[Football] Sir Gary Lineker - 25 years at the MotD helm

[Iggle Piggle]

Next cab off the rank for MOTD is almost certainly "Alec" Scott.

Be careful what you wish for, oh gammonati.

I find Linekar a bit self satisfied and can't stand his condescending comments about England fans, especially when we played Russia in Marseille but on the basis of the above, a new 10 year contract on £1 million a year and I'm fine with it.

 

[nwgull]

He's great. Quality player, turned consummate broadcaster.

That he has a social conscience and manages to so terribly trigger the gammon population, is just a huge bonus.

I used to like him. Now I think he's an overpaid idiot.

Frankly I whizz through the highlights anyway, and only stop to hear the pundits talk at the end of our match. Given they get another presenter for say £250k instead of his £1.5million they should just do that and it wouldn't detract from the show at all.

QED

 

[Doc Lynam]

Top presenter, fun, informative and engaging.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Heartfelt congratulations to the UK’s #1 football presenter, long may he continue

There is nothing greater than when someone previously lost, sees the light

It's so much better without the Smug Brothers, that ####er Lineker and boring Shearer.

Far too 'golf buddies, in-jokes and smug Dad jokes' for me.
Each to their own.

Barton wins, as usual in these threads.

Then Bellamy, then Keane then Lineker.

With this number of arrivals continuing to increase, would you say that here may be a limit at some stage regarding our ability as a nation to provide such refuge, security, opportunity and better life?

Not all higher rate tax payers earn the £4m Lineker salary, and already pay a significant amount via PAYE.

It is already evident that future state pensions for residents having paid a lifetime of contributions might be at risk due to decreasing funding. I have no idea what it may be, but every system has a limit where it cannot cope any further.

The fact that we're boracic now, and will be for many years, won't help either.

No mate. You keep playing the 'self-employed' card when he earns over a mill on one of the highest viewed progs.

Desperate.

I'm sure he'll be more than happy to give it all to the cause then.

Ridiculous, it is clear what he said and any insinuation therein.

Don't piss off Lineker and Shearer.

You have been warned!

Because it certainly wouldn't be yet more pointless trolling

 

[Is it PotG?]

There is nothing greater than when someone previously lost, sees the light

Don't worry mate, you'll get it eventually.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Don't worry mate, you'll get it eventually.

I'm pretty confident I won't

 

[Easy 10]

Next cab off the rank for MOTD is almost certainly "Alec" Scott.

Be careful what you wish for, oh gammonati.

Or Troy Deeney.

The Lineker grizzlers would love that.

 

[carlzeiss]

Or Troy Deeney.

The Lineker grizzlers would love that.

Troy Deeney , no thanks

Watford striker Troy Deeney jailed for students attack

Championship footballer Troy Deeney is jailed for 10 months following an attack on a group of students in Birmingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

Alex (140 England caps) Scott will do nicely though

 

[abc]

Linekar is now in National Treasure territory, he has been an excellent presenter for MotD and the Beeb in general.

Not sure how someone qualifies to be a ‘national treasure’ but Lineker is not even close. Ridiculous comment (IMHO of course)

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Happy 60th birthday to MOTD.
Aug 22 1964....on BBC 2...Liverpool 3 Arsenal 2.
Ironically, very few fans in ' beatleville ' were able to watch it back as BBC 2 wasn't then available in the North of England.
In 1966 MOTD moved to BBC 1.

 

[Forster's Armband]

It's a great achievement and he's a solid broadcaster but I think he's been overstepping his role recently and in the euro's. He's acting like a bit of a knob in my opinion.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

These are a good presenter.

Shame about his brother, though.

 

[5Ways Gull]

Not sure how someone qualifies to be a ‘national treasure’ but Lineker is not even close. Ridiculous comment (IMHO of course)

For me he became one when scored the equalising 83rd minute pen v Cameroon in 1990. He was so calm, never in doubt, whilst I was bricking it.

England didn't do semi finals in those days.

 

[Giraffe]

Jermaine Jenas sacked by the BBC, no long the heir to Lineker's throne. Good chance for Alex Scott to step up now.

 

[Lenny Rider]

Jermaine Jenas sacked by the BBC, no long the heir to Lineker's throne. Good chance for Alex Scott to step up now.

The Jenas thing is completely left field, he was commentating for TNT at Ipswich on Saturday, so clearly there’s something about to come out and the Beeb after Huw Edwards have made a pre emptive strike.

Lets hope it’s actually something genuine rather than trial by media?

 

[Greg Bobkin]

The Jenas thing is completely left field, he was commentating for TNT at Ipswich on Saturday, so clearly there’s something about to come out and the Beeb after Huw Edwards have made a pre emptive strike.

Lets hope it’s actually something genuine rather than trail by media?

He's currently presenting on Talkshite (or at least he was due to be!)

 

[macbeth]

Jermaine Jenas sacked by the BBC, no long the heir to Lineker's throne. Good chance for Alex Scott to step up now.

thank god. absolutely insufferable

 

[Thunder Bolt]

The Jenas thing is completely left field, he was commentating for TNT at Ipswich on Saturday, so clearly there’s something about to come out and the Beeb after Huw Edwards have made a pre emptive strike.

Lets hope it’s actually something genuine rather than trail by media?

Workplace misconduct.

Jermaine Jenas: Presenter sacked by BBC and taken off air at The One Show and Match of the Day

The former footballer is taken off air at Match of the Day and the One Show.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[A1X]

FFS so the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony is now ruined because it was narrated by Huw Edwards now the entire Euro 2024 and 2022 World Cup draw coverage is ruined given he hosted both

 

[Shaktarman]

FFS so the 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony is now ruined because it was narrated by Huw Edwards now the entire Euro 2024 and 2022 World Cup draw coverage is ruined given he hosted both

What did he do?