Comments on: A Galactic Mess

By: stop dreaming start action

stop dreaming start action — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:05:39 +0000

i agree that beckham was great, but still unavoidably over-hyped as the poster-boy of british soccer. too pretty for the blood and guts uber-macho american male, he cashes in but inevitably fails to bring either more fans or any real presence to the game. mls would do better to bring in some working class heroes, like rino gattuso!!! ha ha

By: jacob reilly

jacob reilly — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:09:39 +0000

i don't think Beckham cares that much. he is somehow still holding down a place in the England sqaud (in the starting XI believe it or not!!) and so actually his career hasn't suffered at all. he has been used as a marketing tool (and used himself as one) since the turn of the century, i reckon it is nothing he can't deal with.

you need to calm down a bit on how “great” a player he is too. really, he isn't that “great” nor has he ever been.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:36:32 +0000

The quality of a player is marked by how he is rated by his peers. We can argue whether he was anywhere near as good as Zidane or Figo, but the truth is only an exceptional player would have been able to break into that team – it just says how good the rest of the galacticos were to say that they were better.

The quality of the man is marked by the level of prominence he has attained for himself. We can argue whether he is a product of pure marketing or whether the marketing is a product of his ability but it doesn't change the fact that he inspires more kids, aspiring players and fellow pros alike (even Landycakes loves him), and there's no doubting Beckham can sell more shirts than any other sporting figure.

And he still works everyday on his game and his image, so is it because of this or in spite of this that he is still a pretty normal bloke who average people like you and me can relate to?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:02:47 +0000

David Beckham got us (England) to one World Cup singlehanded, by virtue of scoring the last gasp equaliser aginst an average Greece Team. (Yes they were Euorpean Champions 2 years later but they had improved). That was in 2002 – I'd imagine Kevin Costner was still making profitable movies in 2002 but would you open a $200m blockbuster with him tomorrow? Since that game, Beckham has done nothing in two World Cups and one European Championship. Good player but vastly, vastly overrated.

By: mark jenkins

mark jenkins — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:19:39 +0000

Beckham flew to China so that he could be used as window dressing to promote the 2012 Olympics. That, presumably, was more important than training with his team and their new coach. And you still wonder why the Galaxy are a pathetic joke.

By: The Gaffer

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By: Will Kuhlkamp

Will Kuhlkamp — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:06:10 +0000

Beckham left Man. U. for Real a team which did not need him and were he had no impact on their performance on the field. He was basically bought in to improve their
marketing potential. No change there in his move to the Galaxy. Years ago David was a good player who had the potential to become a great one. Unfortunately for his fans he decided to follow the money. The normal thing to do these days. Since those days it has been all about hype rather then substance gladly provided by the English media.
For him it's too late now. His best years as footballer have been wasted. As for the Galaxy and North American football who knows. Pele and Beckenbauer certainly made a greater impact here years ago but even that came to naught.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:51:04 +0000

I can’t get my head round the beckham myth, he’s good but ffs, he has never been one of the greats. I would imagine in a few years time, his mythical status will only grow. He has more exposure than far better players in his own generation. Ronaldo, zidane and rivaldo are legendary. all time greats. His work rate is also a work of fiction. He is 15 yards of the centre line all game, never tracks back and as to his amazing free kicks, his record is pretty poor; 5 free kicked goals in 103 englad games tells its own story. He is really a corner kick taker. Imagine if he had the same talent as the likes of henry, his hype would dwarf the milky way. Bur as a man, i like that he made 100s of millions, something even Ronaldo and zidanne can only dream of.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:51:04 +0000

I can't get my head round the beckham myth, he's good but ffs, he has never been one of the greats. I would imagine in a few years time, his mythical status will only grow. He has more exposure than far better players in his own generation. Ronaldo, zidane and rivaldo are legendary. all time greats. His work rate is also a work of fiction. He is 15 yards of the centre line all game, never tracks back and as to his amazing free kicks, his record is pretty poor; 5 free kicked goals in 103 englad games tells its own story. He is really a corner kick taker. Imagine if he had the same talent as the likes of henry, his hype would dwarf the milky way. Bur as a man, i like that he made 100s of millions, something even Ronaldo and zidanne can only dream of.

By: Hawk

Hawk — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:02:51 +0000

We need more people like Rainer Scheer in this world…….able to see through all the charade and notice that Beckham was surplus to requirements as a top flight footballer five years ago.

A man who will also no doubt remember that during Beckham’s supposedly Lazarus-like comeback in his final months at Real, they still almost threw the title Barcelona had presented them away in the final match against Mallorca. That was until Beckham got the hook with half an hour left and his replacement, Jose Antonio Reyes, turned the game around.

Mr Cruise still celebrated though.