Marcus Buckland

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[upbeat music] Hello, I'm Marcus Buckland, once again in the company of Mark Pugatch, who's been playing a lot of cricket of late and is creaking at the seams-

[laughs]

... having, uh, kept wicket on too many occasions.

But on this situation regarding influencers getting accreditation, do they deserve to be accredited for a tournament like this? As we've seen in recent days, it's caused a bit of disruption.

Top tennis broadcaster Marcus Buckland joins us live.

Where do you stand on this, Marcus? Should they be in at all at the tournament? Should they have been accredited?

Jim, I'm going to end up sounding like a dinosaur.

I do think, and this is another subject altogether, I do think the men's game is really struggling at the moment in terms of star power and personality.

Thank goodness for the US Open that Carlos Alcaraz decided to come back because otherwise there would be a real dearth of uh talent at the top of the game the women's draw however is absolutely fascinating and i'm intrigued to see how that pans out over the next few days

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But yeah, it seemed to sort of capture the imagination a bit, which is quite nice.

I actually got a message when I was on the bus around Milton Keynes from Marcus Buckland's radio show.

Yeah, so I ended up... going on there and having a chat which was i actually kind of felt after after i did it i felt a bit embarrassed doing that really because it was just kind of like well just because it's kind of like the here's the funny corner moment of the day do you know what i mean it's like it's that and in other news so here's his zany britain yeah

exactly the face of quirky britain like yeah

Well hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Tottenham Way podcast.

I'm Marcus Buckland in the company of Tom Barkley from the Sun who's made it back from the city ground after a rather dull, it has to be said, goalless draw against Nottingham Forest but a couple of interesting talking points.

Some curious selections from Roberto de Zerbi as well so let's get straight into it.

Tom, I mean, before we talk about the disallowed forest goal, which obviously has garnered most of the headlines tonight, the general consensus, having read plenty of reports online, listened to the experts, etc., is that Spurs were much more solid.

Tom B, thank you very much.

Tom B from The Sun.

I am Marcus Buckland.

We will be back on Tuesday.

Have it all played out.

Hello, I'm Marcus Buckland in the company of Mark Pugach and also a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of cycling.

I'm delighted that Chris Sidwells is with us today.

Just before we speak, Mark, how often do you get on your bike? I know you're a fantastic wicketkeeper late into your 50s, but are you still cycling about the place?

Riders that are much better prepared than Eddie Mertz, as great rivals as they were, were.

So, you know, that's the big argument, I think.

Marcus, let's just put in context where he's come from, who he is.

So he's born in September 1998, just outside Ljubljana in Slovenia.

No comings and goings.

I'm Marcus Buckland.

We've got a full house.

Tom Barkley from the Sun is here.

I know it's been rearranged and apologies if you already bought.

That's another story.

But honestly... they've got to start looking after the fans a bit better they really have to to have a date and then to change it for whatever reason is absolutely wrong that's another subject Tom Barkley from the Sun thank you very much indeed Tom Allnut from the Times thank you very much Georgie Boy Sessions from the Press Association thank you I'm Marcus Buckland I'm believing come on everybody believe this is going to be a good season a really good season come on you Spurs

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You can watch their beautiful faces on YouTube, the beautiful Marcus Buckland, and Jules Sessions, and Tom Allnutt, and Tom Barkley.

[chuckles] And of course, catch it on the audio.

I know Bill's got it on his, uh, regular commute as well.

Yeah.

So as you mentioned, um, uh, my YouTube channel, @TomBarkleyJournalist, the reactions to the games, to the, um, to the press conferences, bits and pieces here and there.

I do The Tottenham Way with the guys, uh, Tom Walshaw of The Times, George Sessions of the Press Association, and Marcus Buckland, our resident Spurs fan, but also top broadcaster.

Um, that's also on YouTube, but you can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

He's George Sessions.

I'm Marcus Buckland.

Come on, you Spurs.

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