Heres his stats
Appearances - 96
Goals - 17
Goals direct from free kicks - 6
Not very impressive since he has been our SOLE free kick taker for about 6 years now.
Lets compare him shall we?
Steven Gerrard
Appearances - 56
Goals - 12
Only 5 goals behind Beckham with 40 less appearances
Frank Lampard
Appearances - 54
Goals - 12
Once again only 5 goals short with 42 games in hand.
Bobby Charlton
Appearances - 106
Goals - 49
Kinda thrashes Beckhams record
To cut a long story short, from my research of current players David Beckham has one of the least impressive internation records the only exception being Joe Cole who is likely to be on Par with Beckhams goal tally when equal games are played.
Isn't it time that 'England' fans actually start paying attention to the form than the media?
Beckham has got some highly crucial goals for england, that cannot be doubted, but his record is mediocre at best.
Beleive the stats, trash the hype.
2007-06-02 09:31:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
I totally agree, when he first started playing he was talented but as time has gone on he has started to believe in his own hype and that has led to the football suffering - personally i blame his air headed wife.
2007-06-02 09:43:18 · answer #1 · answered by honey_pink_sky 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your basing your views soley on apps. and goals! How can you rate a player on them? Thats stupid - Beckham is a wide midfielder anyway, his job isn't to be a regualr goalscorer, but someone to distribute passes and create chances.
So heres an interesting fact for ya - which england player has 'created' the most goals for the team??
And as for Man Utd, he was the player that set up pretty much all van Nistelrooys 44 goals in his 3rd season. But of course... he was rubbish!
2007-06-02 11:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
He kicked the ball about 4 or 5 times in 90 minutes. Gerrard for me.
2007-06-03 11:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole sport is overrated! Beckham who? Try following a real sport like American football rather than that girly soccer game they play everywhere else. Anyone can kick a round ball through a field - try catching 40 yard a pass in traffic and running through a bunch of 300 pound angry men trying to take your head off as you do. Now that's a sport worth watching.
2007-06-02 09:43:41 · answer #4 · answered by Vegasbrad 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Of course all you football pundits know best, that's why your on here and not living the life of Beckham, never mind jealousy is a wasted emotion !!
2007-06-02 19:18:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Leave off David, he was crap at Man Utd...yeah right that's why Real Madrid wanted him....football is not just about goals, it's about the influence of players, passing, assists and discipline- apart from the Argentina incident I think he has always done his country proud. Let's face it a one all with Brazil is not bad compared to current form!
Viva Becks
2007-06-02 09:44:15 · answer #6 · answered by Miyagi 1 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Agreed
2007-06-02 09:58:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Even more overrated than Gazza LOL.
YAY American "foot"ball ,play for two minutes ,stand around for ten ,change your squad ,play for five call a time-out drink gator-aid ,changeyour squad again and play for five minutes. A REAL sport indeed.
2007-06-02 10:08:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is over hype,
over paid,and big headed,
and that's all to do with the media.
And that reminds me his wife, size 0
another money graba.
2007-06-02 11:00:07 · answer #9 · answered by technocase 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont think beckham is that good, and lets face it, he was relatively unknown when he met posh spice i think poshs status helped him more than anything else//
2007-06-03 04:05:59 · answer #10 · answered by jay 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