I remember when Tifo first got off the ground and it was SUPER SERIOUS and VERY INFORMATIVE, I have loved the slow degredation into this silliness while still being the best hub of football knowledge on the internet.
I mean, i could see IRL was made first to create new way to enjoy their content with "tifo but you could se us who present the video" but i think it must be joe personality and guys not trained profesionally in front of camera naturally makes them into unhinghed comedy show revolves around football XD
I remember sensible football transfers and how serious it was. I imagined some data scientists crunching numbers to give an academic answer. It had its place but this new format is just so much more engaging on regular basis. The tifo content is what's needed on a Monday morning
Question: what is stopping Dortmund from abandoning their current model of player development and selling them and instead trying to keep their stars as to challenge bayern on a more regular basis? Cos they have had, currently have and for sure will have so much potential as a club were they to keep most of their stars.
club was almost bankrupt in 2006, they wanna make sure it never happens again so they stash their cash all these years, but they will start keeping players soon. Especially with Kehl as new sporting director, he just got best Bayerns defender for free and will prolly get the best CB in BL this season-Schlotterbeck too and this is just beginning
They need to sell to keep revenue high enough to be able to afford the squad's wages. Selling is a critical source of income without which the club could not prosper as it continues to do.
Question: Is it true that when a newly promoted side from the championship buys new shiny players to compete in the Premier League it makes their chances more slim of staying up because it brings imbalance to the team?
I mean that can (and probably often does) happen but there's no reason it necessarily has to. The bigger issue imo might be if you bring in a lot of new guys it takes time for them to gel and learn the systems and you may end up dropping points early on in the season where, if everyone were fully bedded in, you might have a shot at winning or drawing. Arguably there are situations where that can't be avoided if the quality of players is low enough that you have no chance of staying up without the new guys. I guess the ideal situation is if you do as much of this recruitment as you can before you get promoted, but you need to be really sure you're going to make it otherwise you've taken on salary you probably can't afford.
@@DavidChong good points. Do you think that this applied to Sheffield United in their first season after promotion? I don't recall them making many new signings and they overachieved using an uncommon system.
Watching TIFO feels like the creative side of a brain and the analytical side literally fighting each other for supremacy. But the only winner, is the audience 😂
Question for tifo: is there a concrete way to know how actually good a player was from before the 1980's such as Best, Pele and all that, and compare them to modern footballers, considering tactics may have been less developed back then or worse defenders so on since not alot of recordings of footballers from back then were taken?
There is a stat for this in Baseball called WRC+ for position players and WRS+ for pitchers and catchers. It won’t exist in football because the stats required for such a stat just were not recorded back then. So it’s down to conjecture if players such as Kevin Keegan and the like are compared to a Ronaldo or Salah per se
Question: How do teams assess the personality of a player? We've often heard about "personality checks" being done by clubs but how exactly does that happen when a team signs new players?
Yeah I hear that klopp is pretty big on this. He seems to only accept good eggs in his team. If I had to guess, mourinho would be the opposite, since he’s always so keen for his players to be c*nts on the football pitch
I guess it would be like that scene in David Fincher's The Game, where Mike Douglas is asked all sorts of seemingly random questions designed to find out what his fears are, how he might react under pressure etc.
Question: do the best finishers on average outperform xG? For players like Haaland and Lewandowski, how much higher than xG is reasonable, and how much is luck?
QUESTION; Can you talk about how Sheffield United's use of overlapping centre backs in the 19/20 season have served as direct influence for Thomas Tuchel's defensive and offensive tactical organisation of Chelsea and pretend that Chelsea are fine and everything is going to be O.K and we're going to be fine and every is great and nothing is wrong?
Question for the TIFO football show: Over the past twenty years, we have seen the dominance of Messi and Ronaldo as the two best players in the world (with Modric being the only exception for the Ballon d’or). However before either player there was Kaka, where does he rank when looking at modern football’s greatest players? P.S: I love you
Question: If Joe Devine played for the England squad like he did for Bayern Munich, would the fame go to his head in such a degree that in 20 odd years, there would be a low-budget documentary about the fall of Joe Devine?
Theoretically, could a team made up of non top 6 players win the Premier League or is the gap just too steep that even their powers combined wouldn’t give the rest a chance?
