More Words of 'Wisdom' from David Beckham

I like David Beckham as a Footballer but as a spokesman he is a complete twat. Kids out there should be inspired by his ability with a football but I hope they don’t trust his wisdom. I make a point of not listening to his interviews because I don’t believe his words. However, I couldn't resist reading an interview in today’s Times in which he advises John Terry to stay put and resist the lure of money. Also, I couldn't resist a bit of a rant at Mr Beckham’s expense.

John Terry is the Chelsea Footballer and England captain who is supposedly considering a move from his Champions League qualifying club. Manchester City, a mid table Premiership team who won’t be playing European football this season, but have big aspirations backed up by pots of money from their Arabian owners and high profile board members – the famous Gallagher brothers, has offered to buy John and increase his weekly wages from £125,000 to £200,000.

David Beckham is reported in the Times as offering this advice to John Terry: “If you’ve got passion to play for the club you’re at and if you’re at the club you have always wanted to be at (sic), then that goes beyond any money”. What utter shite Mr Beckham. Are you expecting us to fall for that one? Who are you trying to kid?

I remember a certain Mr Beckham offering advice to another Footballer whose ability with a ball I admire, but whose other human attributes are extremely questionable. Wayne Rooney was a player who lived and dreamed Everton (my club), and famously exposed his undershirt after scoring a goal that read “Once a Blue, always a Blue”. Wayne was a young passionate kid off the rough streets of Croxteth who had dreamed of playing for his team – Everton, for all of his short life. He didn’t want to be anywhere else other than Everton and when he played, he played with enthusiasm and zest which often boiled over into over-exuberance and, on lots of occasions, very bad behaviour. For all his faults, you could never question his commitment and passion for doing the thing he loved and playing for his devoted club. I really admired that level of passion. Money, fame and fortune would surely not get in the way of the man’s passion for his club which would help to elevate our once great club to dizzy heights yet again.

Then there was talk of disharmony between Wayne and our great boss – David Moyes. Wayne decided he wanted to go and cited a breakdown in his relationship with the boss as the reason for him wanting to leave. And then along came Mr Beckham with his famous advice, which I will paraphrase: , “Yo Wayne, if you want to play at the top level geezer, you gotta aim higher than Everton init?”. What about this talk of passion for playing for the club you always wanted to ‘be at’ Mr Beckham?

Manchester United (Beckham’s ex club) came knocking and Wayne was sold for close to £30 Million. At the time I was disappointed that Wayne left but I would never hold it against anyone who wanted to better themselves and Everton is much bigger than one man as has been proven since Rooney left.

The whole point of this rant is to say, John Terry don’t take any advice from David Beckham because his belief system is confused and motivated by how he feels on one particular day at one particular stage in his career. Also, the possibility of Terry moving to Manchester United’s city rivals wouldn’t have anything to do with your advice of the day would it Mr Beckham.