Are Arsenal in good form? Are Liverpool in bad form & do two good feet matter?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
How best to understand a team’s form using stats and science, what tempo actually means in football and how much two-footedness gives players an advantage were all discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by JJ Bull, features Kaya Kaynak & Mark Carey and is produced by Steve Hankey.
00:00 - an intro full of rage
02:38 - what is form? What science says
09:20 - who is in surprising form?
15:50 - where is the nugget of knowledge to be found?
19:24 - what is tempo?
22:16 - which are the slowest and fastest leagues?
25:21 - how has the Premier League changed in recent years?
28:00 - have you ever seen a ghost?
30:42 - possession volumes and who is more and less direct
34:30 - The Tifo Football Music podcast
37:47 - should football have a stop clock?
39:545 - high tempo positions on the pitch
41:42 - breaking up the tempo
41:44 - is it better for players to have two good feet or not?
47:11 - are left footed players more precious?
49:29 - should conventional wingers come back?
52:45 - Mark’s foot game
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC Podcast Network. |
| 0:08.3 | Do intro now. |
| 0:09.8 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:13.8 | Joe Devine is still away. |
| 0:15.7 | So like a fully cooked turkey under a bin in Streets of Rage, |
| 0:18.6 | I was told it's actually a chicken, I think. |
| 0:20.1 | Someone told me that recently. |
| 0:21.1 | Oh. |
| 0:21.7 | Might have been a chicken. |
| 0:22.4 | Makes more sense in a turkey unless it's a festive-feemed streets of rage. But why would there be rage in the streets of Christmas time? Anyway, I am J.J. Bull and I am in the host here again. Sorry about that. Joining me today is Kaya Kainak. Left foot, right foot, devastating. |
| 0:37.9 | Absolutely. |
| 0:38.7 | Yes. |
| 0:39.0 | That's what they say about you. |
| 0:40.2 | Well. |
| 0:40.8 | On the streets. Today is Kaya Kynak. Left foot, right foot, devastating. |
| 0:37.8 | Absolutely. |
| 0:38.8 | That's what they say about you. |
| 0:40.2 | Well, on the streets. |
| 0:41.8 | Yes. |
| 0:42.2 | Hiding in the bins. |
| 0:43.6 | Yeah, always. |
| 0:45.2 | And freeing himself from the scattergram for the duration of this recording at least. |
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