Not got a link as yet - but just herd on match of day 2 - That becks has a bad injury and deffo looks like being out of world cup !!
Be a big blow if true - i always saw him as maybe a supersub in world cup :cool:

Heard that too...on recent form we can just let Rooney take the free kicks instead.

Beckham has torn his achilles, doesnt look like a 4th world cup for him soon be no one left..visions of yet more hurt

Best thing thats ever happened since sliced bread was invented.Most overated player the world has ever seen.Feel sorry for him really now he is out of work for a few months ,The flying chip (his wife ) will be getting him to do all the jobs round the house that she cant do.

Best thing thats ever happened since sliced bread was invented.Most overated player the world has ever seen.Feel sorry for him really now he is out of work for a few months ,The flying chip (his wife ) will be getting him to do all the jobs round the house that she cant do.

Are you kidding??? Show me another player in england that has the same dead ball skills that beckham has? I would have taken him just for the free kicks and corners.

This is a big loss to england cos i guarantee whoever we take instead of him won't be as good.

so what Beckham is 34 years old well past it if you ask me
options for right wing if fit
1 lennon
2 milner
3 swp
4 adam johnson
5 ashley young

Its time to look to the future Beckham has been a great player. never had great pace but a great dead ball specialist but its time to move on now. a blessing in disguise and time to give somone else a chance

I have to say personally I don't feel as though its a great loss. Although I disagree with scottcross - not overated at all when he was at his peak he was awesome to watch. but sadly I feel as though he's passed that phase now. Although thinking about it who could we replace him with??? hmmmmm

I was watching the game against Chievo. He just seemed to pull up out of nowhere, couldn't walk on it, hopped off and then was stretched away. Didn't look good at all.

Best thing thats ever happened since sliced bread was invented.Most overated player the world has ever seen.Feel sorry for him really now he is out of work for a few months ,The flying chip (his wife ) will be getting him to do all the jobs round the house that she cant do.

I agree, a vastly overrated pretty boy that can take a decent free kick or cross but do bugger all else.
I take no pleasure in a player getting injured but we are far better off without him in South Africa. We can't afford to take clapped out has beens on sympathetic grounds.
He can't generally even get in the first 11 of a poor side like Milan these days.

I spy a lot of jealousy,Beckham was never going to be a first choice and I think Capello will be more worried about Lennons condition but as someone to throw on in the last twenty minutes or so to change the style or give others a rest he is ideal,his experience would have been invaluable,as for the sniping about his pretty boy status etc ,think about it ,Beckham has,for a long time,any need to put himself through the rigours of playing football ever again ,unlike the over rated Chelsea and Man City players he plays because he enjoys the game

With a minute to go of injury time and a free kick 20 yards out who would people rather have on the pitch?

I agree rioja, with beckhams delivery and crouches height i think it would have been worth taking him, all the other players that have been mentioned (milner aside) have been massively inconsistant!

We're in for it now, aren't we?

We'll have a minute by minute commentary on Becks' progress, 'injury bulletins' and page after page of tedium leading right up to the World Cup.

The Sun will issue a rallying cry: Come on Becks, Your Country Needs You.

Someone tell me when it's over.

I spy a lot of jealousy,Beckham was never going to be a first choice and I think Capello will be more worried about Lennons condition but as someone to through on in the last twenty minutes or so to change the style or give others a rest he is ideal,his experience would have been invaluable,

We still have his experience, but thankfully it won't be on the pitch. He has done very little in the three world cups he's been in when much younger so what can he bring now he's past it ?

If the likes of Rooney get injured we have a problem but we can certainly manage without Beckham.

We still have his experience, but thankfully it won't be on the pitch. He has done very little in the three world cups he's been in when much younger so what can he bring now he's past it ?

If the likes of Rooney get injured we have a problem but we can certainly manage without Beckham.
Of course we can manage without him,but as a back up he would do more good than the vastly over rated Walcott.

With a minute to go of injury time and a free kick 20 yards out who would people rather have on the pitch?

Anyone who's capable of keeping us out of such a desperate position to begin wtih. Beckham is not so capable.

We're in for it now, aren't we?

We'll have a minute by minute commentary on Becks' progress, 'injury bulletins' and page after page of tedium leading right up to the World Cup.


