FA Cup shock, Carrick in Man Utd frame and Chelsea's new era
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Some fantastic FA Cup upsets including holders Crystal Palace and the rising force of Wrexham, the potential appointment of Michael Carrick at Manchester United and the transition from Enzo Maresca to Liam Rosenior at Chelsea were all discussed in the latest Tifo football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features JJ Bull, Luke Bosher & Kaya Kaynak and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - A macking intro
05:14 - some magical FA Cupsets
15:40 - Michael Carrick in frame for Man Utd
22:50 - Antoine Semenyo is a Man City player
27:00 - biggest ever FA Cup win
28:04 - I want to play a game
30:23 - THE RING… working title
36:01 - a break
36:03 - Reflection on Enzo Maresca’s exit from Chelsea
43:15 - Who are Chelsea fans actually mad at?
46:00 - Tricky parts of managing modern Chelsea
50:10 - Potential beneficiaries of the Rosenior era
52:30 - Could a robot manage a football team?
57:10 - Would Maresca work at Man City?
59:01 - Points Are Bad
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Joe Devine, and today I'm delighted to be joined by JJ Ball. |
| 0:16.1 | You're welcome. |
| 0:17.1 | Kaya Kynak. |
| 0:18.0 | And also, Luke Bosh is here. |
| 0:21.1 | Hello. How's it going? Very well. How are you? I'm excellent, thank you. Also, Steve Hankies here. Hello. Now, what did we discuss on today's podcast? Well, we start with magic. Magic. Magic. Magic. Magic. Magic. Magic. Magic. Magic. Magic. magic of the FA Cup, actual magic this time round, I think, with shock wins for McEltsfield FC. |
| 0:44.3 | Actual magic would be if they made all the players disappear with a wand. |
| 0:47.0 | Well, I don't know if you were watching the Man United Brighton game, but certainly... |
| 0:51.0 | The defence disappeared. Well, yeah. The whole team disappeared after full time, you know, because they went into the dressing room. |
| 0:59.3 | Anyway, Wrexham also had a magic win, didn't they? |
| 1:02.0 | We sort of don't really talk about that, but it comes up a bit. |
| 1:04.7 | Then we learn what the German for ambulance is. |
| 1:07.7 | JJ teaches us, and it is fun. |
| 1:09.9 | Stick around for that. Man United, of course, |
| 1:12.1 | as mentioned, were knocked out by Brighton in the FA Cup, and with Michael Carrick in line to, |
| 1:16.5 | well, in pole position, we should say, to potentially be their new interim manager, we talk about |
| 1:21.2 | the prospect of that. Then we play a new game called the ring, although it has a couple of |
| 1:27.3 | different names. |
| 1:28.1 | It has nothing to do with higher or lower. |
| 1:30.2 | Nothing at all. |
| 1:31.0 | It doesn't. |
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