Patreon sampler: The Spectre of Pep, the Premier League and Liverpool, with Jon Mackenzie and Neil Atkinson

About this episode

The episode features discussions on football tactics and Liverpool's season with guests Jon Mackenzie and Neil Atkinson.

For everyone on the free feed, we have two sections taken from recent Patreon podcasts for you to check out! Up first, Jon Mackenzie from Tifo and the Athletic joins for a more tactical chat about this season and his forthcoming book, ‘The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics’. Recorded a week or so before Andoni Iraola was announced as Liverpool manager, the full episode chat's about the brilliance of his coaching and much more. Part two is a section where Neil Atkinson, from The Anfield Wrap, joins to chat about Liverpool's tricky season and the departure of Arne Slot (29:32). The full episode features more chat about Iraola's arrival and some general Premier League chat. Follow Jon on Instagram and Bluesky and you can pre-order the book here . Follow Neil on Bluesky , check out The Anfield Wrap here and his book is available here . Also, another shout for Musa’s interview with Zohran Mamdani for GQ here . Tickets for our July live show, with Nish Kumar at the Southbank Centre, are available here . For more podcasts, ad-free and in full, plus access to the Stadio Social Club and much more, you can become a Stadio member by signing up at…

People in this episode

Host: Stadio

Guests: Jon Mackenzie, Neil Atkinson

Topics covered

• Premier League
• Liverpool
• football tactics
• coaching
• Patreon content

Keywords

• Pep Guardiola
• Liverpool manager
• football tactics
• Premier League
• Patreon

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tifo, The Athletic, Liverpool, The Anfield Wrap, GQ

Books & works: The Spectre of Pep: How Guardiola Haunts Modern Football Tactics

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