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Looks like the Beckhams are moving to sunny Southern Cal to play for the L.A. Galaxy next season. While this move will of course be traumatic for all involved, the reported 1 million a week salary should soften the blow for Vickie and the kids....

I saw him play with Real Madrid against the D.C. United this past summer, as well as Man. United a few years back, it'll be nice to see Footie become more popular and competitive over here,

Good on ya' Dave!


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Glad you beat me to posting this, stevent. I think it's a good move, too. It seems the appeal of Adu has worn off. Maybe Becks will bring some life (back?) to Major League Soccer. It's hard being an MLS fan, but I keep trying.
 

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34 years old and past it. His main attribute was kicking a dead ball and stamina. His stamina has gone and he is no longer good enough to play at the highest level in club football. I believe he has a 5 year deal worth £120M.
And he's not doing it for the money ? Yeah,right-I don't think. He is already very wealthy but I guess some people can never have enough. Some years ago he asked for a Ducati 916 (he has no bike licence). He wanted it for free and refused to pay so he didn't get the bike. Sorry but I'm not impressed.
 

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On 2007-01-11 12:02, doodledog wrote:
Great player and a waste that he is still not the England captain, what wilbe the quality of his opponents in the USA though Steve, looks like he wants that last big paycheck before retiring a bit too soon.
Even at his age, he won't have a whole lot of competition. Most players who are good enough don't bother with MLS and go to Europe (Landon Donovan being one exception). Maybe this will help change the trend.
 

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Ah... the good old days of the Minnesota Kicks at the old Met Stadium...

Tail gating in the parking lot til halftime...Pele and Franz...

I'm really dating myself here, aren't I Stronje?

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Adu was out of his league when he played against Real Madrid in Seattle, To be honest he looks just like what he was, a 17 year old kid with some talent. This season he's moved to Real Salt Lake.

While Becks may be past his prime for Premier League and Europe over here he'll be fine. He's also very well known and hopefully his star power can generate enough interest in The Game to get some real quality support for the MLS, it is difficult to be a fan but other than one game a year with the Champions League what else do we have?

I hope this will be a watershed event that really kicks the game off, the U.S. has so much potential for good Football and the leagues get so little support it's just sad

Of course Angels might fly out my ass as well.......

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On 2007-01-11 12:09, JohnRimmer wrote:

And he's not doing it for the money ? Yeah,right-I don't think. He is already very wealthy but I guess some people can never have enough.
Well, John, if someone were to offer me £24m a year so I could continue doing what I loved to do, notwithstanding I was past my best, I think that with the best will in the world, I, too, should be hard put to turn it down.

I think footballers' remuneration is out of all proportion to their entertainment value, but if that's the going rate, they can't be blamed for taking it, can they?
 

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Just watched a news team interview 4 or 5 folk some wear in the states ,no one had heard of David B so according to them no one in all America new him or any thing about football so it looks like the media is ageist him wright from the start. :cool:
 

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I never heard of the guy, but they again I also think soccer is for sissys. No offense intended to the soccer holligans. You guys do have some great riots. The N.Americans that are familiar with the guy will be excited and still go to the games, I doubt that he will lead to much growth of the sport in the US. In Europe, if Terrell Owens joined the Frankfort Galaxy for $250million Euros, do you really think American Football would become a major sport? I don't think so.
 

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People know him here if only for the movie title. He will, at least initially, be a source of revenue for MLS here in the states. I don't think it will last because but at least MLS is trying something new. The sport doesn't have the pull here for whatever reason.

As for the media being against him, there has been a huge buzz on the multitude of sources I review and it has been almost all positive. There is only the concern that he will, as is common with some aging players here, get 'injured' and just sit back for 5 years collecting the contract. I don't think that is the case.
 

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Sorry soccer fans, but David Beckham will will be a flash in the pan as far as most American sports fans are concerned. There was more interest in Michael Jordan playing pro baseball a few years ago that what Beckham will be able to inspire, despite Beckham's talent and fame (and paycheck).

I like soccer and wish him well with the LA Galaxy, but Americans aren't going to have more than a temporary curiosity about him and his sport.

Now if he drove for NASCAR.....
 

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Well good luck Dave, just keep that miserable trollop of a wife stateside and europe will be happy :-D I think they're only going to LA because it's the only city in the world where the talentless stick insect doesn't look out of place looking like she just stepped out of belsen. Maybe with David on $1m a week she can afford the occasional pie
 

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On 2007-01-11 12:09, JohnRimmer wrote:
I believe he has a 5 year deal worth £120M.
THATS F###IN SICK !! for kickin a ball about !!

doctors and surgeons save lifes and will never get that kind of money in there lifetime, the world`s went f###in mad !!

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These two media whores should fit in well in Hollywood. Shiny white teeth, plastic breasts, the brains of a jellyfish, inarticulate and greedy beyond human comprehension.

Maybe they're moving to the U.S. to give them inspiration for their next child's name? They already have Brooklyn, Romeo and Crud. Maybe they'll look around and call their next brat Minnesota or Minnie for short. I'm sure they'll be spoilt for choice.

These two half wits are only moving to the U.S. because of rejection and vanity. They are not wanted in Europe as no Premier league team would put up with his petulant antics. And she will/has become a constant target for media derision.

Had Beckham a scintilla of moral fibre he would have gone to Africa. A country that is to host the World Cup and is crying out for support. Alas no, Viktourwia wouldn't have been able to find many Gucci-Armani shops to while away her time. Nor would any of the starving be able to find any money to spend on the junk she and he sells and promotes.

The writing was on the wall a long time ago when Mr. Brain Dead bought his 5 years old son a $100,000 replica, diamond encrusted watch yet can't help his own son with his homework!

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"David Beckham has never exactly been celebrated for his intellect, but even his greatest critics will be surprised by his latest confession: he can't understand his six-year-old son's maths homework.

The England captain made his remarks when doing an interview with The Mail on Sunday's Live magazine.

He admitted that when Brooklyn asked for help with a school assignment recently, he was baffled - and had to turn to his wife Victoria for assistance.

"Their homework is so hard these days," said Beckham. "I sat down with Brooklyn the other day - and I was like, 'Victoria, maybe you should do the homework tonight.'

"I think it was maths, actually," he said before adding in less-than-textbook English: "It's totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school, and you know, I was like, 'Oh my God, I can't do this.' Brooklyn was like, 'Please do it with me,î and I'm like, 'I'll read your book with you.'"

So for the couple who got married in a Castle, with his and her thrones, I wish them every success in Hollywood. They are a perfect match.

Thank goodness L.A. has taken these two chavs off of our hands.


Below. Beckham in his pre-pony tail hairstyle days wearing his cute dress/sarong number. I wonder if it'll catch on down on the Boulevard?



 
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