Real bid 85 Million For Bale

of course hes not mud....

its complete madness

Never in my life have I seen such a limited football player attract so much attention.

SKY and the prem don't half hype players.

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I wouldnt describe bale as a limited football player but he certainly isnt the best player in the world which by default this transfer fee would make him....

comment by Greatteamswinit4times (U6008)
posted 7 minutes ago
Out of interest, Gould you list bales limitations.
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Sure

- no right foot
- no trickery on the ball
- poor passing range and game
- mediocre performances against decent to quality right backs
- selfish
- solely reliant on pace and power
- diving

Off the top of my head

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agreed vik but even in this current climate of over valued players this bale valuation is off the richter scale. Hes won fach all with spurs and has only 1 season of cl football under his belt. Its completely nuts...

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1) Scored plenty with his right foot
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Absolute Rubbish. Ok, he is no Overmars but there isn't enough evidence out there to dispel this

2) No trickery on the ball? Absolute rubbish. Ok, he is no Ronaldo but as much evidence as you like is out there to dispel this.
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Bale's one and only trick is kick the ball and try to outpace the defender, nothing else.

3) Poor passing range? He often receives the ball in the final third. What range do you want to see? Him pinging 50 yard passes back to his CB? His assists ratio isn't great, neither is Ronaldo's.
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Yes and his short passing game to his colleague in the final third is poor, his assists return is also poor because he's too selfish. You are right, he's definitely no Ronaldo


4) Name me 5 full backs that have been comfortable against him.
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Rafael, Ferreira, Sagna, Azpilicueta, Zabaleta, Richards, feck it, most defenders in the top 12


5) Pace and power is his main strength. He goes past people as though they're not there. You act like it is a bad thing.
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It is when that is the only thing you have going for you when you come up against equally pacy defenders as seen above.

6) Yep, he dives. Big deal.
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You said things that were limitations, the diving has prevented him getting pens and freekicks. Isn't that a limitation?

I see you've bought into the SKY hype