Beckham to Real

[myuman]

Originally posted by mankie:
  That really is a load of bollocks and just demonstrates that you know nothing about the player....or football for that matter
 

Time will only show your bias..

[myuman]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Even Roberto Carlos doesn't agree with you here.  He joked about maybe being able to kick a few now that Becks was in town.  He hasn't has a big free kick since 1997 for Brazil against France. He did get to see Becks wiz one right past his head and into the net in the second leg of the champions league though.

And who laughed last on that kick?  Heck, sir alex didn't even start him (don't get me started on this one... just face it, there was no motive to keep him out unless he felt someone else could do a better job) and then he scores two meaningless goals.  How many titles does Carlos have under his belt? (all that Becks dreams about) He has nothing to prove and is politicking for sure on that comment.  Don't get me wrong.. I like Becks, Man U., and the whole EPL for that matter... but this isn't an "on field" move by any stretch.  Now Man U. can afford much and many and put themselves back on the top of Europe.

[mankie]

We may disagree on Beckhams talent level, but the ONLY reason he was on the bench for that game is because the manager is an arrogant ego-maniac who was acting on a personal vendetta at the expense of the team. A brilliant manager yes, but his ego is his worst enemy.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by myuman:
   How many titles does Carlos have under his belt? (all that Becks dreams about)  

The only title Carlos has that Becks does not is a World Cup, and Carlos owes none of that to Real.  Becks joining Real will do little to help himself get that either.

[vansmack]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Hey smackie.....I just heard from home that the reason United sold Becks' now is because in March they tried to get him to sign a new contract to extend it beyond the two years he has left on this one, but Beckhams management team would not discuss it, so they decided to cash in on him now instead of letting him walk away without compensation next year.
 
 I hope that's true, I won't feel so bad about him going if it is.

"Beckham's management team" = Posh Spice

[mankie]

When I switched employers from Porsche to Ferrari/Maserati, I talked to my wife and valued her opinion. We've also had very serious discussions about moving back to Ireland soon.
 
 I'm a a hen-pecked testicle-less whimp also?

[vansmack]

Originally posted by mankie:
 
 I'm a a hen-pecked testicle-less whimp also?

If I see your wife doing your hair, picking out matching diamond studded white outfits for you two to wear and putting you in a sarong - then I'll worry.

[mankie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
 
 I'm a a hen-pecked testicle-less whimp also?

If I see your wife doing your hair, picking out matching diamond studded white outfits for you two to wear and putting you in a sarong - then I'll worry. [/b]

...and if I'm making his kind of coin and getting in the party's he's getting into, then you can call anything you want. I WONT CARE! Mind you, if I was him I wouldn't be married to her..I'd be out and single and shag'n every supermodel, movie actress and rockstar'ette with a pulse!

[vansmack]

Originally posted by mankie:
  ...and if I'm making his kind of coin and getting in the party's he's getting into, then you can call anything you want. I WONT CARE! Mind you, if I was him I wouldn't be married to her..I'd be out and single and shag'n every supermodel, movie actress and rockstar'ette with a pulse!

If I'm making his coin, I'm not taking orders from Viktoriya either....
 
 But I don't make his coin, so I'm packing it up and moving with the misses to SF so she can go to school at the end of next month.  Guess that makes me a hen-pecked testicle-less whimp too.
 
 I can say this though - I would never leave United.  Or the Angels.  Or the Ducks.  Or the Steelers. Etc.  Playing for your favorite team is every kids dream come true, no matter how much money or who your wife is.

[mankie]

Originally posted by vansmack:
 [QB]

 But I don't make his coin, so I'm packing it up and moving with the misses to SF so she can go to school at the end of next month.  Guess that makes me a hen-pecked testicle-less whimp too.
 
 QB]

That's not hen-pecked smackie, that's love...remember I'm English, my wife is Irish and we're moving back to Ireland.
 
 Before you leave we need to meet and drink a toast together to the upcoming season..which can't come soon enough for me!

[vansmack]

Originally posted by mankie:
  That's not hen-pecked smackie, that's love...remember I'm English, my wife is Irish and we're moving back to Ireland.
 
 Before you leave we need to meet and drink a toast together to the upcoming season..which can't come soon enough for me!

That it is.  We're both from California and have a similar feeling towards heading back.  I've been here for 7 years now - I'm ready for a change.  I always thought I'd go to London or Dublin before heading back to CA, but it's not in the cards.
 
 As for a drink - that's a certainty.  There will be a going away party in late July and I will post the details shortly.  I would like to get a drink with you at some point before then however as I am in desperate need of the football fix (the Premiership fixtures come out tomorrow morning!!!).  I live and work in the city so if you're ever coming in, you'll have to let me know ( vansmack@msn.com ).  I can usally be found in Dupont, Adams Morgan or my favorite stomping grounds - Cleveland Park.

[ggw]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Mind you, if I was him I wouldn't be married to her..I'd be out and single and shag'n every supermodel, movie actress and rockstar'ette with a pulse!

I was under the impression that you already do that....

[mankie]

Nanny O'Briens it is then!
 
 My old watering hole. Haven't been there since the "lit'lun" arrived.
 
 We'll sort out a day soon.

[jadetree]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Nanny O'Briens it is then!
 
 

See Vansmack, I am not the only one.

[mankie]

Originally posted by ggw:
 

 I was under the impression that you already do that....
 
 [/b]

not anymore, the wife wants me home to help out with the baby these days.