How to stop Bayern Munich dominating the Bundesliga | Tifo Football Show Ep. 13

[@kjones6269]

Tifo IRL is just so bizarre sometimes and downright hilarious. Don’t ever change

[@saure22]

Got a feeling Joe’s mic didn’t work, still great tho.

[@samjones7296]

@@saure22 see that's the logical answer... And yet I completely believe this was just part of the script

[@saure22]

@@samjones7296 To be honest you can’t rule it out ahahaha

[@iv0rysh0es39]

They’d fit right in Adult Swim

[@gallaghergibson8024]

Explosive irreverence this week, Devine's voice being overdubbed and the shortest Mark Carey theme of all time making me smile this Monday morning

[@ArunaUtd]

Don't forget the credits declaring our fate as the human race

[@mylittlethoughttree]

Question: are penalties getting easier to score? It seems as though shootouts tend to last a lot longer nowadays. Is that just because the rule about keepers staying on the line is stricter, or are there other reasons too? Or am I just imagining it's easier?

[@becks6900]

Good question. Also, have we finally gotten past the daft idea that there's no point in practicing them because you can't recreate the tension?

[@cathyroche6738]

@@becks6900 players gamble money for tension when practicing penalties

[@adamgeigerjr6995]

players are just better at pens ... use to be about placement or power - today its both & nearly impossible to stop

[@jockleyfedora8018]

No way! I love your channel. Very cool to see you here

[@andrewcote4909]

ask manchester city

[@AlexThePlatypus]

I bet the JJ voice-over is just a quip to all of the people who complained about Joe not narrating the main channel videos during his holiday.

[@michiadams]

I'd be willing to bet they forgot to turn on his microphone and saved it this way

[@bluecheese20401]

Question: is the new manager boost really a real thing? Statistically

[@nishantak911]

Only in the very short term but over a season it reverts to the mean. This was addressed in a book Everything you know about football is wrong

[@P0UTY1]

They answered this previously I think?

[@musix3197]

@@nishantak911 but some do though right? If a manager has huge presence and instill a certain mentality into the players. They might retain them.

[@lolus8974]

@@musix3197 that’s not really a ‘new manager bounce’ that’s just getting a better manager. It’s a different thing to what the question is asking

[@thomaskendell8146]

Have you seen how well Nagelsmann has done

[@allydoodah]

How is no one talking about how funny this episode was

[@victorlichtenberg4069]

Everyone's busy asking questions

[@ryan5752]

Fr. The credits on every episodes are so underrated as well 🤣

[@bry97]

Thank you! Thought I was the only one thinking it😂

[@allydoodah]

@@ryan5752 crying at JJ’s ability to mimic Joe’s spontaneous mumbles and groans

[@victorlichtenberg4069]

@@ryan5752 yep

[@sobyeski]

JJ Bull equalling Joe Devine’s production insanely. I’m 100% here for that. Great job all 👍

[@olivergille8305]

Question: Who is the best all-rounder ever? Ie if there was a mini tournament of some of the best all-rounders ever who would win, 11 Gerrard's? 11 Dani Alves's? 11 Gullit's?. Seems like a job for Alex Stewart.

[@saptaccrvima3563]

Dani Alves is the only footballer in modern football to have played in every single main position (Gk, Df, Mf, Att)

[@juv_3nal]

@@saptaccrvima3563 give James Milner time, he only needs GK to complete the set

[@Boomtowndogs]

11 Gullit’s vs 11 Alves’s would be an Ian Macintosh special

[@dColorOfBoom]

Scholes?

[@KaiXx751]

John O'Shea

[@filiprybansky3008]

penalties are more about making the deffending inside the box more difficult so that teams can actuallly score, more than about the penalty kick itself imo

[@joemcalister7105]

Yeah and you need the punishment to have higher xG than whatever the xG from the position was otherwise the penalty becomes the safer option for a defender

[@jakubkulikowski6875]

This, changing rules would incentive fouling in already crowded, heavily defended area. I can see it impacting game in a very bad way. I think Tifo is looking for a solution to a not existing problem.

