Tifo Football Podcast

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Sammy Lander to explore the idea of a substitution coach and the general concept of substitutes.

What does the day in a life of a substitution coach look like?

What are th...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Thom Harris to explore some of the under-the-radar coaches in La Liga and discuss their eventual career pathways…

How does Michel’s fluidity at Girona work?

Who are the pl...

On this bonus episode of the Tifo Football Podcast, Mike Zimmermann is joined by Alessandro De Piero.

What is the most memorable moment from his Juventus career?

Reliving the World Cup triumph in 20...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Aaron Moniz and Kees van Hemmen to revisit this season from a Manchester United perspective and explore what it was that meant we got Man United so wrong this season…

How w...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Josh Williams to explore the role that data has played in Liverpool’s revolution under owners FSG and to think about what the future of the club looks like from a data POV.
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Jon Mackenzie is joined by Mark Carey and Liam Tharme to explore the ideas of some up and coming managers (Still, Motta, Fonseca) and to dig into the deeper question of how do we decide if a manager i...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Martin Rafelt to explore the idea of patience as a category within football, particularly in relation to positional play - before then digging deeper into where football tac...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Nathan Clark to reflect back on the last 6 months of Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs and look forward to the future.

What has happened in the first six months of the Postecoglou e...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Stephen Ganavas and Llew Davies to explore what youth development looks like in the 21st Century and to give some examples of exciting up-and-coming talents in various age g...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Kris O’Hare to explore the role that psychology plays in coaching and find out more about some of Kris’s methodologies in his role as a coach/psychologist hybrid at Villarre...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Thomas Gronnemark to trace his career trajectory and get a better understanding of the role of throw ins within the modern game.

Where did his focus on throw ins come from?...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Abel Meszaros and Danny Corcoran to explore the idea of Xabi Alonso as Liverpool manager, looking back at his managerial history, what Liverpool need from a manager right no...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Simon Goodey to give the audience a better understanding of what the coaching pathway looks like and a sense of what it’s like to coach in Spain.

What do the early doors of...

Joe Devine is joined by Jon Mackenzie to explain the data gathering process Jon has been undertaking with Premier League strikers.

Jon decided to log a bunch of data about PL strikers… why?

Did Jon ...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall to explore the idea of a midtable club and the potential progress they can make through the perspective of West Ham.

Are West Ham a midtable s...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Stuart Reid to discuss what a set piece analyst and specialist does.

Why should people be excited about set pieces?

How do teams communicate around set pieces?

How import...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Alex Stoyel to give the audience a better understanding of what it is that a sports psychologist does.

What is the difference between other psychologists and sports psychol...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Maher Mezahi and Alasdair Howorth to preview the upcoming AFCON tournament.

Why is it called AFCON 2023 if it’s in 2024?

Why should people be watching this tournament?

Th...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Stephen Russell to discuss the most important aspects of rest defence.

What is rest defence?

Why is it important? Why do coaches worry about it?

What tactical shifts have...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Carlon Carpenter to discuss what a performance analyst does.

How did he get his foot in the door at University of Virginia?

What are the biggest differences between the an...

Joe Devine is joined by James Graham, writer of “Dear England”, to discuss the cultural revolution under Gareth Southgate.

How has Gareth Southgate changed the character of the England squad and the ...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Josh Williams to explore the recently-emerged Liverpool 2.0 that we’re seeing - Klopp’s rebuilt team.

Looking back in hindsight, what was it that actually went wrong?

What...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Liam Tharme and Alex Barker to introduce the tactical revolution taking place within Ligue 1 and explore some of the reasons why it might be happening.

Is youth development...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Jaleel Tapper-Gray, of The Football Purist, to discuss the evolution of tactics of Barcelona under Xavi.

To what extent does the conversation about Barcelona still find its...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Sam Tighe to discuss how Unai Emery has turned things around at Aston Villa.

What were the initial feelings when Emery was named new Villa manager?

Why did Emery and Villa...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Abhishek Raj to discuss the biggest financial topics in world football.

What would a Jim Ratcliffe takeover mean for Man United's financial future?

Why were Juventus banne...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Dean Holden to discuss what managers do when they are between jobs.

