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Fans Criticize Lineker & BBC Pundits For Biased England Analysis

Post date: 6 July 2024 at 18:14 | Last updated: 6 July 2024 at 23:37

Gary Lineker and the BBC expert panel received criticism from supporters for being too positive in their analysis of England's performance in the first half against Switzerland on Saturday.

The Three Lions, who faced a lot of criticism from fans and experts before their important quarter-finals match against the Swiss, remained tied at halftime even after switching to a formation with three defenders.

Even though England went into halftime with a score of 0-0, Lineker praised the Three Lions' performance as 'excellent', and Rio Ferdinand stated that it was a 'significant improvement'.

The host from the BBC mentioned how impressed he was with Manchester United's young talent, Kobbie Mainoo, during the first half. He praised Mainoo for his remarkable performance, along with other standout players like Saka and Bellingham.

He recently celebrated his 19th birthday. He is the second youngest player to compete in a quarter-final match for England, with Wayne Rooney being the only player younger than him.

Fans criticized Gary Lineker and the BBC panel for being overly optimistic during half time.

England entered the quarter-final match against Switzerland at Euro 2024 with the score even at 0-0.

Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, and Micah Richards (from left to right) commended England's display

In the meantime, Ferdinand expressed: "We have been requesting a better performance. I believe we now appear to be a squad that knows how to press, possess the ball, and restart plays. We have stressed the importance of cohesion, as it has been lacking within this team. I believe today's progress has been significant, as you have mentioned."

And we're here thinking, wow, it seems like we're about to score a goal. There are players who are really impressing us, some of whom we will discuss later. This is the England team that I was hoping to see in this competition.

And BBC commentator Micah Richards, clearly happy with how England played, commented: "We talked about this, didn't we? Managing the game. We talked about having confidence. I pointed out before the match what Switzerland was capable of. England simply didn't let them do their usual movements, dropping into positions, or making the right passes."

Switzerland has not been able to get any shots on target, so England is performing very well defensively.

Fans rushed to social media to criticize the BBC team for their overly positive analysis of the first half.

A fan mentioned on X that the England team has shown a bit more optimism recently, but they still don't compare to the level of positivity seen in the BBC punditry team.

One person commented, "The BBC experts are praising England's outstanding performance and comparing Foden to the top number 10s in the world. It feels like we're in a surreal reality like in Black Mirror."

One fan mentioned that the level of propaganda from BBC pundits is comparable to that of North Korea.

Someone else commented: "They didn't even manage to get a single shot on goal, but the BBC commentators act like they played as well as the legendary 1982 Brazil team."

Kobbie Mainoo almost scored the first goal, but Granit Xhaka managed to stop his shot.

Fans criticized the BBC on social media for their overly optimistic evaluation of the first half.

Jamie Carragher made a humorous comment in reaction to fans criticizing the BBC on social platforms during halftime.

Another person commented: "It looks like the commentators on BBC were reprimanded for being honest about England's performance in recent weeks and are now attempting to be overly positive to compensate. That first half was not impressive."

Jamie Carragher, a retired England football player who now comments on games for Sky Sports, wrote: 'While the BBC reports that England is winning 2-0, Twitter seems to think England is losing 0-1!'