Beckham return the final insult

The world has obviously gone mad..

How on earth can David Beckham win his 98th cap against Austria tomorrow night?

The one time football icon has made more appearances with Tom Cruise on the red carpet than on the pitch in the last few months.

But Steve Maclaren is picking his team with the help of the tabloids and bizarrely included a half fit, past it, poseur in his starting 11..

When the ineveitable comes to pass on Saturday (Russia are 1/2 to prevail in Israel), the Maclaren era will be looked at dispassionately and the ginger bald denier will hopefully never get another job in football..

The relative failures of Sven (the viagra driven Swede at least guaranteed qualification) now seem like total success, as Maclaren has plummeted new depths..

The whole thing is a total dogs dinner