How surprised was he to be sacked after just 5 games in the league this season?

What was he looking to ...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by performance manager Callum Walsh to talk about the problems associated with player fitness.

What does an average week look like for a fitness and conditioning professional ...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Sam from London is Blue Podcast to talk about Chelsea in the Pochettino Era.

What were the early opinions on Pochettino after he was announced?

Before the season started, ...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Abel Meszaros to talk about the two biggest surprises in the Bundesliga — Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart.

Were there signs last season that Alonso would have Leverkusen...

Jon Mackenzie is joined by Mamelodi Sundowns head coach Rulani Mokwena.

How did Rulani make the step into coaching?

What is the club like and what kind of club does it want to be?

Why is he influen...

Jon Mackenzie, Dermot Corrigan and Jose Perez are here to discuss the next chapter in the illustrious history of Real Madrid.

How important is the galacticos era to the identity of the club?

Is ther...

Jon Mackenzie, Charlie Eccleshare and Nathan A Clark are here to discuss the new era of Spurs football under Ange Postecoglou.

How did the departure of Kane give the club a chance to reinvent itself?...

Jon Mackenzie and James Horncastle are here to discuss why Italy’s title race is so open and which teams are involved in the Scudetto challenge.

Serie A has had the most diverse group of title winner...

Jon Mackenzie, Ali Maxwell and George Elek are here to discuss the clubs of the English Championship, League One and League Two.

What is the general attitude towards lower league football in England?...

Jon Mackenzie, Stuart James and Mark Carey are here to discuss why deep-lying midfielders becoming so expensive.

How much did the sale of Enzo Fernandez influence the value of “Number 6s” recently?

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Jon Mackenzie, Alex Collings and Lorcan Rees are here to discuss the direction that Arsenal are going in the 2023/24 season.

What went wrong last season?

How have they attempted to fix it this summe...

Jon Mackenzie and Jay Harris are here to discuss the inside details of how Thomas Frank and Brentford operate.

Who are Brentford?

What is it that makes Brentford’s recruitment so good?

Will Brentfo...

Jon Mackenzie and Liam Tharme are here to discuss the tactical trends of the last few seasons and anticipating these trends evolving in the near future.

What is a box midfield… and what are they for?...

Jon Mackenzie and Abhishek Raj are here to discuss the inner-workings of finance in football.

What matters most when assessing the financial health of a football club?

Why are the Glazers selling Ma...

Jon Mackenzie is here to talk about the future of German football with Raphael Honigstein.

How much of Dortmund’s season was down to the way that Bayern’s season unfolded?

What went wrong for Julian...

Jon Mackenzie, Kees van Hemmen and Aaron Moniz are here to evaluate Manchester United one year through the Erik ten Hag era.

Rating Erik ten Hag’s 2022/23 season.

Manchester United’s out of possessi...

Jon Mackenzie, Chloe Morgan and Jessy Parker Humphreys are here to preview the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

Tournament overview: Australia/New Zealand time difference, logistics, media coverage

England’s...

Jon Mackenzie, JJ Bull and Reuben Pinder are here to talk to sensible transfers.

How does Mason Mount fit into Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United?

Declan Rice’s role in the Arsenal midfield.

Liverpoo...

Jon Mackenzie, JJ Bull and Reuben Pinder are here to talk to sensible transfers.

Newcastle strengthens for a Champions League campaign.

Spurs moving from a back three, to a back four.

What does Mau...

Joe Devine and Reuben Pinder are here to talk to Peter Crouch.

Peter Crouch talks about the adversity and challenges throughout his career.

What kind of story did he want to tell in “That Peter Crou...

Joe and Seb talk to Ryan & Musa from the Stadio podcast. The conversation includes incredibly interesting and laborious podcast process chatter, self-indulgent waffle, and a little bit of football.
Le...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie and Seb Stafford-Bloor are here to talk about some football. 

This special live episode of the Tifo Football podcast was recorded at the Leicester Square Theatre in...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie, Seb Stafford-Bloor, Michael Bailey and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.

It’s the final Tifo Football podcast in this format and therefore we spe...

JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.

Newcastle United were the surprise package in the top four this season. But how will they evolve tactically? 

We react ...

