AI! Beckham was a excellent player! I agree, we havn't seen much of him this year BUT he has been the one feeding most of them goals. When he gets the ball, you know we are on to somthing and COULD get somewhere. Whereas when Mr Owen gets the balls, we are just waiting for the other team to knock him flat to the ground! He is older too now - not so the spring chicken he used to be! Oh and that penalty spot - it was bad but, what the HELL? It could have gone on target! Everyone at work is complaining about the penalty spot and blaming it's condition for Englands loss. But! That's wrong - it was the same condition for Portugal too - it was even!