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Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

Hakkz

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Jul 6, 2012
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Regardless of how Bale plays for us, this move could be invaluable for us as surely Kane will never want to go to Real.

Now just need the same for Barca...

I knew we should have signed Andre Gomes.
 

Jamturk

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Aug 13, 2008
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All the Bale posts but this is one of my favourite memories. My first away game and I got on MOTD



Few observations:

Lovely Kit

That was a pretty good team

Gallas was a great defender

I forgot Defoe was such a legend

Even the highlights were put together better than nowadays
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Nov 15, 2018
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Regardless of how Bale plays for us, this move could be invaluable for us as surely Kane will never want to go to Real.

Now just need the same for Barca...
So what you're saying is we also now need to sign Messi so he can tell Kane how rubbish it is being at Barca? ;)
 

WhiteHeartLowe

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Jul 7, 2004
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Few observations:

Lovely Kit

That was a pretty good team

Gallas was a great defender

I forgot Defoe was such a legend

Even the highlights were put together better than nowadays

I often wonder if Defoe would fit the bill as a back up/additional striker for us now. His performances at Rangers would suggest hes still got it, and I think he would accept being a number two to Kane. Seeing him getting on the end of a Bale through ball would be great!
 

SirHarryHotspur

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Aug 9, 2017
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Sincerely hope Gareth has not lost is touch at free kicks close to goal, maybe my memory is poor but when did we last score from a free kick outside the box.
 

Darth Vega

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Jul 28, 2013
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Sincerely hope Gareth has not lost is touch at free kicks close to goal, maybe my memory is poor but when did we last score from a free kick outside the box.

Eriksen against Norwich last season, I believe, but we haven't had anywhere near the consistency of Bale's free-kicks since he left. There are very few players in the world that can hit the target from a set-piece as well as he did for us.
 

SlotBadger

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Jul 24, 2013
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Sincerely hope Gareth has not lost is touch at free kicks close to goal, maybe my memory is poor but when did we last score from a free kick outside the box.
Probably more recently than from a free-kick inside the box.

P.S. Lamela scored one in pre-season recently but I'd be shocked if Bale isn't taking everything when on the pitch.
 

tiger666

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Jan 4, 2005
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When Bale said he still has his pace

He bulked up a lot when he went to Madrid but he's much slimmer now. I'm hoping he (or the fitness coaches he's been working with at Madrid) have done that specifically to help keep some pace as he ages.
 

degoose

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Jul 3, 2004
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As i said, before we signed Bale (and i really didn't think it would happen) but i've donated a tenner to this lovely site. I've been on this place about 15 years now. You guys all do a great job, Cheers (y)
 

Rooga

Harry Hotspur
Jan 5, 2005
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Few observations:

Lovely Kit

That was a pretty good team

Gallas was a great defender

I forgot Defoe was such a legend

Even the highlights were put together better than nowadays

One more observation, poor old Alex McCarthy in goal again! Good to see he was letting them in against us back then too!
 

DJS

A hoonter must hoont
Dec 9, 2006
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Hey #Zime i normally couldn’t give a flying fig about my posts being rated. But to neg me for bunging in 20 notes to SC coffers is weird. How about you do something more useful by matching or bettering my donation:bored:

You need to put an @ sign in front of his username to tag the filthy blaggard in your post mate ??
 
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