Alan Shearer reflects on 'difficult situation' as presenters return to MOTD after BBC's Lineker row

Pundit Alan Shearer told viewers that last week was a "difficult situation", when sports presenters and journalists refused to appear on-air.
However, he added it was "good to get back to some normality and to be talking about football again".
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#motd #garylineker #alanshearer #facup

[@Berry-fr5wj]

Don't watch it , ratings went up when he was off

[@naijaman6639]

For your info, Mr Tory grapher, that was because people watched to see how miserable a show it would be without commentators and a presenter.

[@tomgardner2253]

​@@naijaman6639 the cope is real

[@alanmcdade2459]

Didn’t the viewing figures go up by 500,000 perhaps they should just sack the woke pundits.

[@LettyK]

Lineker's body language says it all ...

[@haydn-73]

Disgraceful. This isn't over.

[@bigduphusaj162]

Them and the BBC need the boot. They lost the extra half million viewers on their return. They only had an audience of 2million so why these weakling cultists are even on our TVs at this point is clearly down to a sponsored agenda that the public haven't been told yet who's giving the BBC the £300million they are losing per year now. Its got silly at this point and the finances of the BBC have been hyper scrutinised over the last 2 week and yip.. dodgy AF were now seing huge payments to the BBC top brass bank accounts from companies owned by the big EU politicians. These people are so corrupt it really will end up in a huge fight with the public soon. No more Wokist garbage, they need classed as a cult as that's what they are, a leftist cancer.

[@PipsClips]

why so dramatic?! its just a bloke got told off for breaching his contract,they figured it out - its not like anyone got hurt

[@utv5490]

It made the racists and wifebeaters look even more stupid than usual.....😂😂😂😂

[@britishyank5488]

It was better without these.

[@dorothyramser7805]

Overpaid people patronising the people who pay their wages. Linekar was totally wrong in his statement.

[@Jamieos1990]

Cancel culture at its finest

[@DDougz]

Cope

[@advocate1563]

What's dificut? We don't want them back.

[@boyblunder8889]

No one missed anything.. thanks

[@maccumhaill5534]

Multi millionare grifters ...

[@Law9652]

Feeling smug they are. BBC bottled it.

[@adama-k2710]

It was clear to see, the tories at the top of the BBC trying to get rid of him just because he dared to criticise a tory policy. Cancel culture must remain defeated

[@peterloxham502]

Shame all these very rich people would like to apologise about the rest of the plebs missing out!

[@paulinecabbed1271]

Do we need pundits in this day and age?

[@retrochris8107]

Lineker needs to go

[@gherkamum]

People watch "Match Of The Day" just for the football, not Lineker....Anyone can read an autocue.....

[@gunnargundersen3787]

Didn't watch it. Won't watch the BBC.

[@oleggorky906]

Same here. Nonce protectors and kiddy fiddlers. And that’s not an inflammatory statement, it’s by the beeb’s own implicit admission.

[@thomasjefferson9310]

and that's why it's better to talk only about football, the disconnect with their audiance, the "plebs", is so obvious these days.

[@absolutely2935]

The lot of them need clearing out of the BBC - overpaid and think they are bigger than the company. Keep taking the knee - the lot have destroyed football in every way - didn’t watch for one reason - Gary etc

[@TrillFilming]

waaaaaa cry more

[@markthomas5950]

How many migrants are these presenters putting up in their mansions? I wonder. None is my guess.

[@cuprashoe]

Getting Shearer to do his dirty work for him, utterly pathetic

[@WhatIsItReallyAbout]

The general public are just sick of the media and how it indulges these highly-paid idiots. I reckon they're all one comment away from a "let them eat cake" moment. This is not over and might not end well.

[@naijaman6639]

Cry harder, Mr. Speak for yourself!

[@bigduphusaj162]

They got utterly humiliated and need kicked off our screens immediately. They only have 2million viewers and the week they got booted MOTD got a record 2.5m. Then the following week they get let back in the half million switch off again. The BBC cannot afford to go on like this they are already £300m in the red because of left wing garbage and wokist cultists making the public sick. Get these losers out of here the silly Twitter dwelling weaklings 👎

[@spookystorytime2774]

He doesn't speak for himself. There is massive calls for the BBC TV licence to be scrapped. These three are not even on the same planet of the people that watch them

[@alexwatson5507]

@@naijaman6639 speak for the migrants who drown following Gary kzbin.info/www/bejne/r162iYalpreoiKc

[@mauricetrotter6010]

Match of the day had no pundits last week because that clown Shearer and the rest of them did turn up for work.They all should have got the sack especially smug Lineker.

[@freddyagain3843]

Let us kick out BoJo guy Richard Sharp and Tory Puppet Tim Davie. They are a disgrace.

[@bigduphusaj162]

The public has spoken. These spineless clowns and the disgusting BBC are hated by the British public.

[@christophercurtis2893]

Seeing Lineker greet Alistair Campbell outside the stadium says it all. Campbell also works for Lineker's production company. Don't watch MOTD.

