i think beckham played awesome against greece. he ran tryin to make a difference n in da end he did....he s a golden player no mata wat people say or write about him.....widout him england players cannot provide a good attack, its only wid his long balls. Let da manager decide hus plays in da team.

Sana , Bradford, England

I agree with Mike from huddersfield, beckham was awesome against greece and was only rivalled by nigel martyn who made a couple of matchwinning saves.

However, at this moment in time, David Bentley would be a better option. Agbonlahor lacks consistency.

Chido, Durham,

Beckham was England's best player in the Greece game. The rest of the England team were dire - it was only Beckham's awesome performance that kept them in with a shout, and then fired in the free-kick.

Whilst the man might be dropping off now, he has been an utterly brilliant player for England.

Stuart, Leicester,

Beckham had possibly the best game ive ever seen from an England player against Greece.

mike, huddersfield, uk

How can anyone say that beckham is constantly searching for personal glory? He has admitted that he prefers assisting than scoring goals himself! At least Becks helped England salvage some pride when he set up Brown's goal from his superb corner. Its time to stop uing Becks as the scape-goat!

Hattie Mulhearn, Bungay, England

Drop Beckham once and for all; he has his 100 caps, what more does he want?

Beckham was never any good at wandering round the pitch - he simply isn't talented enough, he was never Zidane and never will be. He doesn't have the legs and is constantly searching for his individual glory.

Sundeep Bhamra, London ,

I agree that David Beckham has probably ceased to be a particularly useful member of the England team. But Cascarino's attempt to dismiss Beckham's entire international career is alarmingly bitter. And invalid. And rather rich, coming from such a carthorse.

NGJ, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

I agree that David Beckham has probably ceased to be a particularly useful member of the England team. But Cascarino's attempt to dismiss Beckham's entire international career is alarmingly bitter. And invalid. And rather rich, coming from such a carthorse.

NGJ, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Concerning 'the goal' against Greece, people forget the job Sheringham did, by spinning and pulling the wall out of position as Beckham took the shot, had he not done so, would the ball still of gone in ?

For all his heart he should not still be starting games for England.

Dean Parkinson, Grimsby, England

It's about time somebody spoke up about the infatuation with Beckham who surely never should have been anywhere near 100 England caps. Once again he has shown his limitations and for years he has been in the way of the international developement of other wide players.

Well spoken Tony Cascarino

Richard H Allison, Norwich,

It is so narrow minded to always blame beckham. Lampard, Rooney, Terry, Gerrard were all well below par on wednesday-but the blame always has to lie at beckhams door. Mclaren left beckham out of the team and we were no better then-so please for once, just admit that its not beckham to blame!

zoe, chelt,

It is so narrow minded to always blame beckham. Lampard, Rooney, Terry, Gerrard were all well below par on wednesday-but the blame always has to lie at beckhams door. Mclaren left beckham out of the team and we were no better then-so please for once, just admit that its not beckham to blame!

zoe, chelt,

Absolutely spot on, Cas. Playing with Beckham is like playing with 10 men - he takes one of his own players out of the game while taking up his space and he leaves holes where he should be - he takes all deadballs making the team predictable, and its been going on for far too long.

Dave, Bristol,

I think we saw from the Euro Qualifying how much England needs David Beckham. Gareth Barry is the one that needs to go. Put four in the midfield or use Hargreaves.

Evan, Charleston, USA

I'm at a loss to see how anyone can rate Bentley ahead of Beckham. Sure, Bentley tries to go past players, but he generally fails. Beckham's passing is superior and he can fail to go past players without even trying!

Tim, Notts,

At MUFC, in Beckham's early days he would get to the within the 18yd box using Neville to overlap to send in superb crosses, but Fergie spotted the traits developing, stated in the article, ie 'crossing from the half way' line becoming the norm - thats why he was ushured out of the door to Madrid

Dave, Manchester,

Surely a good side should have players that are able to interchange like Manchester United and Arsenal. If Beckham comes inside, it just needs one of the other players eg Lampard or Gerrard to be intelligent enough to know they have to move to the right. The players are not statues on the pitch.

Lorraine, Oxford,

rubish. David Beckham was one of the better player last night. where is stupid idea came from??

alan, London,

At last someone speaks sense, and amazingly it's tony Cascarino.

End the Beckham PR stunt now. 2 years too late, alas.

J.Wilkes, Gloucester,