simsie Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 David Beckham quit as England captain on Sunday, the morning after his side lost in the World Cup quarterfinals to Portugal. Beckham, 31, left the field with a leg injury in the 52nd minute of Saturday's loss at Gelsenkirchen and was in tears on the sideline. England played for almost an hour with 10 men after Wayne Rooney was given a red card in the 62nd minute, holding Portugal to 0-0 through the end of regulation and overtime. Beckham could not participate in the subsequent penalty shootout, which Portugal won 3-1. A tearful Beckham read from a statement Sunday at a news conference in England's training camp in southern Germany, stressing that he wanted to continue playing for England. .....More at http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/.../ap2854445.html ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 next Captin: Croutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobster Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Well it's going to be the start of a new era for England under McClaren. Gerrard has to be the next next captain (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dissonation Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 next Captin: Croutch oh god no :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rix Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 next Captin: Croutch No, just.. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stezo2k Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Micheal Owen will probably be the next captain as everyone likes him apart from me :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemania Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Won't be crouch. I would go with Gerrard or Owen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simsie Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 Neville? after all he did get it during england-portugal when beckham went off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 I say Gerrard to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodel Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 It's impossible to say who would be good really, I have no idea how the players are in the dressing room, socially, what they talk about on the pitch and who says what or could lead and direct at important points in the game. Gerrard an Terry seem like good candidates but only the players know who would manage the position well in reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulCabby Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Gerrard and go back to ****ing 4-4-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Give it to the mascot! Oh sorry i don't think theo walcott will be in the england squad much. I'm happy he has steped down now. Beckham now to me offers nothing to the squad, Sure he good at his free kicks and crosses but that it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sn00pie Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Rooney! He's the future of the team, mind as well lead now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeroday Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Gerrad FTW (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheppard Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Rooney! He's the future of the team, mind as well lead now. Rooney has a bad attitude which cost us the Portugal game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Stu Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 TBH how can u blame rooney, the entire England squad didn't play well in any off the matches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des429 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 sweet god i dont even like england but if they make it crouch that will be terrible. im goin with owen because he seems to b liked among fans such as beckham was-- well still is but you kno, as a captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted July 2, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 2, 2006 moved here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+.Vamp Subscriber² Posted July 2, 2006 Subscriber² Share Posted July 2, 2006 TBH how can u blame rooney, the entire England squad didn't play well in any off the matches! No you can't blame him for the whole loss. But you can certainly blame him for making a stupid move, right next to the ref, which caused the whole team trouble, and certainly didnt help our chances. And i thought england played quite well against Portugal, we held our own, with 10 men, and didnt let them score, and had a lot more possession than other matches. But anyway, with our luck as it is, we lost owen, beckham, and rooney at a vital time, so we didnt have some of our best penalty takers there. Anyway, my vote for next captain would be with Neville or Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Good decision from Beckham (Y) I want Gerrard to be the next England captain, but I think it will more likely be Terry that get's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Why would a player stamp on someone nuts knowing it's not nice, Rooney wouldn't stoop to that level. Carvalho wraped his legs around rooney and then went to the ground, not much rooney can do about placing his foot out the way. The ref was far to much influenced by the portugal players. But i'm glad beckham has steped down as captain, now he needs to retire. Shawn Wright Philips or Aron Lennon will be better on the right wing and give us the speed and drive to get forward. To many of the long balls came from beckham and the halfway line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simsie Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 to me it looked like rooney was tripping, and in an effort to find ground landed where he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velocity3k Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 It's going to be either Terry or G.Neville, maybe Gerrard, unlikely that it will be Owen and definitely not Crouch or Rooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3thal Veteran Posted July 2, 2006 Veteran Share Posted July 2, 2006 I'd put Terry as the captain (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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