Lee James
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392 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 27 Jun
Lee James’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The likes of Kylian Mbappe, of course, could have played on the continent.
But it's about developing that talent.
And we can't say there isn't that talent there that could have delivered a World Cup already.
We've seen so many wonderful top African footballers, even this tournament with the likes of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Riyad Mahrez, OK, towards the end of their careers, but certainly falling into that category where they've certainly delivered for their countries, Gabby.
Anything in the fact that the successes have come with homegrown teams
coaches gabby walid ragragi with morocco to the world cup semifinals at recent africa cup of nations with ivory coast pat jow with senegal sort of validated that homegrown coaching model i noticed only four of the 10 teams this time of local coaches but can that make a real difference it can i mean it's someone that can resonate and someone that that would be probably a bit more passionate because that's where they're from and you know they're they're a fan as well
And what do you think, Stephen, Morocco's journey to the semifinals has done?
It shattered that quarterfinal ceiling that had frustrated African ambition since Cameroon's run in 1990.
So what has that done for expectations now that we have seen an African team really move from participant to contender?
Yeah, we'll go through each of those teams shortly.
I mean, just finally on the coaches, I suppose it depends what kind of project it is, Gabby, as well, whether that...
European coach has been at the country for a long period of time and has really built up that team or whether, as we've seen in previous tournaments, a big European name is just brought in for the World Cup finals.
Carlos Kiros has been appointed by Ghana for these World Cup finals at a very late stage and often perhaps hasn't had that connection.
Before we go through the teams this time around, can either of you honestly say that an African team has missed out?
Perhaps, obviously, Morocco, having got to a semi-final, could well have gone on to win that tournament.
But we've had some big shocks, Senegal beating France and their run in 2002, Cameroon in 1990 with Argentina.
But can we honestly say that there's an African team that's missed out on a World Cup anywhere down the line?
Stephen, what do you think?
Gabby, Ghana will say a certain handball, of course, in 2010.
And things could have gone very differently there for them.
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