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Jermaine Jenas in line to replace Gary Lineker - Ian Wright leaving MOTD
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Does anyone have the tweet? Is it removed from his twitter?
It's not free to air
Got this thing called the internet. The highlights are on the web/youtube about an hour after most PL/CL games.
Shearer is out too
wouldn’t mind doing a few lines with her, I bet she’s a right dirty little minx on the gear.Is it okay if I put up a video evidence?
Alan Shearer has now said, along with Ian Wright, he will not appear on Motd tomorrow
Apparently Kuenssberg is going to present it.
I’m entitled to think that what I’m saying is right, because it is. The Qatari monologue was political. That’s a fact. Lineker’s tweets were political. Also a fact. One was made on live television: the other made on social media. Fact. One has got Lineker into trouble, the other has not. Fact or not?
The BBC, which is top loaded with Conservative Party donors, is happy for employees to take aim at other states and UK political figures as and when it suits the agenda of those at the helm in Westminster. Opinion, but who here can prove me wrong?
We’ll agree to disagree. There have been enough parliamentary debates where the language has crossed that line. I don’t have the time to find it all.
Alan Shearer boycotts MotD in solidarity with Gary Lineker
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Well in Alan.
Any sporting events, like other events, that are deemed to be of national importance must be free at the point access. Ofcom and government rules.
Because they haven't said anything to suggest they have any evidence to their claims and the scant evidence there is seems to have contradictory evidence as well.If you've not looked into it deeply how can you be sure others haven't?
The daft thing is, a Gary Lineker who is unchained from the BBC presents a bigger problem to the Tory party.
What's contradictory about "the current head of the BBC is a literal Tory"?
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Alex Scott boycotts MotD in solidarity with Gary Lineker
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There is a big difference between your own countries politics and commenting on anothers. Whether what you are saying is fact, its not relevant to this discussion as they are not equivalent. You are taking an overly simplistic view because they are both political.
At any rate, I'm out, its a Friday night and I have things to do. Have a good evening
Ole in as a replacement on the cheap
Loving this 
they’ve shot themselves in the foot massively
they’ve shot themselves in the foot massivelyBrilliant. Now we get to see how many have a backbone to stand up to this ludicrous attempt at censorship.
Whoever presents that show is rightly going to have their reputation damaged through association.
Can’t see MOTD being on air tomorrow now
I bet they run it without a presenter or pundits. Just clips of the games.
The sky is blue
"Actually I don't think it is. I have looked out of the window and the sky is actually brick coloured and looks like bricks. After a quick taste test I can also say that it tastes like bricks. You might wonder if I'm just looking at a brick wall but that is irrelevant to the debate. You have provided me with pictures of a blue sky but I do not believe that this evidence is irrefutable, nor does it outweigh my opinion on what I have deemed to be the sky (which is what you would call my neighbor's side wall with bird shit sliding down it, but I disagree with that assertion).
I am a very busy person who suddenly has to leave to do busy person things goodbye"
"Actually I don't think it is. I have looked out of the window and the sky is actually brick coloured and looks like bricks. After a quick taste test I can also say that it tastes like bricks. You might wonder if I'm just looking at a brick wall but that is irrelevant to the debate. You have provided me with pictures of a blue sky but I do not believe that this evidence is irrefutable, nor does it outweigh my opinion on what I have deemed to be the sky (which is what you would call my neighbor's side wall with bird shit sliding down it, but I disagree with that assertion).
I am a very busy person who suddenly has to leave to do busy person things goodbye"
Seems the most likely outcome.
What about commentators? I'd imagine they would also join the boycott.
It makes a hell of a lot of sense. Football figures in UK have taken a hit with the younger demographic ever since the Champions League was taken off ITV, that was the main source of regular live club football for a large section of fans that grew up without a sky sports subscription. I know mobile phone/internet addiction is also a factor, but this has affected the viewing figures too. Under your logic there would be no avenue for any child to grow up watching live football on tv unless their parents pay for a subscription, something that's completely out of the child's control. You would see a continued shrink in interest.
MOTD tomorrow should just be two sock puppets in a studio followed by simulations of the matches on FIFA 06 for the GameCube. Every now and then one of the sock puppets can say "this game was made played before Labour fecked the country up" and it'll be fine I guess.
I maintain that this was the best version.
Wait, weren’t political opinions fair game during the WC?
That’s true. But not relevant because BBC claims to be apolitical and objective. It doesn’t differentiate between domestic and foreign.There is a big difference between your own countries politics and commenting on anothers. Whether what you are saying is fact, its not relevant to this discussion as they are not equivalent. You are taking an overly simplistic view because they are both political.
At any rate, I'm out, its a Friday night and I have things to do. Have a good evening
According to BBC guidelines, the broadcaster has a responsibility to “do all we can to ensure controversial subjects are treated with due impartiality in our news and other output dealing with matters of public policy or political or industrial controversy”, adding: “But we go further than that, applying due impartiality to all subjects.”
If you’re arguing that Lineker’s recent comments broke BBC’s impartiality guidelines, then so did his comments on Qatar.
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Jenas played for Spuds, right? He'd bound to bottle it and 'take the opportunity '.
Other than Le Tissier, who’s gonna be stupid enough to touch this? Good on Lineker, Wright Shearer, and whoever else joins them.
Jenas? bloody hell! time to scrap cancel culture..
Is Jenas confirmed as replacement? I’d be surprised if he accepted given the circumstances
MOTD is shit anyway. But good on Lineker and co. Feck the Tories.
The show desperately needs a revamp.
The show desperately needs a revamp.
It'll probably be a lot shorter programme if they do
If we time how long the match clips are in these highlights programmes, quite often there is more talk than actual match, and I can't imagine the rights owners suddenly supplying more than the contract defines