They did. It was Leicester. Yes, Mahrez and Kante were then bought up by teams from the big six, but Mahrez and Kante weren't big six players when they won it.
I don’t think they could win but they could have a good shot at top 4. Example 11 from Transfermarket values: Zaha-Richarlison-Raphinha Tielemans-Rice-Soucek Digne-Mings-Soyuncu-Castagne Martinez
Question: If Sean Dyche left Burnley, where would he actually go? He is obviously successful in his style but, would anyone actually want there team to play that way when it is thought of so negatively?
The likes of Pulis, Allardyce, and even Warnock keep getting jobs. Someone like Palace will sack a manager mid-season and turn to Dyche. Watford have already appointed him once (and as a successor to Brendan Rodgers no less).
Tactical flexibility will bring back a total football mentality. With a wider skill set players can flex into different shapes easier and more efficiently.
Would love for you guys to redo this and try to guess the next great football tactic, based on Pep's new incredibly successful tactic at City, the rise of box midfields, Liverpool's demise/transition, and the increasing prevalence of chaotic Relationism in teams like Fluminense in Brazil.
With, as pointed out in this video, the introduction of greatly increased positional flexibility of how modern teams play football, what do you feel is the possibility of the sport reaching the point where most, if not all, 10 outfield players are trained in such a way that they have the ability to rotate with almost anyone on the pitch?
As soon as i saw the title intro, all i could think was Would I Lie To You? I'm now wondering when you're having Bob Mortimer on guys. It's the crossover we all need.
I've been calling this for a while now, they'd need a super solid defence and amazing forwards with Bonnuci style Hollywood ball playing from the back. Might be too difficult to do consistently enough to win a top league though.
100%. It works in the championship and thats why Warnock has had so many promotions but always seems to fail in the prem. I just wonder what would happen if a team of already world-class players were put into a route one, physical, counter-attacking system like the one Warnock uses. Although I would also assume that there would be no consistency long-term.
Question: Would we ever see a team like Sunderland, Portsmouth, Wigan, Nottingham Forest etc make it back to the top division? If so, which one is the closest right now and why?
I would imagine that Nottingham Forest are the closest because they are close to the playoffs in the championship while the other teams are in League One (although Wigan will probably get promoted)
Question: For how long can Burnley stay up in the Premier League with their seemingly primitive tactics? If Dyche was to leave next season for another team, who could replace him to keep them up?
I’m a San Jose Earthquakes fan and our coach Matias Almyada and he plays essentially the same way as bielsa and Leeds we do well in streaks but we just get torn apart with how poor our players r, would love to hear anything about weather there systems r identical or not, as an American any video mls related is super exciting
Also, would you guys be willing to discuss the events from the Querétaro v Atlas game a couple weeks ago that saw the game suspended in the 70th minute or so due to riots and home fans ganging up on visiting fans to the point where they must escape onto the field of play? It’s a very grim topic and reminds me of the subject the English FA being formed after many significant tragedies stemming from hooliganism.
Could see Sampadoria being a good fit for Bielsa. He likes clubs in cities with a history of leftwing culture, which Genoa has and Samp has a left wing ultra group.
Question: Is Viv Miedema in the Harry Kane phase at the moment? She seems to be enjoying the no 10 role more, dropping deeper and creating, rather than being a focal point as a traditional no 9.
It’s mad to think that Alex went on holiday to Sheffield and it affected him so badly he changed his name to John McKenzie, changed his accent, started wearing glasses and cut his hair. Yorkshire holiday do that to you
Here's a question - with the death of the number 10 role in successful modern tactics and formations, what role is next on the chopping block, and what new role do you think will emerge in the next decade? Is Cancelo's inverted wing-back role perhaps an indication of where things are headed?
Tactically, is there a difference between attacking full-back (Trent Alexander-Arnold) and wing back (Reece James)? Also, is there a difference between defensive full back (Kyle Walker) and third center back (César Azpilicueta)?
Question: In recent years, it feels as though it's the same teams that get relegated from the PL, only to be promoted straight away the year after, e.g Fulham, Watford, Norwich etc. With PL broadcast revenues and parachute payments as high as they are, is this creating a de facto closed system in the PL?
