Manchester United era, Lampard time at Everton, and Knights of the Realm | The Tifo Football Podcast

[@jackoneill7610]

I never thought JJ would be the most sane person on this podcast but here we are

[@JamailvanWestering]

It’s easy when you have Joe and Seb as co-host

[@ABadRash]

I guessed that it would be alex but yeah

[@charles14273]

I think this is a speed record for the lads going completely off the rails

[@punkandprovocation]

You imply they started on the rails!

[@randomname3164]

@@punkandprovocation 🤣🤣

[@whlewis9164]

@@punkandprovocation I see zero evidence of rails

[@vaffangool9196]

*I must have missed this one* I've been screaming Gunnerssaaauuurruuss for the past five minutes 🤕

[@wally86_]

I love the eccentrism of this podcast and crew.

[@ctchich4469]

I am enjoying Joes opening rambles more and more, I have subscribed to The Athletic due to these feeble ramblings so I am happy

[@buckethead133]

Sometimes he goes overboard and now it’s getting annoying. He isn’t funny.

[@callum.jupp.]

@@buckethead133 on your own bucket head.

[@aakarmamtora3470]

@@buckethead133 Not really

[@stephenowen3383]

Yeah that was nearly as bizarre as his tips for murderers from a couple of weeks back

[@TheBake1986]

I wanted more of his solo videos where he spirals into madness

[@davidzakaryan2567]

Joe is so consistently entertaining :] I'm glad the more information oriented minds on the show give him space to do his thing.

[@AnonNomad]

Natural presenter and entertainer, Tifo wouldn't be nearly as popular without him.

[@blahqwe]

@@AnonNomad Very true.

[@stephenk24]

I’m now at the point where I’m wondering if I have gone insane listening to these podcasts, rather than believing JJ, Joe and Seb were all losing their marbles gradually during each episode. I’ve come full circle.

[@aldobonaso3481]

14:12 "wasn't Marco Polo Spanish?", my Italian heart just withered and died...😭😭😭

[@carlosmgpinheiro]

This podcast has turned into the thing that keeps me wanting to live another week. Thank you!

[@chriskypr9294]

Don't know if it's a joke or not, but regardless, stay strong my friend. I think everyone needs to hear this from time to time :)

[@carlosmgpinheiro]

@@chriskypr9294 thank you. Really.

[@dancemag]

you deserve to have good experience in the future, and you will experience them, so hang around :)

[@Interdimensional_Chihuahua]

Stay strong my friend

[@blahqwe]

If it helps, there are many in the same position, but it will improve, there's no doubt.

[@Gillydrums]

The German brands discussion was incredible 😂😂

[@MjolnirMarks]

Highlight of my year

[@DanielS10291]

The ‘Tailor’ spelling plot twist hit me like a train

[@MotswanaTota-012]

I shall leave you now, in the warm hands, and the cool embrace, of the tifo podcast

[@tomdudley5314]

Please never cut these segues!!! They are glorious :D

[@tomdudley5314]

@@DanA-st2ed Thanks, made the edit!

[@aregul12]

exactly, makes me laugh every time

[@IrrelevantGeOff]

Waiting for a “Guten Tag!” shirt to appear on the TIFO Merch store 🤩

[@PREDPLAY]

these three are so funny together my belly hurts

[@nicklikethesoup]

JJ’s expression during the fleece conversation is all this podcast needs for a description.

[@matthewreynolds4382]

Love this channel. All the participants are great and Joe is an outstanding host.

[@adrano_]

Great puns about Canada at the end there! Tuning in from Vancouver!

[@sb4sam]

The talking about nonsense from Joe is the highlight. Kudos for JJ and Seb for consistently putting up with it.

[@blanleystunkdenell448]

TIFO! Can you do an episode on players and their shirt numbers, going from 1 - 99, and naming the best player to ever wear that number? It’d be entirely subjective of course, but after you got past numbers 1-11 I think it’d be really interesting

[@JimiCanRead]

Maybe hitc sevens would do this

[@jackRB54]

the warm hands and the cool embrace of Sir Raymond Taylor

[@Joemanji]

These wild tangents are the best part of the podcast, keep it up! JJ's face when you were talking about Game Of Thrones.

[@zPvQi]

JJ calling Martial ‘The Golden Boy’ made me wonder if we could one day rename the Ballon d’Or to ‘The Golden Man’.

