Thank you, Mr. Lineker! I started watching MOTD around 15 years ago. This program is one of the main reasons for a boy from the border of Russia and Mongolia to speak and understand English language. ♥
I’d love to see big Meeks as one of the potential presenters of MOTD, his good humour and his laugh is infectious in a really good way! I’d also like to see rotation between Alan Shearer, Alex Scott and Gabby Logan.
Sad you’re leaving Gary but glad we will see you on the pod. Been a pleasure watching you from a player in the World Cup to a presenter. All the best and thanks for all the memories.
He’s not an outdated curmudgeonly racist with ignorant views, therefore he is deemed ‘woke’ and people hate that because it exposes their mediocrity and makes it harder for them to thrive.
It's because he's a socially progressive public figure and our hysterical right wing media landscape can't stand people like that, and a lot of people end up lapping up the nonsense they report. In reality Gary is just an empathetic bloke who rightly thinks there is too much injustice in the country and stands up for the disadvantaged.
Kind words from Micah, thank you, Gary a real gentleman indeed. Be it sports, politics...always willing to hear and listen to your viewpoint Alan a legend too , all the best to you all
One of my first footy memories was England vs Cameroon in the 1990 WC. You’ve been a part of my football conscience since it was formed and I look forward to still following anything you do in the future. Thanks for the memories made and those to come 🎉👏🙌🏼
That's mad but that's one of my first memories! Roger miller "wiggling" by the corner flag ... I remember world cup 86 but I was only 8 at the time so world cup 90 was the first proper world cup for me to ... Gonna miss Gary but I thought same when Des Lyman left it won't be the same ... But everything else is going to shit footy not far behind
Just a guy that presents a tv show. Very humble and extremely nice. Thank you, Gary. Thank you, also, for speaking out on certain political, social, and cultural issues. Your supportive attitudes towards those less fortunate and in solemn circumstances will always remember your words of concern
I’m from New Zealand - Gary is genuinely the best presenter not just in football but on tv - personality, demeanour, banter, kindness and all round genuineness - legend mate, thank you!!!
Thank you Gary, even though I moved to Toronto I still try to download MOTD. I grew up watching Des Lynham, Alan Hansen and Gary Lineker. You were a legend as a footballer, as a presenter you set the standard and as a person you always stood up for other people. You are genuinely a great human being. Thank you for being a legend in more ways than one.
Gary has been a great servant to football both on and off the pitch over the last 40 years. Who knows we may see him again on Celebrity MasterChef as we all know he likes to cook. Well done and thank you!!
Gary divides opinion for a lot of people but there is no doubting he is an exceptional presenter. To become this successful in 2 career fields he is obviously a very resilient and determined character. Good luck in your future endeavours!
Hoorah, Gary. The show won’t be the same without you. Despite all the shite people spout about you, you are one of the truly integral broadcasters, a British institution. As other commentators have said, you are actually the GOAT.
Thanks for the MOTD memories Gary, you have been a wonderful servant as a presenter and thoroughly enjoyed your football insights. You will be sorely missed😢🙏👏
im 39 years young, been watching you Gary since you started. Thank you very much for keeping me updated on highlights all these years, barely missed a show in that time. Ave watched Gary present it, Micha "burst onto the sceen" on it and Alan score a SHIT TONN of goals on it. Thanks to all 3 of you really!
Hey Gary - your an all time great and I’ve been watching MOTD for many many years (since the days of Jimmy Hill) so it’s been great having you as the show presenter for the best part of my life so far. Have a wonderful retirement buddy 😊
Gary, you're a national treasure. You've been an icon, the best eever presenter of MoTD, and the voice of football for a generation. Sad to see you go, you're still on top of your game. MoTD will endure, and i think Chappers will be a great host, but you'll be sadly missed as you're irreplaceable.
A legend of the game and broadcasting. I didn’t know who would be able to fill the void at MotD left by Des Lynam but you did it. And now you’re leaving just as you’re beginning to look like him.
Proper end of an era Gary! I'm in my early 30's and you've been the face of MOTD pretty much for most of my conscious memory of the show! Top class you are mate, a really fresh breath in the world of media to have a chap who's soared to the top but has always kept his feet on the ground. We will miss you.
