Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Beckham not guaranteed place in Galaxy team

'I'm not going to just change the line-up with the people coming back from injury,' he said. 'You can't do that with a team that's on a six-game unbeaten streak and has won five games in a row. 'For me it's a great message for people coming back that they have to work their way into the team. That's the correct way to have it.' Of Beckham's fitness, Yallop added: 'He's not close to being 100%.

Through the middle of summer, the Galaxy found the heat from the giant spotlight trained on Southern California to monitor David Beckham's arrival to be too much for them. As a unit, L.A. wilted. Accusations in the British press that Beckham had joined an outfit that possessed no more quality than a "pub team" were cruel, but by stumbling through a dismal six-game losing streak, coach Frank Yallop's players unintentionally provided their detractors with extra ammunition.

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