Zathras

tbh one in six people in the US know who David Beckham is. One is twelve might know who 'Posh' is meant to be. We're not as obsessed with has-beens over here. Yeah ? no shit ! Pele, Beckenbauer, Best, Marsh, Alberto, Chinaglia....... Way to pull out those recent examples, Jimbo. Ok, give me some examples of non-american world class players that have chosen to play in the MLS at their peak ? Fail to see the relevence. Valderamma and Donadoni spring to mind, though. Both played in the league around age 27-28. Fuck me, two, I stand corrected. You have failed to notice the first part of the statement. Pointing to MLS bringing in guys like Mattheaus at the end of their careers has always been a failure for MLS, which is why I don't see how it is relevent. Can you tell me how you think it is? Can you think of more than three 'past-it' guys who've gone to MLS and been a success (or even not?)

tbh one in six people in the US know who David Beckham is. One is twelve might know who 'Posh' is meant to be. We're not as obsessed with has-beens over here. Yeah ? no shit ! Pele, Beckenbauer, Best, Marsh, Alberto, Chinaglia....... Way to pull out those recent examples, Jimbo. Ok, give me some examples of non-american world class players that have chosen to play in the MLS at their peak ? Fail to see the relevence. Valderamma and Donadoni spring to mind, though. Both played in the league around age 27-28.

tbh one in six people in the US know who David Beckham is. One is twelve might know who 'Posh' is meant to be. We're not as obsessed with has-beens over here. Yeah ? no shit ! Pele, Beckenbauer, Best, Marsh, Alberto, Chinaglia....... Way to pull out those recent examples, Jimbo.

P.S. And doesn't being a reasonably popular governor of one of the more important states basically keep you from being a has-been in any event?

Who's the governer of California again? The guy who was elected mere months after the premier of his last blockbuster, Terminator 3?

tbh one in six people in the US know who David Beckham is. One is twelve might know who 'Posh' is meant to be. We're not as obsessed with has-beens over here.

Jean Alain Boumsong £8m Titus Bramble £4.5m Jonathan Woodgate £9m Elena Marcelino £5.8m Alain Goma £4.7m Didier Domi £4m Alessandro Pistone £4.5m It's not like we haven't spent big money there too.

Intertoto tbh.

I thought he already turned us down. Can't sign someone who doesn't want to play for you.

Beckham has earned much more off the pitch than on the pitch for years, I thought everyone understood that the majority of his earnings re: the USA were not coming form his direct football, as I said T-shirt salesman (and razor etc. etc.). I think the point of the article is that $250m is still high based on all that

Whore, married to a talentless scum past his best non-Beckenbauer money-grabbing rah rah rah tbh.

Meh. English people have never let facts get in the way of slagging people off.

Interesting wrinkle, according to one of the better soccer journalisms in the US of A:

No, teacher faces up to forty years in prison. No way she'd get that, even if people are twats and charge her. The fact she could get 40 years is worrying enough tbh. the facts are: 1 - she made pornography available for view to schoolchildren. 2 - The law allows for up to 40 years in prison How is that worrying? I'm sure the 40 years is increased due to the number and age of the children, but it's the maximum, not the minimum, not the guideline. It was an accident is why it's a bit iffy. It may have been an accident but the fact is that it occured, even if it was through her negligence. I'm a strong opponent of mandatory minimums, but that isn't the case here, it's a statutary maximum that is being quoted.

No, teacher faces up to forty years in prison. No way she'd get that, even if people are twats and charge her. The fact she could get 40 years is worrying enough tbh. the facts are: 1 - she made pornography available for view to schoolchildren. 2 - The law allows for up to 40 years in prison How is that worrying? I'm sure the 40 years is increased due to the number and age of the children, but it's the maximum, not the minimum, not the guideline.

Good show.

On top of which his arm was directly in front of his body; not extended away and making him bigger.

I'm not all that cut up about it, tbh.

With Hunty it was definately just a yellow!! (he wasn't the last man) Wasn't the last man but it was directly from behind with not even a pretense at going for tha ball.

What a great fucking game! I enjoyed that!

Goal if Keane shoots there.

Should've been red tbh. Still, win some lose some.

Gonna finish 4-3 to them. Keane for one and Berbatov for another.

Yep I'd probably agree that the most postive spin would put it somewhere around Championship level.... which again goes back to the question of Beckham moving to the Championship for 125m, would it be for the money or the football. Of course, where would you rather live? California or Burnley?

It's been making a profit for a while now, but lost a phenomenal amount in it's early years. Much of the current profitabilty is down to a recent TV deal, it's gates are still somewhat low (although it's TV, shirts and sponsorship etc. that will be the real money, of course, eventually). I'm not sure what you mean by lower division US sides though? Do you mean non-major league sides (A-league)? I'm afriad I don't pay that much attention who Sunderland lose to. But again, it may well take off and become huge... but it's still a pretty weak league now. The A-League no longer exists; Sunderland has been spanked on several occasions by division 1 sides. And any brand new multi-million dollar venture is going to lose money in its first few years of existence. The TV deal is a result of the league taking a larger market share, not vice versa. Is it a league on par with the Premiership? Of course not. However most people here, even Eurosnobs agree its on par with the Championship and minus Celtic (and sometimes Rangers) would take over the SPL without a problem.