at their prime? Putting injuries aside it’s bale for me and it’s not close. He had absolutely everything in his locker. Real shame that he never came to United
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Salahs great strength is his consistency so I agree. Peak Bale is better but you'd rather have Salah in your team cause he's more guaranteed.Prime Bale > Prime Salah, but the Bale's primacy was incredibly brief compared to Salah's, so Salah career >>> Bale career.
Stats isn't everything but just a cursory glance over their stats from their best seasons;Prime Bale was his first season with us. He was basically Ronaldo on the other side of the field. I’d take him over any version of Salah. Easy.
Yeah, Salah scores like crazy, but I just enjoyed watching peak Bale more.Stats isn't everything but just a cursory glance over their stats from their best seasons;
Bale in 13/14 - 22 goals 19 assists
Salah in 17/18 - 44 goals 15 assists
Bale was exceptional. A freak of an athlete and the last couple of years at Spurs and first couple of years in Madrid where he put it all together he was damn near unstoppable but I'd be pretty comfortable in taking 17/18 Salah over the 13/14 Bale.
And if Cristiano had 70 per cent of his actual talent.Bale is what Cristiano would be if not obsessed with goals, had injury problems, wasn't as good in the air, and wasn't as hard working but a little faster.
Salah is a poor man's Messi.
Yeah sure, me too but the question who was better.Yeah, Salah scores like crazy, but I just enjoyed watching peak Bale more.
Not every player has their ‘prime’ at the same age.Wasn't Bale golfing in his prime
Agreed in terms of a full season. Also think Bale has better highlight goals and big game presence. See Copa Del Rey final goal + CL final bicycle kick.It’s Salah. Bale was better to watch, but Salah is more effective.
The guy has never gotten fewer than 20 goals a season in all comps at Liverpool. His lowest PL goals tally in a single season is 19 — Bale only hit that number (or higher) in a league season twice.
Would Salahs numbers be the same if he had Ronaldo on the other wing, I’d fancy Bale would’ve continued dominating the Prem if he’d stayedStats isn't everything but just a cursory glance over their stats from their best seasons;
Bale in 13/14 - 22 goals 19 assists
Salah in 17/18 - 44 goals 15 assists
Bale was exceptional. A freak of an athlete and the last couple of years at Spurs and first couple of years in Madrid where he put it all together he was damn near unstoppable but I'd be pretty comfortable in taking 17/18 Salah over the 13/14 Bale.
Robben is similar to Salah in that he was just so consistent, averaging like 0.8 G/A per game for like 7 years in the Bundesliga.How does Arjen Robben, another left footed RW fit into this conversation? I think the thread should have been: Salah vs Bale vs Robben with a poll.
Yeah this is pretty much where I fall as well. It's really close, but yeah. Bale had a wow factor Salah doesn't have, but the latter is just more complete and consistent. Though Bale does have more high profile big game moments going for himIt’s Salah. Bale was better to watch, but Salah is more effective.
It makes no sense actually You cannot just pick a fraction of time in an entire career. Any and almost every player has a time they played out of their skin and looked world class e.g Adama Traore vs Man City covid timesExactly it's a cop-out
What's next: single game Bale vs single game Maradona?
Yep.It makes no sense actually You cannot just pick a fraction of time in an entire career. Any and almost every player has a time they played out of their skin and looked world class e.g Adama Traore vs Man City covid times
We can expand and include
Prime Kevin Phillips, Prime Ciro Immobile, Prime Diego Forlan (All European golden shoe winner) >>>> Any striker who has never won Golden shoe e.g Nistelrooy, Samuel Etoo
Salah's a better short passer. And quite a bit a better finisher I would say, and far more potent in the box. Bale only scored more than 20 goals in a season 3 times in his career. Salah's done it 7 years in a row now and the one before it was 19 goals.Disagree with those saying Salah is a better all round player. I would say he has more game intelligence, positioning and slightly better finishing but Bale is better at pretty much everything else.
Salah can be extremely wasteful in possession but he often pops up in the right place for a goal, Bale had the ability to make his own goals regularly and had the knack of coming up big in important games. Way ahead in ability for me.
but it's actually the other way around. Except for coming up big in important games, that's correctSalah can be extremely wasteful in possession but he often pops up in the right place for a goal, Bale had the ability to make his own goals regularly and had the knack of coming up big in important games. Way ahead in ability for me.
That’s a fair point actually. We’ve seen how Benzema blossomed into a Ballon d’Or winner after Ronaldo left. It’s just a hypothetical though. I can’t give Bale points for what he might have done in a team without Ronaldo.Would Salahs numbers be the same if he had Ronaldo on the other wing, I’d fancy Bale would’ve continued dominating the Prem if he’d stayed
Exactly this. It is extremely hard to maintain high level for many seasons.Honestly I can’t stand this new obsession with PRIME. Every comparison seems to want to ignore the incredibly hard ability to maintain a high level across multiple years.
Bale despite having some brilliant moments and a good career was never quite technically at home at Madrid - he always stuck out as lacking a bit. That wouldn’t happen to Salah as he’s clearly a better footballer. Will go down along the greats as far wide players go. Bale a level below.
Eh?Wales and Egypt, both below average sides over the years. One player stood out as clear levels above his teammates, the other blends in with his average teammates. Its always a good indicator to identify a world class footballer vs a world class goalscorer.
But for the modern game its more valuable to have the more effective player over one that's more talented.
The best player on paper yes. Their goalkeeper Gabaski was by far their best player throughout that tournament if you watched it. They got to the final off of being sound defensively and him being fantastic in goal. You bringing up Salah exemplifies my point. When he wasn't scoring, you couldn't identify who was the world class player in the Egypt side.Eh?
Salah has taken Egypt to an AFCON final, being the best player on that squad