I want target men on the wings. Full backs are generally short, and the aerial battle could be won easily. Could result in centre backs being dragged out wider than they'd want, changing the dynamic in the box
As a Tottenham fan, I wanted to understand which team has had the most finals without winning a trophy, since they last won something (that isn’t the Audi cup)
My question is: with Salah asking for 400k from Liverpool, which makes it almost 2x the next salary in the team, how historically were performances of the teams with huge differences in salaries vs teams with equal pay ?
Great question that could have interesting analytics , like 2 or more teams with the same overall salary but larger separation or deviation and how that effects performance
Guys I am LOVING this show. Great work!! A question from a one-eyed Australian fan - how the hell did the Socceroos go from 11 straight wins in WC qualifying to being rolled by pretty much everyone and needing to go to playoffs? Also, Harry Souttar - should one of the PL clubs buy him cheap in January? Or is he not quite ready for the jump yet?
Question, why do so few teams in English leagues have green strips? There's 3 teams in the prem with a specific combo of maroon and blue but a bit weird no green as a main colour
With players like Harry Kane not being able to move to a different club, and clubs being stuck paying wages for older players not performing well (ie. Rooney at Utd), should more players sign 2-3 year contracts in the future, instead of the standard 5-6 year contracts?
I have a question. (what are the factors that effect how many injuries a team picks up, and is there anything a club/coach can do to reduce the risk of injuries?) for clubs like Leeds and Leicester that could be very important. Is it unavoidable, because you simply have to over exert yourself when playing against man city etc? or are there certain moves and styles of play that affect the odds of injury, and are individual players more or less likely to get injured depending on whether they are reckless, level headed, big, small etc
Matías Almeyda at San jose earthquakes also uses the man marking system and even MLS teams pulled it apart. It seems to be a tactic that is not effective as a whole team but what about a team that uses it regularly, i.e. are there managers who send a midfielder to mark a #10 or forward constantly to keep them from getting the ball or is that not really sensible as a standard tactic, and only a thing to do as a one off to throw a team off its game.
Question: We see many amazingly talented players have career destroying sequences of injuries (e.g. Wilshere, Ousmane Dembele, Marco v Basten back in the day). Is this a result of them playing too many games at a young age? Are there measures being taken by clubs/authorities to avoid these situations in the future?
Whoever is in charge of the editing on this show/channel is hilarious. The quick cut jokes that always show a juxtaposition of enthusiasm between the broskis are always really well done. reminds me a little of the Please Don't Destroy guys at SNL. alex? im gonna go to the board. okay. im at the board.
What changed in the Istanbul 2005 final that allowed liverpool to make that comeback? Was it tactical or just momentum, luck and of course Steven Gerrard?
Question: How is injury time at the end of a half actually calculated? In last 30 mins of the Man Utd v Atletico Madrid game, the ball was in play for just over 11 minutes. Injury time was not 19 mins. Very confusing!
Although I love to watch them, do the Quaresma style outside the boot crosses/shots have a viable place in football, or should you instead prioritize being well rounded striking with both feet?
TIFO QUESTION How much does each Premier League club spend on match day transportation costs and how does it compare to other clubs in the Championship/League One/League Two and other countries?
He does the same thing every season he plays. In his last 2 seasons for Borussia, the first half of the season was forgettable stuff from him, looked a bit out of shape, a bit lost and slow on the ball. He was a bit too pass happy and very timid at times. Then closer to the midpoint of the season, he had found his footing, had better chemistry with the other attackers, was braver on the ball and more confident. A lot of his goals and assist contributions came during the second half of the season with us. It would be fun to see him hold that form throughout an entire season rather than see it pop up only in the second half of the calender because if he did, he can legitamitely be a 20+ goal, 20+ assist a season type of player.
I think it’s fair to say that referees decisions are being psychologically affected by the current VAR procedure. Do you see a way to fix this moving forward?
How does America solve the pay to play issue when it comes to youth development? The youth development in the states has improved, but a major issue is still the availability/ability to have a child play with a travel team as the parents typically must cover things such as memberships, traveling, uniforms, gear, etc. I noticed that in England and other European countries that these costs are covered, or at least partially subsidized, and youth players get paid on contracts. I know an obvious answer is to increase the popularity/interest in the sport, but it’s a bit of a catch 22 if there’s a lack of homegrown, well known talent within the MLS, Liga MX, and the new Canadian PL.