We may escape the tedium, for once; a ruptured Achilles has no chance at all of being healed in three months, and if only the media can be made to understand that they won't bother to keep banging on about him.

Are you kidding??? Show me another player in england that has the same dead ball skills that beckham has? I would have taken him just for the free kicks and corners.
But this isn't American Football where you can put people on just to kick a dead ball, so you get good free kicks at the expense of an immobile player who everyone else has to work much harder to cover for.

This is a big loss to england cos i guarantee whoever we take instead of him won't be as good.
It's a loss but not a big one Lennon and Cole are massively bigger concerns.

I agree rioja, with beckhams delivery and crouches height i think it would have been worth taking him, all the other players that have been mentioned (milner aside) have been massively inconsistant!
And Beckham has been consistently what exactly? At home against United he was useless.

Besides tall as he is Crouch is hardly a monster in the air.

I spy a lot of jealousy,Beckham was never going to be a first choice and I think Capello will be more worried about Lennons condition but as someone to throw on in the last twenty minutes or so to change the style or give others a rest he is ideal,his experience would have been invaluable,
A side with Rio, Terry, Lampard, Gerrard, Ashley Cole (hopefully) even Rooney... is hardly lacking in experience. This England side is hardly full of teenagers going to their first major international competition and as such badly in need of a few experienced old pros.

Anyone who's capable of keeping us out of such a desperate position to begin wtih. Beckham is not so capable.
Indeed can you imagine a decent side like Spain with pace and the ability to keep the ball.

He'd be a complete dead weight with the ball being passed round him, flailing in the wake of any half decent left back who'd do him for pace every time leaving Johnson, who's hardly the best defensively to begin, having to deal with 2 people time after time.

At least Capello isn't gonna be forced to take an out of form player to the world cup because the media demands it.

At least Capello isn't gonna be forced to take an out of form player to the world cup because the media demands it.
He bottled it with Terry to a point

At least Capello isn't gonna be forced to take an out of form player to the world cup because the media demands it.

Apparently he might go as an ambassador for English football.I thought Millwall fans had that job.

Some really silly comments! Beckham is (at 34) still one of only a few players that will run his blood to water and is fiercly proud of playing for his country, I agree that 90 mins might have been a push, but as soon as he comes on it would release another player, because his name and his reputation alone would have had most managers demanding 2 players watch him

Some really silly comments! Beckham is (at 34) still one of only a few players that will run his blood to water and is fiercly proud of playing for his country, I agree that 90 mins might have been a push, but as soon as he comes on it would release another player, because his name and his reputation alone would have had most managers demanding 2 players watch him

Despite my earlier comment, I agree with you.

And as others have said, nobody has yet 'replaced' Beckham on the right wing. Indeed, some fools still think Raun Shight Philips (sic) is of international class.

Some really silly comments! Beckham is (at 34) still one of only a few players that will run his blood to water and is fiercly proud of playing for his country


I'll run my blood to water and I'll be fiercely proud to play for my country. Should Capello pick me for the squad? No, because I'm rubbish at football and hopelessly unfit besides.

Those qualities are not a good reason to pick anybody, least of all Beckham who is simply not good enough any more.

I'll run my blood to water and I'll be fiercely proud to play for my country. Should Capello pick me for the squad? No, because I'm rubbish at football and hopelessly unfit besides.

Those qualities are not a good reason to pick anybody, least of all Beckham who is simply not good enough any more.

...come back when you understand football, and you'll find i'm right ;)

...come back when you understand football, and you'll find i'm right ;)

If you are right, then Capello should pick me after all.

If you are right, then Capello should pick me after all.

Don't book your summer hols, just in case! :hihi:

Beckham was never the greatest player in the world, but he was (and maybe right up to the injury) the greatest and most reliable good player in the world. There's a lot to be said for a very reliable, very good player even if they aren't world class technically. And the other thing is that Becks offered something different, he could have changed the shape of a game in a way that swapping Aaron Lennon for Shaun Wright-Philips would blatantly fail to do.

I'm gutted he got injured, both for England because he deserved his place on merit, and on his behalf coz he deserved the chance for one last hoorah (if only for putting up with the bs from ALL sides over the years - from the eejits who over-rated him and then slagged him off, to the eejits who try to make out he was never any good but then cry when we don't have a decent, reliable right-side of midfield).

