Re: Cristiano Bale Appreciation Thread.

by Valkyrja Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:12 pm

Can't wait for the moment Ronaldo scores the CL final winning tap-in this season :wub:

by Claudio84 Mon Jan 11, 2016 12:38 pm

free_cat wrote:Hope Madrid keeps Tapnaldo until he retires. It would be awful if they signed a hard working playmaking left winger and let Bale and Benzema carry the goalscoring.

Why would we sign a left winger?? We don't need anyone place Bale as a LW and James as a RW

by free_cat Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:24 pm

Claudio84 wrote:
free_cat wrote:Hope Madrid keeps Tapnaldo until he retires. It would be awful if they signed a hard working playmaking left winger and let Bale and Benzema carry the goalscoring.

Why would we sign a left winger?? We don't need anyone place Bale as a LW and James as a RW

James as RW? Don't think that's his best position. Neither Bale as LW, unless he comes from deep, he can't drible or score there.

Valkyrja wrote:Can't wait for the moment Ronaldo scores the CL final winning tap-in this season

Ok. When this happens, remember to turn the playstation off before going to bed.

by The Demon of Carthage Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:30 pm

Then I guess you haven't watched enough of Bale. Every time he played at LW for us he looked deadly. We don't even have to buy a replacement for CR, just like Claudio said. Leave Isco at LCM, move Bale to LW, James to RW and Benzema up top with Kroos and Modric as the midfield generals.

by free_cat Mon Jan 11, 2016 2:55 pm

The Demon of Carthage wrote:Then I guess you haven't watched enough of Bale. Every time he played at LW for us he looked deadly. We don't even have to buy a replacement for CR, just like Claudio said. Leave Isco at LCM, move Bale to LW, James to RW and Benzema up top with Kroos and Modric as the midfield generals.

Ok, that doesn't scare me much then. You can go ahead. Still hope you don't sell tapnaldo though.

by Curtinho Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:06 pm

chad4401 wrote:eat crow for what exactly? last time i checked he sucked 90% of last season, playing great now changes that how?

He wasn't bad for 90% of last season and was largely a scapegoat, but that aside even though he was in poor form last season he was all world before that for years and he's showing it again now, maybe even better.

Meanwhile you and most of the Madrid fanbase wrote him off completely (you didn't just say he was in poor form, you derided him as a footballer completely and even denounced his past accomplishments) and made him scapegoat of the century for Madrid's struggles.

by Cruijf Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:29 pm

free_cat wrote:
Ok. When this happens, remember to turn the playstation off before going to bed.

by Doc Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:41 pm

It would be ridiculously funny if Ronaldo actually scores a tap in winner in a UCL final. Also, Free would have to apologise to the forum for ushering the Apocalypse. Hand written apology too.

by chad4401 Mon Jan 11, 2016 3:52 pm

Curtinho wrote:
chad4401 wrote:eat crow for what exactly? last time i checked he sucked 90% of last season, playing great now changes that how?

He wasn't bad for 90% of last season and was largely a scapegoat, but that aside even though he was in poor form last season he was all world before that for years and he's showing it again now, maybe even better.

Meanwhile you and most of the Madrid fanbase wrote him off completely (you didn't just say he was in poor form, you derided him as a footballer completely and even denounced his past accomplishments) and made him scapegoat of the century for Madrid's struggles.

listen bro your kinda alright, but you need to understand if your not watching the games, stop telling us as fans of rm how good or bad bale was its irritating, what he did in the PL is as relevant as what benz did in L1

anyway the problem with bale as many fans pointed out before including myself, the poor mans cr phase he got stuck in for a season and a half, so as he started playing like himself he doesn't suck how is that so hard to grasp? you can point out bad stuff, instead of pretending that it never happened just for the sake of hype.

by Curtinho Mon Jan 11, 2016 4:39 pm

Ok, I do watch plenty of RM (as though you have to be a RM fan to watch them and have a valid opinion?) and a lot of the hate on Bale was overblown last season. Yes, he definitely was poor (by his standards) for the majority of the season, but it wasn't just about his poor form. It was everyone jumping on his case and calling him a poor footballer in absolute terms and then talking about his history in a negative light as though he had never been good and was just a bad CR-lite, etc.

You can definitely point out bad stuff. Nobody is pretending it never happened. But you can criticize a player's form without deriding their actual talent and class as well. It was obvious Bale was not playing to his strengths (and part of that had a lot to do with CR and the team set-up IMO) and was struggling.

Anyway, nice to see him back on track. I think he would flourish even more, and Madrid would be better off as well, without the unhealthy obsession of trying to funnel all their offence to Ronaldo. He's not the player he once was and I think it's holding Madrid back. Just from my personal view.

by chad4401 Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:57 pm

yeah right im sorry but anybody who truly watches a lot of madrid games, and say bale was anything but a donkey for 90% of last season and half of his first season, then your just giving him a free pass because of hype, end of story its the same thing with james and isco, their popular so they get a free pass no matter what.