The free-role works so well because the player has received better coaching, the team works harder for each other and also works hard to give Bale an extra yard of space to move into. I know there are VDV acolytes here, but honestly, Bale would not have the space to step into if he was here! The player has improved a lot, the coaching has been top-notch, the team mentality is better than ever and the benefits are there for all to see. It is the reason I think if we do confirm CL (especially in 3rd) he could well stay another season or so providing we can stump up the cash. BTW, how happy would be if the money we didn't spend on, say, a Negredo went to keeping Bale?!!!
Did anyone imagine this kind of stuff when he was losing every game he played in with us? When he was an unreliable, injury-prone, cavalier left-back all those years ago.
Thank you, everyone who got him playing this way.
Gareth Bale has also equalled the most Premier League goals by a Welsh player in a single season - he has 15 now, level with Mark Hughes (1992-93), Dean Saunders (1994-95) and John Hartson (1997-98).
The free-role works so well because the player has received better coaching, the team works harder for each other and also works hard to give Bale an extra yard of space to move into. I know there are VDV acolytes here, but honestly, Bale would not have the space to step into if he was here! The player has improved a lot, the coaching has been top-notch, the team mentality is better than ever and the benefits are there for all to see. It is the reason I think if we do confirm CL (especially in 3rd) he could well stay another season or so providing we can stump up the cash. BTW, how happy would be if the money we didn't spend on, say, a Negredo went to keeping Bale?!!!
Ell-Oh-Ell at that Redcafe thread saying they'd pick Wheelchair over Bale.
i dont think so, i think he is the same player as last season only that the entire team is playing with more confidence and as such still playing their game ..which allows bale to do his thing
and the VDV thing is also true as well in that he was like a big beacon to attract the ball away from players and from players.
but the coaching thing as the predominant thing IMO is dead wrong. the only thing different is that bale is occupying FULL time through the middle where as last season he had the wing and the middle.
funny enough people hated it