The Football News Thread 2023/24

[Tony Towner]

And exactly how much football news was in the article. The grand sum of fuck all.

How would you know if you didn't read beyond the strap line?

 

[MARKakaJIM]

How would you know if you didn't read beyond the strap line?

"Typical boorish behaviour."

Game recognizes game.

 

[Squeak]

How would you know if you didn't read beyond the strap line?

Because after the stick I got here... I gave it a chance. And it was as I expected... indulging the Golden Boy. Should have trusted my instinct and not listened to the cyber warriors.

 

[Johnny75]

Because after the stick I got here... I gave it a chance. And it was as I expected... indulging the Golden Boy. Should have trusted my instinct and not listened to the cyber warriors.

Nobody stopping you leaving.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Italian FA take the greed route playing the Copa Italia in Saudi Arabia. Disgusting from the Italian FA.

 

[Squeak]

Nobody stopping you leaving.

Having too much fun.... where else could I go for an intellectual "debate" about a bloke who advertised Walkers crisps for a living?

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Having too much fun.... where else could I go for an intellectual "debate" about a bloke who advertised Walkers crisps for a living?

He played football for a living and the Walkers work came along as he was rather good at it and then proved to be good at promoting crisps.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

And the Walkers factory was about five miles from his parents market stall

 

[Del Woppio]

It's mad. Every single person that I've ever met that dislikes Gary Lineker, has been a massive twat.

 

[Squeak]

It's mad. Every single person that I've ever met that dislikes Gary Lineker, has been a massive twat.

Odd that, every single person that I've ever met that likes Gary Lineker has been the same.

 

[Langers]

Because after the stick I got here... I gave it a chance. And it was as I expected... indulging the Golden Boy. Should have trusted my instinct and not listened to the cyber warriors.

Which specific parts of the interview did you not agree with?

 

[Sniffer]

Odd that, every single person that I've ever met that likes Gary Lineker has been the same.

What do you dislike about him?

 

[Squeak]

He played football for a living and the Walkers work came along as he was rather good at it and then proved to be good at promoting crisps.

 

[Aikiwolf]

Which specific parts of the interview did you not agree with?

Probably this offensive bit about what he'd like to see the next government do:

“restore dignity to the country” and reintroduce fundamentally British qualities, such as respectability, decency, kindness, generosity."

 

[Squeak]

What do you dislike about him?

Mainly it was when he was younger as he was a self indulgent smarmy prick only interested in what he could get for himself. Obviously he's grown up a bit now and two marriages later he's learned a few things. However, as much as he likes to play the Golden Boy, he's still got his character traits in the way he tried to treat the journalist by attempting to cancel at the last minute.

I will say that the bit about letting the two kids into his home was revealing and that was good of him. The cynical side of me says "what did he get for that?" ... but hopefully it expanded his horizons.

Finally, he really needs to stay out of politics. His job is as a football pundit and nothing else.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He hasn't been a pundit for about 20 years?

Why does being a footballer disqualify you from talking about anything else? Should Marcus Rashford or Gary Neville also keep out of it?

 

[Langers]

What political points has he made that you disagree with?

 

[Johnny75]

Finally, he really needs to stay out of politics. His job is as a football pundit and nothing else.

Why can't he have an opinion?

I have no idea what you do for a living but I'd stay away from having an opinion on football if I were you as you've never played the game and you're not a football pundit/ presenter.

 

[leedswolf]

Finally, he really needs to stay out of politics. His job is as a football pundit and nothing else.

Why does he need to stay out of politics? There is more to a person than their employment. As mentioned, he's not really a pundit. Should he have been allowed to have been part of Walker's long running advertising campaign

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I have no idea what you do for a living but I'd stay away from having an opinion on football if I were you as you've never played the game and you're not a football pundit/ presenter.

"I quite liked Roger Moore as James Bond but the last couple of films were beyond parody"

"Oh yeah, well you've never been James Bond and never will be, so you can't say anything"