Gary Lineker Mr Smarmy

bobbyss

Saw him on a podcast yesterday with Shearer and Richards from Germany about the Euros. Also there was Alastair Campbell. During the conversation Lineker said that he 'of course' had read Campbell's book and as he said it took a sly look at his ex football colleagues. This I interpreted as 'amn't I great to have read a book by a former political insider'.

It reminded of the time he was on the LL Show with Tubridy when he told Tubridy that he once took a penalty against some goalkeeper or other in England who used to play in Spain and that 'because I played with Barcelona I knew which side he would go and I scored'.

Can't stand this chap I'm afraid.

Cyrus

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some pretty minor perceived transgressions getting under your skin there fella.

bmc58

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356257/gary-lineker-mr-smarmy

You're not alone.

EmmetSpiceland

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The man never even received a booking in his playing career.

Kalyke

Is it cause e is woke??? Init?

timmyntc

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You're telling me Gary Lineker was a footballer??

I always thought he was a professional walker

cml387

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Well the "smarmy look" may be explained by the fact that Alastair Campbell has a podcast series called "The Rest Is Politics" which is produced by Goalhanger media, owned by Gary Lineker.

BrianD3

Gary Shitaker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_PLu9KWNK8

Gary Pipe to Pipe Bushman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7k9UxXgmQg

gym_imposter

Possibly Britain's smuggest man

Gusser09

I like him a presenter. The smugness is part of the act.

Much better than Daragh Maloney or Peter collins.

ancapailldorcha

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I don't know why you felt the need to start a whole thread on this. If I didn't like someone, I wouldn't be watching interviews with them or otherwise listening to them. It comes across as more than a bit hysterical, honestly.

I like Lineker. He's a class act though I couldn't care less about football.

Vote4Squirrels

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Oh he is a vile POS and the sooner he disappears up his own hoop the better.

Strumms

…seems harmless. Wouldn’t say I’m a fan though.

What i always found weird with him…. 443 senior club appearances in England and Spain and for such a talented footballer and prolific goal scorer he never won a single league trophy, just a couple of cups over all those years.

Alex Ferguson tried to sign him when he left Barcelona, I think an agreement was in place but he changed his mind and went to Spurs…..scored a shîtload more goals alright , but only won one FA cup in his 3 seasons there…

Considering his huge talent as a footballer, you’d have to say he massively underachieved as a player and as a presenter…. He’s no Des Lynam…. but sort of inoffensive / decent at his job, occasionally smarmy but hey…
Still he’s making a shïtload of cash, in his early 60’s now and a multimillionaire from years in front of the camera, BBC, BT Sport, Al Jazeera Sport, NBC… and made a shîtload promoting Walkers crisps.

Addmagnet

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That's a shame, he speaks very highly of you.

GerardKeating

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But what's wrong with that, Team study videos of their opponents to learn these things, you you think that is also wrong?

Pherekydes

I think lots of people don't like him because he was a goalscorer and not a right winger. 🤪

Hande hoche!

An unpleasant man full of his own self-importance. Still a better human being than James Corden.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122274977#Comment_122274977

Never forget:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/bqy5zf/i_am_james_corden_alongside_ben_winston_and_five/

RobbieTheRobber

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Twice British record transfer fee, 260 premiership goals Alan Shearer also has zero league titles.

growleaves

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Shearer was in the Blackburn team that won the Premier League in 1995.

Hande hoche!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122274991#Comment_122274991

That's absolutely marvelous. Some complete gems in there. Thanks.

ancapailldorcha

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More than welcome.

RobbieTheRobber

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122275143#Comment_122275143

How did I forget that.🫣

Vote4Squirrels

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Wrong - he won the league with Blackburn.

Donald Trump

Worse than Hitler

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3DWsJrNU4

cj maxx

I think they meant as an International

Jack Daw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122270900#Comment_122270900

Interesting that Linker is self styled mr compassionate and loved by wokesters everywhere yet he's quite happy to get paid by the Qatari state broadcaster (while afterwards looking down his nose at Qatar as a country when he was there for the BBC) and platform Alistair Campbell (a man who falsified evidence to help start a war) .

Like all celebrities who lecture everyone else Lineker is a complete an utter hypocrite.

Pauliedragon

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Shearer broke the British transfer fee twice. His transfer from Blackburn to Newcastle was a world record fee.

Back on point I like Lineker. I think he's the best English pundit. He doesn't just go on about England and the coming home nonsense. H

bobbyss

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122278120#Comment_122278120

Yes indeed. Happy to take the silver. In fairness they all do. I don't know of any pundit who refused to go to Qatar as a matter of principle. There are those who argue that Lineker is almost a saint by taking in refugees into his house. That's something most people simply could not do from an accommodation point of view. I don't know where Lineker lives but it probably is not a three bed semi detached. He surely has, as he said himself, an 'entitled' life.

Jack Daw

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The refugee was a carefully handpicked one (he was a medical student) and he only lived their for a couple of weeks.

Jack Daw

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Used to happen a fair bit back in the day that top class players would win very little.The great players were more spread out across all the team across europe, you didn't get all the top players solely playing for the top 3 or 4 in every league.

It's why players like Thomas Hassler, Pierre Littbarski and Youri Djorkaeff all world class players who won world cups won feck all in their careers at club level and none of those 3 ever won a league title.

Allinall

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You could add Alan Kernaghan to that list.

growleaves

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Batistuta at Fiorentina good example too.

tom1ie

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so your not a top class player unless you win a league?

monkeybutter

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Soccer is a team sport

Does this explain it

Jack Daw

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Batistuta was part of probably the greatest team ever to get relegated aswell.Fiorentina got relegated in 92/93 with Batistuta,Stefan Effenberg and Brian Laudrup in their team

TheRiverman

I never really got the hate for Gary Lineker. He is a very good presenter.

pgj2015

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And Titus Bramble.

monkeybutter

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And kevin kilbane

Water John

I think the OP missed the simple point that, Lineker, Shearer and Richards constantly take the pi** out of each other. Don't follow soccer much, but if I need cheering up, I listen to The Rest is Football, just to listen to the ball hopping. All three, can tell stories against themselves as well.

Great line from Shearer the other day. The smoke alarm in the house they are all at in Berlin ATM. Shearer quips that he thought the sound was, Micah opening his wallet.

Strumms

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never said that. I’m saying he unachieved in relation to his talent.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122280667#Comment_122280667

it is, he could have positioned himself in a better team to win more than he did…. Hopefully that helps explain things too 🙂

kowloonkev

The problem with Linekar is that he wants it all. He wants everyone to love him (based on his broadcasting style), but he also wants to air his political leanings which inevitably annoys half the people. You just can't be the goofy likeable chap, and be taken seriously.

monkeybutter

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Whats weird about that though, how do you find that weird about him

The team needs to win

Currently to win the premier league you need to join city, it weird that not everyone has

Id sat that deffo explains it for ya

Boggles

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Alex Ferguson tried to sign him when he left Barcelona, I think an agreement was in place but he changed his mind and went to Spurs

This is 1989, United didn't finish in the top 10 the previous season and there was doubts over Fergusons job.

Sephiroth_dude

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Jeez what did he do too you?

bobbyss

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He may have stolen that one from Keane's comment abut Ryan Giggs about 10 years ago.

ruth...less

Never liked him...spurs guy with big ears. And walkers? Worst crisps ever made.

Cluedo Monopoly

I like Gary.

I also like Bono.

eightieschewbaccy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122281795#Comment_122281795

It's a little bit telling which posters absolutely hate him.