He ain't thick! He's my brother!

Esteemed & experienced local journalists such as Jeffrey Low and i think it was Brian Miller were quick to assert in their articles that Beckham was stoopid to get himself yellow-carded by retaliating during the England vs Wales game.

"Hero one minute, villain the next", "flashes of that hot temper", "memories of that 1998 Argentina fiasco" were some headlines or phrases in their articles used to describe Beckham's charge on Ben Thatcher. I mean, come on..

Surely easily twenty years of experience reporting on the sporting arena wouldn't have blinded them to the fact that Goldenballs was actually, with time running down on the clock and a hairline fracture to his ribs, trying to get himself a yellow card, which coupled with the one he got in a previous match would have got him suspended for the next match during the time he was injured. I mean put it simply, 2 balls.. er birds.. with one stone..

Becks said: "It was deliberate. I could feel the injury - so I fouled Thatcher.

"I knew straight away I had broken my ribs as I had done it before and I knew I would be out for a few weeks.

"So I thought 'Let's get the yellow card out of the way'."

He added: "I am sure some people think I have not got the brains to be that clever - but I do have the brains."

Okay.. so he ain't my brother.. but at least he's proving that he ain't thick as well..