Why didn't Bale want to come here back then? 
Gareth Bale is...The most expensive player ever?!
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Why didn't Bale want to come here back then?
Simply because he didn't think he'll be a regular for us and Spurs came with a decent offer which if I'm not mistaken Southhampton accepted.
Sure we can laugh at our own misery. our best player going out of the team and us left with no cash whatsoever.
Super Monkey Bale. From the awful start at spurs to non stop brilliance, and he's a kid.
Messi Vs Bale at LW ? What dya say FV ? Would Bale make it ?
What's so funny?
If both Rooney and Bale leave in the Summer Bale will go for the bigger fee.
Kinda like Nani
Messi hardly ever plays on the left wing.
I really wonder about Bale, i mean, he could do a job on the right. He has such a good left foot that he could probably do a sort of Adam Johnson turn there.
He can do a turn at left back but really he's a left winger for me and a very good one. Could have been a great replacement for Giggs.
Playing at LB is and will always be a waste when his attacking qualities are so good.I still don't why Glastonspur would want him to play there
a case of getting your best players on the pitch, if you play him on the left you might need to sacrifice another attacking outlet. a vdv, modric, lennon etc.
i'd honestly put pavluchenko up top on his own and play a midfield 5. Bale, VDV, Modric, Lennon with Huddlestone the holding player. or someone else in the holding role as i'm not convist by Tom 20stone
It'd be a sacrifice worthy of it of the possible benefit but yeah play with one striker should be the way forward for Spurs.They just have to learn to play in that formation since they've been so used to having a couple of strikers up front
it's the criminal overrating of Defoe and Crouch.
Was the goalkeeper asleep? Amazing how he didn't even move for the two similar goals
Is this still an opinion you hold Karel?
yes.
Pace: 14/20
Acceleration: 10/20
In my opinion of course.
Usain Bolts
Pace: 20/20
Acceleration: 20/20
Usain Bolts for MU !!
Pace: 20/20
Acceleration: 20/20
Usain Bolts for MU !!
A few years ago you lot used to have pace running all the way through your team.
Now I don't see any. It's a problem!
Now I don't see any. It's a problem!
Rather the criminal over use of 4-4-2 by Redknapp.
Well, it's a "criminal use" that has seen Spurs finish in the top 4, so maybe it's not been so terrible as all that.
However, it's the arrival of VdV that has now really broadened out the options at Spurs in terms of playing with just one recognised striker up front .... because VdV is top class and perfectly suited to playing a free-roaming role in behind the striker, whilst still allowing for Modric a deeper role in CM alongside Huddlestone or A.N. Other.
My feelings in order. Based on his success over the course of 6 - 8 months?
It's special circumstances. If both had been sold in the Summer then Rooney would have gone for miles more than Bale. However it's very different now as Rooney wants to leave and by January there will be just 18months left on his contract. We're backed into a corner and don't have a particularly strong hand when it comes to the negotiation of his sale. We will not command the same premium for him.
As for Bale, he's 21 and one of the hottest properties at the minute. Plus he plays for Tottenham who have a strong hand. He's recently signed a new deal and they don't need to sell.
I suppose it's all speculation now but the chances are (imo anyway) that neither Rooney or Bale will still be at the same club at the start of next season, I guess we'll wait until then until we re-visit this post. I suspect I will be right though.
I know you did not just give FM stats for an actual IRL player....
Many would disagree with you re. Bale, including me.
You don't score a hat-trick against away against Inter, playing against the highly rated Maicon to boot, if you're not special. Nor were any of the goals lucky flukes. Indeed the first two were entirely one-man efforts, made by Bale and scored by Bale.
Bale isn't special yet Glaston. He has a chance of becoming so.
So which LWs are better?
Agree with this. He's very very good but isn't special yet. He will get there though, of that I am sure.
Does it matter? There's not that many genuine left wingers knocking about. Even if he was the best left winger in the league (which he isn't) then it wouldn't make him "special".
I suppose a lot of it depends on what the person means by "special" though.
When I say special I mean players of the ilk of Ronaldo, Messi, Xavi etc etc.
I don't see any LWs that are better than he is. You haven't named any.
And if, for arguments's sake, he is now the best LW around - how can that not make him special?
I wont. Because the world seriously lacks top class naturally left footed lass left wingers. Currently they are only 4 potentially good ones. Bale, Mata, Douglas Costa and Marin. & they are all from the Giggs/Overmars level. Which is what special left wingers are. I like Bale. In a few years time if he keeps up his current progress he will be world class.
Malouda is a better left winger.
But it's by the by which is why I never mentioned any names.
Stop trying to argue Glaston. You're getting hung up on a single word which can mean a variety of different things depending on the user.
We all thing he's a damn good player and he has the potential to go on to be even better. Why can't you just be happy with that?
PS. Please don't turn it into a Maoulda v Bale debate. I'm not interested. He was just an example and it's not important.
come on, Bale is a bit special. He can be top class, he's got superb delivery, very athletic and has a great shot and he puts in a shift. He is proving himself week in week out and at 21 is a very fine player indeed. He is at the perfect club right now and i hope he stays a few more years. I actually like this spurs side and i'm glad they shook things up a bit last season and are doing themselves proud in the CL so far.
He's incredibly effective but he's not special.
Cole's the best left back in the world but he's not special. Maicon's the best right back in the world but he's not special.
You understand what I mean, surely?
Does Robben count as a left winger? He's a left sided winger, and he's a much better footballer than Bale.
To be honest, no, I don't understand what you mean.
Effectively you are saying that there are several players who would be in a World XI, but who are still not "special". This strikes me as elevating the word "special" to such heights that words start to lose all meaning.
However, feel free to explain further if you wish.