How good were Man Utd and should Arsenal worry?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Arsenal’s victory over Manchester United, Manchester City & Liverpool’s blistering starts to the Premier League and why it was right that Crystal Palace had their freekick goal disallowed were all discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, JJ Bull & Reuben Pinder and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC Podcast Network. |
| 0:09.2 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:13.3 | I am Joe Devine. |
| 0:14.9 | And today I am delighted to be joined by JJ Ball. |
| 0:18.4 | I'm back. |
| 0:19.3 | John McKenzie. |
| 0:20.2 | Hello. |
| 0:20.8 | And Ruben Pinder. Good morning. Yeah, he's very upset today, is Ruben Pinder. I'm back. John McKenzie. Hello. And Ruben Pinder. Good morning. |
| 0:22.5 | Yeah, he's very upset today's Ruben Pinder. I can't remember why, but I think we tease him about it |
| 0:27.8 | throughout today's episode. Don't worry, we'll be leaving the room soon. I'll lift you up and take you |
| 0:33.5 | with me so that you couldn't possibly get in the way. Just stay a meter apart of any goals. |
| 0:38.2 | Now, what did we talk about today? |
| 0:39.6 | Well, we run the rule over new signings of Arsenal and Manchester United during |
| 0:45.0 | Arsenal's rugged victory, writes Steve Hankey over the Red Devils. |
| 0:49.6 | We learn just how bias Steve Hankey is. |
| 0:53.2 | And if you, as a listener, want to know why we as a contributors to this podcast have to lay down some fat slaps on Arsenal as often as possible, it is just to balance out how positive Steve is about them in the background there. |
| 1:09.2 | We talk a little bit about Manchester United. |
| 1:11.2 | It was, of course, it was a tricky time for Arsenal's debutantes. |
| 1:14.6 | So we discussed that. |
| 1:16.8 | But some promising first appearances for Manchester United. |
| 1:19.9 | Cunia, Mbemmo, we talk about them all. |
| 1:24.1 | And then there was the separation game. |
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