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[Livvy]

Mark Goldbridge REACTS to Liverpool vs Manchester United 😂 #football #premierleague #manutd

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@Limiescouse

@redfanman

Lineker was really poor when he first joined the show but grew into the role and was I thought fairly good.

I am definitely misremembering details, but I clearly recall the common assumption that he would get the job whenever it was that Des stood down as the BBC were openly grooming him for it. I dont remember if he ever guest hosted MotD before Des officially retired, but there were definitely other gigs he was given on things like Grandstand (was Sportsnight still a thing then?) as a trial run.

There was a day very early on in Linekers TV career on grandstand where for some reason or other, probably illness, loads of the anchors disappeared at short notice, and Lineker ended up stepping in and covering hours of coverage of loads of different sports.
He came off Football Focus, and ended up running through to like 5pm or something. That got him really noticed.

I’d like Gaby Logan to get the MOTD job. She’s been doing football for years and I think she is really good.

[Zoran]

I know the main MOTD guy is a big deal, but didn’t Lineker already announce about 2 times that he’s leaving?

[mattyhurst]

Been mostly rumours.

Jenas was obviously lined up but he’s got zero chance and frankly I’m glad about that.