Pogba’s back, could Vini Jr leave Real Madrid? And Noni Madueke’s one-to-one coach
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2025
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Paul Pogba’s return to competitive football, the tense relationship between Vinícius Júnior and Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid were discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…
We also had a special guest! Individual skills coach Saul Isaksson-Hurst has worked with the likes of Arsenal’s Noni Madueke, Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo & Monaco’s Folarin Balogun to help develop specific parts of their game outside of the club environment.
We hear what a one to one coach is, how Saul became one, what they work on and how they navigate training with individual players who are also training regularly with their clubs.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie & Saul Isaksson-Hurst and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - why are we in this intro? Also please subscribe!
8:28 - Why is a toilet called a toilet? Which new toilet should Joe purchase?
14:08 - Paul Pogba’s back!
15:05 - We speak about Carrow Road for quite some time here…
19:05 - back to Paul Pogba being… back.
22:25 - reflecting on Pogba’s legacy
27:52 - Will Vinícius Júnior leave Real Madrid?
31:20 - the creaky chair is back!
31:50 - a sea change at Madrid with Xabi Alonso?
36:40 - a break
36:42 - a one to one coach’s perspective on player coach relations
40:15 - what is an individual skills coach?
41:18 - full time personal chef or full time driver?
42:41 - how do you become an individual skills coach?
44:40 - working with Antoine Semenyo, Noni Madueke & Folarin Balogun one to one
56:11 - entering the football industry when you’re not an ex pro
59:11 - the psychological side
1:01:00 - drills versus letting the players improvise
1:03:52 - Joe’s reductive questions to end
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.1 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.6 | I'm Joe Devine and today I'm delighted to be joined solo in the studio by The One, the Only. |
| 0:18.7 | That's what his mother calls him. It's John McKenzie. Hello. It's weird that your mother calls you John McKenzie, isn't it? Yeah, well, it's to distinguish me from her other son. John the Baptist? Yeah. That's the first John that came to mind. What other Johns are there? John... It's a pretty top here, John. John McGovern? Yeah John. John. John McGovern used to follow me on Twitter. I don't think he does anymore. Who is John McGovern? Why does that? Why is that the Labour, someone in the Labour Party or was? Oh yeah, John McGovern. Did you see Adam Curtis has got a new? No, I did. He's got a new series out, Joe. It's five episodes long and it's called Shifty. Oh, I've seen Shifty. That's like a year and a half old, man. |
| 0:57.8 | It's five episodes long and it's called Shifty. |
| 0:55.1 | Oh, I've seen Shifty. |
| 0:55.9 | That's like a year and a half old, man. |
| 0:57.8 | It's not a year and a half old. It's about four months old. I should have known that he even have a new thing out again. Is it good? Why? It's really good, yeah. Why are we here? Why are we here? |
| 1:07.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.9 | These are the very questions |
| 1:09.2 | that Adam Curtis |
| 1:09.8 | see to get to the heart of Steve |
| 1:11.5 | and often does a very successful job. |
| 1:14.3 | We're here primarily, I think, to ask the audience to subscribe to our YouTube channel. I think that's the main reason we're here. I've got a list of things to get through. Don't worry. Don't you worry, Steve. Here we go. List item number one. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel. |
| 1:28.2 | If that's you, if you're watching my face or listening to a browser page that's watching my face, please just press that subscribe button. And the bell as well. No, don't press the bell. That's just torturous. Just press the bell. Don't press the bell. I don't know what the bell does, but you should. The bell notifies people. |
| 1:44.8 | Definitely press the bell. |
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| 1:46.8 | That's torture. |
| 1:47.9 | Press the bell. Don't press the bell. I don't know what the bell does, but you should... The bell notifies people. |
| 1:44.8 | Definitely press the bell. |
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| 1:46.8 | That's torture. Press the bell. Here's, I'll let you in a little... What does the bell mean? It just means you get notified. What's wrong with that? Why would anyone want to be notified that this has happened? Don't do that. just, just, it doesn't matter. |
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