Holtecast - An Aston Villa Podcast

Aston Villa have gotten out to what is, by any means, a fantastic start. The 2014-15 season began with the win at Stoke and was followed by a draw at home toNewcastle United. Both results were the type Villa should expect, but didn't get last season. And Jack and Robert are back to talk about it. We've got discussion of the matches played, a look at the summer transfers, and previews of this week's two matches. Join us live, in the Google Hangout below, where you can follow along, and feel free to send us questions on twitter @crabsauss and @7500_Robert. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's show was the last ever World Cup Wrap-up as yesterday's final was the last match of the World Cup. Germany beat Argentina after extra time 1-0 as Messi wasn't able to get it done. Joe Hamata (@lottahamata) joined us to talk about the final as well as some other news around the world of football. Thank you for joining us on World Cup Wrap-up and we hope you will be listening in the fall for our new soccer show. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's finally here! Today at the Maracana Germany will face off against Argentina in a massive matchup of two of the tournament favorites. Will Messi be able to get it done against the great collective team of Germany? Also, the Dutch completed the embarrassment of Brazil with a 3-0 win in the third place playoff match yesterday and we had the recap of that. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we previewed the third place playoff match of Brazil vs. Netherlands and talked about why the game itself is stupid but awesome and fun. We also had a lot of transfer news regarding prominent players that were at the World Cup from big clubs across the world. Oh and the final is tomorrow so we talked about that. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

There are no matches today in Brazil, nor were there any yesterday, so we didn't have any recaps or previews. We did have a lot of transfer news on Luis Suarez and Alexis Sanchez in particular. Jay Douglas (@JDoug10 on Twitter) joined us to talk about those stories as well as a bit about Liverpool. Brazil take on Netherlands tomorrow and Germany play Argentina on Sunday in the final. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on World Cup Wrap-up we looked back at Argentina's shootout win over the Netherlands sending them into the final against Germany on Sunday. The game finished 0-0 after extra time but the Argentines prevailed 4-2 on penalties. The Dutch will take on Brazil in Saturday's third place match. @temptherat also joined us See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Yesterday Germany pummeled Brazil 7-1, a historic win in the semifinal clinching a place in Sunday's final in Rio at the Maracana against the winner of today's match. The team that will play them will be either Argentina or Netherlands. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we previewed the first of the semifinals; today's matchup of Brazil vs. Germany. We also had some transfer news and George Templeton (@temptherat) joined us to talk about that a bit as well as some news around the world of club football. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we talked about the two semifinals; Tuesday's match of Germany vs. Brazil and Wednesday's match between Argentina vs. Netherlands. We also had transfer news regarding Luis Suarez and the two clubs involved in that deal, those being Barcelona and Liverpool. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Argentina beat Belgium 1-0 after a stunning effort from Gonzalo Higuain capped off a brilliant (albeit slightly lucky) piece of play by Lionel Messi. Netherlands faced a tougher task, finally ousting Costa Rica in a penalty shootout. The two winners will play Wednesdady in Sao Paulo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we joined Brazil in mourning for lost star Neymar. Brazil did progress to the semifinal beating Colombia 2-1. They will meet Germany who looked good in a 1-0 win over neighbors France. We also previewed today's matchups of Belgium vs. Argentina and Costa Rica vs. Netherlands. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Taking the day off for the Fourth of July would be silly, especially with two great matchups today! We previewed France vs. Germany and Brazil vs. Colombia, as well as looking back to what each of the eliminated teams gave us. We also took a way-too-early look at the potential 2018 USA squad. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on World Cup Wrap-up we had another off day with no football, but George Templeton (@temptherat) joined us to talk about the quarterfinal matchups beginning Friday with France vs. Germany and Brazil vs. Colombia, and continuing on Saturday with Belgium vs. Argentina and Costa Rica vs. Netherlands. We had a lot of transfer news as well as the Best XI from the Round of 16. Talked about Tim Howard as a national hero for the USA as well. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show Joe Hamata joined us for a recap of USA 1-2 Belgium and we took an extended look at the future of the national team. We also looked back at Argentina 1-0 Switzerland. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we looked back at France 2-0 Nigeria and Germany 2-1 Algeria (AET) as both favorites survived scares to progress to the quarterfinals, where they will play each other. We also previewed Argentina vs. Switzerland and USA vs. Belgium, as two more teams will advance today while two are sent home. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's episode we looked back at Costa Rica 1-1 Greece (5-3 on penalties) and Netherlands 2-1 Mexico. Today's matchups previewed were France vs. Nigeria and Germany vs. Algeria. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we looked back at Brazil edging out Chile on penalties (3-2) after a 1-1 draw. Colombia made easy work of a Biteman-less Uruguay 2-0, and James Rodriguez continued to star. We previewed today's second matchday of knockout round action beginning with Netherlands vs. Mexico and a surprise matchup of Costa Rica vs. Greece. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we previewed the matches today of Brazil vs. Chile and Colombia vs. Uruguay. The Round of 16 started today, and there were no other matches yesterday, so we also had the Best XI and Worst XI of the tournament. We talked a bit on other news like Jurgen Klinsmann's fake name and team news ahead of USA vs. Belgium on Tuesday. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's show we looked back at yesterdays results of Germany 1-0 USA, Portugal 2-1 Ghana, Russia 1-1 Algeria, and Belgium 1-0 South Korea. Portugal, Ghana, Russia, and South Korea were eliminated. Joe Hamata also joined us for some USA insight and we looked at transfers in the English Premier League too. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today on World Cup Wrap-up, we talked about yesterdays matches; Argentina 3-2 Nigeria, Bosnia 3-1 Iran, France 0-0 Ecuador and Switzerland 3-0 Honduras, and we also previewed today's fixtures of USA vs. Germany, Portugal vs. Ghana, Belgium vs. Korea, and Russia vs. Algeria. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.