Donovan and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Will Beckham on the Galaxy hurt or help USMNT members on the squad? I think it ill be a good thing for Quaranta, but I think Donovon's hairline just moved back a quarter inch.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Donovan's always wanted to be the big fish in a small pond. With two big fish in the pond, I wonder how he will fair being the smaller of the two. At least he finally got married to the woman who didn't want him to go abroad, so that's one less worry in his life. It might hurt his ego, but his overall performance can't be hurt by having Beckham on the roster. It might help get him better prepared for being a forward for the MNT.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? The definition of Big Fish just changed. Hopefully, the end result of all this is that the pond gets bigger. If Becks doesn't bring it on Saturdays, this could be awfully embarrasing.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? A more important question is how Bianca will react to Posh?
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Bianca has a way to go before she becomes the has-been that Posh is. That is to say, she has to become a "been." Right now, she's a "who?" When the articles said Posh wanted to come to LA to hang with stars, they damn sure didn't mean Bianca Donovan! Regarding the Galaxy, they now have quite the battle on their hands for right mid: Becks, Cobi, Quaranta and Quavas Kirk. Man, that's gonna be some fight. In all seriousness, if Becks has anything to teach, I hope it is too Kirk, a right mid (for LA) who would seem to be in position to really benefit from some technical and tactical lessons that Becks could provide. If any of Becks skills rub off on Kirk, I think most US fans will be thrilled.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? how funny/terrible would it be if Beckham comes and just stinks up the place? the prospect of all these players together makes my mouth water though...should be very very insteresting.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Donovan will be a better MLS player next season than Beckham.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Probably, and my hope is that part of the reason Donovan will be better is that he will be the beneficiary of some fine Beckham passing.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? I'm hopeful that Landon will be driven to a higher, more consistent level of excellence. I mean, Beckham was the English CAPTAIN. There was a reason for that.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Did you just mention Cobi Jones? Talk about tail end of their career. He needs to give it up after playing a year with Beckham just to say he did.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Beckham's arrival will probably hurt Donovan's ego, but it should be good for him as a player. Better service and another star to take the pressure off of Donovan. Too many MLS teams focus in on shutting down Donovan. They won't be able to do that quite as much next season.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Donovan's ego is going to be just fine. And his goal scoring is going to be even better. Finally someone who can read the game and feed a pass when it needs to be played. And someone who's going to take some of the attention/pressure off of him - both on and off the field. Quaranta, Sturgis, Kirk, Martino, Jaqua - they're all going to benefit with having Beckham on the team.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Now, Donovan will understand the boy wonder that he COULD have been...
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? I think it is a good thing. Now MLS can promote the greatest roster in the History of Sports. "Donovan and Beckham together! Ready to take on the world!"
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Yallop stated Becks will play in the middle ... that Jones/Kirk/Q axis was just too tough to overcome. As to Pete Vagenas, his future doesn't look all that rosy.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? ----------------------Jaqua-------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------Donovan--- ---Quaranta-----------Becks------------------- -----------------Sturgis---Vagenas------------ ----------------------------------------------- ---------------------backline------------------ ----------------------Cannon------------------
We all know about the Beckham ordeal, but how is this going to effect Jaqua's play? I think this is exactly what Jaqua needed to be competitive for the USMNT #1 spot in the target forward role. Reason why is i highly doubt that any coach would use 6-4 Jaqua on the wing when you have Beckham (and even to a smaller scale Quaranta...has a great cross). Now Jaqua is going to be molded into the position that we need him to be, and hopefully we'll see him really blossom in LA.
Re: Beckham to LA: how does this effect Jaqua? I had just finished a discussion about the Beckham signing with a co-worker and told him that the guy that should be happy about this is the big forward for the Galaxy. People can say what they want about Beckham, but the guy can deliver a sweet cross. I think Jaqua should be pretty fired up. Now the guy who thought he would be the right midfield starter from last year, not so much.
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? Actually I think his reasoning was that he wanted someone with his class and experience getting as many touches on the ball as possible.
Re: Beckham to LA: how does this effect Jaqua? I don't know what Jaqua's heading ability is ... but it would be awesome to see Cooper on the end of Beckham's crosses!
Re: Beckham to LA: how does this effect Jaqua? I guess Jaqua's arrival pushes Gordon to the bench? Gordon looked like a pretty good target man to me, would they ever go with the twin towers up forward, esp now that they have a guy who is as proficient as Beckham at serving balls into the box? Or do they still line LD up at forward and Gordon is a late sub for Jaqua? On another note, for a tall dude, Jaqua's not so bad with the ball at his feet - a little like Crouch...a dude who looks like he has no business dribbling the ball, and yet is better than you'd expect.
Re: Beckham to LA: how does this effect Jaqua? wow....good call i didnt even think of that. I love love love Kenny Cooper and he better be getting a full 90 against denmark. But Beckham is going to make Jaqua look like a god. Jaquas national team chances just got enhanced extraordinarily with the signing of beckham. He was a distant second behind Coop before this.....but a season with Becks picking out his head all day, this could end up being a very competitive position! for the best i hope
Re: Donnovon and Quaranta with Beckham: Good or Bad? I think its great for both parties! Beckhams gonna show Donovan a how to master that good old attacking midfield position, and might get some awesome feeds to boot! and Quaranta can hopefully take a few cues how to bend it like beckham from that right side and make himself competitive at right mid for the next go around
Re: Beckham to LA: how does this effect Jaqua? Ah, and I forgot about Quaranta completely. LA sound like they've got a pretty decent squad for next year.
Re: Beckham to LA: how does this effect Jaqua? If not, if he proves to be a master of none of Beckam's bends, then he will be the Jacqua of all trades