Whilst Beckham was exceptional at crossing, he was a lot better than average at many other things too.
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Whilst Beckham was exceptional at crossing, he was a lot better than average at many other things too.
He’s got more football intelligence than anyone in the squad. Going to be an absolute star
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Reminds me of the talent and versatility of Gary Stevens. And I think he has the potential to be as good.
sussex_guy2k2
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Beckham, the guy that played for Man Utd during some of their most successful years, Real Madrid, AC Milan, PSG… was average at everything but crossing?
That’s some take.
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Beckham got loads of stick because of his fame and crucially because he was English. Brits often turn when they perceive people have gotten too big for their boots. The Argentina red card was the (very harsh) catalyst.
Beckham was a fantastic footballer, an English great, and if he was called David Beccamito and had the exact same career but being Spanish, many of the those same critics would disappear.
Beckham was a fantastic footballer, an English great, and if he was called David Beccamito and had the exact same career but being Spanish, many of the those same critics would disappear.
He had a real rough time in the beginning with Saka and Ödegaard ganging up on him, but once Baleba was told to man mark Ödegaard, things got a lot more reasonable and Jack had a good game in the end.
Fantastic player. I hope we won't see him much more as LB though - his qualities are needed elsewhere.
I hope he is the new Xavi but if he just turns out to be the new Beckham, I guess we could live with that as well.
Fantastic player. I hope we won't see him much more as LB though - his qualities are needed elsewhere.
I hope he is the new Xavi but if he just turns out to be the new Beckham, I guess we could live with that as well.
Not Andy Naylor
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He struck a dead ball as well as anyone, which may have been natural, but which he also worked on for hundreds of hours. Those skills also transferred well into crossing and shooting in free play. Whether he picked players out or just crossed into pre-arranged areas is a moot point. I once saw him create two goals for (I think) Andy Cole away to Coventry but never took his eyes off the ball at any point. He was very fit and hard-working, but not especially fast, and wasn't brilliant at heading or tackling. But Manchester United and England had other players who could do those things. Just as they had players who could compensate for Gary Neville's inability to understand the offside law.
sussex_guy2k2
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Totally agree. I’d argue Beckham was a 7/10 at everything as a minimum, but a 10/10 at the things he did well.
The reality is, he wouldn’t be playing as a RW in the modern era though… he’d either be a deep lying playmaker or a RB, probably. But he was a brilliant talent, of that there’s no doubt.
Braggfan
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Did you ever see that Zidane film, when he was playing at Real Madrid? It was sort of a pre player cam film about Zidane, that just followed him around the pitch for the whole game. The thing that really struck me about it was how surprisingly lazy Zidane was, he seemed to stroll around a lot. But it was really contrasted by how hard Beckham worked. Beckham was involved in everything, through out the entire game.