A MOTD watcher since the 60s - when my parents let me stay up late to watch our team: Liverpool. Too many special games to count, and managers for the ages: Shanks Paisley, Rafa, Jurgen and now Arne, with storied presenters: David Coleman, Jimmy Hill and his famous chin, Des Lynam and lately, yourself. For a quarter of a century, you have brought your love of the beautiful game into our homes. Thank you.
Thank you for all the memories over the years, Gary. I’m sure I don’t just speak for myself when I say that you’re my favourite presenter on British TV, alongside Attenborough, so you’re in fine company as you always have been. Enjoy the final few and best wishes for your much-deserved retirement. 🍻
You'll be missed, Gary. Glad you're bowing out whilst you're still at the top though, and thank you for all the years presenting motd, you've been great
Gary you have been a football ambassador - and you have been so lucky to have added to your natural talent as a player and pundit/commentator by working with so many other fellow great characters and players like Alan Shearer. I live in admiration of people who can earn so much and yet be so 'normal' - thanks to you - and thanks for talking about the people on issues besides football!
I’m born 1992 by the time I started watched MOTD its been Gary presenting. Mr walker crisps, thanks for you service and you outspoken approach to injustice at times good luck.
Mr Lineker, I started watchinh MOTD 12 years ago every single weekend. I live in Belgium and I must say that you are one of big reasons for this. For a football player to embrace this roll of broadcaster so good like you is really out of this world. I am in my 20’s so at the start I didnt know you was also was a brilliant footballer. For me MOTD is you and are MOTD. It will be weird to see it without you on. I just want to thank you for so many good saturday evenings. Greetings from 🇧🇪 and enjoy your rest Mr Lineker 👏🏾
Thank you Gary lineker I started watching watching motd when I was 7 with my great nan who passed and those Saturday nights watching motd with her are some of the best memories I have because it was just me and her without you i feel like those memories wouldn't be possible she told how great you were as a player and everything so thank you gary i know for a fact motd won't be the same without you
Congrats Gary. Absolutely synonymous with MOTD and presented it for my entire lifetime. Won’t be the same without you and wish you the best for the future 👏
Thanks Lineker! You have been at the head of match of the day for longer than the 22years I have been on this earth, wonderful presenter and sad you're gone, never ganna be replaced in my eyes.
Thanks Gary for all the memories along the years. I was born in 1999 so I have only ever known you on my screen my whole life. You're a class act and a top professional, hopefully you bow out with a bang in 2026 presenting an England world cup win!
Gary, i am 26. ever since i was a young boy who fell in love with the game, all i’ve ever known is to watch the highlights of my team win/lose/draw on the BBC seeing you host MOTD. Unbelievable presenter, Thank you for all these years of service you have given us. I never thought this day would come 💔
from 86 WC to 2026 WC 🇲🇽 to 🇲🇽 and 98% of all the MOTD it’s been a pleasure watching you and i’ll be sad to see you leave,👍 GL a ⚽️ legend for 🏴 and a true Great of presenting on the 📺.
Thank you Gary Lineker for bringing your passion the job you do. We’ve loved hearing your thoughts, insights and opinions. Football is my life. You have helped it be a great life. Much appreciated.
Gary helping Micah is so nice to hear off. We need allies and mentors at work. Sometimes colleagues can be right bastards but colleagues genuinly supporting one another is very important for the continuation of the business/role.
End of an era, truly! I'm 30 now and Linekar has taken me through the highs and lows of English football since I was a child and to me he is football personified, or what it ought to be at least. Friendly, fair, sportsmanlike and passionate. Thank you Gary for your voice, heard around the world ❤
Gary, you are the face of football for a generation. People my age have been watching you from their first memories of watching football to now where we are adults and have kids of our own watching MOTD! Always a class act, congrats and enjoy whatever comes now
Grew up watching Gary and the Alans on MOTD and its a massive reason why I love the great sport now. Thanks Gary for all the late Saturday nights that have been consistently brilliant. Enjoy the next chapter!
