Tifo Football Podcast

Michael Carrick remains Manchester United manager, but for how long and how do they fix their bigger, longer term problems? Liverpool knocked Chelsea out of the League Cup on penalties after a normal time. And Fleetwood Town are Never Going Back Again after knocking out Arsenal in the League Cup.

All of this and more was discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Colin Millar, JJ Bull & Jon Mackenzie and is produced by Steve Hankey.
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00:00 - an oily intro

05:18 - Joe has been outside of London

08:44 - Carrick remains Man Utd boss

18:02 - The purgatory of modern Man Utd

28:38 - Man Utd’s player trading follies

39:20 - saddles and debt

44:25 - a break, The Rondo, and spoons apparently…

51:57 - Xabi Alonso loses back at Liverpool

1:00:08 - a break

1:00:10 - Arsenal’s Dreams are Second Hand News after defeat to Fleetwood Town
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Aston Villa’s victory over Manchester City showing the rebuild under Unai Emery is well under way, a routine win for Arsenal over Everton in a rain swept North London, Tottenham’s historically rare victory away to Chelsea, another defeat for Crystal Palace and under pressure Pierre Sage plus Real Madrid’s win over Barcelona in El Clásico were ALL discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Kate Mason, features Reuben Pinder, Kaya Kaynak & Thom Harris and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - An intro that was completely fair to Reuben

04:16 - A reborn Aston Villa defeat Man City

14:34 - Is Unai Emery the best manager in the Premier League?

18:50 - Issues for Donnarumma & Guehi at Man City

26:54 - a quick break & THE RONDO

37:37 - Arsenal chalk up a rainy routine win over Everton’s tiny, tiny squad

43:04 - a quick break

43:06 - Tottenham defeat Chelsea!

55:19 - Another noisy defeat for Crystal Palace

1:00:19 - Real Madrid stun Barcelona in El Clásico

1:06:15 - Star of the Week
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Manchester United very much fail to bounce back against Bournemouth. Is Michael Carrick's time done? And has Andoni Iraola has achieved a total cultural victory over Premier League football?

Kate Mason hosts Jon, Seb and Jack to discuss the above, festive treats and post-watershed ASMR.
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Former Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag has spoken for the first time about his time at Old Trafford, Ronaldo and the circumstances surrounding his departure. Joe and Jon perform Ring for Analysis on an exclusive interview with The Athletic’s Laurie Whitwell. Part 1 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7701054/2026/10/20/ten-hag-ronaldo-man-utd/
Part 2 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7702847/2026/10/21/erik-ten-hag-interview-man-united-legends-mainoo/
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A potential moment of reckoning for Michael Carrick after Manchester United’s 4-1 defeat to Como, Arsenal’s entertaining 2-2 draw away at Bayern Munich and Aston Villa’s 3-1 win of Viking FK were all discussed in this episode of the Tifo Football podcast.

This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Joey D’Urso, Kaya Kaynak & Jon Mackenzie and is produced by Steve Hankey.

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00:00 - a peppy intro

03:28 - The Man Utd soap opera continues

12:13 - impressions of Carrick as a coach & deeper problems

20:50 - so, what next?

26:42 - a break & THE RONDO

34:14 - Arsenal hold back the behemoth Bayern, but we talk about films instead

51:05 - a break

51:07 - Villa conquer the Vikings!

58:21 - The wheel of D’Urso
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