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| View Poll Results: Biggest impact in North America | |||
| Beckham | | 15 | 65.22% |
| Pele | | 7 | 30.43% |
| Equally both | | 1 | 4.35% |
| Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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![]() You saying he was a "major reason", doesn't make it so... it's your opinion. I don't see Beckham on the list here ! BBC SPORT | Football | World Cup 2006 | Pele tops World Cup legends poll | |
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Thanks for explaining my piss-take, that's always awesome on TTP! ![]() Quote:
If you could... Would You? | |
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guru, that is not the debate, nobody is asking if Bex is one of the greatest all time... He is arguably in the top 10 of his era along with the likes of Cantona, Ronaldo, Figo, Zidane, Totti, Del Piero, Raul, Van Nistelrooy, Between 95 or so and up till around two/three years ago there were no clear cut people that would figure ahead of him on the right side of the park... His work rate has always been high, his set pieces are second to none. His delivery of a cross or driven ball into the box was unparalleled and he had a small two month window of a renaissance at the end of the European season with madrid Last season...Winning a La Liga title. It is not simply MY opinion. When he announced to the world he was LA bound Capello parked his arse on the bench at Madrid. But Beckham kept his head up and showed leadership. He was an integral part of Madrid's team down the stretch, and it is not my opinion. Feel free to peruse the attached links. Beckham goal helps Real snatch win - CNN.com IOL: Beckham savours Real happy ending Beckham fit to play in Madrid's title-decider against Mallorca - International Herald Tribune Bloomberg.com: Europe I also remember seeing articles and quotes and such on Sky sports news etc with glowing reports from teammates etc like Van Nistelrooy and Raul and others mentioning how his class and leadership went a long way to winning that title. Just because all of the tabloids coverage of his latest queer hairstyle or report that his tattoo says "I'm a Legend in my own mind" and not what he thought it said doesn't make him a poor footballer. You lot buying into the british need to take people off their perch and slating of Beckham as being fashionable is too much... |
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Tokens: 1,000.00 | Now that is funny considering from what little I have seen in the league these last 2 seasons, Cuatemoc Blanco is the best player in the league. He is better than Becks "technically" but Becks is not as bad as people make him out to be.
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becks is still the best footballer in the world as far as ball to to feet from anywhere on the field is concerned. that is his game, it always has been. he will not dribble though 5guys to score. he will cross it to someone from the byline before looking to shoot. thats waht made him great on the wing. he wasnt overly fast or skillful he could cross. If a team has a striker that had great control and a 1touch finish then he would go well with becks. thats what is missing at la. no1 around who is any good. |
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I think that's the point here... Pele had it all... could turn 5 guys inside out, had speed, could drop a ball on a dime from 50 metres, had a rocket of a shot... he was overall the best player ever.... so how could he not have been the best we've seen in north america?
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PELE IS A DINOSAUR LIKE U beck is the real | |
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Tokens: 1,000.00 | Firstly Skid.... we're the same age ... or very close… Next, what does age have anything to do with it.... read the question(s) … How does this compare to when Pele came stateside way back in, what was it, 1976? When all is said and done, who will have changed the way the game is perceived in North America more? Lastly… ‘beck is the Real’…. what ? ? flash in the pan? The same can be asked of Maurice Richard and Wayne Gretzky… who changed the perception of the game more? Obviously Gretzky…. As Richard had very little impact “changing” the game… Gretzky brought it to the US like never before… Although Orr changed it dramatically for Defensemen. By the way… this thread is eons old! Get in the now! |
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