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Recalled to the England squad for the friendly against Brazil.

Good move or not? Helped real Madrid move closer to the title and is playing well, but should we not be giving the younger players a run out? I'm surprised at the decision.

Not suprised at all if anything he can teach lennon how to cross the fuckin ball

i was about to post this, i think the pressure finaly got to mclaren, and i think he' see's it as a way out, and to be liked by more people, but i think its too late for that.

Forget giving younger players a chance. We need to get our act together and qualify. He is still the best right sided English midfielder in my opinion and we need him.

For me the question is a simple one. Is he better than waht England currently have.

The answer is yes, I think he is better than Downing. Trouble is they system we play in midfield with doesn't seem to suit anyone!

I agree it's not exactly a long term move for England given Becks effective retirement from the professional game next year, but if it helps us qualify then so be it.

Good move. you select the best of the fittest players for national squads, so beckham should easily make ours with the like of richardson/downing etc looking to get in

McClaren dropped a bollock by not putting him in the squad and he knows it.  Beckham was playing badly enough not to be automatically in the first eleven, but to not even pick him as a squad player was a reactionary move probably to try and make himself look like a no nonsense, tough decision making manager.  Instead he's come out looking a bit of a twat.

Is Hargreaves injured?

Anyone who thinks Beckham has been instrumental in getting Real to the top is living in cloud cuckoo-he's a bit part player and the hype surrounding him has once again been unbelievable-I'd rather see David Bentley in the side

I think it is great news! The minute I heard he had been dropped I thought it was a mistake and even now I can't see the reasoning. Anybody who says Beckham is worse than Downing/Richardson/Lennon needs their head checking. He should atleast be in the squad for every game he's fit for.

So many people going back on their opinions on this in the media it annoys me.

It's a backward move to a player who should have signed away any hopes of playing for England when he opted out to a mickey-mouse USA league, he was shit for us since 2003 and frankly he single-handedly cost us two tournaments- '98 and '04.

Get SWP or Aaron Lennon and COACH them, not go back to flogging a dead horse.

Spot on DMR-although you're forgetting 2002 which he cost us as well

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grrrrr i was hoping he would dissapear into the oblivian once he went to LA but unfortunatly im wrong  :( i hate him!

he was outstanding tonight for madrid. If he can play that way for england i see no reason for not picking him

on that basis then anyone who has played for us since o3 should not be in the squad.As for coaching swp or lennon are you taking the piss??? This is international football ffs if thay are not coached yet they should not be no where near the squad in my opinion

I just don't like Beckham  8)

Spot on Macca, he is better than what we have

He had a cracker for Real a week or so ago as well, some stunning quality on his crosses and a lot of running.

I'd prefer him to Lampard, always have (then again I despise Lampard being anywhere near the England team).  SWP is the best runner up in that position but he needs to play club football on a regular basis.  I think he has a little something that Lennon doesn't (who seems to rely on pace which he won't always be able to use).

Gerrard with A N Other filling the defensive duties and let Gerrard play how he does when he's bossing it for Liverpool.

Thats better

Beckham should be captain and should never have been dropped.

Mclaren is a tool.

Beckham should never have been England captain IMHO, but clearly deserves his place in the squad - I'm not his biggest fan, but you don't go from being captain and a certain starter to not even in the squad.  McLaren made a political decision and it made him look a fool - He said Becks wasn't playing then picked Richardson and SWP who didn't play either, even with injuries in RM McLaren wouldn't pick him, now he's panicked and selected him - by no means a certain starter but worth a place in the squad.  I half expect to see him back in Europe soon if he can saty in teh England set-up - for my money his biggest mistake has been the move to LA - basically admitting he was never gonna make England again - I bet now he's back in the squad he's having second thoughts about the MLS.

beckham should be in the squad and never should have been dropped.wright phillips and lennon aint fit to lace his boots imo
the fact that idiot maclaren is manager means more years of no trophies though anyway.so its all irrelivant really.

Spot on.

Worst appointmnet ever.  Cheap option and easy for FA.

He is a total plank

I like the bloke, so pleased for him in a way, but he's not good enough and there's as good available who'll get better and be in the side for more than a few months - we're just going to have to go and drop him again.
McLaren's just written his own resignation

Beckham aside, my main point over this whole issue is the dramatic U Turn that McClaren has just made.

This proves that ;

He is weak

He does not know his best 22

Does England have a best 22 ?

He is susceptible to media pressure.

Oh...................and he is a cock

Agree with all of that.Imo our best winger plays on the left but he is right footed :?

I do not support England, but I think McClaren is just clutching a straws in an attempt to save his job.

Agreed

worst appointment since Taylor

Big Sam should have had it