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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 5 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 5.

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So, you know, let's drop Aguero.

Let's force him to talk to someone else.

But Messi, this coincided with a time when Messi was starting to fall out with Barcelona.

And I think for the first time, Argentina became priority one, two, and three.

And the Argentine people felt this.

The Copa America in 2019, when they come third, you can see something start to happen.

Suddenly, Messi is becoming the encouraging leader.

And Di Maria, soon after that tournament, he said, you know, I remember Di Maria has been playing alongside Messi a long, long time.

And soon after that 2019 copper, he said to the Argentine media, I like this Messi.

Obviously, the subtext being I wasn't that keen on the Messi beforehand, you know.

And so then they began to build a team when it was Messi and his fan club.

But as you said, the group dynamics have to change a little bit or they've had to change.

And Messi kept us all in suspense about whether he was going to play this.

And we didn't know 100% until the squad was, the 26 was announced a few days ago.

But Argentina are not nearly as dependent on him as they were.

This has been one of the good things about their cycle.

They have learned to play without him.

Julian Alvarez has stepped up.

Some of their best football, perhaps the best performance of the entire Scaloni years.

when they dismantled Brazil 4-1 a year and a half ago, just over a year ago.

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