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Tottenham's executive failure, Italy's new top four & English teams dominance in Europe

Football

Year2026

Duration1h 26m

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Try The Athletic for FREE for 30 days: https://theathletic.com/tifofootball 📗 Tifo's new book, "How to Watch Football" is now available internationally: https://linktr.ee/tifobook Join the Tifo Discord Server -   / discord   The deeper, executive and management questions that surround the underperformance of clubs like Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Chelsea and AC Milan plus Crystal Palace’s UEFA Conference League success were discussed on the latest Tifo Football podcast. This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie, Jack Pitt-Brooke & Jonathan Shainin and is produced by Steve Hankey. Equator magazine - https://www.equator.org/ ADRIAN DENNIS / Contributor / AFP via Getty Images Marco Luzzani / Stringer / Getty Images Sport via Getty Images Richard Heathcote / Staff / Getty Images Sport via Getty Images 00:00 - a plain t-shirt intro 09:32 - Executive malfunction at Tottenham Hotspur 21:00 - consequences of coach choices 27:54 - Jon’s tea party analogy and how ot make a good football system 33:42 - A break 33:44 - The Rondo 42:35 - Navigating “big club” versus “small club” operational policy 49:40 - the problem with overly reducing football to numbers 1:00:37 - another break 1:00:39 - Crystal Palace won the Conference League! 1:09:52 - Italy’s top four this season Follow Tifo Football by The Athletic: Facebook:   / tifofootball   Instagram:   / tifofootball_   TikTok:   / tifofootball_   X: https://x.com/TifoFootball_ Listen to the Tifo Football podcast: The Athletic UK: http://bit.ly/TifoPodChannel Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/TifoFootPod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/06QIGhq... YouTube:    • Tifo Football Podcast   Watch more Tifo: Tifo Football Podcast:    • Tifo Football Podcast   Tifo Sports by The Athletic:    / @tifosports   About Tifo Football by The Athletic: Tifo loves football. We create In-depth tactical, historical and geopolitical breakdowns of the beautiful game. We know there’s an appetite for thoughtful, int