There is sad news coming out of X Factor HQ tonight that Jedward have finally been sent to Ireland, an element of sarcasm i hear you cry. If we are being brutally honest they were good entertainment value, and the shear fact that they were about as good a duo at singing as Thierry Henry is at basketball leaves alot to be desired. It has certainly made X Factor betting go through the roof in the last couple of weeks due to the unpredictability of whether the chuckle brothers, sorry John and Edward, would replicate their impression of an exploding frog for 1 more week. With that in mind the X Factor betting odds are hotting up and Joe is edging it slightly at the moment at 11/8 with Paddy Power and Stacey is 9/4, with wee Lloyd hanging back at 33/1. The heat is really on for these guys now and the odds are shortening so it’s worth paying close attention.

With the England v Ukraine game live on the web, is this the sign of things to come?
I hope not, it will be really awkward for me to sit with my head up close to my small laptop screen squinting and hoping to see something. And with my broadband connection being about as fast as Micky Quinn and Alan brazil are these days, i have no chance of enjoying the game. Please let me sit back in my arm chair watching my widesceen tv and have freedom of choice, well at least some choice as i am already a sky subscriber.