David Beckham should not be the England captain. Who do you think should? Why?
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Gerrard or Terry, they're born leaders and it shows. Although Beckham has actually done pretty well as captain he gets picked half the time for just being Beckham no matter how badly he plays!\n\nWhoever said Owen? What are you on about?!! A striker doesn't make a great captain anyway, let alone a quiet timid one like Owen!
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I'll say why not, he's a good player.\nI do fancy him, he's my type of men.\nlove England!!!\nBut he definitely makes the game MORE interesting!
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Theo walcott, he recently transferred from southampton to Arsenal, and so impressed manager Arsen Wenger, that he urged Sven to include him in the squad.  Sven, being the puppet he is, agreed and enlisted the 17 year old into the squad.  He has not played yet and if he does will break records for the youngest player to compete in a World Cup Finals tournament.\nHowever, he is not necessarily the most immature player in the squad, that honour goes to David Beckham, who apparently needs constant motivation and praise to stop him going into huge sulks (after Sven said that if he were to 'not perform' he would be dropped from the team) \nStill....this is football and most players in the game today have very limited intelligence.....a game designed by gentlemen and played by hooligans!
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i know i'll take a bashing from the english football fans here but here goes anyways... in retrospect to most english footballers, they do make too much money!  technically-that is skillwise-they're english players are far inferior to say, spanish, argentine, brazilian, dutch, czech or-oh my god! even french players. take david beckham for example... the man is above-average at best... he's not great goalscorer like ronaldinho, doesn't possess riquelme's vision, figo's footwork, nedved's playmaking penchant nor landon donovan's speed. we're never going to compare him to zidane for a myriad of reasons-most of which have to deal with ability. he doesn't even play any real defence. all of these downgraded abilities and yet, only ronaldinho makes more money than he does.  why?  because of looks...!  (chuckles...) then there're are individuals such as jermaine defoe whom i can never recall ever starting a match for team england-and rightfully so-yet he makes millions.  onward, we have the goalkeeper, robinson who would not start for my national team, romania if he were selectable by the head coach, victor piturca.  i cannot remember sol cambell, joe cole or shaun wright-phillips haven't really made serious impressions on me. ofcourse, there are exceptions... rooney is a boatload of talent, sheringham continues to be a warrior and steven gerrard is by far, the best midfielder england have now... he even scored today, versus trinidad and tobago.  then there are players such as crouch and, possibly the best england has to offer, michael owen. this brings us to a serious question: why don't these players make anywhere nearly as much as beckham-i mean, i really understand ronaldinho's income-he deserves every penny and more. what is depressing to me is that beckham isn't even the best midfielder on his national team let alone in europe, with the likes of rosicky, nedved, figo, ballack, antonio reyes and so forth-or the world with riquelme, donovan, ronalaldinho, robinho as well as julio baptista getting the nod from me over beckham-and i watch and follow loads of football-you would think i really didn't have a social life if you all would know how much football i follow. therfore, i know what i am arguing about! although footballers do not make anywhere near the kind of money that nba basketball players or pga tour professional golfers make on a yearly basis, some are grossly overpaid-especially in england.  to compare the earnings parity among the different sports: as much money as ronaldinho and beckham make-both in the vicinty of $25 million- kevin garnett of the nba makes $28 million per year in salary alone-not including very lucrative endorsements. shaquille o'neal makes more than $30 million a year in salary alone. let's not even discuss kobe bryant. the single most boring sport you can ever wacth on telivision, golf, brings tiger woods more than $60 million a year in total. phil mickelson more than $25 million. therfore, in comparison, footballers' pay, anywhere in the world i'm afraid, pale in comparison to athletic earnings from your brothers in arms from acroos the atlantic-and i do not mean canada!!! footballers face much more pressure to perform well than athletes here in the united states and then there're all the politics involved-such as when say, germany suit up against poland or ireland republic play england. everyone on both side play their hearts out when turkey face greece and serbia face either bosnia-herzigovina or croatia. we, as romanians, lose our minds when we play hungary. this unique to only football, and adds alot of pressure. when you really think about it, eleven or so men can cause the utmost national pride or adversely depress millions, in seconds. football is the only sport consistently used as political propaganda-remember el salvador-honduras? the match only pushed things over the edge and gave both nations' leade
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Beckham plays for England.