[@karlsharks5628]

@@joemcalister7105 yellow cards still exist

[@ebbydebby8130]

@@karlsharks5628 theres already a massive issue in football of players cynically fouling on half way, ot caring if they get a yellow or not. you could easily see that extending yo inside the box if these penalty changes were implemented

[@odieony7007]

@@joemcalister7105 sometimes teams stop playing attacking football in the box and look to draw a foul. it would cut out diving. I like the American-style penalty as they use it in field and ice hockey. if you get fouled during it you get a spot kick.

[@hifimonkeykong]

good to hear Joe's dulcet tones.

[@Sagar251291]

We want Tifo Football Show back!!!

[@esior8284]

Question for next week: How JJ's impression of Joe improved Brighton's stats overall this season according to FBref?

[@Lfcme]

Question: I have always been facinated with players who have a "poor reputation" but have won everything Anderson for Man Utd is an example of a player who did that. Why would have have clocked in over 100 apperances and won everything there was to win if he was average or BAD?

[@julius3428]

Reputation means nothing in football, the majority is horrendously clueless.

[@JD45OIP]

You could make entire videos around Man Utd's "Squad players" in the SAF era... There's so many players who were at no point part of the "best" starting 11, but were content with their role and did the job required. Tbh even the likes of Giggs became this in the second half of his career. It just shows how good Fergie was at man management.

[@saptaccrvima3563]

Winning everything ≠ being a good player

[@Lfcme]

@@saptaccrvima3563 I get that. But United were hardly short of cash or youth prospects. To get 100 appearances means that he was trusted for 7 years at the club. Was he *actually" bad?

[@saptaccrvima3563]

@@Lfcme could be. But I think you'll always have somebody playing in team despite having better fits on the bench or reserves. Sometimes that's due to managers stubbornes, simply playing that player out of position because you lack somebody there (just to cover it up) or manager forcing that player until he gets back into form. As a Barca, I know that too well. Sergi Roberto has played so much in last few years, despite being terrible, and that's because the club didn't have any replacement for Dani Alves. in the start, Roberto played RB and even when the likes of Semedo or Dest were brought in, Roberto was still played as a "safer option" or "a guy with more experience ". He wasn't good at all, but he still played a tons of matches.

[@DJWicked15]

Considering how possession based the title winning teams are, could a team playing long ball win the premier league? i.e. Could a team with a Neil Warnock-esque manager win the premier league?

[@celtic69]

Leicester did it with mainly long diagonal balls for Jamie Vardy to run onto

[@Hello-fx2rd]

@@celtic69 yep Leicester only win with an average possession of 42.4% in 15/16

[@areebsiddiqui758]

Conte's Chelsea played a counter attacking style. Although they also had some really good players which naturally meant they'd have more possession against worse teams.

[@j.s3300]

@@celtic69 a very low standard league at the time. In this current era, no chance

[@martytu20]

Most possession oriented teams also tend to carry higher wage bills. The higher the wage, the more it corroborate with wins and losses.

[@charaznable1131]

Joe Devine sounds peppy today

[@joelroman5593]

He sounds normal to me

[@charaznable1131]

@@joelroman5593 your ears must be peppy

[@kimemia_maina]

Just as the prophecy foretold

[@Seanknowsyoubetter]

Yeah, it's great to see him happy and living his best life.

[@oliverjohns198]

That’s the sound of bees in your eyes

[@wiener_schnitzelz941]

I do not exaggerate when I say this might be one of the greatest videos on the internet, goodness gracious this one is so good

[@MrMassos88]

Question: Was the, recently retired, Adebayo Akinfenwa a unique player? Have there been others like him?

[@gallaghergibson8024]

No, he actually had a genetically identical clone created by DARPA.

[@reverendroar]

This was the last TIFO Football Show… what a shame because this would have been class. Instead the Athletic killed TIFO off to making it a KZbin channel made of Shorts and less than 20mins videos. *Thanks the Athletic*

[@MsiziNkosi22]

They had the Eric Cantona speech as the credits!

