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Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

EQP

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Finding his form at the perfect time. Dream scenario - Bale to start against Brighton, get some minutes off the bench against Chelsea, start again vs West Brom and then possibly start again against Everton in the FA Cup.

 

markdadude

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I'm back again. Hello. I bet you are already reaching for those stupid buttons next to my post because you can't take the truth when pointed out to you by someone like me.

Well, another cowardly performance from our coach. He doesn't put Bale on when Kane is injured at half time? Bringing on Lamela for Kane and Winks for Aurier: in my reckoning two players who have a net position on the pitch further back than those they replaced. Not to mention both were terrible and didn't give the stability he hoped for. Mourinho needs to sort out his continence and have a fucking go.

When Bale does get on he gets 10 minutes, at which point we have already lost. Liverpool just passing it for fun at that stage. All perceived fears that we were dangerous in the 1st half, had faded. Look dangerous, and you get more respect, more time on the ball. The converse is true. As a result we had about 20 touches in the last 10 minutes including Lloris'. Here you go Gareth, throw a bullseye with this single dart... Oh you missed, yeah.... guess you don't really deserve to play then.

Oh wait, so he's no good in training - he's got to earn his place there. 'You don't understand the whole picture, man'. Well, I guess Ledley King would never had been selected then - which is ironic given that he's now on our coaching staff, in training.

Fact is if you can get Bale as good as he can be again, you have a contender for the best player in the league. I'm not saying it would happen, but there is a chance, and to not even try it is pathetic and truly damning on our coach. How many players have you ever seen get better with game time? Countless is the answer if you've watched any football. How high is Bale's ceiling? It's stratospheric. Yeah let's not bother trying though, huh.

You see Bale might have been betrayed by Mourinho( I'm sure Bale didn't imagine this treatment after his phone call with Mou pending his transfer) but he's been betrayed by you, the fans, too... All of you who were so happy to see him 'come home'. Well where the fuck are you now when he needs your help? You should be clamouring to get him on the pitch, but you can't even make a mildly loyal forum post on his behalf. Utterly pathetic from the 'fans' on here too.

This Kane injury, out for a few weeks, might just force Mou's hand but I wouldn't rely on our stupid coach given what we've seen from him so far.

You might think life would be simple being right about everything, but I can tell you it gets tiresome when you see so much misguided opinion in the world. Peace out.
 

danielneeds

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Now that Kane is out... Maybe just maybe give Bale the run of games he needs.
My hope is Jose plays him centrally while Kane's out, he picks up some form and scores a few crucial goals and then Harry's back in a few weeks and we finally get our deadly front three for the business-end of the season. Wishful thinking I know.
 

Gareth88

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Sep 19, 2017
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Im going to keep repeating this and keep getting slaughtered. Bale is a shadow of the player he once was and he is not what we should we looking for when trying to progress.
 

JCRD

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My hope is Jose plays him centrally while Kane's out, he picks up some form and scores a few crucial goals and then Harry's back in a few weeks and we finally get our deadly front three for the business-end of the season. Wishful thinking I know.

He definitely needs to play centrally and Jose uses Bale as he uses Kane - have runners off him and let Bale link play perhaps and play the through balls whilst also having a threat from long range which we know Bale still posses the skill for.
 

teok

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My hope is Jose plays him centrally while Kane's out, he picks up some form and scores a few crucial goals and then Harry's back in a few weeks and we finally get our deadly front three for the business-end of the season. Wishful thinking I know.

 

Erm33

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Well that's clearly bullshit. Watch Bale's first interview I distinctly remember him saying he can play anywhere across the front, left, right or centrally.

And here it is, 8 minutes in....



Just happy to be on the pitch! So he'd clearly do whatever he's asked to do!
 

Japhet

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'Doesn't want to play striker? Well, I don't want to pay him £1,000,000 a month to watch from the sidelines and amble about when he's given a chance. Perhaps Mourinho will remember we got him Vinicius off the top of his list to play striker anyway.
 
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