noely said:
If every english footballer had the same footballing attitude that Beckham has the english national team would be far more successful
unfortunatly most english footballers copy Beckhams off the field whore attitude
What retiring at 31 or whatever he was to go and play in a sub standard pub league cos it will give you loads of money and, so you thought, the increased worldwide fame that you crave?
I'll tell you much, he isn't unrivalled in his desire to do well in his footballing career and for his national team. But he is unrivalled in his attempts to make out that he is.
The way he has, since he went to Madrid, and especially since he went to LA, made it his number one aim to brand himself as Mr England and 'The most passionate Englishman ever' is an utter fucking disgrace. But an even bigger disgrace is the amount of people who have swallowed it.
Answer me this. If he is so committed to his national team why did he hide two injuries at two World Cups from the management, hindering the team's performances only to 'admit' to them after the tournaments, conveniently using them as an excuse for his dog shit performances?
(Well, I'll tell you the answer, these 'injuries' weren't really anything but each time they did the nice little job of explaining why the media built 'world class' footballer looked tenth rate, at best, on the world stage against players who were supposed to be miles below his league. But the brand and the myth wouldn't stand that, so the excuses come out and eventually the weight of the PR machine means that the usual Beckham sheep/public forget that this means he effectively shit on the team to get his own selfish appearances in whilst injured - but of course, the 'injuries' were all exaggerated bollocks/excuses anyway, if he was honest)
The man, as a footballer and a celebrity, is a joke.
What fucking world are we living in in this country where it is just accepted that this dick will be captaining the Olympic team when he is fucking gone at the game and absolute shite - as shown by his forays into Serie A - more shite performances over 2 years despite the spin machine attempting to paint him as playing well. He was crap. Plus, any informed American football fan will tell you that his impact on the pitch for Galaxy goes nowhere near matching the hype that he gets there.
WHY THE FUCK ISN'T THERE AN OUTCRY THAT THIS PRICK IS GOING TO LEAD A TEAM INTO THE OLYMPICS JUST ON THE BASIS OF HIS CELEBRITY?
What a way to undermine the ethos of the Olympics. A bloke getting picked because of his fame (just like he did on many occasions for England, whilst better players are told to do one because they don't have his pulling power.