[@jacksharkey562]

I love that the voiceover isn't mentioned in any of the top comments 😂 just what we expect from Tifo

[@Slip6667]

Question : Is there a way to categorise and rate which team has "bottled it" the most in Premier League history?

[@MarkWTK]

maybe a team that has top the league for most of the season, but failed to win it at the end? I think that's the easiest way to count. edit: but don't expect me to count xD

[@Hello-fx2rd]

I guess it depends on what sorts of bottling. Bottling a lead would be easier to count, but bottling a final or trophy would be probably harder to define.

[@j.s3300]

Look for the teams that most underperformed their expected points

[@Slip6667]

I'd like to see players too - always talk of "big" players not turning up for games etc

[@Hankynopanky]

Yeaaasss the holy Trinity of football journalism , absolutely love the work you guys do .

[@TF-bi8ru]

Question: Why was Danny Drinkwater so important for Leicester, and why is he now so unimportant in general?

[@danielmarsh1376]

I hope Danny Drinkwater himself comes onto TIFO to explain his unimportance in life

[@meowwww9275]

So JJ had to re-record Joe's lines due to a technical error with Joe's microphone? Right? It's hysterical btw, best Joe has sounded since Grape Tea.

[@justuskuhn6941]

50+1 is the best thing about german football. I think the only good way you could challenge bayerns dominance is by changing how the revenue from the TV deals etc is shared. Because in my opinion bayern gets a far to big share from it. As of today I think how much you get is mostly determined by how succesful you are. This gives bayern and rb Leipzig even more anunfair advantge. It should in my opinion mostly be determined by how much people watch your games or how much interest you create in generell because that's also what gets you those deals. And nobody wants to watch red bull for example far more people are interested in frankfurt, cologne, schalke or even teams from the second division like hamburg or dresden. Bayern would of course still make the most money we have to admit they are the biggest club in Germany but it would not be as much of a difference to the other teams as it is as of today. Greetings from a bvb fan PS: nobody likes rb Leipzig

[@flatbat8571]

Boubacar Kamara to Aston Villa: is this good? How will he transform the way Villa play?

[@cheangizzz]

Question: can you not skip the Mark Carey song and can you make a compilation of these intro songs for sections and upload them as 1 video I really like those

[@oh1yeah2]

Yessssssssss

[@arkadye]

I want an episode that just goes: *Intro & first question* JOE: "Over to Mark Carey for this one!" *15 minute version of the Mark Carey song about a all his battles with the scattergram and other charts. * MARK: "Yes" JOE: "There you you have it. You've been answered!" *Outro*

[@gallaghergibson8024]

@@arkadye Mark Carey/Scattergram, by prog rock legends King Crimson (16:32)

[@bjrnarhovland9741]

Imagine a penalty shootout where they all use the mls 35-yard method at the end of 120 minutes, when everyone is really tired. That would be full chaos

[@B193Alex]

What went wrong with Leicester? From what I hear it was either from injuries decimating the team or the inability to defend set-pieces, but what was the real issue that caused them to go from Champions League hopefuls to failing to even reach Conference League qualification?

[@miistercrayon]

I’d say the three main reasons were If you look at the end result of the season Leicester only missed out on conference by a relatively small amount of points the majority of which were lost due to set pieces and poor 85min+ play. 1) Injuries to the defence which created terrible cohesiveness and rhythm in set pieces which was compounded by crap solutions (Vestegard) 2) a lack of cleverness and in game management to close out games too often - I think there might be 4-5 games this season where points were lost in the last five mins (Brighton, Everton, Tottenham, West Ham)

[@Hello-fx2rd]

I’d say it’s also the focus on UECL, in quite a few games we played a reserved squad. In addition, Leicester have a relatively smaller squad depth. and yeah injuries contributed a lot as well

[@arkadye]

@@miistercrayon On our discord someone worked out that Leicester dropped 16 points in second-half stoppage time.