Really enjoying so many questions being answered by the guys :) Here’s a few from me: Why were co-ownership deals so popular in Italian football? Why do La Liga players have to have minimum fee release clauses in their contracts? What is it about the Bundesliga that draws so many top British talents there? Just how many trophies would Alan Shearer have won if he did join Manchester United? Will Cristiano Ronaldo stay at Manchester United next season? How would the leading managerial candidates use him?
Question: Who would be a natural replacement for Henderson for Liverpool? People say, Bellingham, but I don't think Bellingham could do the same job as Henderson, especially in covering spaces for right-backs and playing as an impromptu RM.
How high can JJ Bull jump?? need to know. I would like to know raw vertical jump, running vertical jump (for maximum height), a long jump, a lateral hop (hoping from right foot {left off the ground} too left foot). Thank you.
Whatever tactic teams play be it 4 or 3 at the back their final in possession structure mostly resembles either 2-3-5, 3-2-5 or a 3-3-4, the flexibility of their front 5 or 4 determines the rest..out of possession is where we can identify a team's real structure..
Question: Could player transfer values be ascertained by an independent regulator using a system based around performance statistics, age, medical record and a raft of other data? Could this be implemented across the top divisions to manage spiralling transfer costs and create a more sustainable financial situation in football?
I remember when Tifo first got off the ground and it was SUPER SERIOUS and VERY INFORMATIVE, I have loved the slow degredation into this silliness while still being the best hub of football knowledge on the internet.
I mean, i could see IRL was made first to create new way to enjoy their content with "tifo but you could se us who present the video" but i think it must be joe personality and guys not trained profesionally in front of camera naturally makes them into unhinghed comedy show revolves around football XD
umaxit football
tbf Tifo is still like that, that's why they have Tifo IRL
yes man me to. They can be serious when they need to, but funny as well. Great combo!
This is the 2nd channel, the irl one
I remember sensible football transfers and how serious it was. I imagined some data scientists crunching numbers to give an academic answer. It had its place but this new format is just so much more engaging on regular basis. The tifo content is what's needed on a Monday morning
This three dudes are becoming the "top gear" of football, I wil listen to them no matter the topic. Keep up boys!!! Love from Portugal.
Hahaha, such a good comparison. Joe is definitely Clarkson, JJ is definitely Hammond, Alex and Seb rotate as James May.
@@vladivanovic1234 😂😂😂 true I love it how Alex is always serious like James may.
Que comparação espetacular 🤣🤣 Podia haver um canal destes em português, quem me dera ter aquele gráfico 👌
Too perfect a description
Only Pythagoras in boots podcast comes close imo.
Question: what is stopping Dortmund from abandoning their current model of player development and selling them and instead trying to keep their stars as to challenge bayern on a more regular basis? Cos they have had, currently have and for sure will have so much potential as a club were they to keep most of their stars.
club was almost bankrupt in 2006, they wanna make sure it never happens again so they stash their cash all these years, but they will start keeping players soon. Especially with Kehl as new sporting director, he just got best Bayerns defender for free and will prolly get the best CB in BL this season-Schlotterbeck too and this is just beginning
They need to sell to keep revenue high enough to be able to afford the squad's wages. Selling is a critical source of income without which the club could not prosper as it continues to do.
Two words. Bayern Munich
as players get more stardom and status, they will demand more and more wages. Keeping too many of such players will break dortmund's wage structure
Players keep wanting to leave! And if you don’t sell they can eventually leave for free like Lewandowski did
Question: Is it true that when a newly promoted side from the championship buys new shiny players to compete in the Premier League it makes their chances more slim of staying up because it brings imbalance to the team?
Bring imbalance into the force
I mean that can (and probably often does) happen but there's no reason it necessarily has to. The bigger issue imo might be if you bring in a lot of new guys it takes time for them to gel and learn the systems and you may end up dropping points early on in the season where, if everyone were fully bedded in, you might have a shot at winning or drawing.
Arguably there are situations where that can't be avoided if the quality of players is low enough that you have no chance of staying up without the new guys.
I guess the ideal situation is if you do as much of this recruitment as you can before you get promoted, but you need to be really sure you're going to make it otherwise you've taken on salary you probably can't afford.
@@DavidChong Yeah, I guess if you bring in players who have already played in a similar system it's less of a risk
@@DavidChong good points. Do you think that this applied to Sheffield United in their first season after promotion?
