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

About this episode

The episode discusses the executive failures of several football clubs and the implications for their performance, alongside the success of Crystal Palace 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. Equator magazine - https://www.equator.org/ Join the Tifo Discord Server - https://discord.gg/6nMGtSyyNM ADRIAN DENNIS / Contributor / AFP via Getty Images Richard Heathcote / Staff / Getty Images Sport via Getty Images 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Joe Devine

Guests: Jon Mackenzie, Jack Pitt-Brooke, Jonathan Shainin

Topics covered

• executive management in football
• club performance analysis
• European football dominance
• Italy's top teams
• Crystal Palace success

Keywords

• Tottenham Hotspur
• executive failure
• Crystal Palace
• UEFA Conference League
• Italy top four
• football management
• club performance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Chelsea, AC Milan, Crystal Palace, UEFA Conference League, Equator magazine, Tifo Football Podcast

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