[@ralphngwalla]

Hey Tifo.....Question: With Juan Mata leaving United at the end of the season it's a underwhelming end to the career of a player who was genuinely on the cusp of being one of the best midfielders in the game.........so my question is was his decline as a result of the game moving over from a more creative no 10 who gives more on the ball creatively but having to cope with his lack of defensive noice or was he already a decling force already

[@tobyjimmy]

Good question. I'd say United using Mata on the right flank started his decline

[@areebsiddiqui758]

He wasn't just on the cusp. Mata was Chelsea's best player when we won the Champions League in 2012 as well as the year after when we won the Europa League in 2013. Mata was genuinely among the best playmakers in world football at the time, maybe only behind Mesut Ozil and Messi. Then Mourinho came in and sold him to United because he wanted to play Oscar in Mata's place. Tbf it was quite a sudden decline and really unexpected. It seemed at the time United had pulled of a coup and Chelsea had made a huge mistake letting go of arguably their best player at the time.

[@jkmusingss]

A large factor is the incompetence here at the club. Like Pogba, they signed someone without a clear plan of how they were going to build their team with him... so constantly tried to force him onto the wing.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

I don't think any top club could have afforded to have him as their number 10. He was incredibly slow and too weak. He was OK for a club just outside the elite teams. So in today's game he would have been OK for a team around fifth, but he'd be nowhere near a City or Liverpool. He had the brain of a world class player but his legs didn't work as quickly as his brain did. He was always a less talented David Silva.

[@stevenross6164]

Great Question, always wondered this myself.

[@Ninjaporygon]

Why is it that when a team that normally plays a back 3 plays a team that normally plays a back 4, a lot of the time the team that normally plays the back 4 will play a back 3 to 'match' the other team? Does this mean that a back 3 has an advantage over a back 4?

[@andrew7taylor]

I have only seen this if the back 3 teams has either played a 3-1-4-2 or a 3-4-1-2. Which are very interesting formations: you have 3 central midfielders to dominate the center of the pitch and keep the ball, plus you also have 2 central strikers. Which is very dangerous, with 3 CMs there are a lot of possible combinations to get one of them open. And with 2 strikers against 2 CBs, there is no margin of error for the defense, but you always need a little, especially against that many central attackers. Safest way to deal with it is get a spare man in the back against the 2 strikers and match them 3 v 3 in the middle. Voilá! You have to play 3-1-4-2/3-4-1-2 yourself, if the players are coached and trained to play in those formations.

[@hiHi-cn3bn]

some times managers do use it to match other teams formation with the goal of maybe playing better man to man marking, eg 3 5 2 to match 4 3 3, two Strikers vs two centre backs, 3 v3 midfield and two wingers vs two full backs and three defenders vs opponent's front three.

[@juv_3nal]

Typically when I have seen teams switch it is dependent not on the other team's setup in defence but their setup in attack. As I understand it (which could be wrong but I'mma lay it out anyways), it's usually about wanting to have a spare central defender versus the attackers. For example, against 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 you might want a back 4 bc you expect your fullbacks to cover the wider attackers giving you a 2 cbs in the middle versus one central striker, but against a 4-4-2 or 3-5-2, you may want a back 3 because then you expect your fullbacks to cover either midfield wingers or wingbacks meaning 3 cbs against 2 strikers in the middle again giving you a spare man in the central area.

[@Otoskire]

The Liga MX is one of the most watched leagues is entire world, there is a lot of money and yet it’s not that much better than the MLS in terms of quality. Can the Liga MX ever be on par with some of Europe’s leagues, like the Dutch league?

[@jonniebamber441]

Here's me thinking "Oh, TIFO can't get much stranger with this show" but it turns out I know nothing.

[@colinlittlewood9613]

After Seb's analogy I'm wondering whether he has ever been in a car before?

[@bagfaceman1656]

Not sure I agree with the penalty analysis. The whole point is that it is unfair to stop people gambling on fouling in the box to stop attacks. It's meant to be a heavy punishment by design Like, yeah Silva had a low xG but cut backs are dangerous.