Thank you Gaz, I’ve watched you as a player for Everton, Spurs and England, I’ve followed MOTD to see you share your thoughts. You’re a gem not many are cut from the same cloth, Wishing you the best in your journey
The greatest compliment I could give Gary is that his presenting is so good you wouldn't even presume he ever played the game himself, let alone to world class level he did. A genuine legend in both
Gary has been motd host for as long as i've been alive, i know he's doing some presenting during the 2026 world cup, wow what a moment it would be if he says the famous words 'England have won the World Cup'
An excellent performance from a rare balanced England team of players playing in their usual positions. But where was Lewis Hall when we needed a left back in the summer? And how good is Rico Lewis at right back (much less so at left back). Well played Lee Carsley, I am disappointed that he's not been given the job.
I was about 14 when Lineker took over MoTD from Lynam, and I'm now nearing 40. Gary has been an absolute rock. Watching football on BBC simply and wont be the same now. It's the end of an era. Thanks for everything Gary, you will be missed.
Gutted man. Watched MOTD since I was 4 years old, a staple with my dad. People who say it’s not about the presenter is wrong. Gary, with the likes of Alan and Ian made the show come alive. All the best Gary, looking forward to seeing you at the World Cup
Jones has been excellent so far this season. Maybe the balance that England need is here. To win titles you need a wide range of skills, personalities, confidence and traits. How direct Madueke was is great to see and he should push Saka for that spot. The left is a concern in my opinion, especially the left wing. Great to see Morgan Gibbs White get an assist after a solid start to the season. Watkins offers a great outlet and running in behind but unfortunately I'm not sure he starts if Kane is firing for Bayern. Still holes in how open we are and bigger teams can punish and defensive question marks on our centre backs we product. Size and pace is a concern for our centre backs.
Gary continued the magnificence of Match of the day. Being in my 60s it’s been part of my life for as long as I can remember and we have had some amazing presenters. Gary is deffo one of them. Well done Gary .
Sorry to hear that you’re leaving MOTD Gary, but glad that you’ll be going out on a high with covering the 2026 World Cup. I love this podcast, all 3 of you make me want to tune into watching you guys more and more. Keep up the great work! 😁👍🏻
Gary, you will be massively missed. MOTD is such an institution and you’ve played a huge role in making that happen. Saturday nights will not be the same without you. You’re a legend
Thankyou Gary a football icon and followed your whole career and a true out and out no 9 as a player and use you as a example me working in a professional football team academy to my players and a amazing football host and wish you nothing but the best in your future 😊🔥⚽️
"4 or 5 million..." in the UK alone! You are not counting what must be tens of millions globally who watch MOTD every week, via whatver device or service they can. The Premier League has been above James Bond or Harry Potter in the UK's soft foreign policy exporting culture, and MOTD has been The communicator of that.
Thank you Gary, I think you've probablly been witness to so many monumental events in football, what was it like presenting the MOTD the season Leicester won?
Gary is such a legend, one of the best England players and then doing such a great job with MOTD. Will miss him when he stops, but I still miss Alan Hansen too. Good luck to the next presenter, the last two are a hard act to follow.
Me, too. Hardly missed it from when it started through to Corona times. Needs somebody who has played at the very top of Men's football across the world and extremely bright, too. He understands different cultures, too. RESPECT, Gary. I ain't watching without you. 😊😊😊👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿
Never got the slack and hatred for GL. A great pundit, with witty comments and a fantastic ambassador of the English football. It won't be easy to replace him. A round of applause from Poland, Gary! All the best for your future!
Thank you, Mr. Lineker! I started watching MOTD around 15 years ago. This program is one of the main reasons for a boy from the border of Russia and Mongolia to speak and understand English language. ♥
Impressive 👏🏻
Love this 👏🏼
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Respect!
It was one of the sources of the English language for me too.
Well done to you!
What a guy Micah is , respectful , mannered and just a good laugh
Micah should be the next presenter for MOTD! Always cheery , always smiling but still not afraid to give his opinion
I’d love to see big Meeks as one of the potential presenters of MOTD, his good humour and his laugh is infectious in a really good way! I’d also like to see rotation between Alan Shearer, Alex Scott and Gabby Logan.
100% agree. Nicely said :)
Well said Micah. Giving Gary his flowers now. 💐🌸🏵🌹🥀🌺🌻🌼🌷⚘️.
