Anybody here?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Answers

Yes, just about alive - after eating toooooooooo much yesterday!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

i'm here, too. usually i just check in and read along every once in a while, but i'm trapped at the computer this morning, so i'll be around for a bit.

the webcast is actually working for the moment...

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Evening all I'm not suffering too much from Christmas thankfully but I am still suffering from Sunday...

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Evening all.

Just home after a great day at the beach and ready for a few beers and a win!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I'm lurking too. Looks like not many people are tuning in today, that would explain why the web cast is working for once...

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Only one change from the Leed game, Distan in for Dabs

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Given Hughes O'Brien Distin Elliot Solano Dyer Speed Robert Bellamy Shearer

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Barton and Lee on the bench

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Afternoon all, hope you all had a good Christmas.

Sounds like we've made a lively start!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

We're all over them but I feel we need to capitalise on this pressure soon!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

On the experience of the last 3 games - we should hope they score first :)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Morning all, reporting live from work (sssssshhhhhh). Hope everyone had a great krippa, loads of pressies an all that. Seems like we are playing pretty well.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Afternoon all, hope everyone had a good crimbo ;o) Allison (ciara) is at the match today so this thread will be quiet ;o)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

ARG!!!!! FINISH!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Come on - put one of these away.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

sounds like given is continuing his outrageous form...

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bloody hell....Bokisc clean through...Given saves!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Ooooops - mistake by Distin.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

nobby seems transformed to me the last couple games-- perfect passes, tackling back, working his socks off. or have i just been missing this before?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Makems winning 1-0

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

HOWAY MAN LADS.....FINISH!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Sounds like Distin is having a bit of a mare!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! SHEARER!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shearer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

yes! SHEARER!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

uh oh. now we have to play with a lead-- we're a bit out of practices these days.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Get in Shearer - now let's concentrate and get a second

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

bloody hell. bellamy wasting a chance again.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Nowt better than this mind, of course being off work would be nice too mind!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

If Bellamy could get his shots on target he'd score 40 goals a season!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

YoooooooooooooooooooHoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Makems wining 2-0

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

wow-- it's hard to adjust to hearing our backline compared to fort knox. quite a change, that.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Typical. Nip to the bog and miss a goal !!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Hiro, can you go again, we might score a second! ;O)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

What not taking the laptop in with you hiro?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Everton holding manure 0-0 36mins

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Robert seems to be having another quiet one.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Nah. I'll stay with bog paper thanks :>)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Should have been a penalty...then Bellamy put's his shot straight at Crossley!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bellamy just wide....again!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Same old Bellamy, always missing, same old.............

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Oh well, 1:0 at half-time, hope we put in another two or three in the second half...

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I'm of to the fridge for a cold can of Murphys and a pickled onion sandwich !

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

ew hiro! just, uh, bread and pickled onions? good lord.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

As ciara is at the game, it must be my round, just opened a bottle o broon, what are you all having?

Anyone watching Fox Sports? They are showing the leeds match now, watching those 4 goals go in again!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

nah guz i ain't watching man utd again

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I'm sorry sir, Have we been introduced?

Besides I'm watching Everton!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Pure enjoyment Gus !!! Good old Nobby.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Sprig of parsley with the sarni Martha............Cos it's Xmas :>))

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

This is one of the smallest match crowd we have had, Hello to Martha and Wazza, I do not believe I have been on a match day thread with you before.

I am sitting here in my lounge at 5 past midnight in Perth West Australia, hiro is 10km east of me.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

sitting here on pc in newcastle nsw it is 3:10am

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

It's 1:10 am a heck of alot further north (and colder than you lot) - looks like I'll be meeting the loony one next week in Tokyo.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I know this is a derby match, but we should be 4 or 5 up.

Great line from the muppet at the mike, "the only way round him was through him...."

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

greetings gus. here in st louis, it's 10am and quite chilly. still a bit early for a broon, i'm afraid.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

What is that your 1 comment of the half kegsy? Do not say too much will you!

Nice lad Loony, have had 1 or 100 with him meself.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDD!!!!!2-0

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Speeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed

57 mins

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! SPEED!!!!!!!!1

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I liked his comment earlier about Nigel Clough heading the ball out of the golakeepers hands when he wasn't looking. Erm what about Dublin and Given...

We need to take control again

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Keep the updates coming. I never did get those speakers of Santa !!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Martha, you st louis as in Missouri or kansas. Exile??

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Like that - SPEED 2-0

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

hiro, you in the bog again?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Why......can you see the light on ??

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

See that's two (or is this three?) - I'll have to buy a new keyboard soon.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bellamy through......aaaaahhh he misses....AGAIN!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

i think i'm glad i can't watch this game-- sounds horribly frustrating. we ought to have at least 4, from what the webcasters say...COME ON AL!

syme, i'm in MO.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Nah, we scored again!

Come on Martha, whats your story? You too wazza!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

oops, sorry there syme, posted before i finished. not an exile, just a sad convert, surrounded by masses of people who don't even know that (english) football exists. i do my best to spread the word, though.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

wat ya wanna know?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Martha keep the faith! spread the word of all that is good, all that is NUFC. I got two toon shirts yesterday (both the same)

Is it as cold in MO as it is in IL??