[@joemcalister7105]

Exactly. 78% is about what I’d want I think otherwise in any 50/50 situation the defender would choose to give away a penalty and I imagine that wouldnt be good for safety

[@Tailor-DKS]

Basically yes, but if you foul 1 cm away from the penalty area you get a free kick and the size of the area was decided decades ago. So why do we still depend on that, that is the question. I mean you dont ride horses nowadays to drive because cars are way faster, so we shouldnt block a potential improvement. But the point is not if we should change it, but rather how we can change it. And depending on data, we can now make a better penalty area/concept then the people decades ago I guess.

[@cthulhudreams1246]

@@joemcalister7105 I wouldn't mind a zone system where a foul in the danger area was a spot kick as per the current scenerio, and outside that was a running penalty.

[@jonasmile5021]

Question: How good is Niccolo Barella, and what kind of midfielder is he? Should any of the bigger clubs look into buying him?

[@maw86]

Question: I see pundits and Evertonians alike singing Lampard's praises, but as a neutral he was.. underwhelming. Statically, was he a big improvement?

[@martytu20]

It says more about how bad Rafa was and how bad the recruitment was as opposed to Lampard himself.

[@maw86]

@@martytu20 that doesn't really answer my question though, does it ;) I want to know if statistically speaking, he can be considered a significant improve, enough to warrant the praise heaped on him.

[@maw86]

@@martytu20 Rafa got Everton 49% of their points this season.

[@whittar]

Question: How do we tackle the VAR issue? Should referees who refuse to work with it be banned? Should we make it more time-efficient? Context: According to pundits and ex-referees in Poland who dedicate their time to analysing referees, Wisła had 6 points stolen by referee mistakes and Bruk-Bet had 4, relegating them both, while Zagłębie had been gifted 5 points, Stal 3, Płock 8 allowing them to stay up. Referees refused to even look at VAR in many cases and one made an unexplainable mistake cancelling a Wisła goal to make it 2:0 vs Lech which basically everyone in Poland agreed should've stood, leading to a last minute equaliser after stoppage time was made 7 minutes due to that VAR decision.

[@whittar]

Of course I'll be the first to admit Wisla players deserved to end the season where they did, with only one win since December but I'm worried about referee mistakes not because they affect them but because they're everywhere. Odra vs Widzew 0:0 draw in 20/21 comes to mind where a referee gave Odra a free-kick for their player handballing the ball in his own box.

[@darshanv5200]

Another suggestion to make penalties fairer which I've heard about is to make the person who got fouled take the penalty. That will reduce the likelihood of penalties being scored and make it fairer. Only during handballs should anyone from the team be allowed to take it.

[@BenjaminKeller]

Yes, yes, yes!

[@gabdass2146]

Turn up the music it’s not loud enough

[@waseemshameer3275]

question: why are almost all the creative players left footed

[@luisblack6852]

In (field) hockey penalty shootouts are replaced by shuffles (1 on 1s from 23 yards) and it’s usually more fun and requires more skill from both the attacker and the keeper

[@joshuasinclair7649]

This was a thing in the US but was changed to pens

[@rocknroll648]

Given that Leeds survived the season and stayed in the premier league, and that Leeds are probably going to lose Raphinha if not others, how much of a rebuild do they need to do with the rest of the squad to suit Jesse Marsch's system(s)?

[@charaznable1131]

I have to disagree with seb, the only way to end Bayern Munich dominance is with spreading the broadcast revenue equally and bringing in a rule where the top clubs can't buy all their opponents players like limiting it to one or two players ..... This is how you make the Bundesliga competitive not by dismantling the 50+1 rule

[@markkajc]

The transfer rule kinda goes against the free market idea of football transfer Market. Revenue sharing is definitely the best way to go

[@charaznable1131]

@@markkajc what i mean by limiting transfers is by if Bundesliga 1 team wants to buy a player it is limited to buying only one player or two players from league but from Bundesliga 2 or any other league they can go guns ablazing

[@jdbolick]

Splitting broadcast revenue equally would make sense but it still wouldn't come anywhere close to the massive financial advantages Bayern has in merchandising and elsewhere.

