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