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Sep 24
1h 20m

Are Aston Villa actually in trouble? And...

THE ATHLETIC
About this episode

Aston Villa’s unexpectedly bad start to the season, why it’s hard for clubs to establish themselves at the top of the Premier League now and the lack of Premier League players at the sharp end of the Ballon D’Or nominations were discussed in the latest Tifo Football podcast…


This episode of the Tifo football podcast is hosted by Joe Devine, features Jon Mackenzie & Sam Tighe and is produced by Steve Hankey.


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00:00 - A singing Samwise intro 


07:50 - a bad start for Aston Villa


27:55 - Are there ways to make the Premier League more fun?


34:50 - the transfer tightrope Aston Villa have to walk


48:55 - some unnecessary information then an ad break


48:57 - why things are bad on the pitch for Villa


01:06:02 - the Ballon D’Or!




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