Beckham’s aim must surely be to carry sufficient favour to prolong his international career which should have come to an end long ago.

David: Beckham’s attack on his England colleagues and their World Cup failings is presumably an attempt to further ingratiate himself with Fabio Capello.

In his crude and transparent attempt to exonerate Capello from all blame for England’s South African debacle, Beckham’s aim must surely be to carry sufficient favour to prolong his international career which should have come to an end long ago.

He speaks airily about participating in the Olympic Games of 2012 where Capello’s writ will not, of course, run, and even of the World Cup in 2014.He now has, notionally at least, 115 England caps, but so many of them were so-called cameo appearances, absurdly bestowed on him by Capello. [Read more...]