[@danyosuna7276]

Martial literally won the golden boy award in 2015

[@Aanike09]

@@danyosuna7276 even more reason to rename it to the golden man

[@phuntsokbill]

damn these guys hate Lampard.. he wasn't an outright failure at Chelsea.. he did fairly well imo.

[@skitatic]

Do Joe's ads for the Athletic just keep getting worse and worse? Love it.

[@mrbismarck]

The bit when JJ answered the door was the perfect time to go back to the German brand discussion.

[@chifumujmanda7643]

Did you guys hire the guy that use to leave the timestamps in the comment section for each episode of the podcast?

[@uhmThisCantBeRight]

Probably trapped him in a scattergram

[@giteausuperstar]

I would like to go on record to say I very much enjoyed Joe's opening gambit about the athletic not being funny, at least not primarily.

[@alexcoyg3281]

20 min in and it feels like i am tripping on acid again😄

[@albertofigueroa7829]

Was listening audio only, but came to watch the video just to see JJ's haircut and it looks amazing boys!

[@duncanwalter3613]

I will say on the lampard hiring. He seems keen to bring in coaches which will help cover up some of his deficiencies. Also he got sacked in his second season mostly because all the talent that got brought in weren't performing. Still now under Tuchel much of that recruited talent are patchy at best so feels like recruitment there may have been issues

[@JamailvanWestering]

Not all, Ziyech and Chilwell were doing better under him than under Tuchel. Honestly I think it was more clear that you could see the players he wanted and the players the club wanted

[@bentn13]

@@JamailvanWestering I don't think you can say Chilwell isn't doing excellently now. He's been one of the key players in that wing back system, so much so that his absence, and that of Reece, has made them abandon the system.

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@bentn13 because he’s just okay? Claiming that they abandoned a system because 2 players are out seems pretty stupid to me

[@joshbrown2217]

@@JamailvanWestering We have though, because Azpi and Alonso are too slow, we now have to use the wingbacks to invert into the middle and use our attacking players to play more as wingers. When James and Chilwell are in the side, normally they push up the wings and the attacking players come in more centrally. Our wingbacks are very important to how we play

[@JamailvanWestering]

@@joshbrown2217 it’s more a matter of not knowing how to use them correctly

[@GMcKean82]

Down the rabbit hole 🤣 Brilliant as ever, guys 👏

[@RenewedRS]

I can't ever see Lampard being a better manager than Gerrard. But we'll see.

[@Goofy8907]

I like the Ronald McDonald and Honey Monster part

[@chrisws1878]

I enjoy the "Lampard has a focus on youth" narrative, when he literally had a transfer ban at Chelsea in his first season. And the "Youth" he played was Mason Mount, Reece James and Tammy Abraham. Pretty easy to focus on youth when you can't buy anybody and those are your options.

[@jamesmilligan6654]

And also “how well he did under a transfer ban” when he already had a great squad supplement by an enormous academy. He made players like rudiger and azpilicueta look dreadful when they obviously werent

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@jamesmilligan6654 Rudiger is dreadful in a back 4. It was the same under Sarri. That's why Lampard preferred Zouma over him. Rudiger is world class in a back 3 but simply can't do it in a 4. Azpi barely played under Lampard and gets even less game time under Tuchel. He's past his best and doesn't offer much going forward.

[@jamesmilligan6654]

@Areeb Siddiqui I agree that rudiger is much worse in a back 4 but he was certainly better under Sarri, as for Azpi he’s still a solid player and I’ve never seen him look as exposed in defence as he has under lampard

[@areebsiddiqui758]

@@jamesmilligan6654 Maybe your memory isn't great but Rudiger was awful under Sarri. He's just useless in a back 4. That's why Lampard preferred playing Tomori or Zouma. Azpi was decent under Lampard so I don't know what you're talking about. He just didn't play much cause of Reece James breaking through.

[@jamesboyle7383]

I see why they gave seb his own podcast segment where he sits alone and talks :)

[@hafsaz4513]

I imagine one reason Darren Fletcher is on the bench a bit more recently is that 3 of the coaching staff left shortly after Rangnick's arrival, and I think so far they've only managed to get one coach in to replace them? So he's kind of just filling in

[@jacobfurbee5409]

Normally these podcast intros are pretty out there but I felt like I was having a stroke with this one. Love it

[@patrickscottwalsh]

the mustachio'd entity on the pringles can is named "julius pringle". But the real question of who would definitely be in the ranks of peerage: Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smythe - better know as Mr. Peanut.

