Mike Halford

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41,725 appearances 179 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 6 Jul

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Halford & Brough in the Morning · Hold Your Head High, Canada · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

Let's unpack this. matched

We'll start with the decision to not put him in, in that match as a dog likes to say in a vacuum. matched

So let's just, just focus on the Morocco match. matched

Davies told the gaffer he wasn't ready to go. matched

Now Davies, matched

After the match, Marsh did say that Davies had a clean MRI during the week. matched

I believe it was on Friday. matched

And that there was a hamstring injury that crept up. matched

I believe it was on Thursday that had Fonzie worried about his availability for the match. matched

So that's the backdrop to this. matched

During the match, it became pretty apparent that Davies tested it out in a little bit of a warm-up. matched

He had the Theragun going to try and loosen things up. matched

It wasn't going to happen. matched

It became more and more evident as that match went on. matched

For those that were saying, can't he suck it up and give his country 10 or 15 minutes in the biggest match in Canadian soccer history? matched

From a purely technical and tactical standpoint, it's bananas throwing a guy on in a substitute role that's hurt. matched

If he goes in and let's say he blows out his hamstring in the first four minutes, now you've basically wasted one of your substitutions and you only get the five. matched

And you've wasted essentially two changes. matched

Let's say, for example, the Davies went on for, I don't know, Richie Larea in that match. matched

And you have to take Davies off. matched

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