Gary Lineker to leave BBC's Match of the Day

Robbo said:
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Gary Lineker: BBC Match of the Day host to leave at end of season

The broadcaster has hosted the corporation's flagship football show Match of the Day since 1999.
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I know not everyone is a fan of his, but I quite like him and it feels like the end of an era.

Wonder if he might go elsewhere, or take things a bit easier? His podcast is good with Shearer and (to a much lesser extent) Richards.
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As a football pundit and as a presenter I actually quite like him, just wish he would shut up about politics all the time and stick to commenting on football.
 
Kind of thought this would happen sooner than later, imagine he's making some good bunce from Goalhanger (rest is history, politics, politics US and entertainment get hundreds of thousands of listeners aside from his football one!). He'll keep his own podcast with Shearer and Richards going I'm sure.
 
He a brilliant MC for match of the day IMO. Keeps things moving along and has the right tone for the show. So help me god if they give it to Micah Richards :mad:
 
Stumble Bum said:
Don't like him, glad he's gone.
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Agreed, he was just about tolerable up until his political and constant tirades on Twitter with little to zero knowledge of what he was actually tweeting about.
Also for the time he was on screen compared to what he was paid was hardly value for money for those who still pay the license fee.
 
I didn’t mind him at all really. I just dread to think who is going to head up everything in his place. Thank God JJ burnt his bridges.
 
JonRGV250 said:
Agreed, he was just about tolerable up until his political and constant tirades on Twitter with little to zero knowledge of what he was actually tweeting about.
Also for the time he was on screen compared to what he was paid was hardly value for money for those who still pay the license fee.
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I have zero problems what he says outside of MOTD...I don't go on twitter. It's not like he talks about those things on MOTD does he? I don't ever recall he ever did that.

He was fine on MOTD.
 
It's going to be one of those, as in he will be missed when he's gone.

Bit of a plonker on social media of course.

But yeh, MOTD coverage I enjoy.

So for me he will be missed.
 
Slam62 said:
Nothing against him on match of the day etc, but he is paid far too much and needs to keep his political opinions to himself.
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Why though? If he has to then so does everyone else?

Yes yes the argument is "he works for the BBC", but he works on MOTD, not the news. It's not in his contract that he can't say those things outside MOTD. So why can't he have an opinion? He is entitled to his as you are to yours.
 
Raymond Lin said:
Why though? If he has to then so does everyone else?

Yes yes the argument is "he works for the BBC", but he works on MOTD, not the news. It's not in his contract that he can't say those things outside MOTD. So why can't he have an opinion? He is entitled to his as you are to yours.
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Well I wouldn’t mind so much if he didn’t get paid so much. I mean get paid a lot less.
Anyway it’s only my opinion and counts for nothing.
 
Raymond Lin said:
I have zero problems what he says outside of MOTD...I don't go on twitter. It's not like he talks about those things on MOTD does he? I don't ever recall he ever did that.

He was fine on MOTD.
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Fair enough, I just got to the point of just do what you do best and stop virtue signalling for clicks/likes on twitter.
Each to their own though.
 
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