Becks says he’ll be back on Sept. 11

In an article up on the official Los Angeles Galaxy website, long-injured star midfielder David Beckham says he is targeting the Galaxy’s game on September 11th as his return date to the field.

“The doctors’ original date was Oct. 1, but I always kind of said I want to be ready before then. I’ll keep my fingers crossed and hopefully will play in part of the game here against Columbus. I’ll be on the bench, and hopefully I’ll get on the field for 15-20 minutes. That’s what I’m looking at.”

If true, this couldn’t happen at a better time, in my humble opinion. While I was ho-hum about it for most of the season, given the strength of the start by the Galaxy and the continued strength of the core players, the summer has exposed several weaknesses within the the team. While Becks isn’t the final answer to any of them, given his age, fragility, and upcoming end of his contract, he bring needed quality and depth back to a midfield that has lost its punch and never truly solved its problems at left-half.

As a right-sided player Becks can allow Michael Stephens to play a left wing position with Juniho in the playmaking role and Landon Donovan pushed up as a withdrawn striker playing off of Edson Buddle’s hard work. This formation allows the team to get its best players on the field at the same time while allowing vets like Eddie Lewis and Chris Klein to bring their wiles to late-game situations.

I would not have said this before the Galaxy’s performance nose-dived starting in mid-July, but this could be just the thing to bolster the teams run to the Supporter’s Shield and MLS Cup.

What do you think? Is getting Becks back a good thing? Just “meh”? Does it help the team? Hurt it? Do nothing?

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