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david beckham (england)
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Andy Robinson, why sack him, other nations love him:)\n\n9 hrs l8er- \nMartin Johnson to me, was an inspirational captain during the world cup 2003, he won it for England, not Johnny's boot! so as I am a Welsh fan, I would say Andy Robbo, but as my father, God rest his soul, was English, go for Martin!\nIf I was English tho, it would bother me that he would bring back the ole school, I mean, LD is in a wheelchair by now isn't he?
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Carlton Palmer is an easy statement to make.  He obviously wasn't good enough to play for England.\nI would also like to nominate Geoff Thomas.  A below average player in a mediocre team (Crystal Palace) should never be capped.  Having said that, it is good to see him in remission from his leukaemia.\nBoth Palmer and Thomas got caps because there was a lack of depth in that position at the time.  A bit like Phil Neville - and his brother come to think of it.\nEvery England manager seems to have one player that only they think is good enough.  It is baffling to the rest of the country but they seem to be in every squad.  Taylor had Palmer, Eriksson has Hargreaves, etc.
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I think they would fit nicely in the England midfield.Steven Gerrard is more defensive and a good ball winner.If you observe him playing in the league,he's damn good with long passes and crosses.As for Frank Lampard,he is more on the attcking.He's vision is good and he got an eye for goals.I think both of them will make the England squad stronger
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I think that David James should get the nod as the backup goalkeeper and Rob Green should be the third choice keeper. James has made very bad mistakes for England before, but there is no denying his experience playing in big matches for England, something that neither Kirkland or Green have. I think that his tendency to fold under pressure has also diminished. \n\nRob Green has had a good season with Norwich, but he is playing Championship Football, and there is a significant gulf between that and the Premier League, let alone World Cup matches.\n\nChris Kirkland is a very talented keeper and it is sad that injuries have plagued him over the past two years or else he would have been an automatic choice and perhaps even a possible starting keeper. The problem is he has just not played enough football this season to warrent his place and he has not built up enough form or consistency. His latest injury setback sounds the death knell to his chances of selection.\n\nI think it is a great pity that England has such a small selection of quality goalkeepers to choose from when the national team has always had such classy goalkeepers to draw on: Seaman, Banks, Shilton, Woods, Clemence, Flowers and Swift to name but a few.
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I dont-- why should he?  He's not british\n\n\nHe's the England manager but that don't mean he should be forced to sing our anthem
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its time that erricsson should be kicked out.He is chnging the formation at such a critical stage ,players are unused to the new formation and result is a confused,dull performance.Englands has a superb team but deoesnot have enough good strickers except rooney who didnt get any support today.crouch is a clown and why erricsson not playing lennon  more  ???? if they play like this they donot deserv to win the world cup
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When I answer a question, I usually look at what the people have answered, so I don't repeat what someone else has said. And that made me read that someone said Beckham is over rated. I just have to say that Beckham is not rated anymore, to be over rated. He is only making that money because it is in his contract from years ago. If he didn't have a contract, he wouldn't be making anything right now. So he is absolutely not over rated, because no one will let him play.\nNow I do agree with the Shrek comment. because That kid can not play ball anymore. he had like 10 chances this past week, and didn't do anything with the ball. I don't think he could have hit the net if he was standing inside the goal posts. And he hasn't scored for the English National team for over 2 years!\n(we are talking about Rooney, for those pople who do not know)\nSo I think he is over rated. And speaking of Man U. I think they underrated Ruud van Nistelrooy, when they sold him, just look at what he is doing in Real Madrid. Same team where Beckham is sitting on the bench!
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I am a Becks fan, but love soccer too much to lie. Zidane can carry a team...Beckham can not.  Zidane is just as important as wine and cheese to the french.
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It should be:\n\nJoe Cole (left)\nStevie Gerrard (Central)\nFrankie Boy Lampard (Central)\nDavid Beckham (Right)\n\nThis would be something unusual in a midfield for england as it would be balanced, something we have not had since 66
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Never liked him. Should not be playing for England.
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Most overrated player on earth - David Beckham