November 24, 2000

Clarky
It's cattle, not sheep country. ;-))

-- Anonymous, November 24, 2000