Straight to the POINT

■ WHO knew Gary Lineker runs the BBC, not director-general Tim Davie.

GEORGE KELLY, Buckingham.

■ MATCH result: Lineker 1 — BBC 0.

ANDREW McLUSKEY, Ashford, Middlesex.

■ GARY to be Home Secretary and Suella on Match Of The Day. Everyone happy.

JENNY PESTELL, Northampton.

■ ARROGANT, ignorant, over-paid and full of self-importance.

J. PASK, Caerphilly, Glamorgan.

■ GARY LINEKER is not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty football pundit.

SUSAN DIVER, address supplied.

■ ONLY 8,490 BBC licence fees are needed to pay Gary Lineker his BBC salary. What great value, particularly for the over-75s who lost their free TV licence.

MARTY MARTINDALE, Christchurch, Dorset.

■ MUCH as I admire the articulate Gary Lineker, I think the power he has to influence opinion could be used in a more balanced way.

DAVID VICTOR, Manchester.

■ I THOUGHT it was about the beautiful game, not the beautiful Lineker.

STEPHEN PERKINS, Grimsby, Lincs.

■ IS GARY Lineker now the official leader of HM’s Opposition?

MAURICE HAWKINS, Ballycarry, Co. Antrim.

■ HAS Gary scored an own goal? Will the effort be deflected wide or cleared off the line? Perhaps VAR will be needed to decide.

M. BUSBY, Birchington, Kent.