yeah but he’s refused to leave since then has he not? The whole Wales golf Madrid thing didn’t help him either. It’s lovely to see him stick it to them thoughHe did try to leave and Madrid blocked the move
in June 2019 Barnett said "There is a better chance of me winning at Ascot than of Gareth going out on loan."
Yes, his legacy has been a bit tarnished from spending too much time. I think that if he had learned Spanish, given interviews pointing to the press and in general, being closer to the fan, we would understand him better.
Thank you for being the first person here with a reasonable response
I guess we can ask them directly. @SadlerMUFC do you think that Bale is a better player overall than Zidane, Figo or Ronaldo?
My exact words were he was better for Madrid than they were
Jesus
I agree. Bale is several levels below.
Figo was very good and his career was very rich and long, but I think that if you watch a good video of both of them, with their best plays there wouldn't be that much difference
Do you really think Bale would have turned his back on Madrid had the fans not turned their back on him first? I don't blame him for doing what he's doing. He gave his everything for the club and was never truly appreciated. So he said "f*ck it. If you guys are going to treat me like that then I'm going to sit back and collect a pay check". Their supporters are even worse than ours. Ok, maybe not that bad...
Feeling appreciated or not is irrelevant (And before the golf flag it is not that he was booed weekly, far from it)
I wouldn't blame Maguire if he did. The abuse he receives from rivals is one thing (Engalnd game today) but from his own supporters is absolutely disgusting
The thing is, Bale wasn’t specially abused by Real fans; they abused all of their great players as they’re probably the most demanding fan base in the world. Even the likes of Ronaldo who did 10 times more for them than Bale could ever dream of doing was regularly booed. Why didn’t Ronaldo basically say “f’ck you” to them too when he probably had more reason to after all he did? Instead, he did the opposite and was even more pivotal for the club and brought more success.
Definitely a better player than Figo, better than Ronaldo over the long term but Ronaldo had a better peak, Zidane had a better overall career but Bale was a better player for Madrid...
So do you think that Bale or Zidane was a better player overall?
So because others acted different he's supposed to too?
He has chosen to emulate his hero. Winston Bogarde.yeah but he’s refused to leave since then has he not? The whole Wales golf Madrid thing didn’t help him either. It’s lovely to see him stick it to them though
I think Zidane was a better player overall and had a better career but Bale did more for Madrid than he did
Again with the Bogarde reference. Did Winston play 256 games for Chelsea and win 14 major trophies, scoring match winning goals in finals? Please wind your neck in and go back to worrying about how your club is going to win things now they can't cheat the system anymore.
Revisionist history as its finest.
I think we're all mostly surprised about his longevity. We can't be that shocked about his level though, right? He was already good in the supporting role, he's just been given the focus in the attack now (I assume as such, I don't watch Madrid). If his last season was as average as you say it was, maybe you're right though.
Bale is no competition for the 4th top scorer in the history of the UCL and 3rd top scorer in the history of Real Madrid, which most these goals were scored playing as second fiddle to Ronaldo, no as main striker.
Best british player of the modern era without a doubt
Not better than Rooney. No way.
Very clearly better than Rooney
That is not what you were supposed to answer!
Even if you believe he's better, which is understandable, it's definitely not "clearly".
When someone made the point that he thought most people would pick Bale over Rooney, you replied with
You’ve literally just stated that nobody would pick Bale, and went on a rant about Spurs (the rant was kinda funny tbf). So I’m not sure how you can have a problem with Giorno’s phrasing “clearly”, outside of the problem being he didn’t pick Rooney.
Yeah to be honest I'm really surprised anyone would pick Bale (when I first posted that, a week ago, I just couldn't believe it would be a possibility than anyone other than Spurs or Welsh fans would choose him), but reading this over the past 7 days, I've been educated in that it's not as clear cut as I would have thought. I genuinely believe it's not much of a contest on the basis of their overall careers, and my post did start with "I don't think anyone would", I was wrong
I don't know how split it would be if there were to be a poll where no Utd, Spurs, Wales or Real fans would vote, but maybe I would be surprised! That's fair, and I think your original assertion would be right if a poll was done in the way you've outlined, I'm pretty confident on that.Yeah to be honest I'm really surprised anyone would pick Bale (when I first posted that, a week ago, I just couldn't believe it would be a possibility than anyone other than Spurs or Welsh fans would choose him), but reading this over the past 7 days, I've been educated in that it's not as clear cut as I would have thought. I genuinely believe it's not much of a contest on the basis of their overall careers, and my post did start with "I don't think anyone would", I was wrong
I however don't get the "rant" part, as I explained to the Tottenham fan who also highlighted it. For me it's just a straightforward, objective comment, but whatever.
No one in this thread is saying Bale is a better player then Zidane.
Exactly , there's just been a hysterical overreaction to a guy saying that he thought that Bale was better for MADRID than the Galacticos.
