Kingsland Codger

Can't be sure of the position but I can give you points. NA won a point a game but his record improved as we got used to the pace and intricacies of the Premiership. I don't think it would be asking too much for the new manager to win 1.5 points per game from the 16 matches still to play. So, 24 points, which would give us a season's total of 46. This would be a minimum requirement.

OK, if Pochettino brings the above qualities, so what? Adkins is an "astitute tactician" and "excellent man manager"; Adkins brought in the lads from the youth squad. So NC would apear to have replaced a tried-and-trusted popular manager who had all the qualities NC admires and replaced him with an untested former player who speaks no English. This would appear to be a backward move. Had NC replaced NA with someone with real pedigree (and, yes, by this I mean people of the calibre of Mourinho et al) then maybe I could have understood it, but, so far, I can't for the life of me work out where there has been an improvement.

I. too, thought Guly put in a good corner yesterday. Furthermore, some of the Chelsea corners, especially in the first-half were woeful, failing to beat the first defender.

Try this one ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20907312 and also this ... http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/120856/widespread-criticism-of-cfk-letter

I fully intend to wear a double-breasted jacket. Bear in mine, Turkish, I'm 6ft 4ins and a toff and therefore carry off such a look.

I realize I'm a bit behind - but I'm currently 6,000 miles away. But despite those 6,000 miles, I can, from here, feel the glee with which you typed those words!

An easy enough win for Chelsea against what appeared to be a mid-Championship team who tried hard but were outclassed. But the reason I start this thread is to comment on the support. There was a surprisingly large contingent of Chelsea fans, but despite being 0-3 down for almost all of the second half, it was the Mexican fans who were the loudest. I couldn't make out the words of their main song, but the tune was unmistakable ... OWTSGMI.

Yes, I have received an email confirming my purchase. I also took a screen shot of the confirmation page. I am currently in rural Japan and purchased my ticket with amazing ease yesterday morning. I see the cup ticket will be 'delivered' to my Season Card, so I presume something clever with the database is happening in the background. It it's very definately a case of so-far-so-good, bit I shall wait until I am in the stadium and discover no-one else is sitting in my seat before I will rest at complete ease.

Many thanks for these suggestions. I downloaded an email client called Thunderbird and it seems happy to allow me to configure it for a couple of pop3 accounts and all is working well. It might not be want the professionals at Microsoft are trying to achieve, but it is good enough for my modest requirements.

A dear old Windows XP laptop died on me last week and so I purchased a new laptop that had Windows 8 installed - no other option was available. For email I use my own domain name but I can't for the life of me see how I can configure the Mail app thingy to use my own domain name. It started off telling me I had to have a Microsoft Account (which I don't especially want and certainly will never use). Any ideas/suggestions/recommendations on how to handle this specific problem welcomed.

The fact that our average crowd in our first season in League 1 - 20,982 - was bigger than the capacity of FP - 20,688 (as given by Portsmouth City Council) - seems not to bother him/her at all. Source: http://www.emfootball.co.uk/attend2010.html and http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/images/Fratton_Park.pdf

Maybe the whole share purchase thingy could be re-branded into something else using multi-syllabic financial jargon - a 'non-redeemable, zero-coupon bond' might be one such suggestion.

In Ward-Prowse, Shaw and Reeves we have fielded and 18 year old, a 17 year old and a 20 year old (and also Mayuka, aged 21) - and all have shown theselves to be very able and with mental maturity. Makes you proud to be a Saint.

Tolerance

I saw a magnificent game of footie yesterday evening. Fabrigas and Messi gave masterly displays and Deportivo made an exemplary comeback after a nightmare start. If you get the chance, see the game, highlights or simply just the goals for a real treat.

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I lived there from 1978 to 1994 and visit 3 or 4 times a year. I just returned from a two week visit yesterday evening. Feel free to PM me for any info you require, although the more I go there, the more I realise I do not know much about Japan. Needless-to-say, I love the place.

This Fit and Proper Persons Test - who created it? The FL. Therefore only the FL can make a decision on it. Why are they batting it back to the Administrator?

Maybe it's time for Arthur to make a come-back. Names come and go - when I was a kid no-one was called Thomas, Henry or Oliver and there were no Darren's, Bradley's or Shane's, either. It was all David, John, Peter and Stephen.

Whilst I agree about the famous goal against Liverpool, I'd like to add Connolly's goal against Middlesborough last season - the one where he finished off a multi- pass (how many was it? 27? 37? 67?) move.

Away from the wireless ... welcome to middle age. Before you know it, you'll be forgetting where you put your reading glasses and your false teeth.

Try Radio 3; you might enjoy Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Clemency Burton-Hill and Petroc Trelawny on the Breakfast show ... or maybe not.

I wouldn't dream of wearing anything else ... but then, I'm 6ft 4ins and I'm a Toff. What is the attraction of wearing a single breasted jacket?

One of them being a last minute cup victory over you-know-who. Sweet.

A dawn visit to Tsukiji fish-market, watch the daily auction then breakfast at one of the sushi bars - one of the things to go on everyone's Bucket List. And here's a quick taster ... And like FC above, I, too, have a problem with Sea Urchin.