Baldini travelled all the way to Dallas to see Beckham play for The Galaxy, and left without even exchanging a word with him. What can we read into this?
Either Baldini does his job without seeing the need to communicate with the ex-England captain who has played for his country 99 times, his English is not good enough or he doesn't want to be the one to tell Becks that he won't be playing against France in a weeks time....
The facts are that Beckham is a hard-working professional who is not at the top of his game and there are plenty of choices for an England Midfield. Capello didn't make the trip himself, but sends a deputy. Beckham plays a competent but unremarkable game. That may not add up to a triumphant return to the England camp with a chance to win that all-important 100th cap.
2 comments:
i think it all has to do with the way the MLS season is scheduled. They expect Beckham to be fit in the offseason when he is not. But the preseason has shown that he can play for England and i think its just a matter of when they will call him up.
-acdc
I'd like to be as confident, but when there are younger players knocking at the door who have more ambition and a bit of 'edge' more like a younger Beckham - you have to ask whether Beckham has enough to push these players out of a place??
Personally I would have him in the squad because of his sheer prescence - not sure that Capello has an ounce of sentiment, and why should he? We will have to wait 'til Thursday - fingers crossed...
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