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

I think it's an area of weakness for them and I think it's something that is going to be really interesting to watch going forward and just whether they get exposed as much as they did during that first half. voice-verified

I think Deschamps fixed it, you know, didn't have the front players pressing as much and a little bit more protection but it is a balance that he needs to strike within that team and I think they looked a little bit vulnerable in there. voice-verified

So, voice-verified

Yeah, look, you've still got to take in, like I said, the quality of the opposition they faced in that first game in Senegal. voice-verified

Very good side, tougher than a lot of teams that others would have faced, a lot of the other favourites. voice-verified

But yeah, I don't think they're entirely convinced of me. voice-verified

Yeah, massively. voice-verified

I think Netherlands first. voice-verified

I think so. voice-verified

You asked me for a big nation to go out of the groups on one of the episodes before the tournament. voice-verified

I said gun to my head. voice-verified

I'm probably going to say, I did say none of them. voice-verified

I did say none of them, but gun to my head, Netherlands. voice-verified

It's obviously not going to happen now. voice-verified

I think there was a big doubt about centre forward for them and then Brian Broby comes in so powerful, brilliant with his back to goal. voice-verified

I don't know if it's going to work against every opponent and so maybe there's a little bit of a question mark still over who comes in against certain teams, certain types of challenges but... voice-verified

And I also think that, you know, how good are Sweden? voice-verified

That's one thing that we really don't know because they had such an awful qualifying campaign and only really getting through for the nation's league performance. voice-verified

They beat Tunisia, but how good are Tunisia? voice-verified

They might be the worst team in the whole tournament. voice-verified

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