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Of us going for Beckham as a trophy signing rather than the defenders and forward(s) we need in January?: Becks reveals Real frustration By Alex Livie - Created on 22 Oct 2006 David Beckham has spoken of his frustration at being relegated to the bench at Real Madrid. The former England captain has been a cornerstone of the Real team for three seasons, but he has slipped down the pecking order this term under new coach Fabio Capello. He started last week's loss to Getafe, but was once again on the bench for the UEFA Champions League win over Steaua Bucharest and the 31-year-old is unhappy with his lot in the Spanish capital. "Every day I feel sad and very frustrated as a footballer because I am not playing for my country or for my club," Beckham told the Mail on Sunday. Beckham is in talks over a new deal with Real, but he may well wait to consider his options before committing his future to the club. "Two more years on the bench would be very difficult," he declared. "At the moment it is very difficult for me not playing. "I am not even thinking about retiring. When my heart and legs give in then that will be the time, but that is not the case now." Real take on Barcelona on Sunday, live on Sky Sports, and Beckham will be hoping for the chance to impress at El Santiago Bernabeu.

John Gibson makes some very good points in the Chronicle tonight on the video section and basically echoes everyone's concerns on here.

I'm still too depressed from yesterday to drum up any optimism but I'm starting to fear the worst.

Good chairmen (like Moores at Liverpool, Steve Gibson) don't interfere with the manager's decisions. I can't imagine many chairmen buying players for the team (that were probably recommended by his son or Willie McKay). He loves power too much and his over-inflated ego won't allow him to take a back seat and not to meddle. There's no doubt he's a fan but he can't seem to detach himself from it and it seems to me like he thinks he's playing a real version of football manager.

Roeder does seem very "hands-on" and is probably running the whole sorry show. It's hard not to feel a bit sorry for him when FF prefers to blow all his budget on substandard attackers and totally ignores the whole infrastructure.

Waddle is a mackem! I'm not sure what kind of reception he'd get either. He is totally unproven in the Premiership and was terrible at Burnley.

bring back Keegan Keegan wouldn't come without pots of cash - something I seriously doubt we have. I can't imagine his relationship with Shepherd is very good either. Besides he's now up in Scotland with his soccer schools project.

Denilson is on a free and training with Portsmouth. He may not be the force he was but I'd prefer him over Sibierski.

After what I was expecting this has to be the most underwhelming transfer for a long time. There's no way even Oliver can put a positive spin on this one.

With the Milner farce and no defenders it's a debacle alright. Why don't we ever invest in the defence? The last time we bought defenders was January 2005 and they were Boumsong and Babayaro!

Tough away game today against a side fighting for their lives - I think it will still be enough for Roeder to get manager of the month but probably not enough for Europe. As everyone says even if we finish 8th or whatever our transformation under Roeder has been amazing.