Phil Hay
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1,219 appearances
10 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 12 Jul
Phil Hay’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And it seems like that sort of tactic seems like the right way to go because if you try and play them punch for punch, you're going to get knocked out, aren't you?
But interestingly, there aren't many other teams who have that sort of level of ball retention as Spain.
The thing is, he's going at a goal a game, if not better, at World Cups, which is just absurd.
I don't know whether anybody's done that before, have they?
It is extraordinary.
Oh, that was lovely.
Yeah.
And this is the thing about Norway is it can't all be on Haaland.
And I think the point at which it becomes all about Haaland is the point at which Norway will run into trouble.
But they're a really good team.
And I do think Brazil are quite clearly favourites for the game.
But I don't think the gap between them is as massive as it would have been at other points in the history of the World Cup.
The weird thing about Pachter there is that Brazil was so much better without him.
And Ancelotti does like that 4-2-4.
It's risky, but you sort of think against Norway, he might be a little bit tempted because of how well it worked in the second half.
The trouble with Haaland is, though, he seems to have come to this tournament and decided that he's just going to enjoy it and have fun.
He seems to get himself in the perfect psychological space, which is that he takes his job seriously, really seriously.
But he doesn't take it too seriously.
And he has obviously decided that he's going to come and make the most of it.
And he seems to be actually loving it, which I don't think is necessarily true of everybody at World Cups.
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