Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

[nailsy]

I don't know, maybe? Can you honestly say (don't want to assume you were watching or whatever) that Bale looked bothered when he came off?

He ran around and offered very little (imo)

No, he didn't, but if it was agreed before the game why would he?

I thought he was disappointing today, but no worse than most of the other players. If this was his big chance he really didn't take it.

 

[wirE]

Not a good performance tonight. Not fighting enough to win the ball and easily looses the ball. Jogging.

 

[nailsy]

I may be wrong but I remember the ITK at the time saying as long as the deal didn't scupper his main targets then he'd take Bale but it was always being driven by Levy

I don't remember that, but you could well be right. I know Jose tried to sign him a few times, including at Man United so he's obviously a player that he liked in the past.

 

[agrdavidsfan]

Needs an arm around him mentally he looks shot, he doesn’t trust himself but I just think he needs one moment and one moment only and we will see

 

[handsomecake]

its been a tragic project thus far.

 

[SargeantMeatCurtains]

He’s total shit. Gets paid over half a million a week and can’t even break a sweat.

One of the worst things Levy has done at this club.

 

[anydange]

Got absolutely slaughtered on here a few weeks ago suggesting he'd lost even though he played 'well' against Wycombe. Fucking Wycombe.

Sentiment got the best of everyone and we are literally paying for it.

 

[spursfan77]

He’s finished isn’t he. Damn.

 

[jurgen]

It doesn't look great at all, like the rest of the team a minor positive moment is followed by a quick and sharp regression.

Part of me does wonder what he'd look like with a manager who coached any form of attacking structure beyond hoofball or relying on our two best players to sort it out themselves. But it's not to be.

 

[Zippy1980]

Needs an arm around him mentally he looks shot, he doesn’t trust himself but I just think he needs one moment and one moment only and we will see

Needs a kick up the arse rather than ‘an arm around him’.

 

[topper]

Needs an arm around him mentally he looks shot, he doesn’t trust himself but I just think he needs one moment and one moment only and we will see

Anyone got Harry Redknapp's number?

 

[BringBack_leGin]

He was awful tonight.

A notch better than Son or Bergwijn, so I imagine a waltz into their threads will reveal similar damnation, but awful nonetheless

 

[handsomecake]

levy must be sick handing over all that cash each week for this.

 

[Dr Benson]

Year after year, transfer window after transfer window me myself and many of us dreamt and hoped for a Bale return. “It’s not likely. It’s not gonna happen” many said. But, it certainly suddenly happened. Be careful for what you wish for.. He’s shit. Real Madrid knew exactly what they did when they offloaded him. What were we hoping and dreaming for all those years? An illusion from the past.

 

[maltahotspur]

Bale always had speed as his main asset, he has completely lost that now. Regretfully for himself and more so for us, we need to move on and refrain from expecting any performances out of him anymore.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

He's finished at this level. He looks like he's playing out his final days and doesn't want to risk an injury that stops him being able to play golf. I so wanted it to work but its never going to happen.

 

[agrdavidsfan]

I actually think we should play him as a false 9

 

[topper]

I actually think we should play him as a false 9

You mean rather than a false footballer?

 

[DanNolan]

atm hes playing as a false top footballer so maybe a false 9 could work.
In all honesty im gutted was so happy he came back but hes just so stiff, theres no sharpness or agility, he struggles to move in any way other than straight lines. He's shot i think ive just about given up. Ill never blae him, but makes you wonder who signs these decisions off as surely it wouldve been obvious in the first training sessions?

 

[Shadydan]

Got absolutely slaughtered on here a few weeks ago suggesting he'd lost even though he played 'well' against Wycombe. Fucking Wycombe.

Sentiment got the best of everyone and we are literally paying for it.

Got slaughtered on here in his first match when I dared to say he looked poor.