Joe Devine, Jon Mackenzie and JJ Bull are here to talk about some football.

Man City have won their fifth title in six seasons. But do the ongoing allegations hanging over them mean that their achiev...

Joe Devine, Jon Mackenzie, JJ Bull and Seb Stafford-Bloor are here to talk about some football.

Arsenal’s title challenge is basically over after their home defeat to Brighton, with the Seagulls mult...

Joe Devine, Jon Mackenzie and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.

The race for the top four is hotting up, but which two of Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United will make...

Joe Devine, Jon Mackenzie and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.

We talk about the potential sackings of Javi Gracia and Victor Orta at Leeds United.

At the time of recording Sam Al...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.

Before we, eventually, get into the show proper. We have a bit of an announcement…

Arsenal managed to draw another game, t...

Joe Devine, Jon Mackenzie and JJ Bull are here to talk about some football.

Aston Villa made surprisingly easy work of an in-form Newcastle United side by beating them 3-0 at Villa Park. We rake over...

Joe Devine, Jon Mackenzie, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.

We tried to make sense of a mental game at Anfield as Arsenal took a point away at Liverpool.

Fr...

JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.
There was a surfeit of sackings in the Premier League over the weekend, so the boys rake over the coals of Graham Potter’...

Michael Bailey, JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

The chaps gives us a precis on who Julian Nagelsmann is, what kind of football he likes to coach and why that was deeme...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie and Reuben Pinder are here to talk about some football.

The boys look at why Crystal Palace made the decision to relieve Patrick Vieira of his managerial duties. 

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Michael Bailey, Joe Bull, and JJ Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

Arsenal have a lovely day against Fulham on the banks of the Thames with a 3-0 win.

But is Fulham’s sensational seaso...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

Liverpool put seven, yes SEVEN, past Manchester United at Anfield. So how the hell did that happen?

El...

Manchester United ended their five year trophy drought by beating Newcastle United in the League Cup final.

We discuss if this is the symbolic start of something good for Erik Ten Hag and his team, a...

Michael Bailey, JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

Arsenal ended their winless streak by beating Aston Villa very, very late on. But will every game be so hard for The Gu...

JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie and Seb Stafford-Bloor are here to talk about some football.

Manchester United are looking like they’re starting to dance to Erik Ten Hag’s tune. But will that tune lead toward...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Jon Mackenzie and Seb Stafford-Bloor (briefly) are here to talk about some football.

Seb Stafford-Bloor walks us through the allegations brought against Manchester City by the Pr...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

Arsenal and Manchester City played each other for the first time in this most unusual of seasons. 

But what impact will Ci...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

Arsenal continued their best ever start to a top flight season with a 3-2 win over Manchester United. 

But are Mikel Artet...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

Events in London and Manchester are the first focus for the fellas in this episode.

We start with league leaders Arsenal. ...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

For the first show of 2023 the boys start, unexpectedly, with Southampton.

The Athletic’s Southampton reporter Jacob Tansw...

Argentina and France played out one of the most thrilling World Cup finals in history. Messi won his first World Cup and Mbappe scored a hat trick. The Tifo team discuss the final and reflect on the t...

As we move towards the final of the 2022 World Cup, another historic event has taken place: the Totally x Tifo crossover! JJ Bull and Jon Mackenzie are joined by the host of the Totally Football Show,...

France beat Morocco in today’s semifinal en route to meet Argentina in the final on Sunday. The Tifo team discuss the game, along with a few quiz rounds regarding World Cup goals and international cap...

Argentina cruise past Croatia on their way to the 2022 World Cup final, to face France or Morocco. Messi inspired another victory, but it was Julian Alvarez who secured it with a brace on the night. T...

England's tournament comes to an end with the quarter-finals. Morocco do it again to send Portugal packing. The Tifo team discuss Southgate, Deschamps, penalties, the Moroccon middle and whether point...

Croatia took Brazil to penalties and misery, and the Netherlands very nearly repeated the day's earlier surprise against Argentina. The Tifo team discuss the above and more. They are joined by Carl An...

The round of 16 wraps up as Portugal thrive without Ronaldo and Morocco hold steady through 120 minutes before kicking Spain out of the tournament. The Tifo team discuss the above and more, plus point...

