Beckham praises Capello’s England regime

England midfielder David Beckham has praised coach Fabio Capello for creating a new spirit of togetherness in the national side.

With the team on the brink of qualification for the 2010 World Cup, Beckham said the Italian had “changed the mentality of the players.” [...]

“It is working because we are not just winning games. We are together as a team,” Beckham said of the Capello regime, told FIFA.com.

“The way the players prepare themselves, the way we spend the week together, is very serious and very concentrated.

“Even when we have come in at half-time and we are not winning, there is a spirit that you can feel. That is what the manager has done. He has given the players confidence.” Keep reading

England Training Video

Video highlights of the squad training ahead of Saturday’s game.
The England squad got to work on Tuesday as they took part in their first training session after meeting for the games with Slovenia and Croatia in the next week.

Fabio Capello had a watchful eye as always over his players, who face Slovenia on Saturday before next Wednesday’s crucial World Cup qualifier with Croatia at Wembley.

The session, held at London Colney, saw the players warm-up with some stretches before Capello explained the next routine to his squad which involved passing and moving between two separate teams. See the video here.

David Beckham Shows Off His Rosy Anniversary Tattoo
Franco spied this little teaser for the upcoming interview with Ellen on the 8th!

David Beckham didn’t get his wife, Victoria Beckham, any ordinary anniversary gift to celebrate 10 years of marriage: He got a tattoo.

“Yeah, I [got] 10 roses around my arms,” the inked soccer, 34, star tells Ellen DeGeneres on the Sept. 8 season premiere of her chat show.

DeGeneres then wonders aloud if Beckham ever thinks about “getting a tattoo of me anywhere on your body.” He replies: “I’m very tempted.”

As for how he and Victoria, 35, keep their marriage fresh after 10 years and three kids together, he says, “We always try to do special things. It’s not always about buying gifts for each other. We just make sure that we spend time together or go for dinner together and do special things. That is important to us.”

One of the things they did together was pose in some sexy Emporio Armani underwear ads. “We never get a chance to work together and when we do, it’s amazing,” says Beckham. “It was great to work with her on the day.” Source

The 15 Biggest Wikipedia Blunders
While this doesn’t have much of anything to do with David, it does mention him as #2 in the top 15 Wikipedia blunders – mistakes that have been made on Wikipedia pages, or deliberate misinformation. The entry is pretty funny!

2. David Beckham was a Chinese goalkeeper in the 18th century.

And you thought scoring Posh Spice was impressive.

Happy Belated Birthday Romeo!
Romeo’s 6th birthday just passed, so Happy Birthday to David’s middle child! He celebrated with a birthday dinner, but because of England training, David was unable to make it. No doubt he’ll celebrate with Romeo in style when he returns. :-)

David Beckham makes kids watch British telly
And just for more child-related news, this has been making the rounds all over the web so I thought I’d post about it, as many of you have probably seen it already.

The soccer star, who plays for LA Galaxy, encourages sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz to watch US cable channel BBC America – the boys prefer American cartoon networks.

But even David has to switch over when his close friend Gordon Ramsay appears on screen and swears.

A source told the Sun David and wife Victoria had dinner with Gordon in West Hollywood.

‘After the LA Galaxy match Gordon, Victoria and David went for drinks on Sunset Boulevard,’ said the source.

‘They were in high spirits and David used the occasion to tell Gordon that he makes his lads watch BBC America at home.

‘However, Ramsay’s Channel 4 shows Kitchen Nightmares and The F-Word are often aired on BBC America, which means he has to swiftly switch over to avoid the fruity language.’ Source