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Gareth Bale
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90291Spur
Paul Walsh
He needs minutes. Can all the top level former pros who post on here please inform us of the challenges of coming back from long term injuries and recovering mentally from the treatment he got at Madrid.
MKSpur
Christian Ziege
Yeah I felt he was phoning it in at first but he got into good positions, took his goal well and gradually got better and more direct the more he got the ball. It’s just hard to see where he’d get a run of games with the defensive work required in our set up unless he has a Pav esq impact from the bench.
Certainly not that person, but I think it's confidence in his body on top of the obvious on field fitness, letting the instinct kick in
I think Jose has to take a gamble, give him a start (say Sunday), see how much he affects the game, no question the opposition will sit back, play to counter the threat, that may give Kane/Son more space/options.
Pirate55
The Last Man Standing 17/18
Agreed . On the bench against Liverpool - and looking to give him 30 minutes if we need a goal. And start on Sunday
DeanoAustin
Jimmy McCormick
I thought he was our best player today and voted him MOTM. Looked to have flashes of what we thought we brought back. It was poor opposition but his performance was a massive improvement.
The only issue I have is his role in their goal. He’s strolling back when we were stretched. Jose won’t be impressed with that and won’t trust him for a PL game if he won’t work back.
The only issue I have is his role in their goal. He’s strolling back when we were stretched. Jose won’t be impressed with that and won’t trust him for a PL game if he won’t work back.
Briddo1882
Erik Edman
I thought he played very well last night and it was good to see him really get involved and try to take the game to the opposition - and I think Wycombe,
Although lacking the obvious talent we had battled and made it a physical game. A good 90mins from him and hopefully he’ll get some decent game time in the Prem. i would love to see that front three of Son, Kane and an inform Bale - we know what he is capable of
Although lacking the obvious talent we had battled and made it a physical game. A good 90mins from him and hopefully he’ll get some decent game time in the Prem. i would love to see that front three of Son, Kane and an inform Bale - we know what he is capable of
Legohamster
Ian Walker
He was better than previous games , but I agree with this.
Seems a lot of OTT reaction over him against a team bottom of the championship
ShipOfTheseus
Clint Dempsey
+1 sadly.
StephenH
David Ginola
I'm comparing resent games not him against ANY player.
Gazza
Frederic Kanoute
You don't need to compare him he was slightly better than average.
My point is that he is being lauded by some but lucas not getting the same rose tints appraisal.
Nobody is going over the top about him or saying that he is looking like the Bale that left for Madrid.
He is getting nothing like the praise that Ndombele is rightly getting.
All that is being said is that there has been an improvement and that he looked like he was using his burst of
speed which he hasn't been doing previously. You can be happy to see progress without thinking he's back
to his best.
He is getting nothing like the praise that Ndombele is rightly getting.
All that is being said is that there has been an improvement and that he looked like he was using his burst of
speed which he hasn't been doing previously. You can be happy to see progress without thinking he's back
to his best.
I dont think anyone said he was exceptional did they? Lucas got a lot of praise in the match thread (one of his best games in a long time) and was on the MOTM poll
I'm not sure that it needs to be a Bale vs Moura thing either. I dont see a problem with commenting on a player without having to compare him to others. The over-riding point about the comments on Bale in the last 12+ hours is that he's been very poor since he returned but last night he actually looked a threat and might have a future with us
Yiddo
Jack Jull
I think the point people are making is that in other games against similar or worse opposition he didn’t seem bothered and the work rate wasn’t there but in the match last night he looked better and looked as though he was actually bothered, which is a positive. Its not ability he is lacking it is willingness and confidence and he showed glimpses of it last night.
This, people need to look at that performance carefully
- He was in the right positions to be a threat a lot (could have scored 4 goals)
- He did score at a very important point in the game (he has a habit of doing that, that is something special)
- He went past his man easily, multiple times (again, that is a special skill)
- The change of acceleration (if not outright pace) was there on show
75% of Bale is a big game/match winner, and that is worth waiting on
Said it earlier, wouldn't play him against Pool but I'd certainly give him a run on Sunday if it was up to me.
metalgear
Luka Modric
Still lots of matches to go this season. Patience... And a little faith in the manager?
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FatBloke
Niko Kranjcar
Sounds reasonable. Despite the lack of training time, Wycombe would have been well-rested and geared up to give it their best last night. That means running hard, tackling hard, and generally making a nuisance of themselves. I couldn't watch the match but, if Bale seemed generally up for it, that's a good sign. He needs confidence, in his fitness as well as his ability, and it takes a few matches to convince your brain that you can go into 50:50's, go toe-to-toe with that hulking defender, etc.
More pitch time for Bale means a bit of a rest for Sonny, Kane and Bergwijn. Even if they've got to come on at half time to rescue a game, I'd hope that it works out well in the long run.
