Gareth Bale chapter 2

bale's technique is pretty underrated. far from skillful but his fundamentals are world class.

FennecFox7 wrote:bale's technique is pretty underrated. far from skillful but his fundamentals are world class.

His shooting and crossing are legit, one of the best in the world status. It's when the ball is one the ground that he struggles. His first touch is dodgy, so he struggles when he is tight marked and by someone who matches him in pace. Great player all in all. Can be a threatening weapon if injury free.

Yeah, something is up. He demanded, as apparently is his legal right that neither Zidane nor club could say anything about what his injury or recovery is about.

Then he leaves at 80 minute mark (which is a club rule that they have to remain until at least 80 minute mark) for three consecutive Bernabeu games, even though at least one of them was a tough finish.

He has zero interest in club nor his team mates.

I really don’t know what this latest tantrum issue is, but it sure seems like it best to part ways. Flo needs to recognize this guy is a cancer on team, that noone will buy him, so best to let him go free and shed the huge salary.

For god sake, it’s not like he performed like the superstar he thinks he is. It is noted he played well, a few times this year, but no where close to what one would expect in a superstar. It is also noted that he has scored some great and timely goals in his time at club, but again his overall game, except for a handful of moments, haven't been anywhere close to superstar status, let alone the fragile injury record.

Lol, I just went back and read the previous posts, most from Aug 2018. What are those posters saying now?

futbol_bill wrote:Lol, I just went back and read the previous posts, most from Aug 2018. What are those posters saying now?

Why should Bale behave any differently when his manager has publicly said basically that he doesn't think he's a good player and doesn't want to use him in his team?

futbol_bill wrote:Yeah, something is up. He demanded, as apparently is his legal right that neither Zidane nor club could say anything about what his injury or recovery is about.

Then he leaves at 80 minute mark (which is a club rule that they have to remain until at least 80 minute mark) for three consecutive Bernabeu games, even though at least one of them was a tough finish.

He has zero interest in club nor his team mates.

I really don’t know what this latest tantrum issue is, but it sure seems like it best to part ways. Flo needs to recognize this guy is a cancer on team, that noone will buy him, so best to let him go free and shed the huge salary.

For god sake, it’s not like he performed like the superstar he thinks he is. It is noted he played well, a few times this year, but no where close to what one would expect in a superstar. It is also noted that he has scored some great and timely goals in his time at club, but again his overall game, except for a handful of moments, haven't been anywhere close to superstar status, let alone the fragile injury record.

what the hell kind of rule is that

futbol_bill wrote:Yeah, something is up. He demanded, as apparently is his legal right that neither Zidane nor club could say anything about what his injury or recovery is about.

Then he leaves at 80 minute mark (which is a club rule that they have to remain until at least 80 minute mark) for three consecutive Bernabeu games, even though at least one of them was a tough finish.

He has zero interest in club nor his team mates.

I really don’t know what this latest tantrum issue is, but it sure seems like it best to part ways. Flo needs to recognize this guy is a cancer on team, that noone will buy him, so best to let him go free and shed the huge salary.

For god sake, it’s not like he performed like the superstar he thinks he is. It is noted he played well, a few times this year, but no where close to what one would expect in a superstar. It is also noted that he has scored some great and timely goals in his time at club, but again his overall game, except for a handful of moments, haven't been anywhere close to superstar status, let alone the fragile injury record.

what the hell kind of rule is that

Unique wrote:

futbol_bill wrote:Yeah, something is up. He demanded, as apparently is his legal right that neither Zidane nor club could say anything about what his injury or recovery is about.

Then he leaves at 80 minute mark (which is a club rule that they have to remain until at least 80 minute mark) for three consecutive Bernabeu games, even though at least one of them was a tough finish.

He has zero interest in club nor his team mates.

I really don’t know what this latest tantrum issue is, but it sure seems like it best to part ways. Flo needs to recognize this guy is a cancer on team, that noone will buy him, so best to let him go free and shed the huge salary.

