Comments on: David Beckham: Legend

By: Batman

Batman — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:41:02 +0000

He is a rarer player than giggs (giggs is brilliant, but there are similar pacey wingers who can dribble, and very few players capable of providing assists with beckhams consistency) , but needs talent around him to fulfil his potential. His brilliant deliveries are wasted on the morons in the USA soccer league. They think adu is brilliant; a player with a few tricks, pace, and absolutely no ability to deliver decisive balls. Beckham is the exact opposite. His immense assist records at utd and Madrid show this. It isn’t by accident that be regularly topped the assist charts. The annoying phrase ‘Hollywood ball’ thrown around by morons just displays ignorance. He is in his element at Milan. They don’t expect or even want lacey dribblers with no end product. They want players who can supple great balls to pato, kaka, inzaghi and perhaps even shev.

By: Karo

Karo — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:16:57 +0000

I think David Beckham is the best footballist of world

By: BD Condell

BD Condell — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:58:22 +0000

Beckham may well go down as a legend but not for football reasons. As a Utd fan I always felt he was a very good player but not exceptional.

I’ve always liked the way he handled himself and I think he’s a top guy but on pure football abaility….not a legend.

By: dave stopher

dave stopher — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:31:43 +0000

Beckham has been a global sales image ever since Victoria Beckham got involved with him. I think that Beckham has had a tremendous career. I hope he gets back in the England squad as i think we need him.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:13:20 +0000

Why do people praise Beckham so much? He’s not a great player or great professional. I mean he’s taken advantage of his looks and little talent thus made himself a huge commodity. If you’re talking about great professionals or need i say it role models, well look no further than Kaka (who donate a ton of his money to church)or Dirk Kuyt (who donates half of his wages – YES HALF) to cancer research .. Now those are people to look up to.

By: fireplace inserts

fireplace inserts — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:41:59 +0000

I think that David Beckham gets too much bad press from fans nowadays. He has done a lot for the game and is trying to prove he has not sold out by making the loan move to AC Milan. He is indeed a legend and I felt a bit sad when I watched him give up his captaincy of England in the press conference. Becks is a legend and always will be.

By: blackie

blackie — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:17:02 +0000

I think Beckham would be the first to admit given the chance again he’d get his head down and mouth shut at Man Utd. Interesting comparison drawn between himself and Giggs. Unfortunately due to PR i think history will rank Beckham above Giggs….shame.

By: Victor Li

Victor Li — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:24:07 +0000

I think Sir Alex played a much bigger part in forcing Becks out than you give him credit for. Obviously, the boot incident was blown up by the media, but the writing was on the wall for a long time before that. Beckham’s autobiography details a number of slights and incidents that were not made public to the media, such as holding him out of matches, blaming him for poor results, or ignoring him during training. Obviously, you have to consider the source, but Ferguson has done this time and time again to players that he wants to cut loose. He did it to Van Nistelrooy, he did it to Heinze, he did it to Roy Carroll and Tim Howard. I don’t think the whole thing broke down over some image rights. Ferguson thought Beckham’s time as an elite footballer was over, and he was, by and large, correct.

As for his head being elsewhere, I don’t know how much stock I put in that. Even Ferguson, despite his differences with Beckham, stated that he always found Beckham to be a hard worker and a professional. Capello said the same thing after Beckham continued showing up to training everyday despite the fact that he been dropped from the Real Madrid squad. I think Ferguson simply wanted to sell high on Beckham and that was that. I think the media blew a lot of it out of proportion.

By: Daniel Chung

Daniel Chung — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:54:27 +0000

He’s never going back to Los Angeles now. And who would blame him if he didn’t? And if American soccer fans decide that this is something to b*tch about, just picture Kobe Bryant deciding to cash out a lucrative offer to play basketball in, say, China. All of a sudden, Kobe’s career for the US Men’s Basketball Olympic team is in jeopardy so he makes a brief move to play for, say the Knicks. I think American fans will then be able to relate (to a certain degree since the US Men’s Basketball Team and an England call up aren’t comparable). $250 million or a chance to play for England’s 2010 World Cup qualification and then a run for glory? Not an easy choice…

By: Andy Sammons

Andy Sammons — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:38:14 +0000

Can’t doubt his commitment to the game, although I resent the fact that he went to Los Angeles too early if he wanted to prolong his England career. Think he is criticised for the wrong reasons too much. Sure, he has not impacted games like he used to for years, but he will always be a threat with the dead ball. So much of his hype is what makes him, and ironically, in the fans eyes, it’s also what breaks him. Just got to be objective.