Kingsland Codger

My daughter lives in Hokkaido, more-or-less directly under the flight path of said missile. She emails to tell me she was awoken by her mobile phone sounding an alert which she assumed was for an earthquake as Japanese smartphones have an in-build alert for natural disasters. Shortly after this the town alert was broadcast over the tannoy with the population being told to go to the evacuation area or go to a concrete building. My daughter has a garage made of concrete so she went there and about 5 minutes later there was a stand-down/all-clear alert broadcast. She says it was more confusing than scary with most of the neighbours grumbling about being woken up so early - but should it happen again then there may be more panic as the concept of a missile strike is now uppermost in people's thoughts. My own fatherly instincts came out quite swiftly. She may be 32 years old but ... NOBODY UPSETS MY LITTLE GIRL! Mr Kim won't be getting a Christmas card from me. That'll teach him.

Sadie Mane's hat-trick against Aston Villa May 2015

If we don't count the own goal scored by Peter Chec at The Emirates last season after Tadic hit the bar (and we shouldn't count it as his shot was off-target) then, yes, JWP vs West Brom was the last time ... and the last time before that? SRL v Stoke in the Spring of 2014, I think, though I would be happy to be corrected. In no particular order we have seen Davis, Tadic, JWP, Alderweirald, VvD, Yoshida and probably several others try their luck. All have come close but how we miss someone like SRL who would score as often as miss. Opponents who are hanging on to a win or a draw might well be thinking it is no bad thing to concede a late free-kick against Saints. Organising the wall and Saints discussing amongst themselves as to who will take it would take up a good minute of time.

Really? I thought the poor guy had a stinker. Those two 'shots' in the second half were so unlike his previous accuracy. We know he can do so much better. I'd be genuinely interested to know what I missed about his play today.

Sorry, *Stephens*.

Not sure why you think clean sheets might be a rarity. The facts are last season ... PL games with VvD we played 22 with 8 clean sheets and without him we played 16 with 6 clean sheets. It could be argued the figures were 21.5 with 7.5 vs 16.5 with 6.5 as he came off in the Leicester game shortly after half-time. The figures suggest we should not underestimate the Yoshida and Stevens pairing.

A friend.

From the YouTube clips I have seen, he appears to have the vision of Schneiderlin, the balance of Eden Hazard, the sheer 'oomph' of Wanyama and the pace of Shane Long. What's not to like?

JWP v Palace?

That feeling doesn't go away. I'm in my early 60s and a grandfather but I still don't feel like a proper adult. Hopefully this will continue for a further 20 plus years.

Thank you, Cuco, for treating us all to a wonder goal. It may well have been the only memorable thing you ever did, but WOW! it was spectacular.

We beat Middlesbrough both at home and away - what more is the team supposed to do?

You can't mean the bit about no goals from a counter attack. 'Not enough goals' maybe, but ask almost everyone on this board for their most cherished moment of the season and the answer will be Shane Long's goal at Anfield.

Comedy Moment for 2016/17 season was a tough choice between the two Harry's and their missed penalties for Spurs and Bournemouth. I finally decided on Harry Kane but Arter deserves an honourable mention for giving us all a jolly good laugh.

When we have possession we look slick, smart and very, very good ... but compare our defending high crosses deep in our penalty area to David Luis and Cahill.

Originally Posted by kwsaint We were late getting tickets for the Man City game and ended up in block 43, which was clearly the tourist section. Apart from countless people with mobile phones, I saw one of the oddest things I have ever seen at a game. When he arrived, the young Japanese gentleman sat next to me proceeded to get out a wet wipe and meticulously cleaned the seat. Even kneeling down to see better. Given that these seats are usually covered in netting they did not look especially grubby. What are the oddest things that you have seen at games? Or it might have been the seat where one particular Portsmouth fan allegedly himself comfortable.

The game where Dennis Bergkamp scored from a back-heel. Ah yes, I remember it well.

Further, there is no reason for Long or anyone else to forego a chance in order to obtain a free-kick. We all know what would be the end result. Our dreadful record from free-kicks since SRL left speaks for itself.

If you look closely you can see the book is The Laws of Football and the lady is checking to see if you can be offside from a goal kick.

Alternatively, it could be said ... we've proved we can score without Gabbi (Bournemouth was a one off).

We weren't dreadful. Long put in some telling runs, JWP hit a wonder pass from the dugout, Hennessy made a superb save from a Redmond header, Cedric got to the bye line and was giving their left back a torrid time ... We were good first half but we're even better in the second.

Alex McCarthy? Mouez Hassen? Maybe we don't need to attract but simply replace?

Gabba went off after around 30 minutes. We scored a goal in the second half.

Very painful and you have my deepest sympathies. If all else fails, consider some Oriental remedies. Acupuncture may be worth a try and moxibustion for more demanding problems (Google it). They worked for me. When I was living in Tokyo I had very bad lower back problems. A Japanese chiropractor fixed the problem with acupuncture but recommended a treatment of moxibustion. After this, she told me I would be OK for 20 years. 21 years later I found myself visiting another chiropractor in Cowes.

Possible, but Arsenal have a fixture on the following Saturday (22 April v Sunderland) and I suspect they would kick up a fuss. Perhaps their game could be switched to the Sunday?