Is there anyone left in the country who STILL thinks David Beckham....

[Marshy]

Beckham is still the best crosser of we have.

UNFORTUNATELY he is always 45 yards away when he does it....which is no good

 

[Mellotron]

I don't. I saw small improvements in each of Capello's games as he tried to get the players to click.

I said BEFORE the game last night that I had a funny feeling about tonight, and I didn't know why but deep down I was very, very optimistic. We clicked as I hoped we would.

I'm not saying blah blah we're the best country in the world, gonna win the world cup etc, but last night showed how you pick a team and put it out with the right tactics. And it does NOT INCLUDE BECKHAM.

I would still have him in the squad, possibly bringing him on with 10 mins to go if we're struggling against some minnows, to lump it up to the big man. But that should be plan B or C at best.

For 6-8 years it has not worked as Plan A.

I'm not disregarding before, I maintain we were quality in periods in the Swiss game, and Andorra was NOT a football match so 2-0 is job done.

 

[scooter1]

Squad yes, team no - Impact sub as people have said above.
It would be nice to have a player who can deliver a decent free kick or corner on the pitch though - can Bentley do this? Lampard took pretty much every free kick etc last night and most were poor

 

[Chesney Christ]

How do you manage to type real words as you hammer your fists aimlessly at a keyboard?
Why can't you read? it was an excellent performance but to base your views on England' play last night and completely disregard anything that happened before is pretty narrow minded

You are correct. David Beckham has been brilliant for England in the last 5 years, and most of our performances with him in the side have been top class haven't they?

 

[NMH]

Reckon that was it tonight - last few minutes in an England shirt.

If so, there ends the career of a tremendous servant and, if I were him, I'd have kept pulling on an England shirt as long as I was given the opportunity.

Are you allowed to opine on your own website??

But yes, he has been a true England legend, and regardless of celebrity bs he's ready and willing to go into battle for the shirt.

Tell me someone, that he's not a fine example - and I'll donate your brain to Jamie 'can't be arsed for my country' Carragher.

 

[drew]

...should be in the England team?

And if so, can you please donate your brain to medical science for the purposes of research.

And no doubt you were one of the muppets who greeted his rejection by McLaren with glee in 2006. Had Beckham been kept in the squad or, better still, played in some of the first qualifiers for Euro 2008 then we may have been in Austria/Switzerland this summer. I got fed up with all the Beckham haters clamouring for SWP or Lennon when neither have proved themselves at club level consistently and have failed abysmally when they have got their international chance. Beckham should have kept the shirt because he was the best right sided midfielder we had. Now Walcott has appeared to mature, and all credit to him, Beckham should be relegated to the bench but he can remain a great impact player and big influence on the younger members of the squad. Even last night Walcott was singing his praises.

Get off his back and just enjoy the fact that the team have rekindled their confidence and we can look forward to the next game rather than worry about it or are you one of the persistent pessimists who think Kazakhstan and Belarus will turn us over.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I think we are definitely going to need him during the qualifying. Make no mistake, we have not qualified after just two games. We are not always going to have a full strength side to select from and I feel he offers something that many of the pretenders to his throne do not.

 

[MattBackHome]

Becks is too good to be left out of a squad.