[@flaviantanase1889]

@@charaznable1131 yeah so instead of Bayern getting the players and keep german football relevant, the other clubs from other leagues will take them so they weaken Bundesliga as a whole. I dont get this idea of "you should not buy from the rivals". Bayern like to buy Bundesliga players because they speak german and have the right mentality and also because many players dream to play for Bayern. I rly dont get the hate about it

[@IgnoresTrolls]

I am actually stunned at the shirt sales stat. Are foreign shirt sales a smaller portion than I thought and all those sales are from the fact that they're the biggest club in a big country? Are Munich bigger internationally than I thought?

[@rusty7002]

how hard is it to actually score a freekick and who was the best at it?

[@Zombie1Boy]

Just combine the two penalty areas; keep the traditional box for the area where a goalkeeper can handle the ball and the half circle for areas where a foul is a penalty; the area where the keeper can handle the ball but outside the penalty area would end up being a free kick outside the traditional box shape.

[@Doughty321]

This series is beginning to get more insane the longer it goes on.

[@KKlaryon]

The old American penalty method was actually incredible. It's like in Ice Hockey, a lot more skill involved and a lot more fun to watch

[@LilButt5000]

Please don’t withhold the sweet, dulcet tones of Joe Devines voice from me ever again! Love the show

[@MrTaucher007]

Q: After a team as famous as Sunderland being promoted back to the Championship, I wonder: what would be Tifo's 20 most eligible teams to be competing in the Premier League - from a sentimental and historic point of view?

[@jacksharkey562]

This is genuinely the best channel on KZbin

[@Sparkz147]

Just putting it out there. I thought Dwight McNeil was perfect England B material. Throw-back left footed left winger who loves to cross.

[@wiener_schnitzelz941]

the ending alone has me crying repeatedly I can't stop going through the credits and JJ's commentary

[@Beeady]

Penalties can be made fairer by simply getting rid of them and calling a direct free kick from the exact position the player is fouled. To make this work, the 10 yard minimum distance remains, so if the player is fouled within 10 yards from the goal, the wall will have to be behind the goal-line so is basically a penalty anyway, but the angle will vary. IMO would make it far more interesting and stop the 5 minute VAR decisions

[@TheAlphaDingo]

Question: With many players going on to become managers (some examples being Pep - Defensive Mid, Mancini - Forward, Pochettino & Blanc - CBs, Klopp Defender/Striker); is there an on field position that is considered to have produced the best managers/be the best position at producing successful managers?

[@davicosta3915]

They already answered that question in one of the episodes of the show I cannot remember which one, but they did

[@funkrates4778]

I have an idea about changing penalties. You can make it so that there are two places where you get to have a penalty, one in the standard location and another one farther out. So the standard distance is 12 yards out from goal. This new location would be 18 yards out from goal. The way you determine whether the penalty is taken from the 12 yard point or the 18 yard point depends on how close to goal the foul occurs. If the foul occurs from edge to 1/4 within the box, then you take the penalty at the 18 yard point. If the fouls occurs within 3/4 from the goal, then you use the 12 yard point. I hope that makes sense.

[@oscarx-ray3545]

If there's a foul in the box, the set piece should be taken from where the foul was committed, but the defending team can't set up a wall, and nobody other than the set piece taker and goalkeeper can start in the box. BOOM! Class.

[@edwin6124]

Question : Can mikel Arteta develop Arsenal into a top team again, in terms of transfers and player growth. Or should they get a new manager

[@jakemilligan6251]

Watching tifo feels like a fever dream i love it

[@davicosta3915]

6:06 see, that's the point, most german football fans are fine with Bayern dominance, they prefer to have the 50+1 and the german football culture the way that is now Most people who complain about Bayern dominance, don't even watch german football and they don't live in Germany

[@carsena1318]

love this show

[@trossity]

I love all the Tifo folks, but it's cool getting to see more of The Athletic writers appear on this show

[@ChaseTheHorizons]

Question: How long before English players playing abroad becomes common? How much of an effect will it have on the national team?

