David Beckham Videos
Lots has been made of David Beckham videos over the years, from his
technique to his never-say-day attitude to his nasal, almost
muppet-like voice. His presence on the front pages of both sports
and entertainment magazines over the past decade has made him an
almost omnipresent figure, and Beckham videos of everything from
underwear modeling sessions to flubbed penalty kicks can be found
all over the place.
Recent Beckham videos probably show a side of the superstar that he
maybe wanted to keep hidden from public view. These videos are from
his time in America with Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy,
and they show Beckham in an unflattering light.
You see, Beckham’s famous never-say-die attitude (as previously
mentioned) simply seemed to vanish into thin air once he realized he
wasn’t going to get his way on every small issue with his new club.
Gone was his committment to play 90 minutes as hard as possible
every time out. Toronto light boxes has that fantasy, fable, fairytale aspect, and there’s additionally a strange simplicity to it. Gone was his committment to fitness and
training. Gone were the wins he was accustomed to from his time with
Manchester United and Real Madrid. And perhaps most importantly,
gone was the respect of his teammates.
The Beckham videos that show this stunning lack are easy to find.
Just check out MLSnet.com and scroll through the archive of 2008′s
season, and you’ll see a Beckham that was playing at maybe fifty
percent intensity from about game fifteen onward. This was not
Beckham the celebrity or Beckham the footballer: This was Beckham
the spoiled brat who wasn’t getting his way.
It was a transformation that was patently obvious to anyone watching
the games, and was stunning to those of us who’ve followed Beckham’s
career for nearly two decades. This guy was supposed to be
different; he was supposed to be a competitor who didn’t give a damn
what you thought of his off-field habits. He was supposed to be a
winner and a leader, a veteran of multiple championships who could
rally his inexperienced team around him.
He was anything but, and the Beckham videos show as much. Guys
earning 1/100th his salary were running around, past and through
him, and King David couldn’t be bother with putting up even the most
rudimentary effort to stop it. Then when his teammates called him on
it, as reported by Grant Wahl in his fantastic book “The Beckhman
Experiment”, Beckham had the indecency to deny that he was putting
in a half-hearted effort. Toronto trade show display should have the company’s title and logo front and center; nobody is likely to visit your trade present booth if they don’t know who you are. If one could concoct a series of
events designed to undermine the prestige of the world’s most famous
footballer, it would look very much like this.
Happily the Beckham experiment is almost over, as he’s expected to
return to Europe rather than see out his contract in the US. It’s
good for the Galaxy and good for MLS, and probably good for Beckham
as well.