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 will actually win the World Cup? · 9 Jun 2026 podcast

This is a team that didn't score from open play until the semi-finals in Euro 2024, despite that, despite many of those players being there. voice-verified

And if we're talking about where they're playing, Tom's gone through it there. voice-verified

I mean, if Elise is a number 10, I prefer him wide where he's been playing his best football for Bayern Munich. voice-verified

You know, if Dembele is on the right, then he's been playing up front for PSG and that's where he's earned that Ballon d'Or. voice-verified

So the configuration, I think, is the big problem for Deschamps to try and get around. voice-verified

But what you know from Deschamps teams is that behind that, there will be a really solid foundation defensively. voice-verified

And that's what France's success has been built on. voice-verified

And so that can carry them so far. voice-verified

I was thinking it was the same cockerel. voice-verified

A couple of pieces of plastic. voice-verified

And these were proper shin pads, not the little tiny disc ones? voice-verified

Potentially. voice-verified

I like the Neymar pick, to be honest. voice-verified

I like it. voice-verified

I think, like, absolutely this could backfire. voice-verified

But if we're talking about a tournament here, which is basically like a geriatric World Cup where a lot of players are late 30s, early 40s, I'm approaching that as well before anybody. voice-verified

I'm making a comeback. voice-verified

he's only 34 and like it feels like he needs to be part of the party and we know he likes the party from his past so but I think it's also in keeping with just the slightly romantic edge that there is with Ancelotti's Brazil now because he's not had a lot of competitive games to judge him by but there's a freedom there's a free spiritedness there's a trust in talented players it's what we associate from an Ancelotti team as you said Rob and look it could be a bit of a mess but it could be a beautiful mess and I sort of feel like that's what Brazil should be voice-verified

I think so. voice-verified

Um, they're not my dark horses though, actually. voice-verified

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