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Ron Obvious

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1. In his prime, he was world class

Sun May 19, 2013, 12:57 PM

May 2013

It's difficult to separate David Beckham the footballer, from David Beckham the brand. I disliked the latter, but liked him as a player during his United days.

Leaving off the artificial restriction of focussing only on the Premier League era (No Sky, football did NOT start in 1992!), is he one of the greatest players in England's top division? Hard to say, as players from different eras are difficult to compare, but I would certainly say that he was world class in his prime.

He also seemed nice enough, if a bit thick.

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Is David Beckham one of the Premier League all-time greats? He's not even in the top 1,000 says Chri [View all] oldironside May 2013 OP

In his prime, he was world class Ron Obvious May 2013 #1

I never saw some of the other contenders in their primes... Aquavit May 2013 #2

I have a feeling you'll enjoy this. oldironside May 2013 #3

I can remember loads of Chrissy Waddle highlights T_i_B May 2013 #4

I actually did specify... oldironside May 2013 #5

If you look at the sides he played in...... T_i_B May 2013 #6

"he wasn't the best or most important player in most of them" oldironside May 2013 #7

The best comment I ever heard about Waddle's games for England was SwissTony Jul 2013 #8

Yeah, attitude is a little thing that makes abig difference. oldironside Jul 2013 #9