Episodes

  • Should football clubs be better at substitutions?

    Should football clubs be better at substitutions?
    May 1 2024
    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 the edges that can be found in coaching substitutes? Why do certain players succeed as substitutes? What are the things that make coaches good at making substitutes? This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Spain's Up-and-Coming Coaches

    Spain's Up-and-Coming Coaches
    Apr 24 2024
    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 players Girona brought in to make the difference? Can Garcia Pimienta make it at the elite level after Las Palmas? How has Ernesto Valverde’s time at Barcelona influenced people’s ideas of him? This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Bonus: Interview with Alessandro Del Piero

    Bonus: Interview with Alessandro Del Piero
    Apr 19 2024
    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 2006. How is he helping to grow Serie A in the United States? What are the expectations for Italy heading into Euro 2024? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    24 mins
  • How we got Man United so wrong this season

    How we got Man United so wrong this season
    Apr 17 2024
    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 would you tell the story of Man United this season to someone who hasn’t followed it? What is the tactical reason that this season has gone so horribly wrong? Once things started going wrong… was there any feasible solution? So where does the club go from here? Follow Aaron: @amonizfootball Follow Kees: @HemmenKees This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • The Story of Liverpool's Analytics Revolution

    The Story of Liverpool's Analytics Revolution
    Apr 10 2024
    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. How much of the success of the last decade doesn’t come without FSG’s purchase of Liverpool? When FSG arrived at the club, what were their intentions with regards using data? Why is Michael Edwards so pivotal of a figure in this history? How will Liverpool use data when appointing a new manager? Get "Data Game: The Story of Liverpool FC's Analytics Revolution": https://www.amazon.com/Data-Game-Liverpool-Analytics-Revolution/dp/1801506930 This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • The Art of Analysing Up-and-Coming Coaches

    The Art of Analysing Up-and-Coming Coaches
    Apr 3 2024
    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 is *good* or not… What is Will Still’s tactical approach? What is the correlation between Thiago Motta’s deep build up with strong defensive numbers? Why is Paolo Fonseca’s Lille so good on the ball? Which of these coaches are going to succeed? Football’s best up-and-coming managers: https://theathletic.com/5339076/2024/03/25/thiago-motta-up-and-coming-managers/ This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Patience, Positional Play and the Future of Football Tactics

    Patience, Positional Play and the Future of Football Tactics
    Mar 27 2024
    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 tactics is right now. What is positional play? Exploring the contradiction between “winning mentality” and “positional play”. How can impatience be bad for teams who rely on intense counter-pressing and direct attacking? Is there an approach that is perhaps riskier, but has better output overall and is quicker and less of a test of patience? This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • The future of Postecoglou's Spurs

    The future of Postecoglou's Spurs
    Mar 20 2024
    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 era? Has anything changed with Ange Postecoglou’s tactical approach? What are the tactical weaknesses in Postecoglou’s system in the Premier League? Can Postecoglou get Spurs competing for the Premier League title? This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    58 mins