Had my box delivered today and it's all up and working. The only problem I had was it wouldn't register using my old BT Voyager modem which is what I'm hoping to use long term.

When I have more time I will try again as not over impressed with the HomeHub which has a tendency to drop my Internet connection which the Voyager has never done and the free phone is so tacky its not worth keeping it just for that.

So far only checked the On Demand section by hiring a Gary Numan video, unfortunately it blocks you from recording "protected" content even on my Wharfedale recorder

The crap performance we had been expecting finally arrived.

Never really in the game at any point and once Herman Hreidarsson had been sent off it was pretty obvious we were not going to get anything.

John Utaka finally got himself back on the scoresheet.

Initial concerns that Herman would be suspended for the final have been found to be false

After being rather disapointed by the results I got from my old Fuji Digital Camera at the Semi-Final I invested in a cheapish Nikon L10 for the final.

So far been very impressed with it, lighter, smaller and better quality pics than the Fuji

Need it as there is no way on earth I'm taking my £500 Canon to Wembley!

Probably a far more entertaining game than the score line suggests!

Jermain Defoe failed to break his goal scoring record.

Bloody Geordies should be banned from the Good Companion, loud mouthed oiks! Put me off my pint (or my girlie pop)

The expected crash after the Wembley trip didn't happen as Nico Kranjcar gave us a comfortable 1- 0 win.

In some ways this could count against us as we are now competing on two fronts for a European place and might end up with neither

Knew it felt cold yesterday and had snow today to prove it!

Came down heavy and settled but didn't last long

What a day, all the build up, the nerve wracking first half, the glory afterward!

Not a great game by any means, a dull first half in which we couldn't string two passes together followed by a second in which we started to show a bit of class without ever exerting authority on the game.

In the end a close range tap in by Kanu after Baros' shot was saved by Kiely was enough to take us to the final. A fortunate goal on as it appears Baros handled it in the build up and Kiely had the ball covered only to have it kicked from his hands by Zoltan Gera.

It was a good day, if a very cold one!