Brazil looked the real deal against Korea Republic and Japan fall to penalties against Croatia. Day 16 of the World Cup is over, and the tifo team discuss the above and more.
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England fairly comfortably passed Senegal on their way to the quarter finals, where they will meet France, who dispatched Poland in today’s round of 16 games. The Tifo team discuss the above, and more...

Messi inspired Argentina to victory over Australia, and Netherlands passed USA to setup a fascinating QF tie. The tifo team discuss the above and more, as well as points are bad!
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The Group Stage finished with Korea Republic, Switzerland, Portugal and Brazil progressing to the knockouts. The tifo team cover the above, plus emotional moments in football and how the FIFA ranking ...

Japan achieved the unexpected, on day 12 of the World Cup, beating Spain to secure top spot in Group E and consigning Germany to back-to-back group stage exits. Morocco top Group F, followed by Croati...

In a thrilling day of football, Australia qualify from Group C, along with France. Argentina and Poland play out a 2-0 fixture, but both teams progress, despite Mexico coming to within a couple of yel...

England and the USA advance from Group B, to faces the victors - The Netherlands and Senegal - from Group A. The tifo team are joined by Chris Kamrani to discuss the above, plus some reflections on Qa...

Carl Anka joins the Tifo team to discuss day 9 of the World Cup, including brilliant games between Ghana & South Korea, and Cameroon and Serbia. Brazil qualify, despite Neymar’s injury. The Juventus b...

Germany and Spain play out an exciting draw, Canada are eliminated despite good performances, and why Morocco’s victory over Belgium was not a surprise. The Tifo team cover the above and more, in day ...

There was plenty of fun on day 7 of the World Cup. Including goals from Messi, Mbappe and a first at the World Cup for Lewandowski. Australia enjoyed a deserved win. And Danish protests are part of th...

The USA held England to a scoreless draw on day 6 of the World Cup, but did so with an impressive performance. England on the other hand… Wales also fell to a resurgent Iran in the day’s early game. P...

Brazil got off to a strong start on day 5 of the World Cup, beating Serbia. Portugal started with Ronaldo, and managed 3 goals against Ghana, who surprised at times. The tifo team are joined by Ranks ...

Japan beat Germany 2-1 in an opening game upset, while Canada came close to causing another against Belgium. The tifo team cast their eyes over the above, plus analysis of Morocco, Croatia, Spain’s 7 ...

Saudi Arabia managed a 2-1 victory over Argentina to open Day 3 of the Qatar World Cup, in front of a celebrating crowd. The Tifo team discuss the tactics that enabled this. Olivier Giroud equalled Th...

On today’s Tifo Football Podcast, the gang discuss England’s strong start to the tournament, the statement made by Iran’s players ahead of kick off, Wales and the USA impressing in different halves, a...

The Tifo team discuss the off-field, controversial issues surrounding the tournament, as well as Gianni Infantino's press conference on the eve the World Cup's opening day. Then, attention turns to Qa...

Tifo speaks to football author David Goldblatt about the controversy around the World Cup in Qatar. Why is it controversial? How is it different to other tournaments? And what might be the response?
L...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

The World Cup enforced pause in the Premier League has begun so the boys look back on their highlights,...

The use of data in football is now commonplace. But the use of data in the sport isn't without its pitfalls. 
Jon Mackenzie is joined by Dan Pelchen, founder of Traits Insights, to talk about how foot...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some football.

The show was recorded as news broke that FSG were looking to sell Liverpool. 

Southampton have sacked Ralph Hasenhüttl. A...

Tactical orthodoxy within the modern game is undeniably Eurocentric. The ideas being used within the upper echelons of the game have been developed in Europe usually by Europeans. In this episode, Jon...

Joe Devine, JJ Bull, Seb Stafford-Bloor and Jon Mackenzie are here to talk about some spooky football.

Roberto De Zerbi gets his first win as Brighton manager against new Chelsea boss and old Brighto...

The Tifo team meet Humphrey Kerr, comedian, actor, and Executive Director of Wrexham AFC. Humphrey introduced Rob Mcelhenney to football whilst working together on a TV show, and the rest is history. ...

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