Tifo Football Podcast

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The Story of Liverpool's Analytics Revolution Apr 10, 2024

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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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Art of Analysing Up-and-Coming Coaches Apr 03, 2024

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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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patience, Positional Play and the Future of Football Tactics Mar 27, 2024

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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?

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The future of Postecoglou's Spurs Mar 20, 2024

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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?

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How to develop footballers in the 21st century Mar 13, 2024

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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?

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The football coach as psychologist (w. Kris O'Hare) Mar 06, 2024

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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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why throw-ins are more important than you think (with Thomas Gronnemark) Feb 28, 2024

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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?

How did he end up working with Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool?

What does a training session look like?

Where are teams lacking the most in terms of their approach to throw ins?

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What would Xabi Alonso's Liverpool actually look like? Feb 21, 2024

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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 now, and looking forward to speculate what Xabipool would look like.

Who is Xabi Alonso, the coach?

What do Liverpool need from their next manager?

Is the Liverpool job a bit too early in the timeline for him?

Where would Trent Alexander-Arnold play?

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From Essex to Atletico: A Unique Journey into Coaching (w. Simon Goodey) Feb 14, 2024

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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 a coaching pathway look like?

Are there obvious differences between the way that coaching sessions are structured in each country?

How important is it to talk to players about tactics in training contexts?

What advice would Simon give to people who want to get onto the coaching pathway?

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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erling Haaland and the Qualities of an Elite Striker Feb 05, 2024

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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 learn anything about players from timing?

Why is Haaland a high volume finisher?

Which players get their shots off the quickest?

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

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