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brhf9

have u guys seen this?

Cruise Comforts Distraught Beckham
Tom Cruise comforted David Beckham after the devastated soccer superstar was dropped from the England team last month. Beckham announced his resignation as England captain following the side's World Cup exit in July, and was then axed from the national squad by new coach Steve McClaren. And among the first people Beckham called was his friend Cruise, who in the past has flown to Spain to watch him play for Real Madrid. Beckham says, "When I got to America I phoned Tom. He's a great guy to be able to speak to because he is a very positive-minded person. It is good to have people around you at that point. He talked about everything I had done in the World Cup, about the goal I scored and the goals I set up. He said I was a great player, that I played for Real Madrid, I've got a healthy family and three boys and a wife who love me to bits. He's a great example of someone who stays positive through everything. And that's how I started to get over what had happened with the England news. I got over it that way, with friends around me."

brhf9

i think Scientology got a new member...

karma defect

brhf9 wrote:

have u guys seen this?

Cruise Comforts Distraught Beckham
Tom Cruise comforted David Beckham after the devastated soccer superstar was dropped from the England team last month. Beckham announced his resignation as England captain following the side's World Cup exit in July, and was then axed from the national squad by new coach Steve McClaren. And among the first people Beckham called was his friend Cruise, who in the past has flown to Spain to watch him play for Real Madrid. Beckham says, "When I got to America I phoned Tom. He's a great guy to be able to speak to because he is a very positive-minded person. It is good to have people around you at that point. He talked about everything I had done in the World Cup, about the goal I scored and the goals I set up. He said I was a great player, that I played for Real Madrid, I've got a healthy family and three boys and a wife who love me to bits. He's a great example of someone who stays positive through everything. And that's how I started to get over what had happened with the England news. I got over it that way, with friends around me."

Yup I heard that as well. Funny, no?:D

AxlUlrich

am sure most of you have heard aboot Dario Silva..pretty tragic stuff..wish him all the best on his road to recovery

brhf9

yeah, heavy shit. car accident i think...

Towerman

AxlUlrich wrote:

am sure most of you have heard aboot Dario Silva..pretty tragic stuff..wish him all the best on his road to recovery

yeah, pretty sad and tragic situation.... doctors already amputed his leg case there was a risk of infection, I wish for him to recover the best as he can.

Klumpie

AxlUlrich wrote:

am sure most of you have heard aboot Dario Silva..pretty tragic stuff..wish him all the best on his road to recovery

Yeah, I just read it. Really sad for him, hope he recover well.

AxlUlrich

sad part of it all is that Dario himself doesn't know he lost his leg as he is still sedated...

Pearl Juli

Basile's list of players for the Oct. 11 friendly against Spain:

Roberto Abbondanzieri (Getafe – España); Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol – España); Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruna – España); Leonardo Franco, Maximiliano Rodríguez y Sergio Agüero (Atlético de Madrid – España); Lionel Messi y Javier Saviola (Barcelona – España); Roberto Ayala (Valencia – España); Gabriel Milito, Leonardo Ponzio y Pablo Aimar (Zaragoza – España); Rodolfo Arruabarrena y Leandro Somoza (Villarreal – España); Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United – Inglaterra); Javier Mascherano y Carlos Tevez West Ham United – Inglaterra); Luis González (Porto – Portugal); Federico Insúa (Borussia Monchengladbach - Alemania); Daniel Bilos (Saint Etienne – Francia) y Hernán Crespo (Internazionale – Italia).


Thank God he didn't take any Boca or River players! haha. It would've been awful, because they wouldn't have been able to play the superclasico (Boca vs. River) on Oct. 8th! lol

Pearl Juli

AxlUlrich wrote:

sad part of it all is that Dario himself doesn't know he lost his leg as he is still sedated...

:eek:

that's awful!!!!! so so sad :( I hope he gets well soon.

karma defect

AxlUlrich wrote:

sad part of it all is that Dario himself doesn't know he lost his leg as he is still sedated...

Damn did he lose his leg? What happen?

Towerman

karma defect wrote:

Damn did he lose his leg? What happen?

a car accident in Uruguay, apparently he lost control of the car cause he was eating a snack, the other people that were in the car are ok but the pole that they crashed into smashed Dario Silva's leg... they had to amputate it to save his life and as Axl says he's in a coma so still doesn't even know about it.

karma defect

Towerman wrote:

a car accident in Uruguay, apparently he lost control of the car cause he was eating a snack, the other people that were in the car are ok but the pole that they crashed into smashed Dario Silva's leg... they had to amputate it to save his life and as Axl says he's in a coma so still doesn't even know about it.

