Humphrey Ker
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2,793 appearances
11 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 20 Jul
Humphrey Ker’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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But what's interesting, an Argentinian friend of mine made this point to me the other day.
The Argentines will say he who doesn't jump is an Englishman.
They don't say that about the Spanish.
I don't think they see that as a rivalry particularly.
No, it doesn't seem that way.
No, which is interesting because they are the colonial power.
Yes, yes, yes.
I think that in 2010 and in the 2008 and 2012 Euros, that tiki-taka style felt very fresh.
We hadn't really seen it before.
It was obviously rooted in Dutch football ideals.
But it was the peak of Guardiola at Barcelona.
It was this idea that there is this new style that we are playing.
It was beautiful to watch.
It stood in contrast to what had gone before, especially in the Champions League, which was very...
Mourinho coded it was defensive and it was gritty and it was dour and suddenly Barcelona turn up and they're all this stuff that's the noise that it makes yeah and it felt it felt exactly and it felt fresh and new and I think what's happened in the last sort of
10 years is it does look a little bit stodgy.
It is very kind of controlled and admirable and technically perfect, but not a lot happens.
You don't really get a 6-4 game, which is what we all want.
That's what we all crave.
And I think there is... My worry for Spain...
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