I don't recall them making many new signings and they overachieved using an uncommon system.
But.... but... Norwich City.
I absolutely adore the shot of the Spinnaker Tower for the quick 10 Southampton questions, top tier trolling.
Never spotted that 😂
Tifo IRL is the best example of "chaotic neutral".
Watching TIFO feels like the creative side of a brain and the analytical side literally fighting each other for supremacy.
But the only winner, is the audience 😂
Not sure why, but watching this feels like watching a football version of Jay Foreman's Map Men.
Don't believe the hype: there isn't a left brain and right brain in that sense. Just real juicy moist brains and smooth chalky hard brains.
Question for tifo: is there a concrete way to know how actually good a player was from before the 1980's such as Best, Pele and all that, and compare them to modern footballers, considering tactics may have been less developed back then or worse defenders so on since not alot of recordings of footballers from back then were taken?
There is a stat for this in Baseball called WRC+ for position players and WRS+ for pitchers and catchers. It won’t exist in football because the stats required for such a stat just were not recorded back then. So it’s down to conjecture if players such as Kevin Keegan and the like are compared to a Ronaldo or Salah per se
Ronaldo is the GOAT.
No. You have been answered.
Also different equipment (balls, boots, bobbly pitches) and rules (pass back, offside, substitutions)
If Doctor Mark Carey hadn't been introduced with a song, I'd have been deeply disappointed. Alas, JJ never disappoints!
Question: if Pep were to eventually leave Man City, what sort of drop off would be seen depending on linked managers?
I love the way Joe embraces the awkward silences, he thrives in them, he (seemingly) exists for them.
Question: How do teams assess the personality of a player? We've often heard about "personality checks" being done by clubs but how exactly does that happen when a team signs new players?
Yeah I hear that klopp is pretty big on this.
He seems to only accept good eggs in his team.
If I had to guess, mourinho would be the opposite, since he’s always so keen for his players to be c*nts on the football pitch
I guess it would be like that scene in David Fincher's The Game, where Mike Douglas is asked all sorts of seemingly random questions designed to find out what his fears are, how he might react under pressure etc.
This new show is the best thing Tifo’s done. So good!
Question: do the best finishers on average outperform xG? For players like Haaland and Lewandowski, how much higher than xG is reasonable, and how much is luck?
QUESTION; Can you talk about how Sheffield United's use of overlapping centre backs in the 19/20 season have served as direct influence for Thomas Tuchel's defensive and offensive tactical organisation of Chelsea and pretend that Chelsea are fine and everything is going to be O.K and we're going to be fine and every is great and nothing is wrong?
Question for the TIFO football show: Over the past twenty years, we have seen the dominance of Messi and Ronaldo as the two best players in the world (with Modric being the only exception for the Ballon d’or). However before either player there was Kaka, where does he rank when looking at modern football’s greatest players?
P.S: I love you
Kaka on PES2008 was OP as HECK!!!!
@@rorrt him and Adriano on PES 06 were ridiculous!
@@charlieclemmow8027 Adriano's left foot was rickydonkulous!
Question: If Joe Devine played for the England squad like he did for Bayern Munich, would the fame go to his head in such a degree that in 20 odd years, there would be a low-budget documentary about the fall of Joe Devine?
Theoretically, could a team made up of non top 6 players win the Premier League or is the gap just too steep that even their powers combined wouldn’t give the rest a chance?
They did. It was Leicester. Yes, Mahrez and Kante were then bought up by teams from the big six, but Mahrez and Kante weren't big six players when they won it.
I don’t think they could win but they could have a good shot at top 4. Example 11 from Transfermarket values:
Zaha-Richarlison-Raphinha
Tielemans-Rice-Soucek
Digne-Mings-Soyuncu-Castagne
Martinez
@@alexmarin8727 This team would have no chance. Even if they made top 4 they'd be eaten alive in the champions league
@@davidf2114
Leicester is an outlier.
@@robert2690 it still happened. The question wasn't to become a dynasty but if they could win and it's entirely possible
Question: If Sean Dyche left Burnley, where would he actually go? He is obviously successful in his style but, would anyone actually want there team to play that way when it is thought of so negatively?
