Beckham will not be the best player at Real - but it will not be a shock because he was not the best player at United.
There can be a lot of reasons why you're not at your best in a given situation.
Goaltender Curtis Joseph was also not at his best, continuing the trend of underperforming NHL goalies at these Games.
"We're still creating even though we're not at our best and a lot of teams don't do that, " he said.
Arsenal were not at their best, but still did enough to make it 25 games unbeaten in the Premiership this season.
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Paul Jewell's side were not at their best but they rarely needed to be as City's defence repeatedly came to their aid.
Regardless of the controversial call, Nadal was not at his best during the match and failed to find much penetration with his heavy topspin.
As Liverpool pressed even more, Gerrard went close with a drive, while Dirk Kuyt - not at his best throughout the evening - shot tamely.
Rusedski was not at his best but had too much for qualifier Seppi, breaking once in the opening set and coming back from 2-0 down in the second.
Chris Woakes, selected for the England Lions side to meet the West Indians next week, was not at his best with the new ball and Rikki Clarke's first three overs cost 28 runs.
"It was a tense night against Hearts and we were not at our best, but it was not about that one game, it was about the fantastic turnaround there's been this season, " said Lawwell.
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Federer is on track to win back the title he claimed on his only other appearance at Estoril in 2008, but admitted he was not yet at his best ahead of Saturday's semifinal clash with defending champion Albert Montanes.
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Moreover, the Palestinian Authority has contributed to its construction by at best not restraining, and at worst supporting, groups that view civilians as prime targets.
But the Spaniard, despite making a perfect start, was not at his absolute best on Friday.
Els was not quite at his best on Saturday, missing fairways and finding bunkers.
Jon Wilkin felt that Saints had not been at their best but said they deserved their victory.
Haas has also been ill and taking antibiotics, so he might not be at his best against Sock.
Smith admitted Rangers had not been at their best at Hampden but were galvanised by being depleted in number.
"Credit to Australia, they have come back strongly and we have not been at our best here, " said Gooch.
Arsenal were not at their flowing best, but demonstrated enough touches of their trademark invention to build on an impressive start to the season.
Left-hander Hussey, 35, has not been at his best in recent Tests and was out for an 18-ball duck on day one at Melbourne.
Despite the Indians achieving the highest successful chase in the Twenty20 version of the game, the skipper admitted his side had not been at their best.
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Uniyed had not been at their best, but Rooney was a constant threat, forcing a diving save from Isaksson with an instant left-foot shot on the run.
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Despite not being at their best, the Tigers had more than enough to secure a victory which means they are now three points off the play-off places.
However, he said there was "no complacency" in NHS Scotland and where the NHS had not been at its best over the past year lessons had been learnt.
By his own admission, Andy has not been at his best recently, but you don't become a bad player overnight and tennis is a sport in which fortunes can change rapidly.
Baltacha is not generally at her best on clay and the win comes less than a week before the start of the French Open, for which she has direct entry into the main draw.
The fact that they have not performed to their best at the moment does not really matter.
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