[@samuelschonenberger]

53:43 Just impressive how little Joe remembers about the Video scripts that he voiced over

[@jamesburt9818]

Joe! You went to the right place with the sir conversation xxxx

[@g00dbyemisterA]

Credit to you guys not ignoring the Greenwood situation whilst also giving it the due diligence not to launch into off the cuff.

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

Been refreshing my feed quite a bit waiting on this - a blessing from the Lord (Bovine) 🙏🏼

[@marinusdejager41]

They got timestamps so now I'm unemployed

[@Almost_Genius]

"Ronald McDonald's not real" has never had such profound meaning

[@beezergutler5488]

Guys Marco Polo is Italian not Spanish 😂 Perhaps the most famous Venetian of all time

[@alanthomson8417]

Today i found out Joe is a Shellac fan. Love the man.

[@juans0l0]

Never thought my home state of Virginia would ever be mentioned in a Tifo football podcast yet here we are

[@shizzlers0135]

This podcast is brought to you by Sir Raymond Tailor

[@FootballDrawn]

Brilliant podcast as ever

[@jonniebamber441]

Joe Devine is the most Joe Devine'y man to have ever Joe Devine'd

[@JamailvanWestering]

Because he is the one and only Joe Devine

[@francisd7081]

The Athletic: "Funny, but not primarily so as it is not a comedy-based website, but does have some comedy sprinkled into it, but not enough that it would make it mainly about being funny. Mainly about football...." This would be the best ad ever

[@Google_Does_Evil_Now]

Ed Woodward sold a product which was built by those before he got there. He oversaw decay, weak recruitment, bad contract situations, split dressing room, poorly maintained stadium etc etc. He was a salesman account type guy, like the fella who ruined NatWest/RBS.

[@ABadRash]

look I know you're a busy lot but I enjoy the idea of all four tifo members on the podcast at the same time!

[@ethandavidson747]

Loved this this week!

[@peterstrickland8679]

Just for info the Everton interviews were indeed lead by Moshiri, but in the room were also Graeme Sharp (newly on Everton's board) Bill Kenwright, and interestingly Tim Cahill. The later has been rumored to be potentially in line for some (part time or advisory?) role at the club

[@UnknownGamer-mw4fw]

so I tried to ignore it for a while but i cant take it any more :D Can please someone tell Mr. Joe Devine thats its called Wie geht es dir! Not wie geht es du! you are telling it wrong since im hearing the prodcast and cant understand why anyone ever tried to help to say it correctly! thanks anyway for the lovely prodcast and keep up th egood work!

[@stephanehuguenin6775]

I agree 100% I was hoping Seb might point it out at some point once his german improves, but maybe he's too nice and polite for that.

[@hb3393]

Lmao this is commented every week, there is no doubt that Joe is doing it deliberately now 😂

[@cameronseegers7414]

Seb: " ...my point is not really to kind of-" "-bash the Lamp" : Joe Brilliant!! and his face

[@nikola2811]

Canada's GK is Milan Borjan, he's been doing these amazing saves for years now for my team Red Star Belgrade, top top GK!

[@SujoyChakravarthi93]

Maple. This is my contribution to the Canadian Pun-off at the end

[@vaffangool9196]

*I must have missed this one* I've been screaming Gunnerssaaauuurruuss for the past five minutes

[@tomcosterton6790]

‘We thought he was dead’ made me burst out laughing in a way few things do.

[@devinlittle4698]

Quote of the pod: Well Ronald McDonald is not real.

[@tomdudley5314]

Such great timing!!!

[@Dylan-qm4nb]

TOP OF TABLE, THANKS for covering CANADA vs USA. I did celebrate with a Poutine.

[@robalvarez5745]

A whopping 5 minutes about Canada, the highest scoring nation in the world in World Cup qualification after like 20 minutes on 6th place ManU. Typical

[@qui-gonjinn6062]

I think the underperformance of the USMNT can easily be explained by the fact that our head coach is wildly incompetent and was hired entirely because of nepotism.

[@kvnofcolour]

Lampard walks into the Everton job whilst every black manager has to start in non league to even be considered for any job higher than Championship. Look at Crystal Palace and the criticism of hiring Vieira if you want to rebuttal.

[@dandominare]

16:40 lmfao that timing was incredible

[@ndub415]

German fleece brand discussion was unexpected to say the least.

[@Bagster321]

Joe’s descent into madness was first featured, on The Athletic.

