Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Ignorant criticisms of David Beckham
I’m a big football fan. I was surprised when David Beckham agreed to come over here when he probably still had a year or two of top class play left in him – until him, top players only ever came here when they couldn’t hack it in England, Italy or Spain. I was also delighted for the game over here, hoping he could make it higher profile; hoping he could encourage a few other stars to come here.
But he was injured in the late Spring. In Europe, he wouldn’t even be on the bench yet, as his team wouldn’t want a not even half fit player aggravating an injury. And Europeans understand this. We have all seen players come back too soon only to re-injure themselves and face another long spell on the sidelines.
But fans in LA, who obviously know about stars but not about soccer, criticised him for raking in the cash and not playing. I hate it when people complain without any knowledge of what they are complaining about.
The guy holding up this placard might as well have written “I AM IGNORANT AND PROUD OF IT!”
But he was injured in the late Spring. In Europe, he wouldn’t even be on the bench yet, as his team wouldn’t want a not even half fit player aggravating an injury. And Europeans understand this. We have all seen players come back too soon only to re-injure themselves and face another long spell on the sidelines.
But fans in LA, who obviously know about stars but not about soccer, criticised him for raking in the cash and not playing. I hate it when people complain without any knowledge of what they are complaining about.
The guy holding up this placard might as well have written “I AM IGNORANT AND PROUD OF IT!”
