Friday, June 08, 2007
A one man team
Finally after being left out of the England squad since the Ginger Retard took over, David Beckham returned to help save the managerial career of the fool who tried to end Beckham's international career.The absence of Beckham's creativity has been one of a number of factors which have contributed to the absolutely pathetic performances and results since the World Cup. Goals have been hard to come by but in less than 2 full games against Brazil and Estonia, Beckham set up 3 of England's 4 goals to highlight just how one dimensional England are and how much we have missed him.
The friendly against Brazil saw the opening of the new Wembley stadium and the game ended 1-1 with Brazil scoring late on to cancel out John Terry's header. A far more crucial game followed in Tallinn in the Euro 2008 Group E match against Estonia. Anything but a win was unthinkable as it would almost certainly spell the end of hopes of qualifying or the finals next summer. As it is, sitting in 4th place is far from comfortable and the next 2 games at home to Israel and Russia are very, very important.
Before then, a friendly against our old 'friends', ze Germans has been announced. The game will be played at Wembley on 22nd August. The FA will be hoping for another full house to help pay for the stadium but unless performances improve, its going to be a huge concern for future revenue.
Finally, I can't finish without mentioning David Bently. The Blackburn midfielder was named in the squads for the Brazil and Estonia match but didn't play. In the next few days, the U21s kick-off in a tournament in Holland. Since the Estonia match just a few hours ago, poor David has decided he is far too tired to actually represent his country in such a tournament and instead has chosen to withdraw from the squad because he is tired. I'm not sure what he has done to get so tired as he wasn't tired when he was in the squad to face Brazil. England U21 boss, Stuart Pearce is less than impressed. Physco puts it much better than I can...
"I don't agree with it. I told him last night I don't agree with it in any way, shape or form"
"I feel as though I've been supportive to him. He wasn't in the under-21 side for whatever reason when I took over the job. I put him in, I thought he was arguably one of our best players in the two matches we had him. With that in mind, I rang Steve [McClaren] and said `what I've got to report is I think this kid's doing quite well. Keep an eye on him'"
"I spoke with David last night. He said to me on the back of a long season, and possible burn-out next season, that he'd like to pull himself out of the tournament."
"It means everything to play to play for England - when it suits. For me, representing your country is not about what suits you, it's about what suits your country, whether it be on the sporting field, whether it be in the armed forces. When your country comes calling, you put them first and yourself second. I come from a couple of generations away from David's age. I did try to explain the situation: 'Where does that leave you next summer if you get in the full squad and have a full season? Do you say I'm going to be fatigued for the next season?'"
