Beckham's search for a post-soccer role is over.

Beckham's search for a post-soccer role is over. Aug 15, 2017 15:26:29 GMT stefancrosscoe likes this

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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2017 15:26:29 GMT

Aug 15, 2017 14:55:55 GMT stefancrosscoe said:

I am not British and I usually only read the sports/football sections in English newspapers and so whenever I stumble upon tabloid sites that might feature a Beckham "story" it never stops to amaze me of all the negative and nasty comments coming from people below the "article" seeming to vent their anger and hatred towards David Beckham and his family. And it is not just in the comment section of some silly article, but something which has been going on for years now and yeah, I know that Beckham has not exactly been hiding away from the media, but still the guy seems to bring out the worst in many people.
Even among the Manchester United fanbase, I have noticed over the time that more and more are trying their very best to dismiss David Beckham as just some "mediocre" "pretty boy" who got lucky from time to time on the field and then decided to throw it all away by marriying a Spice Girl and end up searching for more fame in Hollywood.

As an "example", the first video that showed up, when I searched for David Beckham and no less than a second looking around in the comment section, this is the first of many replies that showed up:"he was more like a medium footballer. You cannot compare him with Ronaldo, Robinho, Roberto Carlos, Zidane, Cannavaro"
(It was not from the video below)

Haterz gonna hate.

When someone decides to rail against you, very difficult to bring them round again no matter what you do. Beckham pays the price for becoming too popular.

But take away all the glitz and glamour, the dreamy looks and the spice girl wife. You're still left with one of the best English players of the past 40-50 years.

9 times out of 10 for England, he put in an excellent performance, so for pure consistency over 6 or 7 years, he was the outstanding performer. He was the creative heartbeat of the team. Although he wasn't noted for his intelligence off the field, he had a brilliant football brain on the field, one of the best, always picked the right ball and the right pass. How many widemen can you say that about? And probably the best long range passer and crosser of the ball perhaps in England's history.

For people who say Man United or England didn't miss him, well just take a look at the league table the year he left Man United, and look at the 'goals for' column... dropped off a cliff. And look what happened when Steve McLaren dropped him for England. We failed to qualify for the Euros. Terrible decision, diabolical decision Mr McLaren, he deserved to get fired 10 times over for that calamity. I guess he bought into the idea that Beckham was overhyped. But as a manager when you fail to be objective about one of your best players, you will more likely than not pay a heavy price, as he did.