I don't know who is Jeff Stelling, but even the most ardent of Spurs fans surely even wouldn't dare to claim that
Gareth Bale is...The most expensive player ever?!
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That's the other side of the coin. He is somewhat underrated on the caf but this is just insanity. British media's willingness to hype up native players has no bounds.Gareth Bale is a better player than Cristiano Ronaldo, says Jeff Stelling. http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,12088_8477969,00.html
''What Bale's got that Ronaldo hasn't is incredible strength and power. Ronaldo is quick but when Bale gets up a head of steam, there's no stopping him.''
''I heard Jamie Redknapp say on Super Sunday that Bale is 'absolutely world class', that he's 'as good as Ronaldo. I don't often disagree with Jamie, but I think it's got to the stage where you can say that Bale is better than Ronaldo because he's simply unplayable.''
I like Jeff Stelling he's brilliant on Soccer Saturday but he's talking complete shite here.
Bale is not even in the same league as Ronaldo right now. It is preposterous to even compare them at this stage. Not only that, he suggests Bale is more effective player in Europe after Messi. Jeez, he won't even make the top 5 in Premiership. Van Persie, Mata, Rooney, Suarez and Aguero are easily better than Bale. Arguably some others as well.
Just imagine the hype around Bale if he was English!
So Bale is around 30m, whilst according to some on here they'd be willing for Man. U to pay 70m for Wilshere.
Bale is fantastic while on form, but he has a long way to go consistency wise to reach the levels of Ronaldo / Messi.
Let him hit 30 goals a season in the prem, and then we will talk.
Let him hit 30 goals a season in the prem, and then we will talk.
The obvious argument is a fecking ridiculous article like that is bound to secure them page views, which it has done.
The fecking thing is going viral.
Ronaldo hasn't got pace and power
So Bale is around 30m, whilst according to some on here they'd be willing for Man. U to pay 70m for Wilshere.
Im trying to talk about realistic prices. 70 million for Wilshere is beyond ridiculous
The way I see it no one except City, Chelsea, Real or Barca would ever pay more than tops, tops 40 million for Bale. And that makes that a more realistic market price.
Stupid money being thrown around has inflated people's expectations of how much money it is probable to get for a player.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored 60 goals last season. Gareth Bale has scored 43 goals in his 6 seasons at Tottenham.
Conclusion: Jeff Stelling hasn't a fecking scooby.
Conclusion: Jeff Stelling hasn't a fecking scooby.
Incredible young talent. But feck me, either people deem him to be Ronaldo-esque or better or rate Walcott better than him. Insanity, both ways.
I dunno who said that but i'd definitely pay more for Wilshere than Bale.So Bale is around 30m, whilst according to some on here they'd be willing for Man. U to pay 70m for Wilshere.
on a side note. Bale was fantastic last night. Playing RW against bayerns alaba. Pretty cool goal, and a fantastic cross for the second.
Not sure about that. Obviously he prefers his left foot, but some of his goals with his right are fantastically powerful and accurate finishes.
That's one of the stupidest things I've ever read. I wonder how someone can seriously make this point and not worry about coming across like a complete retard.
I know, it doesn't just come down to statistics and all that, or even goal totals, but still there's something seriously wrong here if Bale is considered the better player.
Bale - 6 seasons at Spurs, 187 games, 42 goals
Ronaldo - 4 season at Madrid, 178 games, 179 goals
I wasn't saying we should sign, or attempt to sign, Bale. Just disagreeing with your view that we couldn't afford him.
I should have made the point without resorting to sarcasm of course. But the erroneous notion that United have no money always grinds my gears.
Did Ronaldo score last weekend v WBA? No? Well shut up then.
omg, Balez the best3st, yo. Better than Ronnie. lolz.
If you don't finish in the top 4 this season, it won't matter how many points were you better off in February.
You had a chance this season to take charge and really improve from last season. There was a chance to take advantage of Chelsea's and Arsenal's predicaments and make a dent. Levy fecked around with the Moutinho transfer in the summer and then again with a striker in January. His over smartness might come to bite you in the ass. It is not about selling high and buying low. It is about improving the club.
Defoe is out now and Ade hardly inspires confidence. I fail to see where the goals are going to come now. Dempsey is no striker, neither is Siggy nor Holtby. You are going to overrely on Bale in a tough period, when he could have used help.
