Eugene
Eugene was born in Castlebar, Ireland in September 1989 and has lived in Crawley, West Sussex since the age of 3. An avid follower of football since the age of seven, Eugene has been writing for Soccerlens since July 2007. He follows the Republic of Ireland national team, along with being a keen watcher of domestic and European club football.
A Massive World Cup Qualification Preview
Watch World Cup qualifiers live here. International press conferences at the best of times tend to be mundane, by the numbers affairs filled with platitudes by the key figures within the national side. Not much changes when it comes to conferences prior to World Cup qualifiers, or even the finals itself, but within the words…
Can Manchester City oust Arsenal from the Big Four?
Here comes the second ‘Blue Revolution’. Manchester City’s new found riches have seen them overtake the rest of the Premier League in terms of financial clout, with a few optimistic punters also believing they may overtake the rest on the pitch come next season. While the thinking may be premature at best, City have certainly…
Should Scolari give Sheva a chance?
It’s been a good month for Chelsea and Luiz Felipe Scolari. The new manager of the Blues has overseen a successful preseason campaign including a morale-boosting 19 goals in 5 matches, while off the pitch Felipao has brought in Deco as the club’s second signing of the summer behind Jose Bosingwa, whilst also seemingly retaining the…
Can Tottenham Hold Onto Their Stars And Break Into The Top Four?
There is a tendency within many different avenues of football to overplay the concept of a ‘big club’ in world football. By nature, there will always be disagreements over who are and who aren’t the ‘big clubs’ in the game today, and what criteria defines this honour, but ask a fan, pundit, whoever you like…
A lesson in class, or why Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Portsmouth can’t pip Liverpool to 4th place
It’s not been a good 10 days for the Premier League, for Richard Scudamore or for their grand plan to take the league to the world. Flak has come in from all comers, from the media hacks working for the reactionary red-tops, all the way up to the top of the tree, where Sepp Blatter…
Newcastle United: As Allardyce goes, who’s to blame? As Redknapp comes in, who’s to blame?
All of us have had a few days to muse about the departure of Sam Allardyce from Newcastle United now, the announcement coming on Wednesday afternoon, but my opinion hasn’t changed at all in that space of time, and I’m sure it won’t the in the coming months: It’s a laughable decision, from an increasingly…
Fergie’s Greatest Ever? We may well be looking at them…
Towards the end of 2006, certain pundits and magazines were proclaiming the birth of Sir Alex Ferguson’s third (for some, fourth) great team stemming from his 20-year tenure at Manchester United.
Watford’s Al Bangoura Probable Deportation by British Goverment
The story of Alhassan Bangoura has been fairly well documented in the gathered media over in Britain over the last few days.
Where does Ireland go from here?
We’ve been here before. After the failure of the Republic of Ireland to qualify for the 2006 World Cup two years ago, the arrogant, insipid, somewhat idiotic Brian Kerr was finally jettisoned from a position which he wasn’t fit for in the first place. Great stuff, now all we needed was a new, fresh approach…
Iraq’s AFC title gives people hope for recovery
Ed’s note: In the rush to crucify Rob Styles, predict Jol’s replacement and criticise Manchester United, we tend to forget that there’s more to football than just the Premiership, and indeed, that there’s a lot more to football than just winning and losing. It’s fair to say that in recent years, the reputation of football…
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