Man City win, Tottenham boos & are set pieces ruining the Premier League?
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
How Manchester City tactically took apart Bournemouth in their 3-1 win, why Tottenham Hotspur fans have reason to boo after their 1-0 defeat to Chelsea plus why set pieces are ruining the Premier League were all discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by JJ Bull, features Kaya Kaynak, Jon Mackenzie & Thom Harris and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - an abacii intro
03:55 - how Man City tactically outdid Bournemouth’s press
15:08 - Erling Haaland’s madness
21:25 - are Man City still vulnerable?
24:58 - blockingham blockspur & ghosts (break here?)
26:00 - do you have a favourite ghost?
27:28 - why are Tottenham being booed?
32:40 - has Thomas Frank improved Tottenham defensively?
36:55 - an evolving Enzo Fernández at Chelsea
39:23 - The Separation Game part 1
40:16 - A Phil Babb break
40:20 - The Separation Game part 2
44:48 - Are set pieces making the Premier League less fun?
59:15 - how set pieces are like Quidditch
1:04:27 - invasion sports!
1:05:01 - Arne Slot told Unai Emery how to beat Liverpool, he didn’t listen
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC Podcast Network. |
| 0:08.2 | Do intro now. |
| 0:10.0 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:14.0 | I'm JJ Bull. |
| 0:15.7 | Here again. |
| 0:16.3 | Joining me today is John McKenzie. |
| 0:19.5 | He's returned from... |
| 0:21.1 | I need to hold this mug up. |
| 0:22.6 | Yes. |
| 0:23.8 | You can't see that on the podcast, John, |
| 0:25.8 | because this is... |
| 0:26.4 | I'm holding an audio form. |
| 0:28.1 | Which has the design from our other studio on it. |
| 0:31.3 | I'm also joined by Kaya Kynak. |
| 0:34.4 | Oh, he's holding up a bottle of water. |
| 0:36.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.2 | This is a fast-paced start to the podcast. And we're also joined by one-third of the data boys. This is what Steve's referred to as. We've delved deep into the data department of the athletic newsroom to find him. It's the one and only. Tom Harris. Yeah. Thanks guys. |
| 1:09.8 | In our little corner in the office. We've kind of bagsyed that. You get a good overlook of the office. That's all the numbers are. That's the bit of the office where all the computers are on the wall. Yes. There's huge computers. They all make wording noises and bits and pieces. The supercomputers. That's what they have nowadays, isn't it? That's exactly right. None of these just common or garden computers. |
| 1:12.4 | No, Abakais. |
| 1:12.7 | Yes. |
| 1:13.8 | Supercomputer. |
| 1:13.8 | Yeah. |
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