Bale looked good on the left I thought, better than he does at left back. I really hope we dont give up on him.
yep quality goals and good to see bale doing well
I wonder if the slower speed of the reserve game disproportionately helps those two?
bale is not slow 'slow' but it seems the pace of the prem is a bit much for him (he's not the only one of course)
I dunno - might just be he's had a rough time with injuries and is now on his way back - we'll see
as for bentley - I saw him pre-season v roma and he was 'sensational'
so I jes dunno bout him either
ah well time is the great decider
"free kick. Obviously Szczesnys got his angles worked out, he knew it was going to hit the post so he didn't bother diving"
I think you're well off the mark on Bale, DC Boy. Bale is one of the quickest people at our club (seem to remember one player saying that Lennon and Bale were the two quickest players at Tottenham, might've even been Lennon himself), and Bale certainly didn't look like he was struggling with the pace of the Premiership during his dazzling start to his Spurs career.
IMO, it's purely a case that he's a young player who has gone through/is going through a patch of poor form that happens to 99% of all young players at that stage in their career. His injuries haven't helped matters any, albeit I wouldn't use that as an excuse for his poor form since all players get injuries from time to time. But for me, there's no question that he will make it as a quality Premiership player, either at left-back or at left midfield/wing. I very much hope it's with us, and I think we'd be incredibly short sighted to write Bale's poor 2008/09 season off as a "won't ever really make it" indicator rather than the natural dip in form of a young player I think his campaign has been.
fair enough scat - I just don't think Bale is that fast and the pace of the prem idoes catch him out - i think once he 'gets up a gallop' then he has pace - but the rarely seems to get into that 'gallop' in the prem - post-injuries at least
I did also say 'might just be he's had a rough time with injuries and is now on his way back '
I do remember how exciting he was when he first burst through but I'm talking about the Bale we've seen this season not last season early on
I may be well wrong though - be interesting to see what others think
compare him to BAE - to me BAE sems quicker and less fussed by the pace of the game -
maybe it's more a mental thing and Bale is still adjusting to the pace of the prem - I dunno - as you say I may be well off the mark