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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They haven't yet played anybody good, though, have they?
Our friend Michael Cox has written about this.
He called it the game state problem that they have, Argentina, that they get ahead, but rather than then going for the throat and giving themselves a canter of an evening, it all starts to regress a little bit.
I don't know whether it's complacency or whether they're just comfortable, but they allow the opposition to get rhythm, which is exactly what happened with Switzerland again.
Bit of a trend.
Yeah, I think it was.
I think he started out angry, but then as time went on and as he went off the pitch, we're looking at a picture of him now in floods of tears, I think he realised it was a really strange area in the pitch to do that.
And it was a clear dive.
There was no doubt about it.
I think, though, a lot of people, me included, are confused about the application of this rule.
It seems to be used quite liberally or it's not totally clear when it's going to be employed.
And also, they need to rename it, though, because people think of mistaken identity as...
Jacques has been booked for a foul, but actually it was Akanji.
Or Akanji has been booked for a foul, but actually it was Mbolo.
Whereas what we're seeing here is it's opposition player on opposition player and the yellow card is effectively being switched.
So that would be a help, would be to change the name, I think.
But exactly when it's supposed to be employed and whether it's being employed according to the letter of the law at the moment, I don't think anybody's totally sure about that.
He's never wildly impressive, Alvarez, in an Argentina shirt.
I love him for Atletico, but he's almost like Finesse of Julian Dix when you put him in an Argentina top.
It's the first time in a long time that I've actually seen him do something that has made me...
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