A man of so many talents, deserves his money.
Gareth Bale | Golfer, ex-Footballer, Elbower of racists, Philosopher, Golf Ambassador, Bar Owner, Real Legend, Defibrillator
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Surprised at some of the comments about him here. He has been excellent for Spurs when selected and has been available for selection.
Massively under rated player IMO.
Massively under rated player IMO.
He was well off the pace initially (unsurprisingly) and took a while to get back to a good level of match fitness.
Once he did, he actually performed quite well in my opinion and wouldn't mind another season of this arrangement.
Doing that wouldn't be chaos though so I doubt its in the pipeline.
Once he did, he actually performed quite well in my opinion and wouldn't mind another season of this arrangement.
Doing that wouldn't be chaos though so I doubt its in the pipeline.
Abc_deportes]Gareth Bale is considering negotiating with Real Madrid to terminate his contract, getting a cut of his salary, and then RETIRING after the Euros. Bale wants to be removed from the spotlight and pressure of the football world.
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His passing has been delightful, brilliant vision and weight of passing.
Agreed, usually when people say players only turn up when they feel like it’s usually because the player isn’t good enough. With bale he genuinely can be outstanding when he’s up for it and you can get him involved
Pretty shocked he Baggio'd the pen. Thought he'd have the composure in that situation.
Good performance though. Interesting to see where he goes next season.
Good performance though. Interesting to see where he goes next season.
Wales have achieved so much largely by just giving him the ball
He's still quite good, Ancelotti may take him back.
Yeah he missed the pen. Shit pen. But 2 great assists. First one especially. Should have had more if Ramsey could finish better.
Getting him involved definitely helped improveon the Swiss game. I think Roberts having more license to high and wide right allowed him to move into the more dangerous areas. That and the Turks being oddly stretched out for most of the game.
The pen was dreadful and I think he lost his head for a bit afterwards. Managed to regain his composure at the end though.
I think he’s either gonna retire (because of his cause chaos comments), or head to a weak league with good money. I don’t think he’s up for it mentally to keep playing at the highest level.
It's so strange. I know he's won alot and made alot of money but I do wonder if he'll have regrets when he does hang up his boots.
He would have been brilliant at United. Thought he was tailor made to become the new Giggs.
A different level of class for parts of the game. Like watching a man play vs boys.
Pen aside, mostly a different class. Premier League vs National League
Pen aside, mostly a different class. Premier League vs National League
There is a reason why Mourinho and Zidane didn't play him. Hes gonna fleece Real Madrid again 
Will we now find out what he’s doing next season?
Only for one more season then we are done, besides, he cant be worse than Vinicius and Hazard.There is a reason why Mourinho and Zidane didn't play him. Hes gonna fleece Real Madrid again
"referee applauder"
This 100% sums up my thoughts on him too. Such a decorated career, he’s done fantastic things but I wonder if he won’t look back and think with his talent he could have maybe been in conversations about Messi and Ronaldo or at least the best of the rest.
The best player from Wales at the Euro: am I correct or wrong?
TBF he hasn’t a lot of competition
absolutely wrong, he's had 1 good game and the rest of the games he was beyond bad
Walked out of the interview when asked if he'd played his last game for Wales
Walked away from that question as if anyone outside of Wales gives a shite.
Thanks for the replies.
I have only watched Wales against Italy and Denmark.
Today he seemed to be the most influential player.
He’s played against and with better class players and at times looked amazing. There is no one in the Wales squad that comes close even if his powers are waning
So he basically took a year off at Spurs to arrive fresh at the Euros, to perform well in 1-2 games, and get knocked out. I find it quite funny I have to say.
Totally agree. As a Welshman I wanted him at United badly when he moved to Madrid.
I think he would have been incredible for us.
He’s definitely past his prime now, well past it. But what a player he was in his peak, unplayable in that period.
Thread title is starting to read out like Daenery's Targaryen
So I'm assuming his intention is to basically reject any move and then essentially believe Madrid won't pick him and even better eventually tell he doesn't even have to show up to training.... and without that game time and training, Wales won't - but well why not? - pick him?
Thus - kinda retiring?
Isn't this what Big Philly Jones has done?
Thus - kinda retiring?
Isn't this what Big Philly Jones has done?
People are really unfair to him. He didn't leave angry with the question, he remembered he had a golf tournament in a few hours.
Having the best combover in history of hair should also be in the title. How many even know he's bald?
I could use one of those.
Is he really?
Like a plucked hen.
Why does he just not do a Rooney/Silva/Conte on it? He's got the money.
He may have, the evidence is lacking. That kind of work needs care as you saw with Rooney's rug. Silva spent a full 2 years with prep to get his done. Question is when did Bale get the time to do this? The other two had to shave to get theirs fixed.
Didn‘t actually know that, so that teletubbie thing on his bonce must be there to hide his receding rug?