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fair enough....i'd personally say 8 years is a brief career

yes, brief career....he's now 32 and retired a year ago...last played more than TWO games in a season in 07-08 (the same season that he last played for England) very brief career

he had the advantage of learning his trade abroad where he didn't get his talent kicked out of him at an early age (I guess because he wasn't REALLY English). We need more English players to move abroad at a young age

I really rated Owen Hargreaves. It does disappoint me that he was never really appreciated during his brief career

perhaps...and that opinion is certainly fairly widespread in this country. I wonder how many people are of that opinion in countries that are actually successful though

you're right...although I do tend to judge a player on how well they do at international level, as I consider that to be the pinnacle of football and therefore a good way of evaluating a players career. I'd make an exception with Scholes as I think he was poorly used for England (left midfield...

Beckham was twice runner up in the WORLD player of the year award...so people dismissing him as simply 'a trier' are being quite harsh as he was clearly more than that. Probably didn't have enough great games in tournaments to be considered. Scholes was probably the most gifted, but for several...