[@misomiso8228]

1. One other solution would be to COMBINE Ligue 1, the Bundesligue, the Austrian League, and the Czech League into one big 'Mega West European League'. With this option you would have a twenty team Combined League with three relegations each year, and one Promotion from each of the French and 'Combined Germany' Leagues with one other play off spot. Such a League would have both PSG and Bayern, and you would probably see that match become the equivelant of 'El Classico'. Could be a money maker. 2. The thing with the penalty box is that if you reduce the severity of the penalty by reducing the scoring %, then you make fouls more likely. This is not necessarily bad, but it does mean players will foul more as there is less of a cost to doing so.

[@dgh6g33gf]

Question : Will the Beneliga happen? If it does, what will it look like, and how will it affect football in Europe?

[@pekcamkee1868]

what's the difference between gundogan under klopp and pep? this is not a joke question but im too lazy to rephrase it so yeah.

[@nert-13]

Question: how should teams play when up or down a man to best exploit or hide the advantage

[@skarutd1740]

What is your opinion on Mike Maignan? Do you think currently he is the best goalkeeper category alongside Alisson and Ederson?

[@BigblueNF]

Throwing my vote in for the following: If the goalie commits the foul in the box, take a classic penalty. If the defending player commits a foul in the box AND receives a red card, classic penalty. In all other cases, take the penalty from where the foul occurred OR the coach may opt to take a corner kick instead.

[@joemurphy4283]

Question: What's going on with Ligue 1? Why is it going down to 18 teams and what effects might this bring?

[@jakoba138]

Question: How did the Norwegian national team manage to rank second in the FIFA ranking in the mid 90’s, and can such a period of overperforming by a national team be a «curse» and a burden in the years after?

[@kaleabtesema8947]

Question: Was Theo Walcott any good?

[@notKevinFeige]

Nope, just english

[@ireallylikethings]

I don’t mind penalties not being “fair”. I want to see more goals, not fewer, and I like that penalties often change the dynamic of the game, that makes football more interesting to watch too.

[@greyingshepherd]

Best football channel out there, period. 🍻 Und guten tag Seb!!

[@georginho36]

can’t lie, a mini tournament of international b teams would be so fun

[@dmcc5110]

Question, why do teams act like being captain is so important? What do they actually have to do

[@arkadye]

I think penalties should be balanced a little to the defending team. When first introduced the keeper stood on the six yard line and could rush the taker. I wouldn't go that far but I do think this could work: - Keeper starts on their line. - Once the taker starts their run up the keeper can leave the line. I'm not sure if we should limit how far the keeper can go (restrict them to the six yards box maybe?) or if it would be more fun to see penalties charged down if the taker tries to be too tricky with the run up.

[@Emperortyping]

Question: Newcastle have been the 3rd highest point scoring team over the second half of the season. Is this just a really long hot streak or are they actually genuine top 4 contenders?

[@KIDGUCCI707]

Question : Are Manchester United Defenders that bad or are they the scapegoats of a terrible defensive system?

[@kubajakobiak20]

Question: With current rumors of Lewandowski leaving Bayern, how are they going to replace him? Will they buy someone of similar qualities as a striker or is it better to change the formation and play without a typical forward?

[@notKevinFeige]

That is a good question, since most options from last years already signed for other clubs

[@kubajakobiak20]

Thanks, that's what I thought about. Market for strikers is very limited at the moment

[@notKevinFeige]

@@kubajakobiak20 the only one i can think right now is Darwin Nunes, but he will be expensive and Bayern don't usually pay much

[@kubajakobiak20]

@@notKevinFeige I didn't watch his career closely but I believe it was his breakthrough season and with a high price tag, he doesn't seem to me like a Bayern transfer. Firminho might be an interesting option if they decided to go with something of a false nine, or maybe try Muller in that role

[@archiebiltcliffe]

That Seb feature is absolutely beautifully filmed

[@thelastgreataudit8112]

I'd just give goalkeepers the power step back.

