Tim Vickery

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1,032 appearances 5 recordings 4 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 30 Jun

Tim Vickery’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And I actually think that's one of the reasons that he decided that he would play this World Cup.
He kept us in suspense right up until the final moment.
Will I?
Won't I?
Can I do myself justice?
But I think it helps enormously because the team basically is Messi and his fan club.
But his fan club have grown up and they have learned to play without him if need be.
They don't want that necessity to come about.
But if it does, they are prepared for it.
And I think that eases the burden on Lionel Messi himself.
Yes, although they're such different people, aren't they?
Maybe Messi is a kind of Maradona for the PlayStation generation.
Maradona is...
So was so emotional, so linked.
I mean, the Argentine population could see so much of themselves in him and the way that he would fall down and get up again and fall down and get up again.
With Messi, there's none of that.
With Messi, remember that he grew up abroad.
He went to Barcelona at the age of 13.
So with Messi, there's a kind of distance from him.
And that was a problem for a while.
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