Petals haha
In the box. On the box. In a box. Has to be on his tombstone when that day comes. What a gem. Let’s hope it’s a long time coming.
I'm sure all the comments here are from BBC employees 😂
Sad you’re leaving Gary but glad we will see you on the pod. Been a pleasure watching you from a player in the World Cup to a presenter. All the best and thanks for all the memories.
Never can understand how people don’t like Gary. Lovely genuine bloke, also great seeing you in Mindshare offices on Wednesday!!
He’s not an outdated curmudgeonly racist with ignorant views, therefore he is deemed ‘woke’ and people hate that because it exposes their mediocrity and makes it harder for them to thrive.
It's because he's a socially progressive public figure and our hysterical right wing media landscape can't stand people like that, and a lot of people end up lapping up the nonsense they report. In reality Gary is just an empathetic bloke who rightly thinks there is too much injustice in the country and stands up for the disadvantaged.
Kind words from Micah, thank you, Gary a real gentleman indeed.
Be it sports, politics...always willing to hear and listen to your viewpoint
Alan a legend too , all the best to you all
One of my first footy memories was England vs Cameroon in the 1990 WC. You’ve been a part of my football conscience since it was formed and I look forward to still following anything you do in the future. Thanks for the memories made and those to come 🎉👏🙌🏼
That's mad but that's one of my first memories! Roger miller "wiggling" by the corner flag ... I remember world cup 86 but I was only 8 at the time so world cup 90 was the first proper world cup for me to ... Gonna miss Gary but I thought same when Des Lyman left it won't be the same ... But everything else is going to shit footy not far behind
@ also a Villa fan 🙌🏼
Just a guy that presents a tv show. Very humble and extremely nice. Thank you, Gary. Thank you, also, for speaking out on certain political, social, and cultural issues. Your supportive attitudes towards those less fortunate and in solemn circumstances will always remember your words of concern
I’m from New Zealand - Gary is genuinely the best presenter not just in football but on tv - personality, demeanour, banter, kindness and all round genuineness - legend mate, thank you!!!
100% agreed
Hello New Zealand from 🏴 👋
Absolute legend. Moved to the US and still watch MOTD every weekend of the season. It won't be the same!
Thank you Gary, even though I moved to Toronto I still try to download MOTD. I grew up watching Des Lynham, Alan Hansen and Gary Lineker. You were a legend as a footballer, as a presenter you set the standard and as a person you always stood up for other people. You are genuinely a great human being. Thank you for being a legend in more ways than one.
Gary has been a great servant to football both on and off the pitch over the last 40 years. Who knows we may see him again on Celebrity MasterChef as we all know he likes to cook. Well done and thank you!!
Rrrr really really guna miss you Gary! You're the best MOTD presenter ever! Love you're banter & jokes ❤❤
Gary divides opinion for a lot of people but there is no doubting he is an exceptional presenter. To become this successful in 2 career fields he is obviously a very resilient and determined character.
Good luck in your future endeavours!
Divides opinion between those who have defined themselves as right wing ...and everyone else.
@@colloquialsoliloquy6391it is left wingers who define us as right wing
Hoorah, Gary. The show won’t be the same without you. Despite all the shite people spout about you, you are one of the truly integral broadcasters, a British institution. As other commentators have said, you are actually the GOAT.
Thanks for the MOTD memories Gary, you have been a wonderful servant as a presenter and thoroughly enjoyed your football insights. You will be sorely missed😢🙏👏
Gary I love how you present and I love how you bring humour to the show which I will miss greatly!
im 39 years young, been watching you Gary since you started. Thank you very much for keeping me updated on highlights all these years, barely missed a show in that time. Ave watched Gary present it, Micha "burst onto the sceen" on it and Alan score a SHIT TONN of goals on it. Thanks to all 3 of you really!
Creepy, saying 39 years young. Creepy person
Hey Gary - your an all time great and I’ve been watching MOTD for many many years (since the days of Jimmy Hill) so it’s been great having you as the show presenter for the best part of my life so far. Have a wonderful retirement buddy 😊
Gary, you're a national treasure. You've been an icon, the best eever presenter of MoTD, and the voice of football for a generation.
Sad to see you go, you're still on top of your game.