Salute the flag; Becks to take over running the FA!!

what a load of rubbish just to name a few far better reliable good players and who stayed true to the british game. giggs,scholes,speed,shearer,beardsley,dalglish,gas coine,best,lots more not even got to the world scene,beckham not fit to lace these peoples boots.

what a load of rubbish just to name a few far better reliable good players and who stayed true to the british game. giggs,scholes,speed,shearer,beardsley,dalglish,gas coine,best,lots more not even got to the world scene,beckham not fit to lace these peoples boots.

Totally agree, he was certainly the most overrated one trick pony in the world.
I'm just glad that he won't become England's all time most capped player, the fact that he got up to second on the back of endless 5 and 10 minute cameo appearances is a disgrace imo.

how they can keep draging him out to support events in this country is a mystery to me,his only interest in this country is his image and how he can keep himself in the celeb. cult to protect his earnings.i would love to know if he pays taxes in this country.

I still think hes a loss , Perhaps when the scores 1-1 with 15 mins to go - bring becks on! Beckham may have put that cross or freekick in just to nick it !
Then theres the knowhow to put to the younger players he could give etc

when did you ever see beckham go up to the young players and offer advice on the pitch or off it.you never read he as been helping any of the young players.he is supposed to be all england but you never see him at under 21 or youth matches unless it is a big media event.as for crosses the practice he gets taking all free kicks and corners he is sure to get a few right.i bet if you could see all is crosses they are only spot on when he as time and space.

COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka's president has offered the services of his spiritual healer and personal physician to help injured footballer David Beckham get back on the field within three days.

Eliyantha Lindsay White, 37, President Mahinda Rajapakse's personal physician, told AFP that the former England captain had been invited for treatment involving "faith and ayurveda."

An official at the president's office said it had sent an invitation to Beckham to visit the island for traditional treatment after a string of Indian sports stars claimed they were helped by White.

"I am ready to treat him," White said. "His condition can be easily treated and within three days he will be able to go back to playing."

Doctors have ruled out Beckham playing for several months after the player ruptured his Achilles tendon earlier this month.

"His case is simple. I can treat him. He can play again," said White, who claims he has special "powers" that he uses, blended with traditional ayurvedic treatment practised in Sri Lanka and neighbouring India.

Star Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar hit a record double century against South Africa last month and publicly thanked Rajapakse for giving him the services of White to treat him for a knee injury.

White has since treated three more Indian cricket players, including opening batsman Gautam Gambhir and left-arm bowler Ashish Nehra who travelled to Colombo last week for treatment by White.

White, who says he has had "special powers" since the age of 12, studied traditional medicine.

He then began treating thousands of patients using medicinal herbs from India, the seat of ayurveda, an ancient healing practice that includes medicines, meditation and diets practised on the Indian subcontinent.

White has worked as Rajapakse's personal physician since 2005. He says he does not charge for his services, but the request for treatment must come from the president.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100327/wl_uk_afp/fblengitasrilankabritainhealthbeckham

when did you ever see beckham go up to the young players and offer advice on the pitch or off it.you never read he as been helping any of the young players.he is supposed to be all england but you never see him at under 21 or youth matches unless it is a big media event.as for crosses the practice he gets taking all free kicks and corners he is sure to get a few right.i bet if you could see all is crosses they are only spot on when he as time and space.

iTS said he gave walcott some advice and a few others !

how they can keep draging him out to support events in this country is a mystery to me,his only interest in this country is his image and how he can keep himself in the celeb. cult to protect his earnings.i would love to know if he pays taxes in this country.

I can see your point, and even agree with it; nevertheless, Beckham has an enormous following abroad and attaching his name to ... well, just about anything, guarantees that it will get more publicity and be looked on more favourably by the rest of the world. We might as well use that to our advantage.

what a load of rubbish just to name a few far better reliable good players and who stayed true to the british game. giggs,scholes,speed,shearer,beardsley,dalglish,gas coine,best,lots more not even got to the world scene,beckham not fit to lace these peoples boots.

beckham fits right in that list. speed does not.

beckham might have been a one trick pony, but it was a damn good trick. slagging him off for not being very good is as downright silly as making out he was the Peckham Pele.

Beckham has already played in 3 World Cups. We didn't win it with him in the team then. I reckon that he's had his chance, he's hardly going to be a better player now than he was in the past is he?