[@stephenparsons6205]

The German clothes brand bit was the tangent of all tangents 😂 excellent work boys

[@henrywaller9546]

Please never stop making content. I'd be pretty devo if your dynamic changed. You’re so welcome.

[@miistercrayon]

Tim Cahill was the football person in the Everton interview - I think it was in a BBC article.

[@jayevans819]

Tim Cahill was involved with the interview process & selection @ Everton.

[@bonganisiziba6154]

That The Athletic pitch in the intro was like a very slow but inevitable train crash🤣🤣🤣🤣I couldn't NOT look

[@tgtgggggg]

"I dont even think that... did they reach the play offs?" - man trying to tell other people how well Lampard did at Derby

[@cameronseegers7414]

Joe at 50:25 is sooo me.." because I don't know anything about him.." XD

[@fiyamage]

I'm glad you didn't cut it.

[@jake2.035]

Cahill, Cahill was the football experience in the interview process.

[@stefenderson4470]

Joe has this tone that he's above presenting in a conventional way but ends up making it more painful than the presenters/broadcasters he's almost mocking

[@moe_mohamed]

Does anyone know why the intro disappeared from the youtube vids? They still exist on audio form

[@BKRLOO]

Boys, this was a shambles. Enjoyable nonetheless!

[@Kiluei]

JJ predicted Lampard out around late November. He was quite close.

[@AeolianMusica]

The positive for Utd is that there’s business development to be had. They’re still “the biggest” club in the world - with good helmsmanship, their revenues could be staggering. Why is this good? 2 reasons - the way there is through football results, and secondly means Utd remain an attractive business proposition.

[@Superagent-yh4kp]

He gone let’s rate him 😂😂😂😂love this podcast

[@entinderzerberster5107]

Eddie Howe definetly also rode the carussel until his Newcastle appointment

[@maxinist]

this video is just perfect at 1.5 speed

[@ricktickb00m]

Tifo are the 🐐 s

[@papamurrth1]

Re: Fletcher on the bench and at training, I have heard Rory Smith say it is to do with covid bubbles and rules with contact with players

[@LatajaceStadoKotow]

It seems to me that Joe likes viben with Seb so much that he almost ignores whoever is the third person on here 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@camerongreen2045]

At 29:00 when Seb wisely iterates that a footballing expert needed to be on the panel for Lampard's Everton interview. Its been reported that Tim Cahill was drafted in to be part of it for that auspice. Cahill is also being sounded out for a technical director role within the club, if he's not got it already 😀

[@matthewmcneany]

A very clean cut looking Joe Devine.

[@matthewmcneany]

Maybe it's fair to say JJ underperformed but let's not forget that podcasting is a team game and we really can't overstate how much the experienced leaders of the pod should be setting the right tone from minute one. I think we can all see Devine shown up for the fairweather podder he is. Sure he can turn it on the jokes when there's a weekend of 10 high quality PL games, but you've got to ask yourself can he deliver during a high pressure rainy Tuesday in January when there's only AFCon and transferes to talk about? (This is, of course, pardoy the pod was great.)

[@jacquesmassard9226]

Says so much about how low on the pole us men's soccer is that not only have i only heard about it here on the podcast but my reaction is 100% good on canada

[@TheHalcyonShow]

It's Tuesday. Hooray.

[@VisakhNair96]

JJ I love your haircut

[@christianroelferreira1889]

On Darren Fletcher, is it to do with coaching badges? I see on FM 22 He's a B License coach. For your A license you need to be working with a team. Instead of having him drop into the academy system (which might be seen as disruptive or take too much time away from his day to day) they've put him with the Men's 1st team?

[@clipclop7641]

The 'Lampard was a failure at Chelsea' narrative is flat out false. Embedded youth at a club that historically ignored the academy (Mount, James, Gilmour, Hudson-Odoi, Abraham and James); made an FA Cup final; and qualified for the Champions League after losing Hazard and being restricted in the market. Then he dominated the Champions League group which Chelsea went on to win. He is has clear flaws as a manager but hope he succeeds at Everton.

[@DanielMorales-eu7ok]

This is complete madness, you just gotta love it. If I ever visit the UK I MUST have a beer with you guys. Greetings from Colombia.

[@Fimbulvetr3822]

I like how you completely forgot the Adama Traore transfer to Barcelona. :(

[@michealomeachair6520]

MOAR SEGWAYS PLEASE!

[@Lunch_at_Marcos]

Bayern’s director of football is generally on the bench with them, so Fletcher being there isn’t so odd