Football Manager Euros Challenge ft. Iain Macintosh

Football Manager Euros Challenge ft. Iain Macintosh
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The Euros are done and dusted by the competitive spirit remains in the Tifo IRL office! Join Iain Macintosh as he hosts the inaugural Tifo Football Manager Derby between two of our keenest football minds: JJ Bull and... Joe Devine?
Who will take home the Tifo Trophy? Who will go home in tears?
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#EURO2020 #TifoDerby #FM21

[@rohannaval1621]

JJ's wife: Do you love me? JJ: The most important thing is the three points

[@sriharshasitamraju4831]

😂

[@GM-kj7sy]

😂😂😂😂😅

[@MitchWebb94]

we go again

[@conorcassidy7112]

Joe knows points are bad.

[@TheKreattion]

Back to the training ground, we go again

[@alerog745]

Joe Devine, tactical genius.

[@Burpingtogheter]

Shame his team wasn't so divine as his name would suggest

[@adrielchavez4919]

A masterclass from Joe

[@felekhd1739]

Joe devine reminds me of boris Johnson

[@bardkrstoplemic]

You could say his tactics are truly Devine...

[@mihneaiordan1813]

THE PILLAR

[@jlawless7112]

In 4 years we'll look back and realise how ahead of his time joe devine was

[@SKa-tt9nm]

Hello, I’m from the future. Only one year left on the “Joe Devine was ahead of his time” clock. I have to say, it doesn’t look good.

[@KingofAir9696]

Joe Devine: Divine Voice Hellish Tactics

[@carlos37andre]

"Do you have any regrets?" "Just that my parents divorced when they did" Lol, wtf haha. Amazing format, guys, keep it going.

[@SoubhikMajumdar]

"The poacher - he's gonna come and get those chickens" XD

[@klausn7267]

Joe just needed some time to coach his side and bring them up to speed with his tactics. Then the 2-1-3-1-3 would have been unstoppable.

[@DavidChong]

I can *kind* of see it when he blames Alex. I mean 2-1-3-1-3 is not far off Bielsa's 3-3-1-3 after all.

[@nivashsoma]

Joe Devine is just tactically ahead of his time

[@edwardking9359]

Perfect manager for city honesty

[@ratnadipdas8219]

Pep is definitely going to use this formation in the next CL final isn't he

[@edwardking9359]

@@ratnadipdas8219 Would not be surprised

[@logirex]

He knows the right choice is to pick big names and not a "team" 😜

[@patrickmccormack3209]

Me first playing FM: Joe Devine Me playing FM now: JJ Bull Either way I still lose

[@manuelbarros4898]

7:40 “Bad day to be Joe Devine. Were you surprised at his tactics?” JJ: “What tactics?”

[@charlesfowler4308]

JJ: Regular game Pep tactics Joe: Big final game Pep tactics

[@ayyguevara8448]

this is the first time we're seeing the inherent humour of the podcast in other videos, brilliant format, hope you do more stuff in this style

[@unthoughtwords]

2:54 - I wonder how prophetic it will turn out to be that Joe's ridiculous formation is essentially an arrow pointing into his own goal.

[@SKa-tt9nm]

You telling me you aren’t familiar with the famed 2-5-3 formation? The version of the 2-5-3 that includes 2 center forwards up front is known as the “Devine special”.

[@CBodo]

I've never commented on anything Tifo but I've got to say this is the funniest, most engaging content I've ever seen from you guys 😂😂😂 In fact, even if you bring back Alex, please keep Joe. His loss is our entertainment.

[@animevsirl]

JJ: Stats and Tactics Joe Devine: Just Football vibes

[@homosapien5156]

All vibes and no tactics.

[@TheWPGHD]

JJ ‘3 points is the most important thing’ ‘The Bullard’ Bull

[@yjp4401]

Oh you've got to do a round robin with JJ, Joe, Alex and Seb now

[@CBodo]

Seconded

[@adamtallon3354]

Please make this a thing Tifo

[@divyanshtripathi65]

Yes! Points are back! And they're good this time around.

[@liverpool951000]

Alex is only allowed to use Ibrahim Sangare

[@rishavsingh2390]

The tifo super league

[@kasperbonnen8691]

Please do this again. Loved the format and found it absolutely hilarious.

