Beckham..... Yes or No ?

[DC76]

I would disagree with him never having been a superstar (he did have that calibre about him, at least in club football, back about a decade ago), but those days are long past him. Also, he's no Jesus, he's no Elvis, he's no answer (A cookie to whoever figures out what I just referenced ) to what Spurs need. If we needed someone to do the things GK is asking that he do, we'd be better off adding him to the coaching staff. Besides, when one player gets all the attention on a team, after a while the teammates start to get a little disgruntled towards said player. It happens in every sport, not just football.

The media circus would undoubtedly be detrimental to the team's performance, as well, especially if he gets himself into the least bit of trouble. The UK tabloids are a bunch of parasites, and trust me, after what I saw the Vancouver Canucks (my local NHL ice hockey team) go through after the Bertuzzi fiasco back in 2004, I can say that if anything close happened with Beckham on the delivering end of it, it would be ten times worse if not more. The press hounded everything he did for years after the fact, and this not only caused Bertuzzi, and the Canucks on the whole, to underperform, but it also negatively affected Team Canada's performance in Torino 2006.

For me, the potential upside is far outweighed by the potential downside.

[aspursfan]

it aint even about how he trains... tho thats a by-product of the attribute Arry covets the most...

its about acquiring a mindset that creates positive outcomes in the medium-long term, thru personal-growth and enlightened action, perception and ability to subjugate stress .... also known as a 'winning mentality'.. in a word, its about...

Zen. 

You sure got a purdy mouth. 

[aspursfan]

I still really don't care if he comes or not. It's only a few months. They're footballers. They live in a media circus. I don't think he will be able to do enough good in that time or enough bad to make enough of a difference for me to give two s**ts about it. If something good comes from it, fantastic... If not, what's the worst that could possibly come from it? He plays poorly and sits on the bench for a few months.

[taimedowne]

now there's a term i havent heard before taimedowne, "raise the club's profile"
 tie me up quick more like (No disrespect) I thought club's raised their profile by on the pitch performances like the beating of inter milan and topping our CL group? Eh?


Players like bale and vdv and modric and others are already doing just that while also, wait for it its a killer, playing quality football in the first team, time in, time out for the forseeable future until circumstances deem otherwise. Now why do we need a one trick pony coming to our stables is beyond me for 2 months at best.


While we are at it why dont we have a prediction league as to how many minutes el beckham plays in a spurs shirt providing he gets a satisfactory wage to make it worth his while to do it in the first instance.




I say 270 max.


Riffsy get to it.

Of course I take your point. But on pitch performance is only noticed by sports fans. Beckham transcends sport, his celebrity is measured against the likes of Tom Cruise or Robbie Williams not the guy that plays left back for Wigan. Blimey I bet if you had a poll, worldwide more people would recognise Beckham than the Pope. This is what I mean about raising the profile. There are Millions of people around the world who have never heard of Tottenham Hotspur. How many of us had heard of L.A Galaxy ?  When Beckham arrives you wont be able to move at Spurs lodge for journalists from every corner of the World. I'm not saying that's a good thing by the way but it is an unavoidable fact. For whatever reason Beckham impresses the hell out of people, his every move is monitored, that we have been able to attract him will make the World sit up and take notice.

[goldiedarren]

For me it a big yes rekon 2 months of showing lennon hothats cvlw to deliver a ball into the box is worth its weight in gold as thats clearly where lennon needs to improve..
o and plus i went school with him lol
coys

[OL'BOLTY]

'hothats cvlw'......let's hope Lennon's was, and is, better at English eh?   

[ugs]

Not gonna happen due to the insurance...... basically he's a bloody liability !!!!!!!!
 
 

[Gareth Keown]

Spurs would have known about the insurance needed well before they even proposed the loan.... there is no need for Levy to agree to every term and condition at the drop of a hat... its a negotiation...

not a capitulation.

Beckham is as good as here..... I say so.

[bigv]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_6646946,00.html


check that out gooner!!!

[ugs]

Harry Redknapp on talksport has just confirmed the over rated injury prone top Major League Soccer player Mr David Beckham will NOT be joining Spurs due to insurance issues.
 
We wasn't good enough for Beckham in 1991 when he left us for Man Ure so what comes around .......
 
Basically insuring Beckham for Spurs is like trying to insure a clapped out Morris Minor for a Formula 1 race
 
 
 
Thank God for that maybe now we can come back to reality
 
 

[Barniespurs]

According to sky he is training with us until 10th February when he has to go back to the US

[Gareth Keown]

if he trains with us for even 1 month, it will still be good enough for me..

but the deal is not done for yet, my dears.... theres no rush, the 1st game aint til next weekend...

[taimedowne]

Dont players get injured in training then ? Surely they need insurance even for that ?

[kmann2716]

Yeah good point. Hopefully even if he does just train with us, hopefully he can spend a bit of time with Lennon and try and help with his crossing a bit, bless him

[Gareth Keown]

this insurance issue is really a minor issue to be resolved..... considering theres no transfer-fee Spurs could easily cover the premium for 2 months liability to serious injury...

considering hes in the twilight of a playing-career, the premiums wont be that much anyway.... especially for 2 months worth of cover..

Levy is doing what he should.... using the full-allotment of time to negotiate, before returning to UK...

Becks will be here.... we're in the home-straight now....