Donovan didn't start s***, he was interviewed and­ said how he felt. I deffinitly agree that he should­ have brought up his issues with David first., but he­ did not just come out of the blue to bash on Becks.­

2nd off, Americans writing on this, we are all­ football fans first, but think about our countrymen. If­ a British basketball player made the NBA, most the­ people in our country would look down on him and really­ make him prove himself. So as Americans we all need to­ understand and accept the fact that our footballers­ will be judged hardly. But at the same time we have to­ be confident they will succeed, and hopefully over the­ next couple years that prejudice will start to­ diminish.

Brits out there, I respect Beckham as a­ player. But he is not nearly at the level he was at his­ Man U days. Now many will blame it on a lack of­ determination, but there is no doubting that when David­ and Landon were both on the pitch in L.A., Landon was­ the better player by far. I'm not saying that­ Donovan is a better player than Beckham WAS, but he is­ a better player now. That is a fact, please just watch­ any of the galaxy games both players played

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OK this thing will not let me post my original comment­ so I will just say this: Donovan is right in what he­ says and anyone who has seen a Galaxy game knows he is.­ However, he went about this in the wrong way. He should­ have told Becks to his face instead of writing about­ it. I think he took the cowards way out. Becks­ isn't much better than Donovan because he is not­ the complete package - mainly, he just has free kicks­ going for him. He has no work ethic. You guys say­ Donovan cannot hold a candle to Becks but fail to­ mention that Becks cannot hold a candle to any truly­ talented player from Europe or South America. He is­ good for an English player but as a world player, he is­ merely average at best. I have always liked Becks, but­ I am realistic about his abilities and I am not in­ denial about the type of player he has become. It was­ disappointing for all of us who wanted Becks to help­ raise the profile of the MLS as he claimed he wanted to­ do, when in reality, he just wanted a Hollywood­ lifestyle while earning an absurd amount of money for­ doing no work.

World beaters we are not, but quit slating us for being­ proud of our accomplishment last week. I won't­ lambaste your u-21 side, so please ease up. Why is­ there so much resentment to America trying to progress­ in the sport, and being fans with opinions. Are there­ no salty United fans who are rubbed the wrong way by­ Ronaldo going to Real? Any Spurs irked by Berbatov not­ playing the first few weeks while being a wantaway? ­ Donovan is upset because he feels that a professional­ like Becks should be commited to the team he signed­ for, which he should be. Don't hate us yanks for­ trying to learn, enjoy and experience the sport, even­ if we call it by the wrong name. ;)

no thanks joe i'll pass but i'm sure lampshade­ would gladly sit on yours if he could find it. Ya wee­ boy. Next time I talk to you how bout you not make us­ Yanks look like @#$%, that would be fantastic. As for­ me, I too must go, the old lady is yellin at me. ­ It's been a pleasure.

Have your self a wonderful day thelampshade2000, I hope­ to debate with you again sometime. As four you­ cstrife16, go sit on it.

I didna ken ye fer a metrasixual Donney

Gentlemen, this argument will run and run and get­ nowhere! We'll slag you off and you'll slag us­ off and none of us will agree on anything! On that­ basis I'll leave you to it! ( Joe, I'm not­ quitting!! I've had a better offer elsewhere - my­ meal is on the table!!)
Have fun guys!

joe seriously shut the hell up

Beckham went to the Usa to earn massive wages and boost­ his profile in the states and especially hollywood, he­ then plays half heartedly whilst the other galaxy­ players who admittedly will never have his ability earn­ pittance compared to him, treats the club with distain­ saying how he wants to stay at Milan despite never­ offering to personally buy out his L.A contract. He­ played a higher percentage of Milan games than he did­ L.A games which you have to ask whether he was really­ injured half the time or just got sick of being whipped­ every match......Beckham started off the massive­ salaries yet some people warm to him......whilst a­ Ronado or Eto are called greedy despite both having­ more talent on the playing field.