I doubt that Spurs will finish 4th this season.
Exactly its such a stupid comment to make by Jeff Stelling, I hope the guys on Soccer Saturday slaughter him for saying that.
Lloris, Vertonghen, Holtby, Dembele and Caulker (back from his loan spell with Swansea) are excellent additions to the squad since last May. IMO our first XI is better now it was last season, despite the loss of Modric and VdV.
You have a point when it comes to strikers, but Defoe is only out for 2 - 3 weeks according to AVB ... so it's hardly the end of the world, especially when we only play with 1 striker more often than not.
Lloris is a good keeper but Friedel wasn't doing too badly, was he? How much of an upgrade is he in Brad?
Ill give you Verthongen.
VDV was better than Sig and Dempsey. Holtby plays in the same position. What was the point of getting all three? No good cover for strikers or first choice wingers but three players in the same position, who were available for cheap...hmmm...
Dembele is no where near the class of Modric. He is a converted mid, who makes 2 or 3 decent runs from deep in the midfield. Doesn't control games like Modric.
In 3-4 weeks you might witness Arsenal taking over you guys in 4th.
With Redknapp the other day and Stelling today, I swear Sky are somehow trying to hype Bale into the same superstar category as Messi and Ronaldo just for the benefit of the Premier League brand.
Bale is good, no doubt, but he isn't even close to being a fraction of what Messi and Ronaldo are.
Bale is good, no doubt, but he isn't even close to being a fraction of what Messi and Ronaldo are.
The way I see is when people say that Bale is better than Ronaldo is that they're making fun of Bale.There cannot be another logical explanation to saying it because except for raw pace and crossing, there aren't others element that Bale exceeds over Ronaldo
Anybody who says that they don't often disagree with Jamie Redknapp is a fecking retard.
Bale is so good, ronaldo copied his freekicks
Friedel was good, but Lloris is a big upgrade .... as good as any GK in the Prem, and in due course he might prove to be the best in the Prem. Apart from anything else he's very quick and this - as a "sweeper-keeper" - suits the high line that AVB likes to play. He's also much more commanding when it comes to balls into the box from corners and such like. He instils great confidence in the back 4.
Spurs have high hopes that Holtby will do a fine job in replacing VdV, and the very early signs have been good in that respect. As for Sig and Dempsey, well, it's a squad game re. injury cover, resting players ... and then there's the Europa league games as well.
Dembele has done well for us so far. And sometimes it's about how a team plays and gels together, rather than the quality of an individual player. Sandro and Dembele have been at least as effective as Parker and Modric were last season IMO.
As for 4th (or maybe higher), we have a decent chance. It'll all all be very tight, but right now we're in the driving seat.
Ronaldo hasn't got pace and power
Bale has it, Ronaldo doesn't. Ha ha ha.
Jeff my man, drugs are baaaaad! Bale doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as Ronaldo, it's completely utterly ludicrous.
He got what he wanted, attention.
I like Jeff Stelling, but what in all things holy has he been smoking? He's got to be on a dare or something, thats just mind numbingly stupid what he's said.
Unbelievable Jeff!!!
I honestly think it's so stupid that he should be sectioned.
I still can't believe it! He gets paid to give people his opinion!
I'm struggling to believe he's said it. Someone on the caf is on a wum.
Tbf to Stelling he's not the only idiot.
After the Milan hatrick Paddy Barclay called him the BPITW behind Messi.
After the Milan hatrick Paddy Barclay called him the BPITW behind Messi.
so how many goals bale need to score to be better then messi ?
two or three ?
two or three ?
tbf you expect it from Barclay, man hasn't a clue.
At the end of Barclay's book about SAF he says. 'So where does Ferguson stand in the grand scheme of managers, he isn't a genius like Mourinho, he is in the rung below'
I shit you not.
I shit you not.
Barclay is very bitter and upset at SAF.
Basically when he started writing that book Fergie gave his blessing. However at some point (not sure why) Fergie grew vary and instructed the likes of Bruce, Mourinho and his other manager friends not to help Barclay with the book.
He's been bitter ever since and regularly has a go at Fergie calling him 'not a nice man' etc.
I wouldn't take his comments on Fergie seriously.
It's all about hyping up Sky's assets.