Beckham vs Maldini

[Gingawaria]

It actually pretty difficult as Shearer while a top player was at times quite thuggish and was all about moaning. Linekar has somewhat blotted his copy book with some of the rumours of late - still maybe as an English man willing to go abroad and learn the language and the like he would be good although a bit one dimensional on the pitch.

Actually I've got it - Zola. He is a top guy and was a brilliant player, trained hard and made the most of his talent.

Zola's actually a very good shout.

I'd completely forgotten about Shearer kicking Lennon, that was pretty out of order. Still...this was pretty good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10WpPVyoAZ0&feature=related

[Guest]

The comparison is simply irrelevant and pointless. If you want a role model for the type of player to be it is obviously dependent on a/ your natural abilities and b/ the position you desire to play. So to decide overall who would be the best role model of two palyers who played in totally different positions is plain daft.

If you want to see who is the 'better man' in some sense then really who is to say. Both seem to have publicly conducted themselves well and so presumable the decsion came down to who looked better in a sarong.

[kemm1]

Beckham – media creation and beneficiary of the modern pop idol and culture (plus clever marketing by his wife). He’s also the most overrated player of the past 20 years.

Maldini – 100% world class player and role model to all

Claridge – Daft, incompetent, smug, self-serving buffoon who is a complete waste of tax payer’s money (why on earth is he allowed on BBC radio)

[dww]

Beckham – media creation and beneficiary of the modern pop idol and culture (plus clever marketing by his wife). He’s also the most overrated player of the past 20 years.

Maldini – 100% world class player and role model to all

Claridge – Daft, incompetent, smug, self-serving buffoon who is a complete waste of tax payer’s money (why on earth is he allowed on BBC radio)

Careful now - he is also a Cambridge United legend. Don't make me have to abuse my mod powers (and no I don't mean I'll start a premature Big Brother sticky) .

[BFG]

Beckham just because he's made a great careeer for himself with less raw ability than Maldini. Maldini is the ultimate athlete so he was always going to make it in sport whereas Becham had to keep working to make his technique as world class as it is without having the raw natural athleticism.

That's not to say that Maldini hasn't worked hard but athletics/ sport were in his genes IMO.

[Joe King]

Careful now - he is also a Cambridge United legend. Don't make me have to abuse my mod powers (and no I don't mean I'll start a premature Big Brother sticky) .

He is a Leicester City legend also but you don't see me burning any bras.

[Guest]

He is a Leicester City legend also but you don't see me burning any bras.

Do you support Leicester City ?

[Joe King]

Do you support Leicester City ?

I'm from Leicester- does that count?

[Rich]

Are we forgetting Rebecca Loos in all this?!?

And Lineker is a grade A **** by all accounts.

[Shaggy]

Are we forgetting Rebecca Loos in all this?!?

And Lineker is a grade A **** by all accounts.

Seen the 48 year old Lineker in today’s Metro? Horsing around in a Caribbean swimming pool with his new, very attractive 28 year old lover.

[Joe King]

I'm sure Beckham hasn't



Anyway, Dalglish has been the best role model. His charity work, the work he did during the grieving after Hillsborough

[Rich]

She is a STUNNER though, but he's a cock of the highest order, so says Des Lynam's son!

[Joe King]

Seen the 48 year old Lineker in today’s Metro? Horsing around in a Caribbean swimming pool with his new, very attractive 28 year old lover.

Legend, I mean Linekar.

Don't be dissing Linekar. His family have a fruit stall in Leicester

[Joe King]

She is a STUNNER though, but he's a cock of the highest order, so says Des Lynam's son!

How do you know him?

[dww]

Seen the 48 year old Lineker in today’s Metro? Horsing around in a Caribbean swimming pool with his new, very attractive 28 year old lover.

I did but I don't see why that is a particular sin. Potentially the affairs that are talked about are a reason to condemn him if true but having a hot younger girlfriend is not a crime in my book.

I find the tabloid obsession with this sort of thing a bit tiresome really.