The 'Title Race' is back! Man Utd make it four, and Newcastle struggle
Tifo Football Podcast
The Athletic
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
The resuscitation of the title race with Manchester City’s late win over Liverpool, Manchester United’s fourth consecutive Premier League victory, this time against ten man Tottenham Hotspur, and another defeat for Newcastle United against an impressive Brentford were all discussed in the latest Tifo football podcast.
This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features JJ Bull, Mark Carey & Reuben Pinder and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - A trumpeting intro
05:17 - It’s still a title race, isn’t it?
08:47 - Did Liverpool poo their pants?
12:35 - Four lungs & frogs
14:42 - A goal that never was
17:21 - Somehow, Jumanji
18:07 - Highlights from Man City vs Liverpool
30:00 - How worried should Liverpool be?
33:20 - How will Man City & Arsenal perform before they play each other?
38:15 - an attempt at a break
38:17 - THE RONDO
42:39 - Man Utd win four in a row, and isn’t it fun?
47:10 - Joe’s trepidation and an uncomfortable meme
52:33 - Newcastle United’s poor form continues
1:00:21 - Should Newcastle stick or twist in the manager market?
1:03:02 - Points Are Bad
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | Hello and welcome to the TIFO football podcast. |
| 0:10.4 | I'm Joe Devine and today I'm delighted to be joined by JJ Ball. |
| 0:15.1 | Good evening, Joe Devine. |
| 0:16.4 | Mark Carey. |
| 0:17.5 | Good day to you all. |
| 0:18.3 | And Ruben Pinder. |
| 0:19.5 | Eagles. |
| 0:20.4 | Also Steve's here. Hello. He's back Welcome back Steve, do you feel better Lots better, thank you Well we had just a terrible time Without you It was really, it was a shame I've heard the show Joe Yeah, it was a good show Yeah Yeah Okay Well anyway What did we talk about On today's show Well,, does Man City's last gap winner, write Steve, against Liverpool, mean the title is alive? |
| 0:44.4 | We have a sort of broad agreement slash disagreement about that near the beginning of the podcast. |
| 0:50.0 | Do any animals have four or more lungs? |
| 0:53.9 | We discuss that. We don't really get to the bottom of it, but we talk about what it would be like. We established that Sir Boslid does. We established that he does, and we established that cows have four stomachs. We didn't talk about... Famously referenced in the office, of course. That's right. We didn't talk about how certain arachnids, like scorpions and some spiders possess multiple pairs of book lungs. |
| 1:12.8 | Book lungs? |
| 1:13.6 | Scorpions specifically have four pairs. |
| 1:16.1 | These specialised respiratory cavities function like lungs. |
| 1:19.6 | Wow, they're called book lungs. |
| 1:21.4 | Yes. |
| 1:21.8 | Is that because they open and close like a book? |
| 1:25.2 | I'm reading what Steve put in the script earlier and highlighted yellow. Got it. Oh, I didn't read that. And I can't believe I They do look. Breathings for losers, that's why. |
| 1:44.4 | That's right. Is JJ only ever three sentences away from talking about lizards? We decide yes. Do Liverpool need to take stock and not overreact to this poor title defence by changing their manager? Now, this was the sensible bit that we spoke about pooing their pants. That was the, that was the Steve |
| 2:01.4 | did the pooing the pants bit |
| 2:02.6 | and then that was the middle of the show. |
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