Lineker To Stop Hosting Match Of The Day, Bbc Confirms

[naomi24]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crln27ek10no

 

Sorry he's going - or good riddance?

[Hazi-Hammenuhoth]

Good riddance

[brainiac]

Good riddance.   Give it to Mark Chapman - dependable, knowledgeable and non-annoying.

[jackthehat]

He's been a pretty decent host.

It's just a shame that he's also smug, self-satisfied, patronising and arrogant...

[DDIL]

Somewhere in between.

He is a decent host, but it makes not difference to me who hosts it.

I think trying to silence him is wrong.

[newmodarmy]

I think he's done a really good job, but I'd be happy to see a change now- unless the role is going to go to Alex Scott.

[Arrods]

At last. 

[Lie-in King]

Not as clever as he thinks he is, but on football, he knows what he's talking about & imo has been an excellent host.

[barney4444]

I enjoy match of the day, but record it, watch the games and fast forward through all the 'pundits' banging on. Bet I ain't the only one doing it.

[grumpy01]

Hope he takes Shearer and Murphy with him.

[Khandro]

Did anybody actually like this guy, the Beeb was paying over a million pounds a year out of your licence money? 

I always thought he was an insufferable creep.

[Ken4155]

I don't watch MOTD anymore (i watch all the PL goals long before MOTD starts) but when i did, i found GL to be an expert presenter whose knowledge of football, and not just English football, is almost peerless.

As with many a long-standing tv presenter, Gary does come across as a tad smug. But then so do folk like Eamonn Holmes,  Jeremy Clarkson, Jeremy Kyle and many others.

The word 'marmite' springs to mind. 

[Bazile]

We were told the reason for paying him the large sums that the BBC did was because he would be poached  by other broadcasters .

So,let's see how many other stations are lining up .

Football is a simple game that is totally over analysed 

 

 

 

 

 

[Cloverjo]

I couldn't give a flying flip about who presents the football programme, but I'm glad GL won't be still taking  the million pounds per year that he currently gets. 
 

While they're at it they could get rid of Zoe Ball, who gets similar money for doing not very much at all, not very well. But I'm going a bit off topic here. 

[douglas9401]

I don't watch football so really don't care. I would be prepared to bet 20p on his replacement being female, possibly black and gay.

Not enough hard-faced chicks on the telly recently.

[davebro3]

I don't care a hoot about football or Lineker, just about the BBC wasting £millions it doesn't really need to. (and not just presenters - I think the whole organisation is over-staffed & overpaid)

[Khandro]

The Beeb stated that it wanted the makeup its staff to represent proportionately to society, the amount of ethnic minorities & homosexuals.

Rod Liddle quipped that if they do that they're going to have to sack an awful lot of ethic minorities & homosexuals! 🤣

[Prudie]

I don't watch MOTD anymore but would meanly like to see him take a fall. I agree with JTH's description. I have very negative thoughts towards him becausee he was once an idol of mine that fell so far from grace. When he played for Everton, captained England, seemed a devoted husband to Michelle, devoted father, dealt with a son with leukaemeia and was actually gorgeous looking 'to boot' I though he was the perfect man.

He's shattered all my illusions bit by bit, including with his marriages. If he wants to spout politics do it on his own ground, not using his BBC Sports platform to do it.

[youngmafbog]

Couldnt care less.  Dont watch football and dont pay for a TV licence.

I agree with JTH opinion of him though no idea if he is a good host.  Must be plenty who could do this job for less though just like the autocue readers on the News.

If they replace it with a DEI host it will be the end of it.

[smurfchops]

Time for a change.  He earns a ridiculous amount of our money for doing hardly anything. 

[Blubster]

Good riddance - that smug self-satisfied smirk gets on my ***