Episodes

  • Mailbag: PL experience in January and left-footed centre-mids

    Mailbag: PL experience in January and left-footed centre-mids
    Jan 9 2025
    This week… we’ve had SO MANY brilliant, insightful messages that it was about time to got stuck into our second Tactics Mailbag of the season. So today we’re talking… The importance of “Premier League experience” for January signings, when do new managers get “found out”, left-footed central-midfielders and much more! Host: Michael Bailey With: Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Liam Tharme Producer: Mike Stavrou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins
  • Festive Football Tactical Notebook

    Festive Football Tactical Notebook
    Jan 2 2025
    In this episode, we navigate through the feast of festive football. With so many games played in such a short space of time, we pore over the tactical tidbits that have emerged. From Fulham in a back five to Chelsea leaking goals to yet another weakness in Manchester United. We also look at Arsenal’s Saka-shaped hole, which type of passes Manchester City seem unwilling to play and much more. Host: Michael Bailey With: Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Thom Harris. Producer: Steve Hankey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    50 mins
  • 2024 tactical trends

    2024 tactical trends
    Dec 19 2024
    This is the last show of the year, so the perfect time to look back on the tactical highlights of 2024. We’re talking trends, teams, players, standout moments and of course, our tweak of the YEAR! Host: Michael Bailey With: Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Thom Harris Producer: Mike Stavrou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 mins
  • The Premier League’s overachievers

    The Premier League’s overachievers
    Dec 12 2024
    This week we’re looking at the Premier League teams who are punching above their weight… we’re talking Nottingham Forest, Brighton, Bournemouth, Brentford, Fulham and maybe a few others. How do these clubs build their status in the English top flight and climb the table in the years after promotion? Host: Michael Bailey With: Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Liam Tharme Producer: Mike Stavrou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • How to manage leads and dangerous scorelines

    How to manage leads and dangerous scorelines
    Dec 5 2024
    This week we’re delving into the world of game state, and how tactics change whether a team is winning, losing or drawing. And… can we come up with what the most dangerous scoreline really is? Host: Michael Bailey With: Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Liam Tharme Producer: Mike Stavrou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Liverpool vs Man City: Where the game will be won

    Liverpool vs Man City: Where the game will be won
    Nov 28 2024
    It’s Liverpool against Manchester City at Anfield in the Premier League this weekend — and given what these two clubs have been up to recently, there’s plenty to dissect, on the present and what we may get down the road. Host: Michael Bailey With: Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Thom Harris Producer: Mike Stavrou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • How do teams cope without their star players?

    How do teams cope without their star players?
    Nov 21 2024
    In light of Manchester City’s attempts to cope without Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, and Arsenal’s struggles without their captain Martin Odegaard, we’re asking — how do teams cope without their star players? Host: Michael Bailey With: Liam Tharme, Thom Harris, Art de Roché Producer: Mike Stavrou Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • Back Three Formations

    Back Three Formations
    Nov 7 2024
    In this episode, we talk about back three formations. Ruben Amorim loves them, and he’ll be the boss at Manchester United from next week. And Simone Inzaghi’s Internazionale, also featuring a back three, beat Arsenal this week, had already drawn with Man City; and are yet to concede a Champions League goal. So are back threes back? Or is this just a brief moment back in the sun? And can Manchester United’s current squad adapt to Amorim’s favoured formation? Host: Michael Bailey With: Michael Cox, Mark Carey and Liam Tharme. Producer: Steve Hankey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    48 mins