vulva Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Waddle is a fading pundit, trying to make headlines. Great player, poor manager. Probably not in the top 10000 managers even. Beckham has been a credit to this country for years. Problem is that he suffers from the British disease. The one where anyone who is talented and successful, gets hated eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I'd put Beckham in the same category as the likes of shearer Good players but vastly over rated compared to players with true talent on the continent. Alan Shearer is the best striker i have EVER seen..... David Beckham is the best crosser/free kick taker i've EVER seen Neither of these player are over-rated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essix Blue Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I always thought Beck was Waddle but with a right foot instead of a left. Both had no pace, but in striking a ball they were a class apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Would Waddle put himself in the top 1000? Footbal writers footballer of the year 1993... I'd expect so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 What a lot of rot. You were a good footballer, Chris, but think before you speak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Great a player as Chris was, it's comments like that which explain why he never cut it as a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Alan Shearer is the best striker i have EVER seen..... David Beckham is the best crosser/free kick taker i've EVER seen Neither of these player are over-rated Really? Lineker was a better striker IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Wow. Just wow. Yeah - shearer was great - not as good as Hirst, just less injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamK2292 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 He's just said this to gain attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramone Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Really? Lineker was a better striker IMHO. My age dictates my statement.... Didn't really see all of Linekers career..... I wouldn't be able to agree or disagree with you opinion. I shall just accept it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain jack Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 It's his opinion I'm glad he's got the balls to say what he thinks to many people in public life just come out with crowd pleasing statements, for me Beckham was brilliant in his time BUT I can hear what waddles saying, imagine if Beckham looked like Chris Morgan???????? No famous wife, no good looks, no brand, no aftershave, no pants, no hair products, no merchandise, massive clubs wouldn't have been a plenty, for me Waddle was a better player( more skill more tricks better with both feet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OasisOwl72 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 The finest Wednesday player I have ever seen. The way he played in the 92/93 when he was the only player in ours and Sheffield football history to be crowned Football of the Year he reached heights like no other Wednesday player I have ever seen. I even once travelled overr night to meet some mates in Falkirk when he made his debut there and had the pleasure of having a few drinks with him in the boardroom after. Top player and top bloke. 1000 though Chris? He has plenty in his account so I will ignore it/let him off but to put in context he is saying that for every season of the Premiership each club has had at least TWO players he considers better than Beckham. Not true that is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain jack Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Yeh a 1000?????? Surely waddle must have meant a 100???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Hate it when Wednesday legends embarrass themselves like this Fucking hell Chris - just button it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayzman Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 The finest Wednesday player I have ever seen. The way he played in the 92/93 when he was the only player in ours and Sheffield football history to be crowned Football of the Year he reached heights like no other Wednesday player I have ever seen. I even once travelled overr night to meet some mates in Falkirk when he made his debut there and had the pleasure of having a few drinks with him in the boardroom after. Top player and top bloke. 1000 though Chris? He has plenty in his account so I will ignore it/let him off but to put in context he is saying that for every season of the Premiership each club has had at least TWO players he considers better than Beckham. Not true that is it? My eyes hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul.. Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Waddle = great player but bitter pundit, almost always negative when he co-commentates and has had numerous digs at Beckham over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom22709 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Not sure about that. I know what you mean but Shearers goal scoring was just constant. An absolute talisman. Beckham wasn't blessed with pace or trickery and maybe there are a thousand more exciting players than him, but his dedication, professionalism, work rate and desire alone puts him up there at least as a model professional footballer. Not to mention the fact his passing, vision and free kicks could quite literally win games on their own. He single handedly dragged teams to a victory at every level. He was a fantastic player. Completely agree with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash_SWFC Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Maybe not top 10 but 1000? flip me goin back t'bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfmanjack Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Not sure about that. I know what you mean but Shearers goal scoring was just constant. An absolute talisman. Beckham wasn't blessed with pace or trickery and maybe there are a thousand more exciting players than him, but his dedication, professionalism, work rate and desire alone puts him up there at least as a model professional footballer. Not to mention the fact his passing, vision and free kicks could quite literally win games on their own. He single handedly dragged teams to a victory at every level. He was a fantastic player. I'd say if you chose a Man Utd midfield which had Keane, Giggs, Scholes and Beckham, Beckham would be 4 choice every time. The other 3 were light years ahead of him in terms of both workrate and talent. Vastly overrated, but had a brilliant publicity machine behind him, which for 10 years shoved him down our throats at every given opportunity. Every time you read a newspaper or turned the TV on he was thrust on you, and I think eventually, everybody believed the spin that his wife's publicity machine was dishing out at every given opportunity. He wasn't fit to lace Tony Currie's (for example) boots, and I think if they'd been playing at the same time, Shezza would have proved a better player than Beckham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spurdog Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 Good but not great, v sensible assessment. Will get lots of other 'footballing folks' giving the same assessment once the media b....cks and fuss dies down. Far too slow on the ball to fit in with Ferguson's fast counter attacking style, so he went. Would have made Wednesdays's first team squad in '63/63, but def. not Catterick's first pick. Or made a decent winger for the Wednesday team in '93. But would have never been picked in front of Waddle in the Waddle squad. No way Josephine. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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