[@know3459]

I'd love to see the intended duel of JJ vs. Alex now.

[@squeaker3087]

if there is no 2-3-5 formation i wuit

[@luca.amato_19]

JJ is me in middle of class when i get bored.

[@tobiogunsina8426]

Joe looked so happy to score. To bad to see what followed.

[@08Rolling]

An utter meme of a tactic gets "only" 6 goals against. Every day it passes I just value more and more the spanking perpetrated by Bayern against Barça.

[@Alphabunsquad]

Players don’t give up in FM manager

[@joshuabryan3692]

@@Alphabunsquad they sort of do though right? Moral is an in game thing isn't it? I genuinely don't know but if it's in trash like FIFA then surely it's in FM.

[@RexOedipus.]

@@joshuabryan3692 morale and tiredness is literally the reason why you have a "mid season slump"

[@krishnanandnair6274]

The cuts to Joe had me rolling, man was acting like he was at Subway!

[@ayaantauquir17]

Joe Devine is gonna get a chapter dedicated to him in the next Michael Cox book

[@tommagennis]

The chapter will be made up entirely of pained, discordant screams, but nonetheless.

[@sld1776]

I think he was trying to return to the 2-3-5, the tactic that defined Football for the longest time.

[@rishavsingh2390]

@@sld1776 He was trying to bring back the pre FFP times

[@Knowingspy]

"Ah yes, the double T-pose formation" - Pep Guardiola.

[@justynlee8485]

Most coaches: *select back 3s, 4s, or 5s* Joe: *selects a back 2* Most coaches: *prefers a balanced and stable team* Joe: *decides to go all out offense with the most expensive players being attackers* Most coaches when loosing: *tries to slightly add more stability or change formation defensively and offensively* Joe: *changes all the tactics to be ultra aggressive and offensive*

[@yungtrashlord]

joe is the very embodiment of psg owners or florentino perez's first galacticos term

[@sumy5543]

Start: JJ vs Alex Me: Cool, masterminds. I have to watch this. Must Learn a lot. Then: Alex out, Joe in Me: Oh nooooo, I HAVE TO WATCH THIS NOW! lol

[@rahul_mohan]

I had a lot of fun watching this. Please bring on more Football Manager content please. And Alex too.

[@rahulsv1328]

JJ Bull : Progressive Passes, Holding Midfielder, No10 joe: Aight, He looks good he's in, Oh this guy is epic right? Yeah lets get him too

[@effrumtheretardo]

I started playing FM after seeing Tifo's FM tips video and I'm really enjoying it, but when I see Sterling there not diving and appealing for a penalty I realize even FM has limitations to its realism 🤣

[@zulllfi]

Joe Devine : "It's a goal, it's a goal. He's the poacher, he's poaching the goal" Also Joe Devine afterwards : *Visible Pain*

[@gavelkind7506]

More FM content is always appreciated

[@alexgood1039]

In 2026 we will look back on this day as the genesis of the Joe’s Militarized Post Office Queue meta. Ahead of his time.

[@jesonliu4955]

Joe Devine doing whole sale shopping

[@shane5022]

More of this please. This is what we've been waiting for.

[@matthewrobinson9503]

Best Tifo video I’ve ever watched

[@AshKank24]

I love how the comment section is praising Joe Devine despite the loss.😂

[@danielholt6480]

Not sure what is more satisfying, the fact that I have FM open on another laptop and my tactical instructions/formation are 95% identical to JJ's, or that I can now say "he's gonna come and get those chickens!" when I play a poacher. Probably the satire of post-match interviews tbh.

[@azfar333]

This is THE most entertaining Tifo IRL video yet. But whatever it is, the most important thing is the 3 points.

[@vidurpandit3486]

Zealand is gonna review this, I can feel it xD

[@sanryzleck655]

Yeah winning is great and all, but could it truly replace how much fun it would be to play under a manager like Joe Devine?

[@homosapien5156]

Looks like a queue of men in black shirts. Perfect 🤣🤣🤣

[@dhruvverma7998]

we want more of this......the world needs this

[@saspa2366]

Imagine not playing direct with 3 strikers haha

[@bornsavage9742]

I need Zealand top react to this omg

[@HuyNguyen-sn6kh]

"They say red, but I'd say blue!" - Joe Devine 2021

[@otto_jk]

JJ should have spinned and done the finger guns at Joe after every Goal.

