Ed Joyce, Irishman but batting for the other side, England, has really annoyed me with comments that he made on Sky News yesterday. When asked if there was any inside information that he had about the Irish Cricket team that he could pass on to his "team mates' ahead of tomorrows Super-8 match he replied something like "obviously I know the lads well and I also know what to expect from them, there are a few that have come into the team since I moved on, and I dont know them" it was the smirk on his face that got me going.

Ed Joyce is a good cricketer, indeed without him Ireland would not have qualified for this World Cup, and I respect the choice of anybody to move to further enhance their career, but for feck sake show some respect to your fellow countrymen, you were after all born in Bray, and I cant believe that just because you are batting for England you need to become so anglosised in front of the media.

Well lets hope he does'nt get out to a "full toss" or a "yorker" in the first over, for if that were to happen the "friendly media" will be very quick to accuse him of misdeeds, a feck it lets hope he does go for a duck, its only a game.

I feel we have a chance here to-morrow we'll have to bat, bowl, and field well, something that I know we can do as we kicked serious ass thus far, England are'nt great as shown in the New Zealand game, and I feel we can win, and get all the "English' players into trouble. D'ont get me wrong it w'ont be easy but its very possible.

Enjoy and heres to another famous Irish win........ dont blame me if they win and you did'nt stick a fiver on them.

This what we're up against, no worries

Why is that when you order a simple black coffee in Starbucks you are left to feel meek. I had occasion to visit a Starbucks last week whilst I was in Dublin, and when I asked for a "Black Coffee" the girl asked "is that all you want?. I thought to myself why the silly question. Then to further increase my frustration I had to queue up to pay another person for my coffee and I was safely waiting 3 minutes before being handed my "Black Coffee".

When I was putting sugar into my coffee I noticed a lot of well dressed people lounging about in Starbucks chairs reading newspapers or working on laptops. I began to muse does anybody work in offices anymore, or has it come to pass that Starbucks is now the preferred office workspace in the world?. Another thing struck me why is the coffee in Starbucks 80c more expensive that all other convience stores, you dont get served any quicker, and the coffee does'nt taste any different, well I only drink black coffee, so I dont know about the sexy coffees, but feel free to have your say.

This to me is marketing gone mad, we are systematically being homogenised by these companies, Apple with their "I mac, I'm PC" campaign to if you want to be sexy you'd better buy this coffee. Well I for one will never go into Starbucks again I am happy to go into an ordinary shop and fill my own cup with coffee, walk to the checkout, say good morning to the shop assistant, pay for my coffee, and leave, I have a life to live.............................