This is the funniest show I've ever seen that isn't a "just for laughs" type comedy. It's like a Monty Python sketch but you are in danger of actually learning something.
It's great eh! Get all excited at the prospect of learning something new about football and tactics... Then I need to rewind because I'm giggled like a child when they're talking about the deep stuff!!
As an avid viewer of The Tifo Football show, I'm getting conerned with the lack of being told "you've been answered". In episode 4 only 1 question was stated as answered and in this episode no questions were. How am I, as a viewer, meant to know if the question has been answered?
i hope this group of presenters and series of videos never ends, i truly look forward to the days these videos drop. also great seeing maram presenting a segment again!
maybe some of the best managers can adapt their tactics accordingly (Ferguson, Ancelotti, heynckes) and can last decades, while others changed the fundamentals of the game for an era (Guardiola, Johan Cruyff). but I think most other managers definitely have a peak: Mourinho, Arrigo Sacchi, Felipe Scolari, Wenger, etc
@@MarkWTK And i think this here is where my question is, Is 99 Fergie better than 08 Fergie? or is Ac Ancelotti better than Real (La Decima)? When were the peaks? Or do they even have?
@@ewoitotok2945 I forgot to mention that it's a damn good question 👍 but yea, I think most managers definitely have a peak. unless you're always win everything everytime
@@MarkWTK interesting, so does that mean there's an element of luck for most top managers, being in the right place and time in which their methods are effective? Rather than it being simply innate brilliance that lifts them to the top, which you'd think wouldn't be effected by a few years passing by.
Q. Can a billionaire, rather than taking over a club, start their own club? like, for example, if Red Bull are to, rather than buying a dead club, to make a new team, say Red Bull London, how long will it take them to reach the premium league, given money is not an obstacle. In which country can you start, and reach the top league quickest?
One problem is they’d have 0 fans, outside of a couple 100’d who’d turn up out of curiosity. Even small clubs have generations of fans in England or a local catchment area with decent enough population (unaffiliated population) to eventually gain interest like MK Dons
They would need a stadium first, to generate gate income, a rather big stadium. Of course Red Bull could build a new one like they did for RBNY of MLS but between London real estate and the stadium itself, you're talking about a huge investment. Would like to see it happen, but might be better off buying Palace or Brentford or similar London club instead and just slap on the RB logo as the main sponsor or totally change the badge and deal with OG fan protest, lol.
If Red Bull London becomes a thing, they'll need to start from the bottom up. Founding a football club is usually a hassle, but it's Red bull, it's going to be easier for them. If they start in London with an amateur team, they'd have to join one of the regional divisions in tier 10-11, depending on where they are in London. Given that money isn't a problem, they would quickly work their way through the tier 8-9 Isthmian league, and then the tier 6-7 National league. At which point, they turn professional, and it slowly starts to pay off. Then, they join the EFL at League Two, then One, then the Championship and the Premier League. Theoretically, they would need at least 11 years to reach the Premier League, given they get back-to-back promotions every season. Realistically, they would just buy a financially struggling Championship team, because it's much quicker.
@@simonward3229 Wakefield is in very close proximity to Leeds, Bradford and Huddersfield all clubs with strong support that it'd be hard to draw away from but I suppose like MK Dons they could probably establish themselves around League 1 level just through force of investment
Can Alex or JJ analyse Joe playing Rocket League? Could use online databases such as Rocket League tracker, or Replay footage As we all know, the only thing Joe loves more than Rocket League is the Athletic
This is my favourite thing to watch on a Monday! I love this style of show, really funny but also interesting to listen to. I also love how they change Sebs name from week to week 😂 Ohh and how Joe says his own name during the intro haha
On a similar vibe - who is the worst player that would get into liverpool/City's XI, or alternatively who is the best player that *wouldn't* start for Burnley
For the show: what do you think of fans actively boycotting the upcoming World Cup, and do you think it's going to affect anything? I massively disagree with the blatant human rights violations, but the game is my passion and I'm unsure whether me not watching will change anything? Do you have any thoughts on this?
Same here, I really don't want to watch it but with the hype builiding I am starting to really want to watch it now... it's quite the dilemma tbh. Hope they address this in the next video.
I’m boycotting but I don’t think it’ll effect anything. It’s a conscience thing but it does bring up hypocrisy issues for the other dodgy bits of football.
The perfect grey area to occupy is watching the games you want to see in the pub. It's going to be on the telly in there anyway, so you're not adding exposure to it, but you still get to see the fitbaw.
The part on Norwich was a brilliant explanation of data. Dead keen for more. Also, should the Oceania federation exist? Shouldn’t we just fold all those teams into the Asian confederation rather than having New Zealand steamroll all those Pasifika countries? Or is there a purpose to it, even if NZ pretty much has a free run to the World Cup once the number of teams gets so big Oceania gets an automatic place?
Logistically-wise it will be a nightmare for Asian-based teams to travel all over the Pacific Ocean. Imagine Iran having to travel to Fiji - great for the sun and sea, really bad due to the long round-trip. Not to mention how will the fans be able to travel, if they really want to make it. I think it is kept more as a way to develop football in the Pacific instead of actually running any competitive tournaments and qualification games.
