The 3rd Circle
Episodes
Episode 16: The Critique Of Pure Football Coaching
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie and Gorka shield their eyes from the alluring glare of objective football theory as they place aesthetics front and centre of our experience.Our...
Episode 15: Brentford Ain't Eze for Arteta/No Pedri No Party/HellBall Goes Global
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It's a Friday the 13th round-up show as Gorka joins Jamie in The 3rd Circle to slash through the narrative machine.Why does Eberechi Eze look so out o...
Episode 14: Lost In Space
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie embarks on a solo mission into The 3rd Circle to weigh up the risk vs reward of central attacking.Why are coaches so hesitant about playing thro...
Episode 13: Total Diagonality
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This is the second part of Jamie and Martin's discussion around Karl Marius Aksum's implementation of a perception-based coaching methodology with Swe...
Episode 12: Scanners
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In David Cronenberg's body-horror cult classic "Scanners", members of the public with special psychic and telekinetic powers are recruited by weapons ...
Episode 11: The Ballad of Pep and Rayan
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent post-match interview, Manchester City playmaker, Rayan Cherki, dared to let slip that he had gone against his manager's wishes.Pep Guardio...
Episode 10: Wilfried Nancy's Curious Concoctions
29 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The 3rd Circle shines its analytical lens on Glasgow to investigate some unusual happenings in the city's East End.Jamie and Gorka piece together the ...
Episode 9: Communication & CryptoTactics
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Like Santa returning from his annual eleven-month luxury cruise, The 3rd Circle is back just in time for Christmas.And what better gift for the well-b...
Episode 8: Champions League Final Analysis (Part2) - The Limits of Control
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the match analysis done and dusted, Jamie and Martin delve into the broader narratives surrounding the current footballing moment.The 3rd Circle ...
Episode 7: Champions League Final Analysis (Part1)
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie and Martin delve into the details of Paris Saint-Germain's historic 5 - 0 victory over Inter in the 2025 Champions League Final in Munich.What w...
Episode 6: Atomic Tactics
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie and Martin take The 3rd Circle's para-academic football research unit down to the deepest level of the game's atomic structure.Forget the God's ...
Episode 5: Boxed In
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie and Martin get meta in this episode of The 3rd Circle as our ever-intrepid hosts try to sketch a more detailed outline of the dominant tactical ...
Episode 4: Identity Crisis
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's who we are, mate. So, who are you? Who are we? Who made who? Who's next?In this episode, Jamie and Martin tackle one of the most prevalent concep...
Episode 3: Stillness & Speed
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In perhaps their most complex assignment so far, Jamie and Martin enter The 3rd Circle to interrogate how Time constrains the reality in which footbal...
Episode 2: Equilibrium
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
William S Burroughs wrote that "'Never go too far in any direction' is the basic rule on which England is built". Could it be that Burroughs' observat...
Episode 1: In The Beginning, There Was Now
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this first full length excursion into The 3rd Circle, Jamie and Martin try to make sense of the complex tactical landscape that we find ourselves i...
Episode Zero: Arrival
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Hamilton and Martin Rafelt venture into The 3rd Circle to explain what this mysterious new space means for the football tactics-sphere.In this s...