[Football] Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

[Titanic]

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting MOTD

Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day until agreement reached on social media use - BBC statement

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Gary Lineker is to step back from presenting Match of the Day until an agreement is reached on his social media use - BBC statement.
It follows an impartiality row over comments he made criticising the government's new asylum policy.
In a tweet, the presenter had compared the language used by the government to set out its plan to "that used by Germany in the 30s".

 

[rogersix]

If he’s such a moral man , why didn’t he take a stand over the World Cup & that countries appalling human rights record . Seemed happy to take the money then .

is he a better man than you?

is that what you are actually upset about?

 

[rogersix]

I’m not saying it’s only Lineker , I’m sure he’s a decent enough man if a little full of himself at times . But lots of well known ‘ celebs’ I hate that word, endorse various good causes concerning justice & human rights but then you find out later they have done a private show or event for some Uber rich person or regime with very dodgy human rights etc . All am I saying is that not everyone is black and white , there are grey areas for many so called celebrities.

just because you can't do everything, it doesn't mean you should do nothing

 

[KZNSeagull]

I see Mr "Stop Brexit" and his mates outside parliament are now playing the MOTD theme tune and kicking a football about when the BBC interviewer is asking people about the budget.

 

[BadFish]

Set the cap for refugees at 50% of the total deported the previous year. Then do it for 20 years. Those who want refugees would then be forced to sort the system out and it would begin to restore public confidence in the process.

No need for such a convoluted scheme to try and motivate people to take action.

Surely just voting for government with a plan to sort the system out would work better. The Tories have had 13 years to sort it out and have not done so. Deliberately or out of incompetence surely it's time to give someone else a go?

You are going to be unlucky to have another government whose plan contravenes international and sovereign law and still fails to improve anything.

Hopefully the constant dog whistling to the extremes of the debate haven't scuppered any chance of a moderate and sensible policy being accepted by the right wing press.

 

[BadFish]

Well this thread has slipped off the front page @GT49er will be so pleased.

 

[AlbionBro]

Someone told me Gary didn't present our match of the day. They were suggesting there is still on going trouble at the BBC. Apparently Glenn was a co presenter. No Wright or Shearer, what has gone on, does anyone hold any inside information?

 

[Wozza]

Someone told me Gary didn't present our match of the day. They were suggesting there is still on going trouble at the BBC. Apparently Glenn was a co presenter. No Wright or Shearer, what has gone on, does anyone hold any inside information?

Er... he's off sick (having looked/sounded sick on-air yesterday).

Wright and Shearer did the live Man City game with him, I believe.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Someone told me Gary didn't present our match of the day. They were suggesting there is still on going trouble at the BBC. Apparently Glenn was a co presenter. No Wright or Shearer, what has gone on, does anyone hold any inside information?

He had a bad cold yesterday, with his voice croaking. Today he tweeted his voice had given out, so his colleague, Alex Scott, stepped in, unlike the week before, when she stood back from presenting Football Focus, in support of him.

 

[Weststander]

I recorded the BBC prog.

Lovely analysis of Dunk pre-match, worth watching if you can. Muzza talking about Dunk’s evolution from being purely a defender pre CH, to a player now running our game.

Separately Pearce and his co-commentator when we scored 4 and 5 both repeatedly said it was not a fair reflection of the game. Utter tripe, as you’d expect the game was incredibly one sided, especially the second half.

 

[Bodian]

Lovely analysis of Dunk pre-match, worth watching if you can. Muzza talking about his evolution from being purely a defender pre CH, to a player now running our game.

Had to read that a few times - I was initially puzzled as I couldn't remember Murray being purely a defender!!

 

[Weststander]

Had to read that a few times - I was initially puzzled as I couldn't remember Murray being purely a defender!!

Edited!

 

[Greg Bobkin]

Great coverage apart from the repeated interpretation that Brighton are a "conveyer belt" for players onto bigger and better things.

That's almost every club, surely?

 

[Berty23]

Someone told me Gary didn't present our match of the day. They were suggesting there is still on going trouble at the BBC. Apparently Glenn was a co presenter. No Wright or Shearer, what has gone on, does anyone hold any inside information?

Wright was also in Manchester on ITV. Danny Murphy was used because he is now the go to chap for Grimsby because one of his uncles played there. You did hear an unintended hot mic comment from Murphy which was good. “Come on Fulham”

Shame Lineker was not there to talk about Ferguson. He took to social media instead.

 

[Wozza]

Shame Lineker was not there to talk about Ferguson. He took to social media instead.

Last time Albion played a semi-final at Wembley, Lineker said to Shearer something along the lines of: "Wouldn't want to play up front for them, Alan..."

(Which wasn't unreasonable, given how uncompetitive we were.)

 

[nicko31]

I recorded the BBC prog.

Lovely analysis of Dunk pre-match, worth watching if you can. Muzza talking about Dunk’s evolution from being purely a defender pre CH, to a player now running our game.

Separately Pearce and his co-commentator when we scored 4 and 5 both repeatedly said it was not a fair reflection of the game. Utter tripe, as you’d expect the game was incredibly one sided, especially the second half.

I couldn't believe Pearce when he said that. They only got any chances of note when the games was done and dusted.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I couldn't believe Pearce when he said that. They only got any chances of note when the games was done and dusted.

That was an odd comment, inserted i'm sure in sympathy for Grimsby supporters watching. Also odd was the time he put some very questionable valuations on our players. totally unnecessary.

Despite these two oddities, I think Pearce is the best current TV commentator.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I recorded the BBC prog.

Lovely analysis of Dunk pre-match, worth watching if you can. Muzza talking about Dunk’s evolution from being purely a defender pre CH, to a player now running our game.

Separately Pearce and his co-commentator when we scored 4 and 5 both repeatedly said it was not a fair reflection of the game. Utter tripe, as you’d expect the game was incredibly one sided, especially the second half.

Just watching it now on IPlayer.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

I recorded the BBC prog.

Lovely analysis of Dunk pre-match, worth watching if you can. Muzza talking about Dunk’s evolution from being purely a defender pre CH, to a player now running our game.

Separately Pearce and his co-commentator when we scored 4 and 5 both repeatedly said it was not a fair reflection of the game. Utter tripe, as you’d expect the game was incredibly one sided, especially the second half.

There was another odd moment from JP, when he was banging on about how RDZ wouldn't be happy with all the "showboating" by Brighton players – AKA keeping hold of the ball and passing it about, as per usual, albeit with some "Ole"s from the crowd (and he wouldn't – he'd be delighted to see it) – during what turned out to be the early build-up play that led to Solly's goal

 

[Greg Bobkin]

That was an odd comment, inserted i'm sure in sympathy for Grimsby supporters watching. Also odd was the time he put some very questionable valuations on our players. totally unnecessary.

Despite these two oddities, I think Pearce is the best current TV commentator.

Oh yeah – he was inferring that the team cost £345 million or something! I see what he was trying to do, but you can't just pluck theorhetical figures out of the sky for one team and contrast it with what the other one ACTUALLY cost!

 

[Weststander]

I couldn't believe Pearce when he said that. They only got any chances of note when the games was done and dusted.

I wondered if it was to create a false narrative, to be kind to Grimsby.