Are Aston Villa actually in trouble? And The Ballon d'Or!
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2025
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
Aston Villa’s unexpectedly bad start to the season, why it’s hard for clubs to establish themselves at the top of the Premier League now and the lack of Premier League players at the sharp end of the Ballon D’Or nominations were discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie & Sam Tighe and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - A singing Samwise intro
07:50 - a bad start for Aston Villa
27:55 - Are there ways to make the Premier League more fun?
34:50 - the transfer tightrope Aston Villa have to walk
48:55 - some unnecessary information then an ad break
48:57 - why things are bad on the pitch for Villa
01:06:02 - the Ballon D’Or!
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