[@MrMarcusWWW]

So does Shearer & Wright they both work for his production company doing podcasts. They had to support there boss.

[@bigduphusaj162]

​@@MrMarcusWWW all of these people are scumbags so are the BBC. The public want rid of them all.

[@Stickleback]

He was sounding abit rough yesterday, get well soon Gary Lineker

[@bigduphusaj162]

Get well soon? Get out of here soon more like. The clowns instantly lost the half million extra viewers the day they came back. Get these spineless wokists out of the UK publics face!

[@iluvmyjill]

Why the hell is Shearer apologizing it was lineker who wanted to cause a fuss and to stay relevant, pathetic.

[@1966Depeche]

Shearer will always be Mary Poppins !!

[@bigduphusaj162]

Everyone in this vid and the BBC need removed from UK terrestrial TV immediately. No more wokist leftist teioe thanks its a failed ideology and just a joke at this point. The public voted with their remotes, end of discussion "TAXI for the spineless" get them out TF out of here

[@utv5490]

Shearer wants to stay loyal to his friends and keep a distance from the racists and shitheels of society.

[@kevinmost2719]

Is that it?

[@tomgardner2253]

Not one shred of dignity

[@LowleyUK]

Gary Leftwinger is entitled to his silly views but he shouldn't be doing the show simply because he's not very good at it. He interrupts, forgets what he wants to say, stutters and is just generally poor at being a host.

[@mrD66M]

Actually he was a striker not a left winger

[@stevenhearnden6103]

Horrible mercenaries, the lot of them.

[@terryantony8531]

So what was the ratings like ??

[@bigduphusaj162]

They lost near half a million on last week😂 They only have 2m viewers and the swing has been a quarter it's utterly ridiculous that these clowns are in a job

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Does anyone remember when a bit of crap from the BBC infiltrated Thames television, fired 300 staff and Benny Hill losing it's broadcast license then went back to the BBC?

[@simonhodgett7790]

Preferred Star Soccer with Hugh Johns and Match of the Week with Jerry Harrison in the 70s ,when I got interested in Football !

[@paulinecabbed1271]

Gary lineker is only a Star 🌟 in his own imagination

[@dsmith1888]

I think the BBC missed a trick here. They should of sacked Lineker, Shearer, Richards and replaced them with a Drag Queen, A Gender neutral (they/them) and a Transgender?. Now that would of been a "power move" for equality, diversity at the BBC.

[@vincentchapman2968]

What a shambles off a speech. To watch. After that I tuned it off.

[@thomasrall7422]

One of Gary little sheep baa baa

[@michaeljames490]

Two black men and Alan shearer. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@adama-k2710]

?

[@naijaman6639]

Probably speaking from the pub already intoxicated.

[@tomgardner2253]

​@@adama-k2710 Linekar pretended he was black once for social media points

[@adama-k2710]

@@tomgardner2253 no he didn't

[@utv5490]

​@@tomgardner2253 Show ys evidence or shut your a hole.

[@StokieStokie]

Shearer apologises for Linekers fascist behaviour. Lineker hasn’t got the galls to apologise himself, he gets someone else to do his dirty work. W⚓️

[@propjoe1060]

Fascist behaviour? He told the truth. Obviously going to be upsetting to snowflakes like yourself, but there we are.

[@jonnilongmire]

Agree

[@Saurucow]

Nothing fascist pointing out the language used by the current gov. He is spot on.

[@thegovernmenthaveharvested5492]

In what way was lineker’s behaviour fascist? It’s the government who behave like fascists u idiot 😂

[@bigduphusaj162]

Everyone on this vid and the BBC are an utter disgrace and need immediately removed from the UK terrestrial TV airwaves and confined to Twitter for the rest of their lives. They are an utter disgrace the lot of them and the public voted with their remote.

[@Crouchy232323]

Commies

[@colincox1716]

I for one will never watch those waffling bunch of creeps ever again .

[@stevec7876]

Overpaid prima donnas

[@leslieallen7070]

😂😂😂

[@adamgrimsley2900]

So what... Get over it.

[@voguegirl2218]

And they call themselves socialists.

[@HaroldShand]

Who listens to this inane chat?

[@tomball1626]

Cometh the hour Cometh the man

[@carlislecharva265]

Yawn

[@Charmander943]

Why does everyone seem so aggressive about it all 😂 guy writes a tweet loses his job due to impartiality yet same company have mps as hosts the ceo chosen by government and being honest not so impartial news shows... yet everyone's beef is with a couple of ex footballers 😂

[@cuprashoe]

Sorry what job did he lose again?

[@DDougz]

All the racists football hooligans have a dose of copeium in the comments 🙄

[@rad6666]

Who cares

[@bigduphusaj162]

Twitter and the leftist cultists 😂 they made up "boycotts" remember. Then the public boycotted the boycott hahaha the lefty looney gets more custard pie in their faces

[@ferriveiro3101]

I love Alan and Gary so much 🥰💛

[@adamgrimsley2900]

Why?

[@alexwatson5507]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r162iYalpreoiKc

[@mrscanlan.5016]

They probably voted remain too, dry lunch's