I;m not watching this team this year. I'm tired of this.

Until the changes are made, I'm done.

Bale

sportsczy wrote:Bale

Commentators wondering what Bale offers that renders him "untouchable" for the coach. His price tag probablh

Well that was painful to watch. Benitez, Isco, Danilo and Ronaldo should hang their heads in shame

Bale is not a CAM, playing him there hurts the rest of the players not that he is playing bad but an AM looks to create he looks to get into the box. Hope Benitez stops this stupid experiment. And for the love of god no more Danilo please

we will never win anything with this mentality, i have seen jese making great runs in on goal, the ball is going out to cr or bale wide ffs, when will we stop that stupid way of playing who cares who scores first smfh...... ****

Thank God the next game is at home.

Hopefully the fans make themselves known someway.

agreed, the shape of the team has become very very disturbing. prioritizing bale's position over the team's is hurting more than its helping (its not helping at all). this is no different from ancelotti's approach to the bale question by the way. if we really want to win, bale should be afforded the opportunity to earn his spot and not hand it to him. the guy should be on the bench and play the role of substitute. i get it, nobody likes a 100 million dollar substitute. another thing nobody likes is 1 league title in 8 years. rafa needs to stop adhering to florentino's politics, its messing the shape of this team up....no true wingers in the line up, no true defensive midfielder in the line up, a winger playing as a number 10....lol this is insane

chad4401 wrote:we will never win anything with this mentality, i have seen jese making great runs in on goal, the ball is going out to cr or bale wide ffs, when will we stop that stupid way of playing who cares who scores first smfh...... ****

Spot on. Jesé played very well and was victim to bale and Ronaldo's selfishness and desire to play off one another instead of looking for better options.

first 30 minutes was bale Ronaldo complaining with arms up if they didn't get the ball

anyone else notice our attackers making the same runs or bumping into eachother all the time??

@punch agreed i got so angry stop giving a damn, cause i knew a fluke goal, was the only thing that can save us, cr and bale are idiots who prioritize headlines of themselves than the teams, im getting tired of watching the same mistakes every season , gonna start watching highlights soon.

@hala that what happens when you don't have a PROPER CF WHO KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE POSITION!!! on the pitch, i have been saying this since forever, cr is not a cf.

izzy wrote:Thank God the next game is at home.

Hopefully the fans make themselves known someway.

Looooool

What a disgusting game.

The frightening thing is that if you, well we, are seeing what is glaringly wrong with Bale as AM, you can bet Rafa sees it. He probably sees it in training all the time too. But as Tito mentioned, no one likes to see a 100 million dollar sub but everyone hates 1 league title in 8 years. So how does Rafa rectify this without rocking the boat up in upper management, you know, the men who pay his salary.

Rafa knows this can't function at all, not like this. I hope he does the right thing honestly. We'll get better though, I have faith.

Even as a Barca fan I get angry watching Bale, why the *bleep* does he still play? In fact, why is he even still at the club? The dude is shit.

sigh to be fair to bale he has shown he can be very good, his first couple months was excellent, used his speed wisely, played it simple and quickly with everything, some where along the line he started this poor mans cr impression, that he won't snap out of ffs, he even went and bulked up like that ever helped poor technique.

If rafa has sense just give bale a reality check, and tell his agent to stfu too.

Jonathan28 wrote:Even as a Barca fan I get angry watching Bale, why the *bleep* does he still play? In fact, why is he even still at the club? The dude is shit.

He is a 100 million footballer bought by Flo. His signing is honestly too politicized at the club and benching Bale for a considerable time or even uttering the phrase "he is not at the level the club initially thought" could get Rafa fired. Plain talk, he can lose his job over how he handles Bale really.

Not a bad footballer but definitely not a good one for a club of this stature. Or the league.

no wonder ancelotti played bale wide right. at least out there he didn't disturb the other players as much.

he was running into jese's and ronaldos's space the entire game. no vision and cant beat a player; why are you being played in the hole?

ronaldo, marcelo and benzema combinations are what makes the team tick and creative. isco is a technical genuis, james is a true number 10 and can play as a second sriker.

what is bale?

wish perez could swallow his pride and accept that 100mil plus offer from united.

Only losses would force a change of heart with Bale... and we can't want that either. It's a rock and a hard place type situation.

I just want him to not get in the way... that's my only hope. Don't care if plays good or bad at this point. He's not someone that can be relied on.

sportsczy wrote:Only losses would force a change of heart with Bale... and we can't want that either. It's a rock and a hard place type situation.

I just want him to not get in the way... that's my only hope. Don't care if plays good or bad at this point. He's not someone that can be relied on.

exactly my point.

put him in a position where he interferes as little as possible.

but you know benitez is trying to prove a point; that he can create a system to fit this outmoded player, something that ancelotti couldn't do.

that was probably in his manifesto when he petitioned for the job.

but it is ridiculous that a player who is not fitting a system and philosophy is getting playing time because of politics. wasting a spot.

Why is uncle Flo even so obsessed with Bale? Is it an old man's pride thing? Or is he completely delusional and thinks Bale is the next Ronaldo? For example, if he has to build around a "Galactico", why not build around James after Ronaldo? Should be a lot more marketable than Bale. Doesn't look like a monkey for starters. South America >>> Wales. Would also perform great on the pitch as a #10. What's the obsession with Bale? Like, seriously?

Futbol I think at this point I'm pretty sure Perez and bale have something intimate going on

Perez will never admit he made a mistake by signing him, would hurt his reputation as a president even more.

I think Perez genuinely believes Bale will eventually improve if he keeps forcing him into the line up, the problem is that he's sacrificing the team to accommodate his expensive signing. if that's the case it shows you how much he cares about the club really, he's there for himself.

Funny thing is that Bale is the one being attacked here when he was active and had a fine game. Why is no one speaking of how bad cristiano was, or how bad cristiano has been all of 2015?

Mr Nick09 wrote:Funny thing is that Bale is the one being attacked here when he was active and had a fine game. Why is no one speaking of how bad cristiano was, or how bad cristiano has been all of 2015?

bale had a fine game? being 'active' doesn't necessarily mean you've played well.

Ronaldo didn't score so its concluded that he had a bad game. I assume that's your logic. I don't think you should compare the two performances.

The deduction made by all the posters is the same; The system being played is to be blamed for the loss. The system being played has been created to accommodate bale.

Bale is not a number 10 or a second striker by any stretch. He can run as much as he wants, he can try as much as he wants, he will never prosper in that position in Madrid.

The most annoying thing about this entire situation is their are 3 or 4 other players in the squad who can play in that hole/number10/second striker position and do a way better job that bale.

So Bale had a bad game because of what exactly? Because you guys have an aversion to seeing him play at n10?

From my side, this isn't a reaction to a single game. It's been +2 years of a poor man's Ronaldo being unable to do simple thing right, and it's starting to kill me.