Have to admit if I was picking my best utd 11 Becks would be in it. I know people going to,say no way ronaldo would be in there first but Beckham gave utd something special. The amount of assists was amazing.
The amount of assists and goals beckham got is not compatible to amount of goals and assists Ronaldo contributed over the course of seasons. Beckham I would averagely say got about 20 assists and around 8 or 9 goals.
Ronaldo scored 42 in one season
comment by Barf Vader_ Formerly user (U15867) (U15867)
posted 17 hours, 36 minutes ago
Mixed bag for me.
Loved him when he was Manchester United footballer David Beckham. Found it annoying when he became David Beckham, celebrity, footballer.
From the start of 98-99 season to the end of 2001, he was pretty much at his peak as a player, one of the top players in the world.
However I feel once he became England captain and particularly after that brilliant free-kick against Greece, he became more and more about the brand/celebrity rather than the footballer.
115 caps for England is not to be sniffed at, but many of these were earned when his ability probably didn't warrant inclusion in the squad.
You have to look to Fergie and say he got the decision right for United when Becks was sold to Madrid in 2003.
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Agreed, what did it for me was when he went on that promotional tour of himself in Asia.
A truly gifted football player who took his eye off the ball. He had the potential to be considered along greats at the club but wanted to be a spice boy. Thank heavens he's retired. Wish SKY would spare us any more Beckham mania
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posted on 17/5/13
his whole jetsetting around the world to get ridiculous money i found disgraceful. he should've bowed out after the MLS for a dignified exit
posted on 17/5/13
Have to admit if I was picking my best utd 11 Becks would be in it. I know people going to,say no way ronaldo would be in there first but Beckham gave utd something special. The amount of assists was amazing.
The amount of assists and goals beckham got is not compatible to amount of goals and assists Ronaldo contributed over the course of seasons. Beckham I would averagely say got about 20 assists and around 8 or 9 goals.
Ronaldo scored 42 in one season
posted on 17/5/13
comment by Barf Vader_ Formerly user (U15867) (U15867)
posted 17 hours, 36 minutes ago
Mixed bag for me.
Loved him when he was Manchester United footballer David Beckham. Found it annoying when he became David Beckham, celebrity, footballer.
From the start of 98-99 season to the end of 2001, he was pretty much at his peak as a player, one of the top players in the world.
However I feel once he became England captain and particularly after that brilliant free-kick against Greece, he became more and more about the brand/celebrity rather than the footballer.
115 caps for England is not to be sniffed at, but many of these were earned when his ability probably didn't warrant inclusion in the squad.
You have to look to Fergie and say he got the decision right for United when Becks was sold to Madrid in 2003.
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Agreed, what did it for me was when he went on that promotional tour of himself in Asia.
A truly gifted football player who took his eye off the ball. He had the potential to be considered along greats at the club but wanted to be a spice boy. Thank heavens he's retired. Wish SKY would spare us any more Beckham mania
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