David Baddiel

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1,748 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 6 Jun

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What Did You Do Yesterday? with Max Rushden & David O'Doherty · S4 EP23: David Baddiel · 6 Jun 2026 podcast

But it was specifically about the fact that we were talking about Mavericks.

about the English thing.

I've got a theory that, you know, basically that England tends to suppress maverick behaviour as a nation, but also within what they pick, who they pick for England.

And this was particularly prevalent during the...

Yeah, I went to the 1970s, Stan Bowles, Tony Curry, Rodney Marsh was on the show, Peter Osgood, all these people.

And then my theory is that slightly changed after 1986 when Maradona completely demonstrated that you need a maverick to win anything.

You need a maverick genius.

And then we decided to go with Gaza, which went into it.

That's the sort of theory.

But on the show, you know, we have commentary of Maradona putting the ball in the net with his hand.

And then I was very insistent on that.

I really wanted to hear Barry Davis's commentary of the second goal, because it's so English.

Barry Davis says he does ordinary commentary.

He's got Buterego.

He won't need him, blah, blah, blah, blah.

And then he scores.

And Barry Davis says, you have to say that's magnificent.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

And I think that's so English because there's no way that if Gary Lineker had put the ball in the net with his hand and then scored a brilliant goal, the Argentine commentator would have just been spitting blood, right?

He wouldn't have been saying, oh, how wonderful.

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