Beckham to miss World Cup

[le'rye]

poor guy............ah well, lennon/swp its ur time to shine

[Lieutenant]

Distraught for the lad

[carpedeum]

being brasilian i can only remember beckham REALLY having an impact that was equal to the hype when he helped england qualify against greece

apart from that, he was probably a good captain.

but with tired legs and lack of pace, its a better thing for england that others are given a chance.

still, beckham or no beckham u arent gonna do much

[Drift]

Apparantly Fabio Capello has offered Beckham, despite his injury, a free pass and a "mascots role" in south africa this summer. Sometimes when you think things reach the limit of parody and no more high farce is possible, along comes something else.

What precise role is the injured beckham meant to play now?What "advice" is he meant to offer englands real players? How to collapse and fail and sob your eyes out in quarter finals? How never to have the character and guts to stand up to a tackle v Brazil incase it ruins your hairstyle? How to BOTTLE IT and go awol each and everytime a major opponent comes into view? How to "keep your cool" and not BALLOON your penalities onto the moon when you face a high pressure penalty shoot-out?

What "advice" will he offer to our captain i wonder after his majestic reign over 3 sublimely successful tournaments in that role. How to completely fail to inspire and lead when you get in a quarter final v Brazil? How to act as the tournament CLOWN as beckham did so comically in Euro2004? How to fail to impact a tournament for the 5th and final time in Germany then how to retreat sobbing during the game with your side DRAWING and still IN the event? How to then meander amongst the team pre-penalty shoot out with a tear ravaged face of misery and defeat as "captain" depressing "your" players as theyre about to face destiny when the opposition is geeing itself up and high fiving and infusing belief into their men?

im just extremely embarsssed for Capello, really. And disapoointed in him. A man totally taken in by beckhams about-turn in personality from squad dictator and leader of the WAG culture under Erikssons toothless stand-in geography teacher reign where Beckhams ego was allowed to run riot at a cost to all of us. To now this "ever so umble" young man just willing to help in any possible way he can. This just confirms that as some of us suspected all along, there never was any doubt about beckhams place in the squad, Capello had privately guaranteed it for whatever reason months ago, everything else has just been a charade. When news of Capellos offer to beckham broke today, you can almost see the collective rolling of the eyes that would have taken place among the main players england will call on to deliver this summer. This was a chance to avoid the error Capello was about to make in taking Beckham, to clean us out of all that vacuous guff and ruinous garbage that Brand Beckham brings with him. Fate intervened to save Capello from himself, and now hes blown it again.

So "becks" goes as a "mascot". You couldnt make it up. Beyond any possible parody. Why not take Geoff Hurst, he WON the world cup after all, maybe his advice might be a little more useful than that of a 5 times tournament blow-out of a player.

You just know it will happen, picture the scene. July 2010 and ROONEY buries a goal for england in the world cup final, a final theyve reached playing the sort of fluid, potent, free flowing football we could never play while Beckham and his turgid style was killing our shape and midfield. Oooooo whos that running onto the pitch to jump onto Rooneys back? Is it an overwhelmed or a deranged fan? Is it a member of englands subs bench? NO, its "becks", everyones favourite celebrity hero and 5 times tournament flop of a "legend" making sure despite everything that hes first on the scene to make the celebratory photo. I wouldnt put it past him, would you?

Beckham now travelling as our "mascot". What a total, complete and utter FARCE.