Mark Lawrenson

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201 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 22 Jul

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OTB Football · Mark Lawrenson pays tribute to Kevin Keegan | OFF THE BALL BREAKFAST · 21 Jul 2026 podcast

I mean, the wages had come in by then and stuff like that, but nothing like the way that they are now.

Yeah, and the diving's still there, which drives you absolutely mad, doesn't it?

I mean, it drives everybody else mad as well.

But it is what it is, and I mean, it's global.

So, you know, what do you do?

It's global, but the money, you'd love to now, obviously, be able to play because the money is just sensational.

No.

Next question.

Well, listen, the thing about VAR, it was supposed to make it easier.

And it's not.

It's made it worse.

But, of course, it won't change because that's like admitting that they made a mistake.

I mean, all this waiting three, four, five minutes to see if the ball went over the line or whatever it was, it's ridiculous.

And they're saying, oh, yeah, and it adds to the excitement.

Does it add to the excitement at all?

Just really doesn't.

But it's here to stay, I'm afraid.

I think a lot of people... Well, that's the other thing.

You know, with all the games in the World Cup when they were going through all the teams and everything and today's VAR is such and such and such a body.

It was like, what?

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