JP77
Full Member
Of course it's fantastic. However, that's over four competitions (well, five if you want to be picky) in which Chelsea have gone close to all the way in all of them. Semi in both the FA Cup and C1C. Final in the EL and then there's the league (He got 12 assists in total in the league). So he had verging on as many games as it's possible to get in one season and of course certain quality of teams throughout those cup tournaments.I just checked soccernet and they have him with 20 goals and 29 assists, which is also different from the transfermarkt site (17 goals and 34 assists). Whatever is the actual amount, it is around 20 goals and 30 assists in all competitions, which whatever way you look at it is fantastic.
And for the record, that's not me trying to take anything away from him, just pointing that out.
Personally for me Bale is a completely different class. I'd also put him ahead of Van Persie right now, who also wasn't even our best player this season for the record IMO.
It's the same old story with Bale though. Some people underrate him and some even overrate him and that's fine, but can go overboard when it means bringing other players into the discussion and either putting them down or over hyping them too. Truth be told Bale is one of the best around, I don't see how that can really even be debated anymore. Not the best of course, but bloody brilliant.