The Athletic

Hello and welcome to the TIFO Football Podcast.

I'm John McKenzie, and I'm joined as I often am by my good friend and producer, Mike Zimmerman.

Mike has it going.

Well, we just got our first snow here in New Jersey, John.

So a little miserable, a little icy, a little slushy, but, you know, we're getting through it. Yeah, minus five this morning in London, which was not pleasant, I can say. But I believe that the temperature is changing soon. So we're on the sunny uplands towards nicer weather, and I can't wait for it to come. but another thing I can't wait for is for people to listen to our guest today,

who is Stuart Reid, a freelance set piece analyst.

Mike, you've just listened to that conversation.

What did you make of it?

Well, I mean, the first thing that always pops into my head when we think set pieces is

Trent Alexander Arnold's quick corner taken against Barcelona in the 2019 Champions

League semifinals. But as a Liverpool supporter, naturally that will come to the top of my head.

But listening to Stewart, I think that what a set piece consultant does, you know, how much time

he has with managers and players and kind of

what needs to be drawn up. What's important in a set piece, right? There's a lot of great things

that Stuart talks about as a freelance setpiece analyst and specialist. Yes, and as always,

the best thing for us to do is to jump over and let our guests speak for themselves. So the next

time you hear me

speaking, I will be speaking to Stuart Reid, who is a freelance setpiece analyst.

Stuart, it's great to have you on today. You're someone who's clearly very excited about set pieces.

Now, I don't think that's necessarily unusual amongst people who work in the football industry.

I think a lot of fans, I think, might find it hard to get enthused about set pieces.

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