Outspoken world football boss Blatter has stoked controversy once more by describing England as negative after they played with a lone striker during their 1-0 second round win over Ecuador.

"I am happy that the play is very offensive. The only exception is England who fielded just one striker in their second round match," Blatter said in an interview with a German newspaper.

"That is not the kind of offensive football you would expect from a title contender."

But Beckham and his team-mates have dismissed Blatter's remarks and stressed that it is results that count.

"We don't really care as a team or as a nation what people say about us," Beckham said when asked about Blatter's comments.

"There have been better performances by other teams in this competition -- and they're out. At the end of the day people have got their opinions, but as a team we don't care.

"We know we haven't played as well as we can, everyone knows that -- I'm fed up of saying it -- but it's only us that can put that right."

Beckham's loyal lieutenant and former Manchester United team-mate Gary Neville echoed his captain's comments.

"My thoughts are that I don't listen to Sepp Blatter because I don't want to listen," Neville said when asked for his view on the FIFA supremo's remarks.

"I've got a World Cup quarter-final on Saturday and so have 21 other players and I don't want to hear about negative things.

"People can say whatever they want."

England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has also pointedly refused to apologise for his team's failure to set the tournament alight thus far.

"We're trying to play good football but the most important thing we have to do is to win the football game," Eriksson said.

"They don't give a premium for beautiful football. Ghana played wonderful football, Ivory Coast played wonderful football, Holland played wonderful football, Spain played wonderful football. And where are they now? At home.

"To win the World Cup I'm prepared to do whatever. If that means to play bad football, then come on, who cares?