John Coopey

MATCH OF THE DAY - CANCELLED

by John Coopey

Sunday 12th March 2023 2:17 pm

I turned my TV on last evening to watch Match of the Day

There were no commentators tating, much to my dismay;

I couldn’t recognise the players, they all looked much the same

So without the likes of Mottie it was only half a game.

And of course no Alan Shearer and neither Ian Wright

But the biggest miss was Lineker – the target of the Right;

He had spoken out of turn with his views on refugees

Which had caused some fuck and fluster in Conservative MPs.

And so the programme was truncated – just 20 minutes long

The theme tune also absent, which is why I wrote this song

You see I empathise with Gary, so dignified and proud

As a person who’s been cancelled too right here on Write Out Loud.

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Comments

John Coopey

Wed 15th Mar 2023 12:14

Thankyou for your thoughts, Uilleam, and for the Likes, Aisha and poemthe.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Wed 15th Mar 2023 10:31

Refugees=people seeking refuge.
Hatemongers=people who sell hate.
Tory slime=Tory corruption (13 yrs worth of it).

John Coopey

Tue 14th Mar 2023 15:07

There is a delicious irony to this.
One of the great platforms of Brexit was the control of our borders. Brexiteers obsessed about the unregulated flow of Eu migrants into the country.
Brexit entailed the UK withdrawing from the Dublin Agreement whereby illegal migrants into the UK could be returned to the country of their first entry into an EU country.
Well, we can’t now.
Oh, what have ye done?

M.C. Newberry

Tue 14th Mar 2023 14:49

Oh dear. UoC bangs on about "hatemongers in the Tory Party"
& "Tory slime". Funny how this sort of thing seems to escape
notice as stirring up hatred among certain mindsets yet is thought acceptable in critical use that would cause outrage
elsewhere. Shades of "Tory Scum" heard from that mistress of
intelligent comment who Starmer chose as his deputy leader!
JC - when and where does one cease seeking "refuge"? I'm reminded of the credo attributed to the press. "Don't let the
facts get in the way of a good story".
If I were Gary Lineker and co. I'd be wondering how absence
added half a million viewers to Match of the Day....and I'd be
more circumspect in future on that basis alone!! .

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Tue 14th Mar 2023 13:04

The word “migrants”, it’s been said, has no future in rhyme!
How about “tyrants”, those who thrive on all that Tory slime?
Johnson’s eight hundred thousand for that BBC job,
Says they’ll keep quiet on London’s Russian oligarch mob.

John Coopey

Mon 13th Mar 2023 18:33

Curiosity, MC. That’s why viewing figures were up. And I’d have thought anyone seeking refuge was a refugee.
Normal service will be resumed. All’s Well That Ends Well.

M.C. Newberry

Mon 13th Mar 2023 16:39

Intriguing to note the report that the pundit-pap free Match of the Day on Saturday achieved half a million more viewers than
its previous edition with Lineker et al in place. As for two
points in your lines, JC. You moan about not recognising the
players when there are repeated shots of their successes
and their names are emblazoned across the back of their shirts
in close-ups so that even old dodderers like me can see them.
In conclusion, you fall into the trap (presumably for emotive
purposes) of using the word "refugees". Really? Refugees
from big beautiful France, home of La Belle Epoque? Refugees
from the doughty Dutch and the ever-flexible Belgians? Do
me a lemon! But I'll concede that "migrants" has no future in
rhyme! Cheers though for keeping the subject balanced in
other ways in your own inimitable style..

John Coopey

Mon 13th Mar 2023 11:15

Thankyou, Uilleam. There is much to agree with here.
My own take is a bit more nuanced about the BBC. It has aroused criticism from both the Left and Right for being biased against them. That is healthy; it meant they were where they should be. But more recently the ties to the Conservatives appear more insidious.
Also I wonder why Lineker’s comments on Qatar’s record of human rights went unnoted by the Beeb but comments concerning our own government are heresy.
HOT PRESS: HE’S BACK.

Uilleam Ó Ceallaigh

Mon 13th Mar 2023 10:53

Well said, sung and played John.
I'm not a football supporter so I have no axe to grind in that respect.
The lies about him continue to be spouted-he was in fact speaking not in works time, but in his own time, and on his own platform.
The Tory run BBC is kow-towing to the hatemongers in theTory party.

John Coopey

Sun 12th Mar 2023 22:58

Quite, Stephen. You thought it was about Gary Lineker when it was really all about Me, Me, Me.
And thanks for the Like, John.

Stephen Gospage

Sun 12th Mar 2023 21:27

Well done, John. Nice touch at the end. I have the feeling that Gary is too popular and good at what he does to be sidelined.

John Coopey

Sun 12th Mar 2023 19:41

Au contraire, mon repos. I have a feeling that Lineker’s stock will rise immeasurably after this.

M.C. Newberry

Sun 12th Mar 2023 18:02

One might observe that Lineker's career has suddenly gone south;
He should've kept his feet beneath his seat instead of in his
mouth!
P.S. I found the absence of pundit-pap rather refreshing and I wish the BBC had used the spare time to extend the coverage of
games on view. But that might have been just too much to ask
from their modern management.

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