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	<title>Comments on: Can the Three Lions Change their Stripes?</title>
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		<title>By: Mattso</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mattso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Be warned fellow posters, this is a subject I feel passionate about!

Never.slate.Beckham.

Beckham is tremendous ambassador for the game of football. A 7 times league title winner, a Champions League Winner, and now th second most capped player in the history of the national team. He has 17 goals and nearly 40 assists for England, meaning he either scores or creates 1 goal every 2 games. 

And in a modern world where there are such people as Ashley Cole and Craig Bellamy, he is a bloody nice bloke. Humble to the press, supportive to his team-mates and passionate on the pitch.
He is highly rated by Ferguson, Wenger, Anchelotti and Capello. Yet some people continue to knock him.
I&#039;ll put it simply, there is not a manager he has played under, a player who has played alongside or a coach he has worked with who has ever questioned his ability or desire to play football. If he is good enough for AC Milan, he is good enough for England, simple as that.

To compare him to Cryuff is ambitious, as he truly was one the best the game has ever seen, and Becks is not at that level. But he has acheived a great deal and has always proved his doubters wrong and for that he should be respected. I had to listen to that Scouse Idiot Alan Green on 5live saying &quot;He&#039;s to old!He can&#039;t beat a man!&quot;. Shut up Green - your an idiot. He has never had that pace, and has still graced some great teams and played alongside some of the best players of the last 25 years. Alan green should go home and cuddle up under his Steven Gerrard duvet cover and stop slating a man who has worked hard to become a player and deserves some respect in the twlight of his career. Becks is a legend and I would love to see him in South Africa.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Be warned fellow posters, this is a subject I feel passionate about!</p>
<p>Never.slate.Beckham.</p>
<p>Beckham is tremendous ambassador for the game of football. A 7 times league title winner, a Champions League Winner, and now th second most capped player in the history of the national team. He has 17 goals and nearly 40 assists for England, meaning he either scores or creates 1 goal every 2 games. </p>
<p>And in a modern world where there are such people as Ashley Cole and Craig Bellamy, he is a bloody nice bloke. Humble to the press, supportive to his team-mates and passionate on the pitch.<br />
He is highly rated by Ferguson, Wenger, Anchelotti and Capello. Yet some people continue to knock him.<br />
I&#8217;ll put it simply, there is not a manager he has played under, a player who has played alongside or a coach he has worked with who has ever questioned his ability or desire to play football. If he is good enough for AC Milan, he is good enough for England, simple as that.</p>
<p>To compare him to Cryuff is ambitious, as he truly was one the best the game has ever seen, and Becks is not at that level. But he has acheived a great deal and has always proved his doubters wrong and for that he should be respected. I had to listen to that Scouse Idiot Alan Green on 5live saying &#8220;He&#8217;s to old!He can&#8217;t beat a man!&#8221;. Shut up Green &#8211; your an idiot. He has never had that pace, and has still graced some great teams and played alongside some of the best players of the last 25 years. Alan green should go home and cuddle up under his Steven Gerrard duvet cover and stop slating a man who has worked hard to become a player and deserves some respect in the twlight of his career. Becks is a legend and I would love to see him in South Africa.</p>
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		<title>By: The Grimace</title>
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		<dc:creator>The Grimace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Was there ever a more feted player than Becks after he scored that goal against Greece?  (And how many people recall the very soft free kick won by Sheringham to get the free kick?)
And was there ever a more vilified player than Beckham after he was sent off against Argentina 11 years ago.  And how many people can remember the names of the histrionic Argentinian and the ridiculous egomaniac referee (Simeone and Nielsen).   But Becks just keeps turning out, putting the corners and the free kicks across.  But how many people think about that when they think about Becks, instead of the wife, the tattoos, and the piece of sticking plaster over his eye after he caught the boot, Truly this is the age of myth not of reality.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Was there ever a more feted player than Becks after he scored that goal against Greece?  (And how many people recall the very soft free kick won by Sheringham to get the free kick?)<br />
And was there ever a more vilified player than Beckham after he was sent off against Argentina 11 years ago.  And how many people can remember the names of the histrionic Argentinian and the ridiculous egomaniac referee (Simeone and Nielsen).   But Becks just keeps turning out, putting the corners and the free kicks across.  But how many people think about that when they think about Becks, instead of the wife, the tattoos, and the piece of sticking plaster over his eye after he caught the boot, Truly this is the age of myth not of reality.</p>
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