I Won’t Lie That England Played Well In A Game When They Didn’t – Gary Lineker

England legend, Gary Lineker has come out to respond to Harry Kane saying ex players have a responsibility to the national team. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, he would have responded the exact same way Kane did because they have both been in the same spot in front of the media as England captains.

Lineker, however, added that he wouldn’t lie that the England national team played well in a game when they didn’t.

His words, “You’re a player and you sit there and it’s your turn to face the press. And at some point, one of the press says, ‘so and so has been critical of you’. And you know they’ve not heard it, I’ve not heard it. I get it and it puts Harry on the spot, but I actually thought he answered it, answered it fine with one or two bits in there, but it’s not easy when you throw in that kind of thing. We’ve both been there as England captains, when you’ve sat in front of the media, when England have not played well at all, or you as an individual have not played well. And I would have answered the question in exactly the same way as England captain, as Harry did. He just said they’re entitled to their opinion.

I understand they also have a job to do. And we do, we have to tell it. Could you imagine if we went on and said, well, actually, I thought they played really well. We’d be lying for a start, because they didn’t play well. And Harry knows they didn’t play well. And yeah, there’s one bit there, which I understand where he says, but they have a responsibility as ex-England players, and they should know, they know what it’s like. It’s not like they’ve ever won anything or worse to that effect. That’s fine. Fine, fine, he’s absolutely right. But I will say one thing, the last thing in the world we want to be is downbeat and critical. We want the England team to perform well on the pitch. Journalists will then use that quote and they will go did you know so and so said this and they have obviously done that to Harry Kane. Lineker said England were sh*t bla bla bla.”

WOW.