Would Harry consider.....

[THOWIG]

Swapping Bale to the right side of midfield or as a right sided forward ala Robben?

With the continual links to the likes of Gervinho, Lavezzi I just wondered if the solution was already there?

 

[steventhfc]

No because he's going to be the Chelsea manager at 7pm this evening, obviously....

 

[Spurger King]

:lol:

 

[WhiteStripe]

Oh fucking great, first our manager leaves, now one of our best players is off too.

 

[Viva la Tottenham]

I think we should've switched our wingers more cutting in onto their stronger foot last season as we never really had an aerial threat for all the crosses we swung in unless you consider Crouch an aerial threat which I don't. I'd much rather have Bale coming inside too shot than swing in cross after cross that nobody even thinks about attacking. Lennon has developed a pretty decent shot too.

 

[Dan Ashcroft]

I like the theory of inverted wingers, but when we tried it earlier this season it was a bit of a disaster. Bale's definitely a touchline player, rather than a cutting in player.

Simpler solution is just to buy a #9 who can get on the end of crosses.

 

[Viva la Tottenham]

I like the theory of inverted wingers, but when we tried it earlier this season it was a bit of a disaster. Bale's definitely a touchline player, rather than a cutting in player.

Simpler solution is just to buy a #9 who can get on the end of crosses.

We tried it at various times during the season and it wasn't a complete disaster. Bale is still a young player and developing his game, all he needs is a chance to learn the position. I see no reason why he couldn't grow into that position and add it to his repertoire. He's a good dribbler, has a great shot and a decent right peg too.

 

[Bill_Oddie]

I like the theory of inverted wingers, but when we tried it earlier this season it was a bit of a disaster. Bale's definitely a touchline player, rather than a cutting in player.

Simpler solution is just to buy a #9 who can get on the end of crosses.

Was about to post similar.

Bale could (and possibly will) become this type of player but let's get him fit and playing to his greatest potential before trying to mess around with his playing style.

I suppose now the "Is he a left back or a left winger" threads have quietened down this kind of suggestion was inevitable, though. :wink:

 

[tobi]

At the moment Bale is not a good dribbler. He needs to improve this part of his game, especially if he is to be played as an inverted winger.

This year his knock the ball on and chase it move has barely worked, if he played on the right what would he do?

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

I thought Bale looked quite good on the right when he came on as sub one game (think it was Wolves?) just after coming back from injury as well.

Same as any situation really he would need regular games in that position to get used to it. You can't throw someone in for 5 minutes here, 6 minutes there and then say "fucking hell, he's shit in that position!"

How is he meant to learn under those circumstances? Bearing in mind he's had 1 full season in our first team - are we expecting miracles?

 

[Viva la Tottenham]

At the moment Bale is not a good dribbler. He needs to improve this part of his game, especially if he is to be played as an inverted winger.

This year his knock the ball on and chase it move has barely worked, if he played on the right what would he do?

develop his dribbling maybe, he's got good ball control and a good first touch

we could do with getting Moniz back to teach him a trick or two, I remember he helped Lennon out a good bit in the dribbling department

 

[Viva la Tottenham]

I thought Bale looked quite good on the right when he came on as sub one game (think it was Wolves?) just after coming back from injury as well.

Same as any situation really he would need regular games in that position to get used to it. You can't throw someone in for 5 minutes here, 6 minutes there and then say "fucking hell, he's shit in that position!"

How is he meant to learn under those circumstances? Bearing in mind he's had 1 full season in our first team - are we expecting miracles?

so true and it happens all the time, instant gratification or he's shit lol

 

[THOWIG]

Was about to post similar.

Bale could (and possibly will) become this type of player but let's get him fit and playing to his greatest potential before trying to mess around with his playing style.

I suppose now the "Is he a left back or a left winger" threads have quietened down this kind of suggestion was inevitable, though. :wink:

No. Personally I don't rate Bale as highly as some
others. He's been found out on the left hand side with his kick and run method. I think at least from the right hand side he would be able
to cut in more and pose more of an all round threat.

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

so true and it happens all the time, instant gratification or he's shit lol

Agreed, that's the nature of the world we live in I suppose. Everything must be right now, or don't bother! :rofl:

Personally I'd like to give Bale time to develop into the player we all know/think he can be. But already (as above) people are saying "he's not as good as everyone thinks"

Why do we do that? Why do we build people up just to knock them down? Rather than encouraging further development?

 

[Viva la Tottenham]

Agreed, that's the nature of the world we live in I suppose. Everything must be right now, or don't bother! :rofl:

Personally I'd like to give Bale time to develop into the player we all know/think he can be. But already (as above) people are saying "he's not as good as everyone thinks"

Why do we do that? Why do we build people up just to knock them down? Rather than encouraging further development?

because we're all abunch of ****s :lol:

 

[Bill_Oddie]

No. Personally I don't rate Bale as highly as some
others. He's been found out on the left hand side with his kick and run method. I think at least from the right hand side he would be able
to cut in more and pose more of an all round threat.

I do think that could be the future but don't agree he's been found out. Or rather, he might have been but he's still good enough to have an impact, even when teams (as they all now do) play deep and double up on him.

Robben is a very good example, to be fair. I'm not sure he could have been as effective playing how he now plays as a younger man at Chelsea. And I think Bale also needs more experience and support to be able to develop into the player you propose.

I'm not really in favour of him cutting in as I like it when he goes past/outside players. His right foot isn't good enough to go outside on his 'wrong' side, hence he would be more predictable even than he may appear now on the left. Cutting in would be his only option.

Hence why he still has a bit to learn. But it'll be interesting to revisit this thread in 2/3 years time as I suspect we'll be seeing a move to the right occur at some point in Bale's career.

 

[THOWIG]

Agreed, that's the nature of the world we live in I suppose. Everything must be right now, or don't bother! :rofl:

Personally I'd like to give Bale time to develop into the player we all know/think he can be. But already (as above) people are saying "he's not as good as everyone thinks"

Why do we do that? Why do we build people up just to knock them down? Rather than encouraging further development?

Because currently he is worth £40+ mil and I think there are better players in his position out there who would be available for a lot less.

I personally think Bale would be fantastic in a midfield 3 and maybe we could develop him there.

 

[whitelightwhiteheat]

Because currently he is worth £40+ mil and I think there are better players in his position out there who would be available for a lot less.

I personally think Bale would be fantastic in a midfield 3 and maybe we could develop him there.

Who says he's worth £40m though?

And whoever is out there who is available for "a lot less" wouldn't really be available to us for a lot less because we don't have to pay for Bale, he's already ours!

Are you suggesting we should cash in on Bale and buy someone who is allegedly better?

Bearing in mind this was Bale's first full season in the Premier League I think he's progressed well. If you take into account he's not gonna do what he did against Inter Milan week in, week out anyway. I think some people expect him to do that every week. Is that possible for any player with the exceptions of maybe Messi and C. Ronaldo?!

 

[Dharmabum]

At the moment Bale is not a good dribbler. He needs to improve this part of his game, especially if he is to be played as an inverted winger.

This year his knock the ball on and chase it move has barely worked, if he played on the right what would he do?

Exactly my thoughts as well (i.e. he's not a great dribbler).
Bale is no Ronaldo nor Robben who are - with Messi - maybe the best dribblers in the game...as well as both have vicicous shoots.

 

[Haaland]

No because he's going to be the Chelsea manager at 7pm this evening, obviously....

Really?