Probably the original Burnley, aka Stoke City
The likes of Pulis, Allardyce, and even Warnock keep getting jobs. Someone like Palace will sack a manager mid-season and turn to Dyche. Watford have already appointed him once (and as a successor to Brendan Rodgers no less).
Everton
This made me sad :(
This whole show is so perfect I’ve never felt so much pride to be an og follower of a TH-cam channel
Are you from the umaxit days?
Tactical flexibility will bring back a total football mentality. With a wider skill set players can flex into different shapes easier and more efficiently.
Would love for you guys to redo this and try to guess the next great football tactic, based on Pep's new incredibly successful tactic at City, the rise of box midfields, Liverpool's demise/transition, and the increasing prevalence of chaotic Relationism in teams like Fluminense in Brazil.
Lmaooooo the video of Scumhampton being Pompey is brilliant
‘Quick ten about Southampton’ shows picture of spinnika tower. Hurts my soul
Great show, guys! If I were a skeleton for a day I’d go from classroom to classroom taking and liberating as many skeletons as possible.
This is the most chaotic show I've ever watched
Gotta love the picture of Portsmouth for Southampton
With, as pointed out in this video, the introduction of greatly increased positional flexibility of how modern teams play football, what do you feel is the possibility of the sport reaching the point where most, if not all, 10 outfield players are trained in such a way that they have the ability to rotate with almost anyone on the pitch?
man city essentially play with 11 midfielders
Joe Devine is the gift that keeps on giving.
How is this both the silliest and most informative football channel on TH-cam at once? 🤣
Lol Route One is coming back to combat the gengenpressing systems that are widely present in the world.
Hello, based department?
As soon as i saw the title intro, all i could think was Would I Lie To You? I'm now wondering when you're having Bob Mortimer on guys. It's the crossover we all need.
That would be incredible
QUESTION: Could a team playing a route one tactic win the premier league? i.e. Could a Neil Warnock style team win the premier league title?
I've been calling this for a while now, they'd need a super solid defence and amazing forwards with Bonnuci style Hollywood ball playing from the back. Might be too difficult to do consistently enough to win a top league though.
100%. It works in the championship and thats why Warnock has had so many promotions but always seems to fail in the prem. I just wonder what would happen if a team of already world-class players were put into a route one, physical, counter-attacking system like the one Warnock uses. Although I would also assume that there would be no consistency long-term.
Love how you combine great answers and peak humor, keep it up!
If I were a skeleton for the day, I'd spend that day in Roman Abramovich's closet, along with all the others.
Question: Would we ever see a team like Sunderland, Portsmouth, Wigan, Nottingham Forest etc make it back to the top division? If so, which one is the closest right now and why?
I would imagine that Nottingham Forest are the closest because they are close to the playoffs in the championship while the other teams are in League One (although Wigan will probably get promoted)
Good question
I learn so much from this channel.
What were the tactics of Guus Hiddink's 2006 Australia World Cup team?
Question: For how long can Burnley stay up in the Premier League with their seemingly primitive tactics? If Dyche was to leave next season for another team, who could replace him to keep them up?
love the mixture of dry humor and personality with football content that tifo brings. awesome show
Love Alex's Radio Muller t-shirt!
Nice spot!
I’m a San Jose Earthquakes fan and our coach Matias Almyada and he plays essentially the same way as bielsa and Leeds we do well in streaks but we just get torn apart with how poor our players r, would love to hear anything about weather there systems r identical or not, as an American any video mls related is super exciting
Such a great video chaps - as ever some things were learned, hilarity ensued, bees. Perfection.
Also, would you guys be willing to discuss the events from the Querétaro v Atlas game a couple weeks ago that saw the game suspended in the 70th minute or so due to riots and home fans ganging up on visiting fans to the point where they must escape onto the field of play? It’s a very grim topic and reminds me of the subject the English FA being formed after many significant tragedies stemming from hooliganism.
Could see Sampadoria being a good fit for Bielsa. He likes clubs in cities with a history of leftwing culture, which Genoa has and Samp has a left wing ultra group.
Would prefer him at Bologna, especially with Hickey, Theate and Binks. Also Gary Medel who he managed for Chile. It is the red city after all.
Question: Is Viv Miedema in the Harry Kane phase at the moment? She seems to be enjoying the no 10 role more, dropping deeper and creating, rather than being a focal point as a traditional no 9.
