Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

[daveduvet]

God, even Beckham is/was better than Gazza

We’re gonna clash Rob. Gazza was a one off; Beckham was a very good robot. (Onions)

 

[NHAndy]

If he's going to be "fit by the international break" time-frame is he going to be allowed to play for Wales before he's even played for us? Wales have 3 games then...

 

[samsonlevi]

Love how surprised and happy he is to be number 9. Also the buz of Reguilon at seeing his spurs shirt for the first time ?

 

[Hoddle&Waddle]

No he wasn't. And no he isn't.

Best of his generation for sure.

 

[Rob]

We’re gonna clash Rob. Gazza was a one off; Beckham was a very good robot. (Onions)

I mean, Hoddle is WAY above them all and it's not even in question.

 

[daveduvet]

I mean, Hoddle is WAY above them all and it's not even in question.

Thank you for conceding ?
Edit. In my wife’s words my passive aggressive nature exudes

 

[doctor stefan Freud]

The more I see of that third kit, the more I like it.

The third kit is exceptional- it’s my favourite in years

 

[13VanDerBale13]

He keeps saying I can’t believe I’m #9, almost as if he never chose it himself

 

[daveduvet]

The third kit is exceptional- it’s my favourite in years

Doc, you’re way too observant. I didn’t even notice a kit difference...; that’s why you attended medical school and I didn’t....

 

[McFlash]

I'm Katie Price without the massive tits

You're probably too young to know but Katie Price before the massive tits was actually pretty fit.
A lot better than the pneumatic freak she turned into. Google her early pics. ?

 

[Spurs 1961]

I mean, Hoddle is WAY above them all and it's not even in question.

No way. Gazza was more in the George Best class. Hoddle was excellent when alongside the great Ardiles but he never dominated games the way Gazza could

 

[Khilari]

Kane and A Bale.

(Geddit? Biblical ref? Ok. Sorry.)

 

[rez9000]

I'm not a fan of locking any threads. I get why we need to do it in the ITK thread esle it's chaos but I even dislike doing it there. I don't think there's a good reason to lock something just because it's busy. That's basically the point of the site, to be as busy as possible.

The alternative though is that we're stricter with bans/warnings which I'm also not keen on.

And to give you and the rest of the SC staff credit, it's not a common occurrence - outside of the ITK threads it's only when a thread descends into argy-bargy that can see it get locked down and usually it's to give people a chance to cool off.

 

[Wizzy77]

I mean, Hoddle is WAY above them all and it's not even in question.

I'm curious to put things into prospective how good prime Glenn Hoddle is, how much would u reckon a prime Glenn would fetch in the current market?

 

[Meercat]

I mean, Hoddle is WAY above them all and it's not even in question.

I think it’s a generational thing (to a degree) those of us of an age who saw Hoddle week on week out unpicking defences, playing these pin point 70 yard balls, etc really know he was something else. Gazza was great, but when we signed him he was more of a precocious talent (I was in the Gallowgate end for the return to St James’s when the crowd through Mars Bars at him. We were losing, he picked up a mars, opened it, too a bite, then took the corner and Terry Fenwick swept it in... Glorious moment amid the absolute shit and monkey chants Mitchell Thomas and Ruel Fox were getting) but when we signed him, hand on heart I though Paul Stewart was going to be the more important signing. I’d watched Gazza for a couple of years as I was doing my degree in Newcastle and it was a quid to get in cup matches and 2.50-4.00 to get in to the First Division games and you could see he was special but not Hoddle special back then.

 

[Living Legend Colm G]

I'm Katie Price without the massive tits

I'm Katie Price with the massive tits unfortunately.

 

[daveduvet]

No way. Gazza was more in the George Best class. Hoddle was excellent when alongside the great Ardiles but he never dominated games the way Gazza could

T r y i n g h a r d t o k e e p m y l o v e o f
H o d d l e i n c h e c k

 

[samsonlevi]

I imagine that following this announcement the conversations with other potential signings (for example a ST) is suddenly a little easier in terms of selling the dream of playing for spurs.

 

[Gassin's finest]

He really can't believe he's no.9.

 

[DaleMurphy]

That’s great he’s the one that leaked the shirt pic