As I see it and watching Donovan, it is obvious that is­ just whining, if he could play at European Top level he­ would of course leave Galaxy, but he is not that good.­ He may be at Galaxy but beyond that now he is pitiful­ to watch. All he does is prance about but I have yet to­ see him as good as his mouth let alone anything else he­ may show a little more attention to the game instead of­ trying to make himself a popular loud mouth who­ requires a ghost writer to do his book, this because­ his brain is a little lacking. He does not know how­ committed the Brit is, he is certainly not a team­ player even when he is wearing the shirt of the USA. So­ instead of writing let him show what he thinks he can­ do with his feet playing Soccer and stop blaming others­ for his inadequacies.

technically it is the bpl the barclays premier league,­ not the EPL as it used to be know. so much for your­ knowledge Nikhil. Barclays bought full naming rights­ to the league.

Thank you Maxx, an opinion I can totally agree with. ­ My problem with Beckham is not that he tried to leave­ LA, its just that when he was here he never seemed to­ care. In interviews, he always said the right thing­ but he never showed it out on the pitch.

Richardterry1- Same old Brit thing. think they know it­ all and are the best even though they haven't won­ anything in 50 years. And when they don't like it­ or proved wrong stare down their noses like they own­ Buckingham Palace and just knock them.

I understand why most of the English will stick up for­ Becks no matter what. I've had the priveledge of­ living there for some time and in their football­ universe, he is a god and a living legend. Imagine if­ it had been the other way around? The British people­ and their football fans are some of the most loyal­ group of fans I have ever met. No matter what the­ circumstances, they will almost always stick up for­ their own. Especially Prince Becks.

Now, as an­ American soccer fan I also feel that I have to stick up­ for my own. Landon Donovan may be nowhere near the­ household name in sports the Sir Becks is, but he has­ every right to spread the truth about Becks time here­ in Los Angeles. How many of you who've posted on­ this board has ever been to the Home Depot Center,­ watched a Galaxy match or even sat in the stands at any­ US professional sporting match? Our fans are just as­ dedicated to their team as anyone else in the­ world.

I've been a season ticket holder for the­ Galaxy for 7 years now and have been to nearly every­ home match since. I'm only being completely honest­ here when I say that David has been nothing but a­ complete bust here in MLS. Our league might not be­ known nor respected worldwide, but I don't care­ about that. I only care about my team, and this whole­ experiment we called the "The David Beckham­ Circus" all but destroyed this little soccer team­ in LA. Sold off nearly every decent player we had at­ the time just to make room for a guy who never truely­ had his heart in the jersey he chose to wear at the­ time.

Now go ahead and blast me for actually sitting­ in the stands every week and watching this circus­ destroy my beloved club.

""It's like­ saying everyone that lives­ in San Fransisco is gay. ­""

S**t! You mean­ they're not!!!

Look, no-one is really saying­ you're @#$% because you're American! It's­ just that we don't like OUR sporting heroes put­ down by anyone! A lot of what's written here is­ just banter between sports fans, and I would be the­ last to put a stop to that! What I do object to is­ someone like Joe insinuating that if it wasn't for­ the yanks we would have thrown the towel in in WW2. We­ MAY have lost had things worked out differently, but we­ wouldn't have lain down like a certain country not­ a million miles away from the UK!

cstrife16, its not called the bpl. its called the epl.­ so much for knowing about football

Despite the roster exemption for international players,­ the Galaxy were cash strapped paying both Donovan and­ Beckham. They had little talent elsewhere on the field.­ Gullitt was brought in by Beckham in the hopes that he­ could professionalize the team, but clearly they were­ so far down the toilet that he quickly quit. Becks saw­ the writing on the wall and started carving his way­ out. That's just smart business. What would you do­ if you took a raise to go to a company that your­ friends told you was squat, but that you felt had a lot­ of promise and it turned out you were wrong. You'd­ be looking for a way out just like Becks. Nobody likes­ to work for a lousy company no matter how much they pay­ you. Hats off to Becks. Credit to Donovan. He's­ busted his @$$ trying to make the Galaxy better. If he­ worked hard in Germany, he'd be a superstar. Maybe­ it is time for him to give it another go.

""the only sport other­ than Cricket that is­ popular in Europe that you guys­ are good­ at.""

Joe you're getting delusional­ now!! The cricket team is a joke!