For god sake, it’s not like he performed like the superstar he thinks he is. It is noted he played well, a few times this year, but no where close to what one would expect in a superstar. It is also noted that he has scored some great and timely goals in his time at club, but again his overall game, except for a handful of moments, haven't been anywhere close to superstar status, let alone the fragile injury record.

what the hell kind of rule is that

Why do you always double post?

The club rule is players not dressed for home games are to come to game, to be part of team. They are allowed to leave after 80 minute mark.

It’s all about team chemistry. After all this is supposed to be a team sport, not a collection of individuals.

It’s real interesting how you EPL fans, like to comment on how unfairly Bale is treated, yet you ignore the facts how poorly Bale plays the majority of time. If Bale is so undervalued, why don’t the EPL teams with all their TV revenues have any interest in acquiring him.

futbol_bill wrote:

Unique wrote:

futbol_bill wrote:Yeah, something is up. He demanded, as apparently is his legal right that neither Zidane nor club could say anything about what his injury or recovery is about.

Then he leaves at 80 minute mark (which is a club rule that they have to remain until at least 80 minute mark) for three consecutive Bernabeu games, even though at least one of them was a tough finish.

He has zero interest in club nor his team mates.

I really don’t know what this latest tantrum issue is, but it sure seems like it best to part ways. Flo needs to recognize this guy is a cancer on team, that noone will buy him, so best to let him go free and shed the huge salary.

For god sake, it’s not like he performed like the superstar he thinks he is. It is noted he played well, a few times this year, but no where close to what one would expect in a superstar. It is also noted that he has scored some great and timely goals in his time at club, but again his overall game, except for a handful of moments, haven't been anywhere close to superstar status, let alone the fragile injury record.

what the hell kind of rule is that

Why do you always double post?

The club rule is players not dressed for home games are to come to game, to be part of team. They are allowed to leave after 80 minute mark.

It’s all about team chemistry. After all this is supposed to be a team sport, not a collection of individuals.

It’s real interesting how you EPL fans, like to comment on how unfairly Bale is treated, yet you ignore the facts how poorly Bale plays the majority of time. If Bale is so undervalued, why don’t the EPL teams with all their TV revenues have any interest in acquiring him.

i dont mean to double post but sometimes i click send and it posts twice fuck knows why. the 80min rule is dumb. bale wont get a game for a top 10 EPL team so wont move to the goat lge. bale is a madrid legend so put some respect to his name.

and you talk about my age!!! double clicking and you don't know why it results in double posts!!!

By the way you respect a player for his play not his name!!!!

futbol_bill wrote:and you talk about my age!!! double clicking and you don't know why it results in double posts!!!

By the way you respect a player for his play not his name!!!!

you should practice your double clicking it will make your wife happy

Zidane never said Bale is a bad player lol he said that the club were working on his departure and hes not in his plans. Quite simple.

Bale's time is up. British fans who dont watch Madrid will just keep going back to his CL final goals and immediately conclude he is one of the best madrid players ever. When in fact, his career here can be described as unfulfilled potential. Yes, hes won championships but he did not became the world class once in a generational player the media hyped him up to be when he joined.

Way too many frequent injuries, poor performances and his behavior outside the pitch (reports of his inability to speak Spanish, being introverted and his treatment of fans) is what led to his current situation.

Could Zidane have handled it better? Sure, but I dont see anything wrong with telling the truth, and as I said, he didnt say anything wrong about Bale footballing ability. The media, especially the british media, just immediately assumed what they heard and turned it into "he just said Bale sucks and hes kicking him out"

All in all, his time is done here. Rodrygo has been flourishing on the right and we are not missing anything at all without him. It's not like we are desperate for him to come back and play.

