Happy Beckham Day!
Yes! Old Goldenballs finally wings his way in with Posh to be unveiled as an LA Galaxy player in less than an hour. Despite his Sports Illustrated cover, the hacks on both sides of the Atlantic are trying their level best to scupper the high expectations. Rod Marsh last month said that he expected that Becks would find a "Hell" in the MLS. I beg to differ - I reckon that he's got the quality to get the job done in MLS and will raise the profile of the game in a way that no other play can. What do the rest of you cynics reckon?
posted by gatorbob @ 12:04 PM
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The Beckham launch press conference today was actually quite instructive about the state of footie in the U.S. First the good news: live coverage of most of it on ESPN2 and FSC, the presence of notable such as the LA mayor - who got booed by the crowd! - and a loud, boisterous fan base at the Home Depot Center.
Now the bad: The Deuce interwove their live Becks coverage with a panel of numpties who completely rubbished the idea that Becks would have any effect on the MLS. Thanks a lot. How is it that the suits as ESPN don't realize that it's counterproductive to employ anti-MLS idiots such as Jim Rome at the same time that their spending millions broadcasting MLS?
I just can't stand listening to the Beckham talk at all. On TV as well as radio.
EVERYTHING is tongue in cheek and also very negative!!
It just drives me nuts
I reckon that he has to silence them on the pitch the way that he did with the doubters last year at Real. He's the consummate professional and I can't believe that he won't be able to succeed in this league.
The news on Becks today (7/19) isn't so great. He trained on Tuesday for about half an hour, mostly with his own trainer away from the rest of the side, with about 5,000 in attendance.
Then the next night Becks looked on as his side got tonked by a second rate Mexican team.
He's scheduled to play against Chelski on Saturday night and ESPN2 is hyping the hell of their coverage starting at 8:30 p.m., but it's still an open question whether he'll play. I hope he can at least play the first half and do well.
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