Angof wrote:
> Jonbhoy wrote:
>>> Scooby wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:55:55 -0000, "Angof"
>>>>
yahoo.co.uk(no need for Mail)> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Scooby wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:30:56 -0000, "Angof"
>>>>>>
yahoo.co.uk(no need for Mail)> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Scooby wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:12:30 -0800, "ZB"
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>>>>>>>> wrote:>>>>>>>>> I just read the following story on BBC Sport. Just goes to
>>>>>>>>> show that the Americans are still the kings of hype & Lalas
>>>>>>>>> has been smoking some serious shit!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6260781.stm
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Couple of great quotes:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> " ...our fans, who will see a quality player in the prime of
>>>>>>>>> his career"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Don't think Beckham is in the prime of his career by any
>>>>>>>>> stretch of the imagination
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "We want him to help us to be the top team in MLS and maybe,
>>>>>>>>> one day, become the top team in the world"
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Aye, top team in the world, that'll be right.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Remember this is a guy who was crying after the WC06 claiming
>>>>>>>> he would win his place back and he was still a player blah blah
>>>>>>>> blah. Also, Madrid have won fuck all since they signed him
>>>>>>>> nearly 4 years ago.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> He was a passenger in a very good Man Utd team.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On average he scored 1 free kick in every 14 attempts, hardly
>>>>>>>> world class, he's average at best. Think of van Hooydonk,
>>>>>>>> Zola, Henry, etc these guys have a 1 in 4 ratio for scoring
>>>>>>>> free kicks, bechshite couldn't lace their boots.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Scooby
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> While I agree with the gist of what you are saying, I'm
>>>>>>> surprised any player has a ratio of 1 in 4. Where do you get
>>>>>>> those stats? The 1 in 14 for Beckham would not surprise me as
>>>>>>> he is massively overated for his free kicks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Honestly, I forgot to mention Rivaldo in there as well. I think
>>>>>> at 1 one stage Van Hooiydonk was rated the best free kick taker
>>>>>> in the world.
>>>>>
>>>>> He is excellent.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Remember he scored 2 against Rangers when he was with
>>>>>> Feyenoord? in the 1 game.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes I do.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can remember at the time that they said Zola etc were averaging
>>>>>> about 1 in 4 over a the period of 3/4 seasons, not their full
>>>>>> career.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Backshite had 14 attempts in "that" Greece game before he
>>>>>> eventually scored.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll try and source the stats for you
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scooby
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok.
>>>>>
>>>> Another couple i forgot to meantion is Sinisa Mihaljovic when he
>>>> played in Serie A, remember 1 game he got a hat rick of free kicks.
>>>> Current player is Juninho from Lyon, whom the fans call Mr 50%%, as
>>>> 50%% hit the target. He's scored 17 free kicks in the last 3
>>>> seasons.
>>>
>>> Yet every time someone scores from a free kick they call it
>>> 'Beckhamesque'. It's a joke. Just the other day Stuart Pearce said
>>> Beckham was the best dead ball player in the world.
>>>
>>
>> The thing about Beckham and the Greece game was on soccer saturday
>> when i think phil thompson was saying he was a legend and Mat Le Tiss
>> was saying that was rubbish.He mentioned the greece game and said it
>> was something like 17 attempts at goal before he finally scored then
>> when PT changed it to,but hes got about 93 caps for england so he
>> must be a legend.Liked MLT's comeback of "Well would you say John
>> Barnes was an england legend then because he had about 88!!!" . PT
>> came back with the "Errrr well....no......but...." which was followed
>> by a lot of mumbling from him and not much more on the subject :-)
>>
>> JB
>
> I do admire Beckham though...it's not his fault there's all this
> hysteria over him. He is a great professional who's made the maximum
> of his talents.
Did you send that Word doc to me?
