The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 148 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW MICHAEL CAULFIELD- We discussed the career of Michael #Caulfield with the man himself. We discussed his career in sports, working with Gareth Southgate, the work he has done with Brentford, the early days of his career + much more.

00:00 Intro

1:12 Guest intro

1:40 What do you do?

2:57 Falling in love with the beautiful game.

9:07 Pivoting into Football from a horse racing background

15:10 First client in football

18:00 Working with Gareth Southgate

23:38 What does Gareth need to do to take the next step

28:48 How does it feel hearing Southgate criticism?

31:08 Current role as Brentford first team psychologist

37:59 Do you seek out conversation or do you wait for conversation to come to you?

43:35 How do you improve the mindset of a player?

50:21 Ivan Toney situation

57:39 What needs to change for players to get more comfortable?

1:13:30 Ollie Watkins

1:17:44 Relationship with Thomas Frank

1:24:59 Michael’s relationship with mental health

1:25:55 Has this generation gone soft in terms of mental health

1:29:02 Gen Z mentality

1:32:41 Outro

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The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 147 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BRODIE COUSINS - We discussed the career of Brodie #Cousins with the man himself. We discussed working with footballers, starting his business in elite performance, preventing #injury + much more.

0:00 Intro

0:32 Guest Intro

1:55 Who is Brodie Cousins?

2:36 Brodie's early days

4:08 What steps did you take to build your strength and conditioning business

11:35 Were your family supportive?

13:38 What do you offer to athletes

16:29 What drills do you perform?

17:00 How important is it to create a good working environment for your clients?

19:04 How do you manage your schedule

21:44 Talk to us about the summer training camp in Dubai?

25:20 What advice would you give to someone that wants to get into your space?

27:34 Do you like at anyone else in your space?

29:38 What are the perks of your job?

30:18 Talk to us about the yotubers you work with?

33:50 How is it training iShowSpeed

37:30 How is it working with Steven Bartlett?

39:42 What has been your biggest moment

45:08 Have you spoken to clubs?

48:38 What is the end goal?

53:00 Life outside of work

54:03 Closing remarks

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The Beautiful Game Podcast - Episode 146 - EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW TODD #CANTWELL - We discussed the career of Todd Cantwell with the man himself. We discussed playing for Norwich, playing in the Premier league, the end of #Norwich career, relationship with ownership, joining #Rangers and working under Mick Beale + much more

0:00 Intro

2:02 Guest intro

2:20 How is Todd doing?

2:58 How did Todd’s journey start?

6:27 When did you feel first team was a realistic possibility?

8:35 Arsenal interest at a young age

10:20 Dealing with injuries in the academy

11:38 Making first team debut against Chelsea

17:00 Mindset of playing in the premier league

18:40 playing number 10

19:50 Being the man to replace Maddison at Norwich

20:56 Memories of beating Manchester City

22:10 Losing 10 in a row/ poor mentality

26:40 Interest in Todd after relegation

29:20 Dominating championship season/ promotion

31:00 More rumours about Todd’s future

32:00 Bayern Munich move falling through 

33:10 Overwhelming nature of attracting interest as a young player

35:25 Strange relationship dynamic with Stuart Webber

36:52 Leeds move falling through

37:51 Did relationship with Norwich become toxic?

41:11 What was happening behind the scenes?

47:20 Getting subbed of against Aston Villa

49:03 How did you get through the situation mentally?

52:36 Did you escalate issues to Delia Smith?

53:55 Norwich situation going past the point of return

55:55 How did Rangers move come about?

58:32 Gigantic size of Rangers football club

1:00:00 Working with Michael Beale

1:04:19 Dressing room after Michael Beale left Rangers

1:06:06 Challenges of gelling as a new team with 9 signings

1:09:00 Playing Celtic and PSV in the same week

1:12:00 Relationship with Rangers fans

1:13:54 Chris Sutton drama

1:16:07 Rangers vs Celtic rivalry

1:18:21 Is Celtic dominance mental?

1:22:38 Rangers dressing room

1:24:35 Plenty of football to play

1:25:11 Plan to be back after international break

1:26:06 Frank Lampard rumours 

1:26:42 Life outside of football

1:31:53 Investments outside of football

1:32:36 Social media abuse

1:36:00 Have managers tried to tame you? 

1:38:03 Drug testing in football

1:41:51 What does Todd want the rest of his career to look like at the end?

1:43:39 Guest recommendations

1:44:57 Outro.

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