David Beckham announces retirement

JT

Waddle =wanker

SELR_addicks

I think waddle is harsh, but on the right lines. He's in the top 100 sure, but couldn't say he led united to the title...other, better players did that.

ValleyGary

Chris Waddle is a proper bell end. Cant even understand what hes saying most of the time. Helmet.

BIG_ROB

ValleyGary said:

Chris Waddle is a proper bell end. Cant even understand what hes saying most of the time. Helmet Mullet.

Friend Or Defoe

Take off the last two 0s and I would agree. A ludicrous claim from the nearest person I can think of as an answer to AFKA's question.

ValleyGary

Would love him to list the other 999 in front of him. Amazes me how these people get work spouting crap like that.

BIG_ROB

@JT me nurses just came in to do me temp etc and I had that bird doing the W***er sign on me lappy, got a couple of sideways looks pmsl

JT

haha. Sorry. Prob best to stick it in the other thread.

rikofold

Friend Or Defoe said:

Take off the last two 0s and I would agree. A ludicrous claim from the nearest person I can think of as an answer to AFKA's question.

I loved Waddle as a player, at his best he was a world beater. But he was also one of those woefully inconsistent wingers we seem to produce in perpetuity, and if you gave me a choice between Waddle and Beckham on the right it would be Beckham every time. Beckham brings more - and more consistently.

Friend Or Defoe

rikofold said:

Friend Or Defoe said:

Take off the last two 0s and I would agree. A ludicrous claim from the nearest person I can think of as an answer to AFKA's question.

I loved Waddle as a player, at his best he was a world beater. But he was also one of those woefully inconsistent wingers we seem to produce in perpetuity, and if you gave me a choice between Waddle and Beckham on the right it would be Beckham every time. Beckham brings more - and more consistently.

I would pick Beckham as well. I meant Waddle is the closest English right winger within the last 30 years that I can think of.

Absurdistan

How famous (rated as a player) would he have been if he looked like Peter Beardsley?

Former England winger Chris Waddle says David Beckham is not one of the top 1,000 players of the last 40 years.
The ex-Manchester United midfielder is retiring at the end of the season.
"I would say he has been a good player, I wouldn't put him down as a great," Waddle, 52, told BBC Radio 5 live.
"You can go down a list of players from the Premier League or the 70s or 80s, whatever you want to do. I'll be honest, Beckham probably wouldn't be in the first 1,000."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22568870

Callumcafc

I love how the article compared all the major honours they did (or in Waddle's case, didn't) win. LOL

Ormiston_Addick

Waddle was a top, top player in his prime at Marseilles he dominated big European games in a way that Beckham never really did in his career.

Inconsistent for England, largely because of our rigidity but played brilliantly on many occasions, especially vs Germany in 1990 WCSF.

Man_About_Town

As a Coach of young people over the years he is always the rile model I referred to re attitude, honesty and ability. Manlove him to bits and hope he stays involved in the game at a level other than 'ambassador'

BIG_ROB

Man_About_Town said:

As a Coach of young people over the years he is always the rile model I referred to re attitude, honesty and ability. Manlove him to bits and hope he stays involved in the game at a level other than 'ambassador'

I think that man love for Becks would be the same in every coach when it comes to giving the kids a role model, he's the complete package.

oohaahmortimer

I preferred Barnes to Waddle

AdTheAddicK

He's last game , you can just tell by his face that football is his life ! A role model for many.