OzMike
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Just shows how long Linekar has been away from the action.
Always makes me laugh when national treasure types flirt with controversy.
Always makes me laugh when national treasure types flirt with controversy.
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[Football] Lineker
- Thread starter saafend_seagull
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Instead of whingeing about the game being dull, they should moan about a system that is so stacked against all but 6 or 7 super-rich clubs that nowadays a semi-Final between 2 teams in the same division is a total mismatch on paper. It’s the sport’s fault that so many teams can now only try to stifle opponents. Obviously the BBC want goals & don’t care if that’s just 6 for City but why should we roll over?
The red card business at half-time summed them up too (admittedly only saw a clip). Pundits saying Walker should have gone. Lineker makes extraordinarily crap joke and they all have a matey laugh about it. When it’s one of the big clubs on the end of a bad decision, the discussion and column inches are endless. When it’s a smaller club, it’s a shrug of the shoulders and move on.
The red card business at half-time summed them up too (admittedly only saw a clip). Pundits saying Walker should have gone. Lineker makes extraordinarily crap joke and they all have a matey laugh about it. When it’s one of the big clubs on the end of a bad decision, the discussion and column inches are endless. When it’s a smaller club, it’s a shrug of the shoulders and move on.
nicko31
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Saw that, it was embarrassing.
To be honest I just stick to JC & Warren plus the Albion Roar, that will do me
Garry Nelson's teacher
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Well....
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Sh*t masquerading as wit.
Return of the Rev
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We don't belong, need to get all the massive clubs in the premier and then stop this relegation /promotion thing and top 4 should be fast tracked to 6th round of the cups.
Perfidious Albion
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Patronising stuff all afternoon from the tv. Made me angry 
They spoke as if we were a div. 2 club....
As for " City had a poor day"...... We made them look that way.
Once we settled we worked like Trojans to keep our shape and composure.
I was proud to be an Albion fan ..... and the support was magnificent.
They spoke as if we were a div. 2 club....
As for " City had a poor day"...... We made them look that way.
Once we settled we worked like Trojans to keep our shape and composure.
I was proud to be an Albion fan ..... and the support was magnificent.
I seem to remember Chelsea getting a great deal of credit for how they played against City in the Carabao Cup Final. Just looking at the stats they are remarkably similar - Chelsea restricted City to 13 shots (so did we). Chelsea had ZERO shots on target (we had TWO). So - even Chelsea had to be arch pragmatists....but because it was Chelsea it was fine. Yesterday, because it was Brighton, we get Lineker/Jenas/Shearer belittling us.
southstandandy
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- Jul 9, 2003
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Lineker is everything that is wrong with MOTD. Too comfy in his position only wanting to drool over multi millionaire players and someone who has no interest in teams not in the big 6. Not all clubs Gary can break FFP and smudge their figures to get away with what clubs like City do. Time the Beeb ditched him and replaced him with someone with more foresight over football in general. Does he even know there are leagues below the Prem?
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Hungry Joe
SINNEN
He's an arrogant, misogynist, Champagne Socialist, out of touch with reality ****....what's not to like?
And as for the helicopter comment, you could just feel the rest of the pundits cringing when he let that slip.
And as for the helicopter comment, you could just feel the rest of the pundits cringing when he let that slip.
If all the league 1 and premier league clubs were forced to swap managers it would be fascinating to see the results.
Precisely this.
Aveacarlin'
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Shooting Star
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Screw pundits. They hardly ever tell us anything about the game we didn't already know, and if they do it's utter rubbish. Shearer and Lineker case in point. Jonathan Pearce commentates on the whole game and at the final whistle commends Brighton for being brave and battling so well. Flicks to Lineker and Shearer saying it was a terrible game of football.
Commentators should be the go to guys at the end of games as they're paid to watch every bit of the game in detail. "Pundits" just sit there gagging to be entertained.
Commentators should be the go to guys at the end of games as they're paid to watch every bit of the game in detail. "Pundits" just sit there gagging to be entertained.
Not Andy Naylor
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Well, you could argue that they had to say that because it makes beating us 1-0 sound more impressive, but I agree that they were below par because we refused to let them walk all over us.
Spiros
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why anyone actually listens to the pundits is beyond me. I used to look forward to watching MOTD on a Saturday night. Now I record it, then just watch the actual football and fast forward through the interviews and “expert analysis “. Halves the viewing time and trebles the quality.
Likewise - I get my dose of punditry via the Guardian podcast (Football Weekly), and a few other similar offerings.
Have always regarded Lineker as a smug little turd, living in his smug self-satisfied little world.
I wasn't wrong and I would quite happily force feed him so many fu---ng crisps, he would no longer be able to come up with his 'oh so funny twatty belittling remarks'.
I wasn't wrong and I would quite happily force feed him so many fu---ng crisps, he would no longer be able to come up with his 'oh so funny twatty belittling remarks'.
AmexRuislip
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Sorry couldn't meet up after - we are lightweights
No probs, I guess you couldn't handle all those steps
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