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When you're winning games, everyone thinks everything the manager says and does is fantastic. Then it goes the other way, and those earlier criticisms of players can backfire.

Gary Lineker

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Gary Lineker
Age: 63
Born: 1960
Born: November 30
Association Football Player
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