What about splitting the AFC and OFC into 2 confederations: the Pacific Football Confederation featuring east Asia, southeast Asia, and Oceania nations; and the AFC featuring south, central, and west Asian nations. It would give the current Oceania teams better competition and a less silly qualification process, but less travel and complicated qualification formats that a 60 team AFC+OFC mega confederation would have. Now I would still have the Asian cup tournament featuring both confederations every 4 years (same year as Euros), but otherwise they would have seperate tournaments and World cup qualifications.
Question for the show: Should FC Bayern Munich renew the contract of Hasan Salihamidzic as sporting director after his falling out with Hansi Flick and the failed contract extension of David Alaba last season and the complaints from Niklas Süle (has since confirmed he'll play for Dortmund next season) and Serge Gnabry about not being shown enough appreciation by the club?
He is just goofy and does very little on his own initiative that pays out. Most of the "big deals" were done by rummenigge and Hoeneß even though they praise Hasan for it. Just get a new, experienced one that has a sophisticated mind of his own as sporting director.
Q: who are the “non-traditional” (teams who haven’t been in the Premiere league recently) teams in the championship and league 1 we should keep an eye on? Thinking of clubs doing things the right way - player spending, club investment, style of play etc.
I’m biased as a Cambridge Fan myself but, Cambridge are a nice one to look out for, a young manager who has been at the club since he was 16, for them promoted in his first ever season as a fulltime manager, then they lost a lot of their star players but are still looking comfortable lower-mid table in League 1 (and beat Newcastle in the cup this year) - they just bought the rights to their own stadium back and seem to have an owner who actually cares for them, Cambridge themselves won’t amount to much probably BUT, the manager is one to look out for
How good was John Obi Mikel really? I don’t tend to hear him talked about in the same way as Essien, Makelele, or even Ramires, especially since Chelsea supposedly “kidnapped” him for his signature, hijacking a sure-fire signing for Manchester United. (Asking as a Chelsea fan who didn’t get to see him much since I was busy with school stuff at the time.)
Think it's great how you guys are getting more Athletic journos involved. The symbiosis between brands only becomes more apparent and mutually beneficial. Yes, I work in a corporate environment.
Q. How is chelsea lineup going to look like when conor gallagher returns? Will he replace kante/kovacic as the box to box mid or replace mount/Ziyech as an attacking mid?
"Replace" is a very big word my friend. We like Gallagher and we would love to see him in the first team. When he returns, the best he could do immediately is maks himself a good option in midfield, kinda like Chalobah. Break into the first team and be a very good option to rotate for our main guys.
Gallagher seems much better higher up the pitch to me, expect he will be in the rotating cast that makes up the front 3 if he is at Chelsea next season.
Q: is ‘football is a different game now’ really a viable argument when comparing modern day teams to teams from decades past? For example, when arguing the current day Man City would beat the Brazil 1970 team?
Humans haven't changed so if the players from the past were subjected to the same dietary plans and the same fitness requirements then they would be able to compete at the same level as todays players.
@@samc4451 I'm of the opinion that it's not a different game, just different and improved conditions. Taking your example, I dont see why the Brazil team of 1970 cant challenge the current Man City team if the Brazilians had modern fitness conditioning, modern training regimens, modern tactics & understanding of football etc.
Can we have more Joe Devine in FM like the Bayern one, really liked that segment and would love to see more of something similar. For example can Man City avoid relegation with Joe in goal?
Question: I'd like to see a comparison of how the average position and stats for the rightbacks AND leftbacks of the top 3 teams in the EPL differ. The athletic put out stats comparing the English RBs and TAA looked bad vs the others but I'd bet Robertson more than makes up for his "failings" because of how they are utilized in the game. The whole right back conundrum England has with TAA constantly being touted as a worse defender than Walker and James has been exacerbated by what the systems ask of him. A specific example is how his headed stats are so bad, but LFC always puts Robertson on the front post for set pieces and Trent at the back. So Trent doesn't get the easy chances to block the first ball.
Possible video idea - I think it would be cool to see a video about Dermot Corrigan’s piece in the athletic about the chaos behind the scenes at FC Barcelona compared to the sudden return to greatness on the pitch. I feel like people may enjoy it - the piece was very insightful imo. (Also you guys were right - the athletic is phenomenal!! I’ve been reading way more about all the sports I like since I got it, would totally recommend)
How do you guys analyze football matches and how players fit into tactics the manager implements? I always find it fascinating as to how you guys manage to break down the play into a more comprehensible format, and I want to try analyzing the game like you guys do myself to better understand the game that I love.
question for the show: how do liverpool manage to maintain such a high defensive line while also having fullbacks even higher up the pitch and still concede so few goals?
