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Long-haul Beckham
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If David Beckham is to continue his England career under Steve McClaren, he'd better get used to the sight of airport check-in desks.

David Beckham
Beckham's impact in his two games has probably been enough to see him picked again

When Beckham - Man of the Match in England's 3-0 win in Estonia on Wednesday - plays for England after his move to LA Galaxy, he will be embarking on an epic series of long-distance flights.

Will the former England skipper be able to cope with the demands?

Consider the following:

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England have six matches scheduled before the end of November.

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If they then qualify for Euro 2008, they are likely to follow a similar pattern to four years ago and schedule in a further five friendlies before the start of the tournament.

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Assuming that Beckham keeps his place in the team - which seems likely - he can therefore expect to make 11 return trips from Los Angeles to London for football reasons alone.

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If he takes one of the few direct flights on that route - for example, British Airways Flight 269 - he can expect to be in the air for just over 11 hours each way.

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That equates to over 220 hours of flying for England duty alone - ignoring the thousands of miles he will clock up for games with the Galaxy and for personal reasons.
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[COLOR="Purple"]Do you think he made a mistake to move to the USA?

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Pronkertjie Wrote:[COLOR="Purple"]Do you think he made a mistake to move to the USA?

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he could probably give you 250 million reasons why it wasn't a mistake
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TheDuck Wrote:he could probably give you 250 million reasons why it wasn't a mistake

ok: I know he still wanted to play for England - but that was not quite possible when he made the decision to move..... this will really cost him in all areas methinks.
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TheDuck Wrote:he could probably give you 250 million reasons why it wasn't a mistake

if sacrificing quality of a life for a few (extra) million bucks is worth it...

He will suffer...not only the flights but the jetlag recovery time is significant too...
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Beckham is the UK favourite newspaper news

soon they will be calling for his head

build him up ... break him down ... build him up ... break him down

the break him down part is next

it is no wonder he doesn't want to live in the UK anymore

Big Grin

of course then there is that loving weather

or is that whether you love it
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