Tifo Football Podcast The Athletic

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

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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 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.
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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?

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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?

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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 groups.

What is the purpose of youth development?

We’re seeing teams letting promising youngsters go. How bad is this for the development of players?

What is Scouted Football?

Most exciting players: U-17, U-19, U-21, U-23?

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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 Villarreal.

How did he end up in football coaching?

How many teams use this sort of approach in their coaching structure? Is it becoming more popular?

What are the benefits of this approach?

Are Spanish clubs are more open to this sort of approach to coaching than in the UK?

This episode of the Tifo Football Podcast is presented by Jon Mackenzie, produced by Mike Zimmermann.
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