Mark Critchley

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

Mark Critchley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 10 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 7.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Who is winning the World Cup so far? · 22 Jun 2026 podcast

He is just phenomenal. voice-verified

It's just incredible. voice-verified

And I think you want to see him play 90 minutes. voice-verified

And until he does that, we won't be absolutely certain about just what level he's at. voice-verified

But Spain didn't really need him yesterday, largely because of the platform that he'd given them and the difference that he makes. voice-verified

I'm saying that now, not after he didn't have a torch in the first half or in the first game. voice-verified

But I'm saying that now, he was before the tournament. voice-verified

No. voice-verified

Not in my opinion. voice-verified

Who wrote it? voice-verified

I think it was Tim Spears, and I'm on here with him tomorrow, so I'm going to try and be honest. voice-verified

All right. voice-verified

I think you can make an argument for France as being number one. voice-verified

I can see it. voice-verified

I think you can also make an argument against, you know, on the basis of... voice-verified

3-1 win over Senegal, very decent opponent. voice-verified

But I sort of came away from that game a little bit unconvinced and underwhelmed. voice-verified

As much as they turned it on in the second half, as brilliant as Mbappe was, as brilliant as Alisse was, I think that first half, and particularly the midfield with Rabiot and Chiumeni, they looked so overwhelmed in there. voice-verified

And I think when, you know, that's the midfield that played through most of the last World Cup, got to the final, obviously. voice-verified

But I think that if you compare that to other midfields within the tournament that we've seen, whether that's Spain, whether that's England, whether that's even Portugal, I just... voice-verified

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