Glass Dragons Still Breathe Fire - The Gareth Bale Thread

He isn’t gonna do sh*t, it’s best for him to ride the bench and not be involved

 

That maybe true but he will play again, all things considered he’s been given more than a fair chance to showcase any remaining ability with the minutes he keeps being given which he doesn’t deserve.

Whilst players like Brahim Díaz who has looked very lively sit it out.

 

Fair enough, but what has he done wrong? He always plays on the right wing and he simply does not have the ability to play there any more. All he does is turn back on his left foot and out in a cross. The club made the decision to extend his contract when he was obviously on the decline, thinking that a Premier League team will be stupid enough to make a major bid for him, and we've been trying to get him out since.

He's won all that needs to be won and scored significant goals doing so. He has no motivation to move on or prove himself to a club that has not been kind to him. As mentioned previously, he's to blame also but the club definitely should have managed the situation better.

 

Its a shame they are not talking about him in the English media, thinking its all Zidane's fault.
He has a bad attitude don't care if he don't play just wants the money very sad for a player, even Ronaldo wouldn't just sit around on the bench.

https://www.football-espana.net/2020/06/22/jorge-valdano-zidane-has-made-his-mind-up-on-gareth-bale

 

Real Madrid hasn’t been kind to him!?

What in gods name are you talking about!? Nonsense!!!

 

who cares. this site doesn't even have the La Liga table right...

 

Its not about the site, Jorge Valdano was discussing him on Spanish TV, not sure if you get this in the states or asia?

 

Just give him for free to some english team or pay off his contract and release him.
It is a disgrace that he is still playing for Real Madrid in 2020.

 

Send this guy to China please.

 

Gareth Bale against Mallorca made more recoveries -7- than Ramos,Mendy and Carvajal.

 

I kept saying in the match thread that he did well in defense. Offensively he just isn't clicking with the team.

 

Certainly did not look like it

 

Bale has more red cards than Ramos this season.

 

Bale's case goes beyond any numbers. It's crystal clear how disconnected he is from the team/matches. Time to move on.

 

This shows how stupid statistics are sometimes.

 

Yeah, he seems like an OK dude, but I was talking about his on-pitch business.

 

How many of those recoveries did he hand right back to Mallorca on his next touch or pass?

 

I kind of am curious to see how he would do up top in the middle and give Benz some rest. Maybe Vini or Hazard on the left and Asensio on the right? Physically Bale is strong enough to compete with any defence, maybe he would perform better there? Benzema needs rest too and I'd go with Bale over Mariano possibly in the middle of the attack.

 

There was a time where I was curious if we should try that.

Not anymore though. He's completely checked out from playing, and not just for this team.

 

The problem is he don't want to leave no matter what even after Zidane insulted him to ******** off last year. The only thing we can do is not pick him on match day squads, it costs money but oh well. We gain nothing whenever he plays, in fact its almost like playing with 10 men.

 

He pisses me off at times but I think the fans have no reason to be mean to him anymore. All cards are on the table, he's not interested in playing football and we have no use for him anymore. We made a mistake by extending his contract and now we have to deal with it. But none of that changes the fact that he has helped the club win the most important competitions there are, and for that he deserves respect.

If he was just a little bit more focused he could still be a decent player to have on the squad, but yeah, the dude has checked out mentally and in his mind, he has already retired.

The saddest part for me is his age, he's just 30 (31 in July)!