I think West Ham he could further develop once Moyes steps aside and same said for spurs but realistically Leicester. I think his to young to be national coach. I think there prediction is more emotion driven than what's most likely
@@Azza.10 Also he would be relying on the FA's judgement to actually recognise the value of a manager with progressive ideas. Given they basically lucked into Southgate after choosing to follow Hodgson with Allardyce, 2 of the most regressive managers in the EPL, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Is harry maguire really as bad as people say he is. Would he have had more of an impact in a different system under a different manager - say Mourinho?
many bad center backs could appear good in a very defensive system with lots of cover from surrounding players. Just look at him in the England squad. You need to watch him though and you will definitely see game to game how inept he is
Does Joe still have the singing talent he showed in his prime with performances like Grape Tea? Will we ever see that Joe Devine again? In all seriousness though, I genuinely thought grape tea was a beautiful song and that Joe sang it wonderfully, and it was quite the pleasant surprise to see that Joe had something like that in his arsenal all this time, with that much skill to it. Much love
Old story of a sea captain who always used to look in a little box every time they docked and no one knew why. When he died, someone opened up the box and found a note which read: "port = left / starboard =right"
Kudos to Maram for bringing out The Passing Network™ aka TPN. Anybody following the football analytics twitter would be aware of the undeserved slagging of TPN received recently for not being of much use. but you know what? TPN is beautiful and useful, full of information, knowledge, and chocolate chip cookies. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
On the bad mouthing players. I am aware of Neil Warnock signing a player on loan. One of his permanent players had a howler but in the press he skated the on loan player. When challenged about this at training the on loan player was told. Everything that goes wrong between now and the end of the season will be your fault because the other players will be here next season.
Why is there a mac and cheese recipe instead of the credits…… comedy shows/sketches aren’t as funny as this I swear, and this is a educational show. Amazing work lads, please keep it up! Ps I’d honestly love a Tifo Patreon.
I have a QUESTION! Can you research into the ‘New Manager Bounce’, how long does it last on average across the football league? When is it most bouncy? Plz inform us all
A question for the next episode. How do you think the increased prevalence of Free Agent transfers and player/agent power is going to affect the player market going forward? Could things shift towards the American style of player transfer which is actually centred around the signing of free agents? Also, love that the raccoon nihilist has a raccoon on his shirt
Thanks TifoIRL! Personally I'd say Fabinho, Kante, Casamiro in that order, but I'd like to see the data! Next question : Is there a correlation between club disaster and a team being galvanised to produce above average performances, eg current Chelsea and Derby teams? PS - keep up the good work, your content is informative and hilarious.
a friend of mine had a saying to remember port and starboard. "port has 4 letters and so does left, starboard sounds like "starbursts" (a sweet), and they are alright"
Q: who is the most tactically innovative and interesting manager outside the Big 5 leagues? And which club would they most suit if a major club comes in for them?
What is your favourite goal of all time and why? Me? Trevor Sinclair's overhead kick against Barnsley. Running away from goal, catches it completey on his foot, in the top corner. I was 19 at the time, so maybe some goals are age-related.
How about RvP's header vs Spain at the 2014 world cup? That was memorable. But my favourite is probably Yekini for Nigeria against Bulgaria, at the 94' world cup. The goal itself was a simple tap in, but the celebration is what makes it iconic. Plus, it was the country's first world cup goal, ever.
As Divock Origi will leave for AC in the summer, should we expect his ‘super sub’ goalscoring successes to translate into regular goalscoring from starting xi spot?
The last couple of years seem to underline that the best teams in the world (City, Liverpool, Bayern, Chelsea to an extent) have idealistic managers who play brave, attacking football with high pressing (Guardiola, Klopp, Tuchel, Nagelsmann, Flick, maybe Ten Haag) whereas the mid 2000s were dominated by pragmatic managers like Mourinho, Benitez and Ancelotti. Can you explain what or who the biggest factor(s) were for this evolution ? And since the aforementioned "pragmatic" managers seem to be on the decline, how can they bounce back ? Is it possible that in terms of tactics we could see the comeback of rigid, cautios, low-block defendig on the highest level (not teams like Burnley) ?
Tuchel and brave do not go hand in hand, he's a very caution first manager, and when faced with a decent side he resorts to stifling the opponent rather than playing his own game. I'd have Ancelotti in the brave group before Tuchel
In response to the best DM itw question, I am quite surprised to hear no mention of Fabinho. A crucial cog in the LFC system and seems to be underappreciated....This prompts a question of What players seem to get talked about when they are playing well (and silence when they aren't)? Personally Benzema, Hazard and Kante come to mind. May seem harsh but look at Hazard/Kante while having 7th placed seasons. Anyway do you have any examples even if you disagree with mine?
How does this UCL, Europa league & Conference league system work? Which positions from which league qualify to which cup? And how does the dropping out thing work between the leagues?
Seems like there are more teams transitioning into the 4 defenders but 1 full back bombs forward and one stays back to form a back 3 (Arsenal - Tomiyasu), (Man City - Kyle Walker), (Celtic - Greg Taylor). Can you give out some ideas showing how this style of play benefits? And how to effectively counter this?
How good is Fikayo Tomori, relative to England’s other options? Is he underrated because he plays abroad, or is it a case of “absence makes the heart grow fonder”?
my question to the team would be whether or not JJ has ever told them the story of that sweltering hot summer of 2007, in which he earned the nickname 'the bull'? hoo boy, some memories there.