MoTD will endure, and i think Chappers will be a great host, but you'll be sadly missed as you're irreplaceable.
Dont call him a national treasure, they said that about jimmy savile when he died. Although
Well done Gary, followed you since 1986 I was 11 years old watching England, thank you and all the very best , true legend and gent 👏
Thank you Gary your the Guvnor of football broadcasting
A legend of the game and broadcasting. I didn’t know who would be able to fill the void at MotD left by Des Lynam but you did it. And now you’re leaving just as you’re beginning to look like him.
Proper end of an era Gary! I'm in my early 30's and you've been the face of MOTD pretty much for most of my conscious memory of the show! Top class you are mate, a really fresh breath in the world of media to have a chap who's soared to the top but has always kept his feet on the ground. We will miss you.
A MOTD watcher since the 60s - when my parents let me stay up late to watch our team: Liverpool. Too many special games to count, and managers for the ages: Shanks Paisley, Rafa, Jurgen and now Arne, with storied presenters: David Coleman, Jimmy Hill and his famous chin, Des Lynam and lately, yourself. For a quarter of a century, you have brought your love of the beautiful game into our homes. Thank you.
Well done Gary. Both on becoming so good at presenting MOTD with such a clean and chrisp delivery, and on speaking out on what matters to you.
Crisp delivery
Gary, the GOAT of football broadcasting
Better than DesL (bbc era)?
@@NewerasameareaThat’s a tough. Des was more statesman like but Gary was more entertaining.
@@akamiguelsanchez9985Gary wins thanks to his Ozil joke alone😂😂
@@akamiguelsanchez9985 I wouldn't have wanted to see Lynam in his underwear when Leicester won the Prem!
what a legend! at least we can still see you on this podcast!
Thank you for all the memories over the years, Gary. I’m sure I don’t just speak for myself when I say that you’re my favourite presenter on British TV, alongside Attenborough, so you’re in fine company as you always have been.
Enjoy the final few and best wishes for your much-deserved retirement. 🍻
You'll be missed, Gary. Glad you're bowing out whilst you're still at the top though, and thank you for all the years presenting motd, you've been great
Bellingham showed how much he loves England, he will be England captain for a long time
100%
I agree but he was probably also really happy to get away from Madrid
@peterjessop1878 yeah nice break from the Spanish press
Also has a winter break coming up...
not when his ACL blows up
Sad to see u go from match of the day but all good things must come to an end thank you Gary ❤
Thank you Gary your not just a guy on a TV show you have been part of our lives in our homes for a long time like Family x❤
I'll miss you forever, you're all I've ever known on MOTD
Thank you Gary Lineker.
I'm from Nepal 🇳🇵, watched MOTD most of my life with you at the helm. Good luck on your future endeavours.
Gary you have been a football ambassador - and you have been so lucky to have added to your natural talent as a player and pundit/commentator by working with so many other fellow great characters and players like Alan Shearer. I live in admiration of people who can earn so much and yet be so 'normal' - thanks to you - and thanks for talking about the people on issues besides football!
I’m born 1992 by the time I started watched MOTD its been Gary presenting. Mr walker crisps, thanks for you service and you outspoken approach to injustice at times good luck.
Genuine admiration and love from Micah for Gary. Beautiful moment
I also have the feeling he might want his job😂
@@sharpvidtubedidn’t think of that 😂😂
Bloody hell man, you made me cry. Micah summed up the nations feelings brilliantly. Gary a real Gent and legend. ❤
Mr Lineker, I started watchinh MOTD 12 years ago every single weekend. I live in Belgium and I must say that you are one of big reasons for this. For a football player to embrace this roll of broadcaster so good like you is really out of this world. I am in my 20’s so at the start I didnt know you was also was a brilliant footballer. For me MOTD is you and are MOTD. It will be weird to see it without you on. I just want to thank you for so many good saturday evenings. Greetings from 🇧🇪 and enjoy your rest Mr Lineker 👏🏾
Thank you Gary lineker I started watching watching motd when I was 7 with my great nan who passed and those Saturday nights watching motd with her are some of the best memories I have because it was just me and her without you i feel like those memories wouldn't be possible she told how great you were as a player and everything so thank you gary i know for a fact motd won't be the same without you
Congrats Gary. Absolutely synonymous with MOTD and presented it for my entire lifetime. Won’t be the same without you and wish you the best for the future 👏
Thanks Lineker! You have been at the head of match of the day for longer than the 22years I have been on this earth, wonderful presenter and sad you're gone, never ganna be replaced in my eyes.