[@jimmyjimmy5574]

Do more of Football Manager match-up videos.

[@kwandsssss]

Please do more of these!!!

[@nhhnathan3]

Plz make this some kind of series!!!

[@ayomikunogunjuyigbe1286]

Please please please do more of this!!!!

[@dhineshraj7286]

incredible video, TIFO is the best channel on youtube

[@MegaAlien999]

on entertainment value alone, this is by far you guys' best work. what a great video

[@RohitKumar-hi4qf]

We need more of this!!!!

[@codgamer]

This is so much better than the Euros itself.

[@bishaltree82]

i think this might be the best video from tifo ever

[@hugohull4015]

If only Ibrahim Sangaré was European, he was just what Joe’s team was missing

[@sasori1174]

Best video guys. Laughing all the way. Would be great to see a mini league with all tifo analyst

[@JMThought]

Sports interactive are absolutely delighted that JJ won that

[@houcemfehri155]

We need more of this!! A lot more of this!! A shit ton more of this!!

[@pcthegamer7894]

We want more of these These are so interesting

[@TheMeeesterT]

The pic of Joe on the thumbnail looks like a 'before' pic of JJ after a gap year in Peru. Love his tactics though.

[@kai45654]

The world isn't ready yet for 2-1-3-1-3

[@Groundsey]

Dear god please more of this

[@landy4497]

this might be even better than the main channel

[@HappyBirthday0707]

JJ: “the most important thing is the three points and then we ROONEY!!”

[@jordank1489]

It wasn't Joe's tactical nous that failed him, it was the archaic football manager engine.

[@tomgorman7457]

this is gold. pure gold.

[@conorf1995]

format has lots of potential!

[@joshbird5204]

This is the best Tifo and uMaxit video

[@ethanpearson774]

I'm here for whatever this is. Glorious!

[@TheSpartanman9]

Please more of this. This was great

[@joelroman5593]

It's not Joe's fault, his parents got divorced at a bad time

[@andrewbai7080]

we need more fm content!!!

[@rufusmills6931]

This needs to be a series with different members of the athletic picking teams under different constraints

[@MrWarbley]

Now this is just quality content

[@gonzothegreat6660]

this is my favorite tifo video

[@nthu528]

This is great. We need more of these

[@jordavi7501]

Ok I'm down for more Football Manager

[@CasualOdi]

I mean... there was a decent chance that JJ would've picked De Bruyne as well, so choosing Rudiger wasn't a bad idea from Joe.

[@Simon-A.-Tan]

Joe Devine, sporting director at PSG

[@homosapien5156]

I really liked JJ's WHAT!!

[@jimbojimbo6873]

Shout to JJ still rocking the unbuttoned overshirt and T

[@willallnutt4612]

This is the greatest thing I've ever seen

[@manasdixit]

Joe is all vibes, no tactics.

[@someonesch4361]

Just discovered these vids. Joe is a gem😁

[@tahsinahmed8991]

this was edited so well

[@kylob5493]

“Just that my parents divorced when they did” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tridivbhatt]

Joe to JJ in the next Tifo Podcast, Joe: Tell me about . JJ: The most important thing is the three points. Now we go back to training and we go again.

[@tessalate3]

Love this! Very series-able! Excellent commentary too

[@hafizdadryan1643]

Really need more of this

[@kylob5493]

“And Joe Devine.. is also here” 😂😂😂

[@treyb7937]

This was fun asf please do it again

[@thoriummusic]

2 goals from 3 shots.. say what you will about Devine's Tactics but the man breeds clinical finishing

[@homosapien5156]

Alex after looking at Joe's team: All vibes and no tactics

[@TheGroundHopper]

Is the Scottish bloke from fitbathaba? Classic retro youtube 👌

[@alihassan389]

Please do more of this ❤️🤣🤣

[@balakrishnanemana4640]

Coach's voice Masterclass JJbull

[@SamHainScott]

Joe's taking having a strong spine in your team to the extreme. No arms or legs though

[@1998Cebola]

Fighting like the black knight in the Holy Grail

[@Ryzo_19]

More Football manager content please

[@jacobbayadi]

If only I could like this video twice.