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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Indo Sport · World Cup round-up | Awesome Ancelotti, Die Mannschaft denied & Dan's Mexican dispatch · 30 Jun 2026 podcast

And the objective of a Brazil coach in press conference is to talk as long as possible, saying as little as possible.

So it kind of helps him out there as well.

He's also made a real point of showing respect to domestic Brazilian football.

He's gone to lots of games.

And that's gone down very, very well.

So, yeah, he is very, very popular.

So many old guard are a bit put out by this.

But it's a results-based business.

Had they lost to Japan, his popularity would have plummeted.

We're all complex and contradictory.

And I always think with both with people and with collective cultures, you identify the contradiction and the tension between the contradiction and you've got the key to understanding the person or the collective culture.

And Neymar is, there is a side to him which is a spoiled brat because he's been hothoused from the age of eight as the star.

But also there's a really sweet kid in there.

It is telling how popular he is in the dressing room, in almost all of the dressing rooms where he's played.

He is popular.

And I think he's intelligent enough.

And he said it after the Scotland game.

Yeah, Vinnie Jr.

is our number one player.

I think he knows where he stands in the hierarchy.

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