I love this show! Genuinely amazing! Even the credits are phenomenal
It’s mad to think that Alex went on holiday to Sheffield and it affected him so badly he changed his name to John McKenzie, changed his accent, started wearing glasses and cut his hair. Yorkshire holiday do that to you
Question: How do finances at a football club work? What are the things all football clubs consider when generating income and accounting for losses
Here's a question - with the death of the number 10 role in successful modern tactics and formations, what role is next on the chopping block, and what new role do you think will emerge in the next decade? Is Cancelo's inverted wing-back role perhaps an indication of where things are headed?
Tactically, is there a difference between attacking full-back (Trent Alexander-Arnold) and wing back (Reece James)? Also, is there a difference between defensive full back (Kyle Walker) and third center back (César Azpilicueta)?
Question: In recent years, it feels as though it's the same teams that get relegated from the PL, only to be promoted straight away the year after, e.g Fulham, Watford, Norwich etc.
With PL broadcast revenues and parachute payments as high as they are, is this creating a de facto closed system in the PL?
I want target men on the wings. Full backs are generally short, and the aerial battle could be won easily. Could result in centre backs being dragged out wider than they'd want, changing the dynamic in the box
The Mandzukic at Juve?
As a Tottenham fan, I wanted to understand which team has had the most finals without winning a trophy, since they last won something (that isn’t the Audi cup)
Loved the segment with Dan (again). Seems like such genuinely nice guy!
My question is: with Salah asking for 400k from Liverpool, which makes it almost 2x the next salary in the team, how historically were performances of the teams with huge differences in salaries vs teams with equal pay ?
Great question that could have interesting analytics , like 2 or more teams with the same overall salary but larger separation or deviation and how that effects performance
watching this at 3am cuz idk what i’m doing with my life anymore
Joe, Alex and JJ, if you would be so kind, which addition/change would you make to the rules of the game ie offsides, set pieces etc
Can you do a video on Celtics new manager, ange postecoglou, he has a great story and has finally reached the promised land for Australian managers.
Could Ivan Toney play for England and how would he fit in to Southgate's system?
He’d fit very well, probably right between sancho and saka; on the bench.
Guys I am LOVING this show. Great work!! A question from a one-eyed Australian fan - how the hell did the Socceroos go from 11 straight wins in WC qualifying to being rolled by pretty much everyone and needing to go to playoffs? Also, Harry Souttar - should one of the PL clubs buy him cheap in January? Or is he not quite ready for the jump yet?
Question, why do so few teams in English leagues have green strips? There's 3 teams in the prem with a specific combo of maroon and blue but a bit weird no green as a main colour
With players like Harry Kane not being able to move to a different club, and clubs being stuck paying wages for older players not performing well (ie. Rooney at Utd), should more players sign 2-3 year contracts in the future, instead of the standard 5-6 year contracts?
I have a question. (what are the factors that effect how many injuries a team picks up, and is there anything a club/coach can do to reduce the risk of injuries?) for clubs like Leeds and Leicester that could be very important. Is it unavoidable, because you simply have to over exert yourself when playing against man city etc? or are there certain moves and styles of play that affect the odds of injury, and are individual players more or less likely to get injured depending on whether they are reckless, level headed, big, small etc
Matías Almeyda at San jose earthquakes also uses the man marking system and even MLS teams pulled it apart. It seems to be a tactic that is not effective as a whole team but what about a team that uses it regularly,
i.e. are there managers who send a midfielder to mark a #10 or forward constantly to keep them from getting the ball or is that not really sensible as a standard tactic, and only a thing to do as a one off to throw a team off its game.
The editing on this video is 🤌
I love that a picture of Portsmouth is used when talking about Southampton
Question: We see many amazingly talented players have career destroying sequences of injuries (e.g. Wilshere, Ousmane Dembele, Marco v Basten back in the day). Is this a result of them playing too many games at a young age? Are there measures being taken by clubs/authorities to avoid these situations in the future?
This show is the best thing on the internet.
Whoever is in charge of the editing on this show/channel is hilarious. The quick cut jokes that always show a juxtaposition of enthusiasm between the broskis are always really well done. reminds me a little of the Please Don't Destroy guys at SNL.
alex?
im gonna go to the board.
okay.
im at the board.
