Are Man City okay? And Man Utd win again!
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Tottenham’s comeback draw against Manchester City, Man Utd’s last gasp win over Fulham & Chelsea’s likewise late winner against West Ham United were all discussed in the latest Tifo football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features JJ Bull, Seb Stafford-Bloor & Reuben Pinder and is produced by Steve Hankey.
FREDRIK VARFJELL / Contributor / AFP via GettyImages
00:00 - A 5/10 intro
03:23 - A sumptuous section
06:29 - An apathetic first half for Spurs, with a somersault
11:00 - Positive things to say about Tottenham
15:14 - Man City’s second half switch off
21:40 - the mouse died
22:00 - Man City transfers
24:31 - THE RONDO
31:23 - a hair break
31:25 - do you wash your hair every day?
32:47 - Man Utd win again
35:50 - Seb’s ITK aura
36:30 - Back to Man Utd & Fulham
50:01 - Another win for Chelsea
56:48 - who would be the best assassin on the pod?
59:20 - players struggling to adapt to the Premier League
1:01:43 - The (unforgettable) Points Are Bad
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.3 | I'm Joe Devine. |
| 0:11.8 | And today, I've just rubbed my eyes, so they're very red. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm joined by JJ Ball. |
| 0:17.2 | Yes. |
| 0:18.9 | Ruben Pender. |
| 0:19.9 | Hello. |
| 0:20.5 | And R. All the way from Deutschland is Sebstadflaw. Hello, Joe Devine. How's it going? Going well. Fantastic. Well, also Steve's here. Hello. How's it going? Now, what do we talk about on today's show? Well, we have a sumptuous start to the show, right, Steve, when discussing Dominic Solanke's |
| 0:37.8 | scorpion kick that stung Man City's title hopes. That's actually better than what you wrote in the show. Yeah, second crack at it, yeah. Second crack at it, yeah. I don't think we actually discussed how good that goal was enough. We discussed everything around it and the semantics of his sentence, but the technique was fantastic. If you had to pick one adjective to describe how good it was, what would you pick? |
| 0:56.9 | Sumptuous. |
| 0:57.8 | Okay. Yeah, no, that's absolutely fair. We started to speak about, we started to start, we started to start, we started to start speaking. Wow, Steve. That's very confusing. I've got a bit of a cold today, and the fevery bit I think is coming on because I am losing my mind slightly. |
| 1:12.8 | I've had of bit of a cold today. And the fevery bit, I think, is coming on because I am losing my mind slightly. |
| 1:12.8 | It's a five out of ten, Steve, performance today. Let's be honest. We started to start speaking about Tottenham, but ended up becoming paid up members of the celebration police. I don't remember that. |
| 1:23.5 | We ended up ending up. We ended up ending up, exactly. Okay. |
| 1:29.5 | We talk about Connor Gallagher's hair. |
| 1:32.4 | We decide, is it better now at Spurs? |
| 1:34.3 | Or was it better at Crystal Palace in the past? |
| 1:37.1 | How many different things can he do with his hair? |
| 1:38.6 | We talk about that. |
| 2:01.7 | Oh, and Manchester City, are they being given a far too easy ride for their recent poor form? Yes. Yes, they are, right, Steve. But also says Seb. So we discuss that. Then we play the Rondo. It's transfer related, because of course it's transfer deadline day as we record this. Also, there's a quite exciting bit. I don't know if Seb. Oh, he has included it, Steve. Seb had to do some live transfer ITKing. |
| 2:03.1 | So he doesn't |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.