Thanks Gary for all the memories along the years. I was born in 1999 so I have only ever known you on my screen my whole life. You're a class act and a top professional, hopefully you bow out with a bang in 2026 presenting an England world cup win!
Gary, i am 26. ever since i was a young boy who fell in love with the game, all i’ve ever known is to watch the highlights of my team win/lose/draw on the BBC seeing you host MOTD. Unbelievable presenter, Thank you for all these years of service you have given us. I never thought this day would come 💔
My happy place is watching MOTD on Saturday with a takeaway. Thank you for countless hours of joy over the years Gary! ⚽🏆
Thank you Gary. Literally grew up watching you present football to me. Absolutely love you and thank you so much, good sir.
Glad you are still doing this Gary . You Will be so missed on MOTD . Thanks for everything
Enjoyed MOTD during my study in the UK 12-13 years ago and Gary was a very resourceful. Wish you all the best, Gary!!
from 86 WC to 2026 WC 🇲🇽 to 🇲🇽 and 98% of all the MOTD it’s been a pleasure watching you and i’ll be sad to see you leave,👍 GL a ⚽️ legend for 🏴 and a true Great of presenting on the 📺.
Going to miss you on MOTD, you are a great presenter and a top, top guy. Well done 👏👏👏
Thank you Gary. You were football in my house every weekend as we couldn't afford sky, watching with my dad every show. Thank you for everything ❤
Thank you Gary Lineker for bringing your passion the job you do. We’ve loved hearing your thoughts, insights and opinions. Football is my life. You have helped it be a great life. Much appreciated.
Gary helping Micah is so nice to hear off. We need allies and mentors at work. Sometimes colleagues can be right bastards but colleagues genuinly supporting one another is very important for the continuation of the business/role.
End of an era, truly! I'm 30 now and Linekar has taken me through the highs and lows of English football since I was a child and to me he is football personified, or what it ought to be at least. Friendly, fair, sportsmanlike and passionate. Thank you Gary for your voice, heard around the world ❤
Gary, you are the face of football for a generation. People my age have been watching you from their first memories of watching football to now where we are adults and have kids of our own watching MOTD! Always a class act, congrats and enjoy whatever comes now
Grew up watching Gary and the Alans on MOTD and its a massive reason why I love the great sport now. Thanks Gary for all the late Saturday nights that have been consistently brilliant. Enjoy the next chapter!
Thanks gary
You’ve been there my whole life as long as I can remember you’ve been the voice of football
Thank you Gaz, I’ve watched you as a player for Everton, Spurs and England, I’ve followed MOTD to see you share your thoughts. You’re a gem not many are cut from the same cloth, Wishing you the best in your journey
Thank you Gary for all you have done to date and all you will do for us Football fans.
Love for you Gary from New Zealand. From a Liverpool fan.
The greatest compliment I could give Gary is that his presenting is so good you wouldn't even presume he ever played the game himself, let alone to world class level he did. A genuine legend in both
Gary has been motd host for as long as i've been alive, i know he's doing some presenting during the 2026 world cup, wow what a moment it would be if he says the famous words 'England have won the World Cup'
An excellent performance from a rare balanced England team of players playing in their usual positions. But where was Lewis Hall when we needed a left back in the summer? And how good is Rico Lewis at right back (much less so at left back). Well played Lee Carsley, I am disappointed that he's not been given the job.
I will always love you Gary. Thanks for all the goals and all the lols.
Kane was bang on, they needed telling, proper leader thing to say. Hope the starting XI & subs from last night keep their places, great performance!!
Thank you Gaz! For your class in the pundity box and penalty box. One of the football greats!
Will miss you Gary love you lots man.
I was about 14 when Lineker took over MoTD from Lynam, and I'm now nearing 40. Gary has been an absolute rock. Watching football on BBC simply and wont be the same now. It's the end of an era. Thanks for everything Gary, you will be missed.