He should've been sold this past summer, but his massive wages (as well as age, history of injuries) were factors for him staying. I also give Zidane a lot of credit for playing Bale despite the controversy. Managers like Mourinho wouldn't even think of playing Bale again, but Zidane did just that.

Beautifully summed up Perucho and your post truly should be the template for all the arguments that defend him.

I still fail to comprehend how British or Premier League followers just so vehemently defend him and out of ignorance, as if he is a representative of their core beliefs and desires in see a player being exported to another league.

He isn't. He is a solo footballer who succeeded in constructs that suited him but simply has flopped in the grander stage, given his hype, price-tag and continued hype.

He is a finished player and growing muscle for absolutely no reason robbed him of his greatest asset, and that was pace.

No one speaks about him in Spain beyond his controversies.

ZZ, unlike Deschamps, doesn't allow his personal preferences or ego to interfere with the good of the team. Deschamps would have never played James or Bale. ZZ... he simply realized that the team, at the time, needed them. So he put himself aside.

Shows that his shy and humble appearance are in now way an indication of lack of confidence. He's the most self-confident manager out there imo (or one of them).

Yeah, well said Perucho and Arquitecto.

Bale has scored important goals and played fairly well this season, but his overall game has in no way been that of what he is hyped to be. Plus there is his fragile injury record.

These British like to say how mistreated he has been, but it's obvious they haven't watched him play.
And yesterday we had one of them (the Englishman who insists he isn't British) say Bale wouldn't start for any EPL team! so how can they say how hard done by, yet he can't make it is a weaker leaque?

But this whole thread restarted talking about the latest episode.

He was playing regularly and Zidane gave him a day off, as well as other regulars in what was supposed to be a relatively easy CL match.

Then he played for Wales and got an unknown injury. He used a rarely used legal right to have Zidane and club not disclose his injury and wasn't available for any games over the past month. Now a miracle has happened and he's training with Wales as if there never was an injury!!!! And in between he shows how little he cares about teammates and team in leaving stadium before games finish. Meanwhile Zidane has said he considers him an important player who is not available to play.

I just don't get this attitude!

hattrick tonight in the GOAT league

rumours of his demise have been grossly exaggerated

Sheffield United were doing so well before Bale came along with his by now, routine trashing of everyone. Surely, this is testament to his supreme quality.

The big question is will Spurs retain him for next season?

futbol_bill wrote:The big question is will Spurs retain him for next season?

lol it isnt a big question, i seriously doubt they try to buy him out or retain him. btw isnt he going to be a free agent? he can enroll in the celebrity golf "super" league....if they have one

Tito, I was responding to Firenze talking about Bale’s performance not diminished! If his performance was anywhere near what these goat league fans proclaim, surely Spurs or other EPL teams would be fighting to have him on their teams! Especially Spurs, they only have to pay his salary for his final contract season!

Tito, are you aware that Flo is still on hook for one more season of Bale? The news out of Spurs (before Mourinho was fired) was that they would not keep him beyond June. Which would mean he comes back to Madrid and he won’t accept anything other than his full salary of last year of contract! (That’s a statement Bale made a few weeks ago).

oh yeah, we saying the same thing then. didnt know he had a year left on his deal. i guess he returns back to us then

Yes sadly that is the case which basically means one if three things
1. Zidane reluctantly uses him - highly doubtful
2. Flo buys him out - which means what little money there is available for purchases is eliminated or greatly reduced.  
3. Flo pays his salary and let’s play in the super golf league which also has same consequences as #2.

Also a factor here is recent club financial statement which shows club is in much more debt that previously thought and means very little money available for any acquisitions.
It’s no wonder Flo is making the pitch for Super League!

I don't watch Spurs regularly, but when I have, he's mostly been poop. He's had impact every now and then, but I get the impression that the people hyping him up are either doing the usual, GL knee-jerking or just assume that him scoring a hattrick against the injury-ravaged, economically struggling and demotivated, bottom team in the league means that he's hot shit.