The Tactical Football Podcast: Recent Episodes
Football In The Whip
There’s so many podcasts based on the Premier League that simply run the weekends results and talk about the surface level happenings in the league. That’s not us. We take a deep dive into the best performances and explain why they were good, talk about what certain managers are trying, all in an entertaining and light hearted way. Enjoy!
With the World Cup moments away and prior to our arrival in Qatar, we talk about somethings to expect. We have to start by talking about England and why Southgate is wrong, every Englishman knows better than the manager and we are no different.
We then discuss how some of the American teams are very underrated, how Europe’s dominance may be drawing to a close before picking some underdogs and young star players to look out for. This is Episode 7 of our Podcast but we will be doing a daily podcast live from Qatar every single day.
Following Arsenal vs Liverpool, the criticise of Trent Alexander Arnold intensified and unjustly. We systemically breakdown the other failings on the pitch that allow teams to exploit the space that was always available against Liverpool. And then onto the team that beat them, Arsenal. Are they contenders or pretenders? We explore what it will take to become a side to be reckoned with for years to come.
Finally, we wrap up with an ode to Howe. Looking at how with the same set of players, Eddie Howe has been able to play 3 different styles of football and maintains one of the best records in the Premier League.
Pep Guardiola and Mikel Arteta have both been hurt by the counter, especially against Top 6 teams. Not only that, but it’s hurt them in achieving their goals with regards to the UCL. With the North London Derby & The Manchester Derby, we discuss why both managers need to be pragmatic.
We then follow on to two teams who are having surprising season. West Ham have one win and stutter, we break down why before wrapping up with why Fulham are flying under Marco Silva.
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The UCL Draft, with no PL football, we were bored. And so we set about a task, who can make the best UCL XI. But given there’s only two of us and 32 teams in the UCL, we had a stipulation, once a player is selected from a team then than team can’t be selected from again. We also know the players the other guy loves so there is treachery.
For the second part of the podcast, we talk about how some of the bigger teams chase games. For Arsenal & Arteta, it’s a big shift away from their usual playing style whilst Pep sticks to Plan A. For Spurs, it’s getting 4 strikers on the pitch whilst United lose their heads. Join us as we discuss it all.
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We noticed a trend, “failed” attackers being turned into monster midfielders in teams that focus on building through transitional football. We first talk through how England have generally had a lack of deep lying playmakers and how Gareth Southgate has adjusted to this, but now how Frank Lampard, Eddie Howe & Patrick Vieira has adjusted.
The debate then moves onto the best transfers, where we have different ideas on what makes a good quality transfer before picking our best.
An episode that descends into anarchy, where we begin by discussing if Spurs are the real deal. With the signing of Casemiro, we mourn the end of McFred and finish with how Joelinton & ASM may destroy the right hand channel against Liverpool. Then, anarchy in the debate where we discuss if strikers scoring goals is enough (it is). Before we talk about Digne being washed and Odegaard being in sublime form.
Our first podcast opens with a some league predictions. Now whilst we are doing some of the conventional predictions of champions and top 4, we go a little random. So join us to understand why Arteta’s great grandfather means Arsenal will bottle 4th, why Michael Olise is going to Manchester City, why Everton are midtable with a new loan signing and why Bowen & Oliver Skipp are going down in history.