This is better than most comedy shows
The process of editing these videos must be incredible to watch
This show is actually comedic gold I didn't expect that
What changed in the Istanbul 2005 final that allowed liverpool to make that comeback? Was it tactical or just momentum, luck and of course Steven Gerrard?
Joe Devine. Icon.
Question: How is injury time at the end of a half actually calculated? In last 30 mins of the Man Utd v Atletico Madrid game, the ball was in play for just over 11 minutes. Injury time was not 19 mins. Very confusing!
Wow I proper loved this. Well done guys
Question: What makes a good Captain? Are there any instances where certain players perform better or worse with the pressure of the Captains armband?
this is one of the greatest shows online
Although I love to watch them, do the Quaresma style outside the boot crosses/shots have a viable place in football, or should you instead prioritize being well rounded striking with both feet?
TIFO QUESTION
How much does each Premier League club spend on match day transportation costs and how does it compare to other clubs in the Championship/League One/League Two and other countries?
Are they still building the thing they were building when the building noises started? If so, what is it and how large is it?
Question: Is there a particular reason behind Sancho’s recent improvement for United, or is it just form?
He does the same thing every season he plays. In his last 2 seasons for Borussia, the first half of the season was forgettable stuff from him, looked a bit out of shape, a bit lost and slow on the ball. He was a bit too pass happy and very timid at times. Then closer to the midpoint of the season, he had found his footing, had better chemistry with the other attackers, was braver on the ball and more confident. A lot of his goals and assist contributions came during the second half of the season with us. It would be fun to see him hold that form throughout an entire season rather than see it pop up only in the second half of the calender because if he did, he can legitamitely be a 20+ goal, 20+ assist a season type of player.
It's definetly Ralph Rangnick's tactics and influence on the team. I believe that's the sole reason to sancho's current improvement
I think it’s fair to say that referees decisions are being psychologically affected by the current VAR procedure. Do you see a way to fix this moving forward?
Tifo Football is the only way. Love from Yakima, WA
What below top 30 ranked national team is the most exciting right now
I love the almost Eric Andre-esque surreality of these videos haha. Obviously much more toned down, but still haha
How can you not love this content!
How does America solve the pay to play issue when it comes to youth development? The youth development in the states has improved, but a major issue is still the availability/ability to have a child play with a travel team as the parents typically must cover things such as memberships, traveling, uniforms, gear, etc. I noticed that in England and other European countries that these costs are covered, or at least partially subsidized, and youth players get paid on contracts. I know an obvious answer is to increase the popularity/interest in the sport, but it’s a bit of a catch 22 if there’s a lack of homegrown, well known talent within the MLS, Liga MX, and the new Canadian PL.
Really enjoying so many questions being answered by the guys :)
Here’s a few from me:
Why were co-ownership deals so popular in Italian football?
Why do La Liga players have to have minimum fee release clauses in their contracts?
What is it about the Bundesliga that draws so many top British talents there?
Just how many trophies would Alan Shearer have won if he did join Manchester United?
Will Cristiano Ronaldo stay at Manchester United next season? How would the leading managerial candidates use him?
This type of content is only for football nerds like us. Thank for your your content.
More of this show please!
Give us like 4 a year or something
Question: Who would be a natural replacement for Henderson for Liverpool? People say, Bellingham, but I don't think Bellingham could do the same job as Henderson, especially in covering spaces for right-backs and playing as an impromptu RM.
6:02 absolute quality
1:14 the most JJ Bull moment from Alex I've ever seen
Is there any significance of taking your kick-off with one man instead of two man?
How high can JJ Bull jump?? need to know. I would like to know raw vertical jump, running vertical jump (for maximum height), a long jump, a lateral hop (hoping from right foot {left off the ground} too left foot). Thank you.
Whatever tactic teams play be it 4 or 3 at the back their final in possession structure mostly resembles either 2-3-5, 3-2-5 or a 3-3-4, the flexibility of their front 5 or 4 determines the rest..out of possession is where we can identify a team's real structure..
Question: Could player transfer values be ascertained by an independent regulator using a system based around performance statistics, age, medical record and a raft of other data? Could this be implemented across the top divisions to manage spiralling transfer costs and create a more sustainable financial situation in football?
Goalie moving to the center of the field on the graphic was hilarious