That's haevy

Towerman

Pearl_Juli wrote:

Basile's list of players for the Oct. 11 friendly against Spain:

Roberto Abbondanzieri (Getafe – España); Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol – España); Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruna – España); Leonardo Franco, Maximiliano Rodríguez y Sergio Agüero (Atlético de Madrid – España); Lionel Messi y Javier Saviola (Barcelona – España); Roberto Ayala (Valencia – España); Gabriel Milito, Leonardo Ponzio y Pablo Aimar (Zaragoza – España); Rodolfo Arruabarrena y Leandro Somoza (Villarreal – España); Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United – Inglaterra); Javier Mascherano y Carlos Tevez West Ham United – Inglaterra); Luis González (Porto – Portugal); Federico Insúa (Borussia Monchengladbach - Alemania); Daniel Bilos (Saint Etienne – Francia) y Hernán Crespo (Internazionale – Italia).


Thank God he didn't take any Boca or River players! haha. It would've been awful, because they wouldn't have been able to play the superclasico (Boca vs. River) on Oct. 8th! lol

that's cool the they both will have their full squads for the CLasico, specially Boca that eventually will make up the majority of the national team, in River I only see Belluschi with options.... but in the other hand I really would have like to see Palacio playing against Spain, so he could show that not always european teams buy the best south american players....
Palacio > Cruz, Crespo, Rosales, Milito and the list goes on and on

dkst0426

Re: Dario Silva's accident.

I posted this on another football forum, so I'll share here:

I may get flamed for this, but here goes:

This wasn't a "tragedy." It was a very unfortunate accident that really could have been avoided. Like I said, I feel very sorry for Silva, because having your career and life ripped away from you like that is an unexpected blow, and obviously in this case, accidents like these can have very terrible consequences. Trust me: I know how it feels to have something you feel so passionately about get taken away from you very suddenly.

But that doesn't change the fact that it was in part irresponsible behavior that caused this. Now, there's no telling for now if he was in fact wearing a seat belt, and there's no telling that even if he was, if it would have prevented this. If he was in fact wearing one, I take back everything I say here. There's not enough facts for now. It just bothers me when famous athletes get into wrecks and all of a sudden it's a tragedy when most of the time, it was their own error of judgment (or in some cases, sheer stupidity) that led to their own plight. Happens all the time in the US, with Ben Roethlisberger the most recent example.

Some perspective would help, though. There are wars and civil wars going on around the world. Children are dying of hunger. People are abused physically, verbally, emotionally, sexually every day. People lack the simple basic necessities. THOSE, my friends, are tragedies.

I say all the above with all due respect to Uruguayans. It's a huge blow for the national team. I hope Silva will be able to find a way to put his experience to positive use. There's no telling how much of an inspiration he can now be to other physically handicapped people in his homeland.

Fire away. Since I posted that, I've found out that he was in fact driving without a seatbelt on and now I find out he was eating while driving.

Pearl Juli

Towerman wrote:

that's cool the they both will have their full squads for the CLasico, specially Boca that eventually will make up the majority of the national team, in River I only see Belluschi with options.... but in the other hand I really would have like to see Palacio playing against Spain, so he could show that not always european teams buy the best south american players....
Palacio > Cruz, Crespo, Rosales, Milito and the list goes on and on

Completely agree

Even though I'd rather have Palacio playing against River, I would've definitely like seeing him play against Spain, so he can show off his skills, and that he's the best there is at the moment.

And yes, Belluschi seems to have a very bright future.

Pery

Horacio Elizondo was chosen to be the ref in the Superclásico.

Pearl Juli

Pery wrote:

Horacio Elizondo was chosen to be the ref in the Superclásico.

Awesome. well...yeah, that makes sense I was expecting him to do so. He's good so good news

ladygooddiva

well hsv as lost in the bl too
and on saturday they play in frankfurt ...can they win ???i never give up hope bec. the potential is there !!!

and manu played just 1:1 vs reading and they are playing in old trafford vs newcastle can they win...yes...

Pearl Juli

Tomorrow Boca plays against Nacional for the Copa Sudamericana. I think it's the round of 16.

San Lorenzo and others play too...but who cares about them? hehe