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

How long you been around here, connection to the toon etc

How were you converted to the toon Martha?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

getting there, syme-- we're paying for the sunny winter up to now, i think. what's your story, then? are you an exile?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

hope reults stay as they r

we win

man u draw

liverpool draw

us top!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Everton/ Manc game is a bit dull. Bring on Dunc and Gazza to spice it up a bit.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

i came to the toon by way of the national team-- i knew nothing about english football, really, but could tell that shearer was a god. so, his team became my team. now, of course, i'm so diseased that i'll love the toon long after al is dead and gone...

alright, i've got to go find some food. don't let anything horrible happen while i'm gone.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Age:34 Occupation: Tax Accountant

Toon supporter for 28 years just got the net though and friend gave me this site. toon supporter coz my dad is a geordie

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bastad freezin up here in chicago, payin for a really mild time last few weeks. Yep, I am an exile, born,bred, raised in Heaton (cue another heaton thread;-) Good to have ye on board! Sounds like bellamy is missing several chances, still he makes em though.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Come one, come all.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Good to have you both on board (no - not you gus). Keep spreading the faith.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I remember someone in Newcastle NSW, Terry I think? Does your mate get on here often or just lurk? We have a big clique in Sydney too, a couple in Canberra and Brissy, maybe 1 regular in Melbourne and a few in Perth, although only hiro and I seem to post regularly at he moment.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Afternoon all! .. good stop from Shay there

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Lads come close again.... corner.... cleared

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Great save from Given "who saw that blind"!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Sorry Geordie, were we making too much noise? Didn't mean to wake you!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

On another day we would have had double figures. By the way am I the only one who doesn't think this fixture is a derby? If we were playing Sunderland I would be much happier to be winning 2-0. For me this is just like beating Leeds or Everton

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bellamy through...... saved!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

How many has Bellamy missed today...8...9...10...11?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

nah he just lurks, he likes to keep his opinions to himself

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Liverpool winning 2-1

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

something like that gus! just started a bottle of wine to get rid of yesterday's excesses

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

been getting my dam email wrong

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

sounds like we're doing ok but players being greedy!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Evening all. Wazza, greetings from the Sydney clique (well me anyway, I suspect the rest are all tucked up in bed).

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

bloody pussies, not committment to the team

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Tell him to join in we don't bite, well some on here will give you a nasty suck but that is about all!!

I hope it is Australian wine geordie!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bloody mancs one up !

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Aye, soft as clarts the lot of them. Man United have just scored (with a Giggs header)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

bloody foxtel show some shite games!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! BELLAMY....AT LAST!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bernard

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooool

Bernard

3-0

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

GET IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bernard...................YES

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

love to see bellamy score!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Jusat as I get disconnected from the net - typical.

Ooops I mean get in

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I know its christmas wonkey, but Bellamy? You must be joking! Barn door from the inside comes to mind!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bellamy scored that goal yes?

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

naa it was Bernard according to the webcast

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Must be all that Xmas tipple, making me hear things! ;O)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Nahh wonkey I should've said I'd love to see bellamy score, Bernard scored although bellamy made it.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Well I said bring on Gazza/dunc to liven it up. 0-2 to the Mancs ;>(

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

no cards for the toon either

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

GOALLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHEARER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

bugger..... disallowed... sorry

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Bin dippers still 2-1 up.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE WANT FIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

FT 3-0

WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE
SAY WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!!

g'night

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

3:0, well done lads, thanks and good night. I'm opening a bottle of wine.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Cheerio lads n lasses!

Nice way to end Christmas!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

bastard

got me all excited at bloody 4:00am

lucky got day off tomorrow

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Great result - top of the league, clean sheet and an improving goal difference. Excellent

Thanks for your company folks. I'm off to bed as someof us have to go to work in 6 hours

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Lucky for you I have to work, see you all later!

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Of course the papers are gonna be spouting bile about manure. We'll beat chelsea to set up a nice game against manure. Great sharing the game with you lads n'lasses got go and do some work now ;-((

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

I'll settle for 3-0!! I'm off to bed, night all. Wazza, drop me an email if you want to join me and the rest of the Sydney clique for the Man United game on Jan 3rd, we'll be watching it somewhere (most likely in the Eastern Suburbs or City).

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

G,night all. Thanks for the company.

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

Table

Newcastle 19 12 3 4 37 23 6 1 2 15 9 6 2 2 22 14 39 14

Arsenal 19 10 6 3 39 23 4 2 3 20 17 6 4 0 19 6 36 16

Liverpool 18 11 3 4 28 18 5 2 2 12 8 5 1 2 16 10 36 10

Leeds 19 10 8 2 29 17 4 4 1 16 10 5 4 1 13 7 35 12

Man Utd 19 10 3 6 45 28 6 1 3 26 11 4 2 3 19 17 33 17

Chelsea 19 7 9 3 29 15 4 4 1 17 7 3 5 2 12 8 30 14

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

nah sorry al going to singapore on new years (besides wife would probably kill me!)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001

"love to see bellamy score", Syme? What with that boat race?

;7)

Pity the chasing pack also won, anyway we've already got the points, loadsa 'six-pointers' on the horizon too.

Oh, and good morning from New Zealand :-)

-- Anonymous, December 26, 2001