Mark Critchley

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1,840 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 8 Jul

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Germany hit new low + Ornstein transfer latest · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

You know, I think we all are for the last few weeks.

I think if it's useful in any respect, it can be a sort of psychological break.

But then I would always question if you need to have that sort of thing within... If you need to divide it into parts, then maybe that suggests that the first part hasn't gone that well.

But then, I thought, it's done all right.

Yeah, look, I can see that.

But then...

There was a lot of people last week, I haven't been on since pre the Ghana game, and there was a lot of people last week being like, well, after low blocks, frustration, quite a disappointing performance, people were like, well, at least we won't play a team like that in the knockouts.

And I'm like, have you looked at the draws?

have you seen what's likely to happen and here we are running up against D.R.

Conger I think from England's perspective the right back thing is a big issue yes and that's going to take a lot of air time and talking points but they didn't really seem to be playing with much of a right back in the last game it was more a back well

Kwanzaa was kind of shifting in and it was more of a back three and I think the big concern for me there was just how vulnerable we looked against counter-attacks in both the Ghana game and the Panama game they generally held both of those opponents at arm's length otherwise but all the dangerous moments were coming on the counter and I just wonder whether I think you play Spence in this game and I think you try and

return to a bit more of a traditional maybe just for this game as well but you have a bit more of a traditional back four you have his sense of adventure his sense of wanting to take people on as well from fullbacks overloading what we expect to be a very tight and disciplined Congo team

I think if he's fit, it has to be Saka.

If he isn't, and it is Madueka, he's the first change that I'd be looking to make.

Because I think even though perhaps he didn't have his best game on Saturday, you saw the difference that he made when he came on against Croatia, for example, with Rashford's goal, right?

At the end, he's just a difference maker.

And I think that's going to be needed in this game.

And I think it's going to be a game, actually.

A lot of people last week or so, particularly after Ghana, are like, I can't believe he's not taking Parma.

I can't believe he's not taking Foden.

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