[@jaminjoben5097]

What was your Prem team of the year excluding Man City and Liverpool? Basically only Son got in most lists.

[@bri1085]

Kane and rice were actually popular shouts, José Sá also made the occasional appearance

[@brennonplays]

JJ loves an Arrested Development reference and I’m here for it. They don’t allow you to have bees in here.

[@andrewdhughes1993]

Challenge for Alex Stewart - What is the most boring squad and tactic that you could draft to put on a realistic premier league title charge next season? The squad, management and football played needs to be drab and uninspiring but still able to snooze their way to the top of the league.

[@ki8616]

They should change penalties so that the person fouled has to take it and the person who committed the foul has to try and save it. Everyone loves to see an outfield player in the sticks!

[@markkajc]

Yeah, that's kinda like basketball where the fouled player has to take the free throw

[@JL-hz5li]

Fun fact: it’s always Bayern who advocate for policies to encourage more competition in the Bundesliga, but constantly got vetoed by other clubs; it’s the “plastic clubs” who are very well run and ambitious and provide excellent player development -Leipzig, Hoffenheim, Leverkusen etc, but they are the most despised in Germany.

[@NeonLeonNoel]

Free kicks within the penalty box need to be used more. I do love the MLS penalty rule that was used back then. It was more realistic of a chance from open game than having an awkward standing start.

[@thatguyoverthere312]

Question: Why has Mexico struggled on the to win the World Cup considering their large population and long football history?

[@notKevinFeige]

The real question is, why is Mexico unable to produce World Class players? The best i can think "recently" were Giovani dos Santos and Chicharito and even that was a long time ago

[@thatguyoverthere312]

@@notKevinFeige I would add Lozano, Vela, and Jimenez to that list with a few others possibly counting

[@crispykneecaps7209]

Seb says taking the penalty from where the foul occurred wouldn't work because of "angles" like if you were fouled next to the post. But wouldn't this just result in the penalty being a pass to a teammate sprinting into the box rather than a direct shot?* Yes, the defending team would try to intercept these passes by also sprinting in, but the attacking team would know when to time their runs in the same way that in rugby union the team taking the lineout knows when to lift their players and usually (not always) retain possession. The main benefit is that these indirect penalty set pieces with attackers and defenders sprinting into the box from all angles would look spectacular and that's what we want. Penalty goals are boring and we want something more beautiful. *They would have to change the rule to allow penalties to be passed backwards, but they might as well allow that.

[@corroded]

I grew enjoy to the new voice very quickly.

[@iulianju7893]

Question: How is the Wenger off-side rule performing in tests?

[@dandominare]

each episode is better than the last - it's like the opposite of Lost

[@LordWay]

jj has managed to make joe more down to earth with his impression 😉

[@micayahritchie7158]

7:45 Just a caution on game design here, a game that is statistically always fairer is often more boring as it increases predictability. One needs the possibility of sudden huge losses for entertainment. I'll accept that penalties are skewed towards helping big teams being more likely to get one and more likely to score but this is just a general caution against making the game statistically fair.

[@danielhendrie2726]

Why is football not working in Australia?

[@michealmagic8830]

Since it looks set that Mauricio Pochettino is going to leave psg, what does the new psg coach need to do to get the best out of the MNM(MESSI MBAPPE AND NEYMAR) also what signings do they need to make to improve the squad?? Maybe a midfielder?

[@OrangeNash]

Very interesting how something that seems the core of the game penalties from 12 yards ,for a foul in an 18 yard area, actually seems flawed when you think about it. There's too many soft penalties these days, where an attacker initiates contact then collapses in a heap. I definitely like the idea of taking the penalty from where the foul occurred. Also, shrinking the penalty area, or perhaps making an arc on it. Though wouldn't an arc be difficult to tell whether inside or out compared to the current straight lines? Whatever, attackers continually diving for penalties is probably the biggest irritation in the game for me, these days.

[@od9694]

I think Leipzig are far more likely to stop bayern than Dortmund