Gutted man. Watched MOTD since I was 4 years old, a staple with my dad. People who say it’s not about the presenter is wrong. Gary, with the likes of Alan and Ian made the show come alive. All the best Gary, looking forward to seeing you at the World Cup
Gary Lineker is the best presenter by a mile. Football on TV just wont be the same.
Gary you will be missed . I watched you every Saturday. All the best in what u do next
Jones has been excellent so far this season. Maybe the balance that England need is here. To win titles you need a wide range of skills, personalities, confidence and traits. How direct Madueke was is great to see and he should push Saka for that spot. The left is a concern in my opinion, especially the left wing. Great to see Morgan Gibbs White get an assist after a solid start to the season. Watkins offers a great outlet and running in behind but unfortunately I'm not sure he starts if Kane is firing for Bayern. Still holes in how open we are and bigger teams can punish and defensive question marks on our centre backs we product. Size and pace is a concern for our centre backs.
If they give the role to Alex Scott, it'll be less than a million watching within 2 weeks guaranteed
Gary continued the magnificence of Match of the day. Being in my 60s it’s been part of my life for as long as I can remember and we have had some amazing presenters. Gary is deffo one of them. Well done Gary .
Great speech from Micah and very honest and true. Thank you Gary.
Gary was an awesome player and the arguably the best presenter of football and sport in general, we have ever had. We will all miss you!!
Best of luck for the future Gary. Really enjoyed you and the guys on MOTD. Worth the license on it's own!😃
Sorry to hear that you’re leaving MOTD Gary, but glad that you’ll be going out on a high with covering the 2026 World Cup. I love this podcast, all 3 of you make me want to tune into watching you guys more and more. Keep up the great work! 😁👍🏻
It wont be the same Gary. Thank you for everything you have done 👏👏👏👏
Gary, you will be massively missed. MOTD is such an institution and you’ve played a huge role in making that happen. Saturday nights will not be the same without you. You’re a legend
Thank you Mr Lineker from Desmond Lynam to yourself more than 30 years of watching yourselves on the box. Legends.
Thankyou Gary a football icon and followed your whole career and a true out and out no 9 as a player and use you as a example me working in a professional football team academy to my players and a amazing football host and wish you nothing but the best in your future 😊🔥⚽️
thank you Mr Linker for the years of MOTD. much love
"4 or 5 million..." in the UK alone! You are not counting what must be tens of millions globally who watch MOTD every week, via whatver device or service they can. The Premier League has been above James Bond or Harry Potter in the UK's soft foreign policy exporting culture, and MOTD has been The communicator of that.
Thank you good sir! Can´t imagine MotD without you
Saturday nights already felt off without Wrighty there, now Lineker too, thanks for the memories! ❤
Thank you Gary, I think you've probablly been witness to so many monumental events in football, what was it like presenting the MOTD the season Leicester won?
Well said his appreciation for them two for being there for him is great 👍👏
Great stuff Gary, going to be weird without you on MOTD as it was when Des stepped down all those years ago. Good luck with all the new projects.
Thank you Gary. A real model and brilliant presenter.
Gary is such a legend, one of the best England players and then doing such a great job with MOTD. Will miss him when he stops, but I still miss Alan Hansen too. Good luck to the next presenter, the last two are a hard act to follow.
Aww what a soppy love in! Haha its been a pleasure Gaz, we will all enjoy the time we have keft.
Me, too. Hardly missed it from when it started through to Corona times. Needs somebody who has played at the very top of Men's football across the world and extremely bright, too. He understands different cultures, too. RESPECT, Gary. I ain't watching without you. 😊😊😊👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿
Big fan , what legend, all the best Gary 😊
Very well said Micah. Many thanks for your moments on MOTD Gary (pants!). Good luck and have fun in your retirement.
Sad to see you leaving MOTD Gary.The show won’t be the same without you.Thank you!👍🏽
For an ex Spurs player, Gary I must say you have been a great player who morphed into an even better presenter who stuck to his core principles.
Never got the slack and hatred for GL. A great pundit, with witty comments and a fantastic ambassador of the English football. It won't be easy to replace him.
A round of applause from Poland, Gary! All the best for your future!