Farewell Gary Lineker

@Ponderable said
Are you still talking about a rich man leaving his well-doted position?

And has this anything to do with football?

@Chuck-2 said
Dole,bejesus your not related to that 17th century wardrobe Mr Mogg are you ,and betting on badgers,is that some sort of kiddies game you play with your brats ?.

@Chuck-2 said
Klinsman,Beckenbauer real footballers

@divegeester said
What don’t you like about Alex Scott?

@divegeester said
Presenters Odds Implied Probability
Mark Chapman 2/1 - 33%
Kelly Cates 9/2 - 18%
Alex Scott 9/2 - 18%
Gabby Logan 13/2 - 13%
Eilidh Barbour 10/1 - 9%
Kelly Somers 12/1 - 8%
Laura Woods 14/1 - 7%
Colin Murray 16/1 - 6%

Kelly Cates would be my preference .

https://mybettingsites.co.uk/news/next-match-of-the-day-presenter-odds-ex-arsenal-star-and-motd-2-host-amongst-favourites/

With the BBC's narrative if giving woman jobs in sports it's likely the new host will be female, looking at that list confirms it. Colin Murray would be good at it imo, he made countdown watchable.

@A-Unique-Nickname said
I find her annoying. A presenter doesn't need to have played football, currently the best presenter arguably is what's her name on BT sport who's pregnant (I think). Can't be arsed to look up her name but she was great in the NFL show, champions league and I think she also did the rugby world cup if I remember right. Very natural and funny. And always appears to kno ...[text shortened]... .

Of the current pundits to step into the role maybe Richards could do it but he jokes too much.

@A-Unique-Nickname said
With the BBC's narrative if giving woman jobs in sports it's likely the new host will be female, looking at that list confirms it. Colin Murray would be good at it imo, he made countdown watchable.

@divegeester said
Even my missus (who doesn’t watch football) says she didn’t like her on whatever else it was she presented. I have a vague recollection of her during the olympics, but tbh there were so many annoying presenters on the different channels I can’t remember which was her from that time.

@A-Unique-Nickname said
I think she did the one show maybe? Or was that Jenas, he's also a $hite presenter. I watched the Olympics on Eurosport, so much better presenting than the BBC and actually showed sport involving non-brits. Amazing.

I go on the BBC sport website sometimes but even that is being ruined, putting all the typos to one side the amount of coverage woman's football gets is laughable. No one cares, no one watches it.

@divegeester said
Well I’m not a fan of the BBC on any level; the notion of a “state broadcaster” which is mandatorily funded by the tax payer is archaic and Orwellian. Also the corporation these days has become a parody of itself. However I do like MotD, especially since I’ve binned Sky Sports and refuse to be price gouged by the big corporations any more than I have to be to maintain a f ...[text shortened]... go imo, slower, more open play, less theatrics and easier on the eye in lots of ways. Give it a try.

@A-Unique-Nickname said
TV licence is a joke, a tax to watch TV. Crazy. ITV and the like survive without it, why should the BBC get public funding?

@divegeester said
Exactly.

On a wider scale the UK is becoming joke, a really bad one. I’m considering getting out tbh but don’t know where to go.

@divegeester said
Exactly.

On a wider scale the UK is becoming joke, a really bad one. I’m considering getting out tbh but don’t know where to go.

Explain this to a dumb yank, please

With all the money in sports, just why is it the government that has to pay the sports announcers.