Author Archives: Kyle Cotter

The 38-year-old Aston Villa keeper retired from international duty, following a disappointing Euro 2012 but has since come back to the Irish set up under Martin O’Neill. Many of the Irish supporters were delighted at the prospect of the legendary … Continue reading →

Following the sacking of Paul Lambert last week, Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner has acted quickly and appointed former Tottenham Hotspur boss Tim Sherwood as the new man in charge at Villa Park. Tim Sherwood is known for his slightly … Continue reading →

At the recent Republic of Ireland friendly versus the USMNT a banner was erected, representing the outrage of the loyal fans at the Football Association of Ireland. On it was written “Failures and Lies”, the “FAI” in failures in bold. … Continue reading →

What did you get right and wrong in your August-September progress report? At the beginning of the season I said that Hull City had strength in depth, something that came in handy in recent weeks. I also mentioned that Hull’s … Continue reading →

What did you get right and wrong in your August-September progress report? In my last progress report I gave the defense massive praise and they’ve let me down in every game since. It’s been painful to watch at times, due … Continue reading →

For those of you who do not know him, Sean St. Ledger is an Irish defender who was once tipped to become one of the Premier Leagues elite. But now at 29 years of age, he is yet to play … Continue reading →

Team strengths: Strength in depth, Hull City have a very impressive squad as a whole, something that would’ve been a necessity if their European adventure was as successful as they would’ve had hoped. Bringing in players with the skill and … Continue reading →

Team strengths: Prior to their 3-0 defeat at home to Arsenal, Aston Villa had only conceded one goal for the season. At the beginning of the term nobody would have thought that the centre-back partnership of Ron Vlaar and Philippe Senderos … Continue reading →

Liverpool play Aston Villa on Saturday against a Villa side who are absolutely flying at the moment. This is the first of many games Brendan Rodgers’ men will play without star man Daniel Sturridge and it will be very interesting to see … Continue reading →

This Premier League fixture will be the first game of the season where two top five teams face each other. It’s fifth against fourth when the Gunners travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton in their second league game … Continue reading →

The USMNT could not have had a better start to their World Cup when Seattle Sounders’ talisman Clint Dempsey scored in the first minute of group play against Ghana in Natal. It wasn’t all that easy though, as twenty-six minutes … Continue reading →

While the world is watching the tournament in Brazil, football supporters in Ireland have no national team to support in the World Cup this summer after getting knocked out of qualification. The next best thing to being there is to … Continue reading →

On the last day in the second round of group matches, we witnessed the up and coming stars of Belgium take on Fabio Capello’s Russia. Two teams with very different styles of play, Belgium playing attacking free flowing football while … Continue reading →

The group F opener was the first game in this World Cup played in the renovated Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janiero. Both team selections threw up a few surprises as Bosnia opted to leave out Vedad Ibisevic, scorer of … Continue reading →

There has been a lot of talk lately about the lack of talent coming through in Irish soccer. People seem to look at the senior team and when they don’t see any players under the age of 23 like England’s … Continue reading →