Oooh! Petro Dollars Buys EPL, UEFA & FIFA.. But Can't Buy Youuu! Hey Jude! Bellingham Thread

Bale saw it is “playing the game”. Bellingham comes across as very genuine.

This was never about ability or what he has won either. Right now Bellingham is loved by the fans more than Bale ever was at any point during his Madrid playing days. I don’t think it’s unfair to say Bellingham could teach Bale a thing or two about how to endear yourself to the fans.

 

Football here was a 9-5 job for Bale. There's nothing wrong with that, not everyone is hardwired and psychotic about winning like Sergio Ramos, Ronaldo, Jude etc

These personalities exist in every workplace.

 

I don’t remember him saying he didn’t want to be endeared? I remember he had a problem when fans vocally expressed they didn’t actually appreciate him not putting in more effort.

Also you’re missing a big part of why he was treated like he was. It wasn’t that he just treated it like work and out of nowhere was booed. He actively showed everyone that he didn’t consider Madrid as that important to him, with his wales golf Madrid flag.

I don’t know what all that stuff about throwing rocks at players is about though, nothing to do with what I was talking about.

 

Which begs the question, why was he interested in playing for Madrid?

 

The discussion should be about whether Bellingham could show Bale how he might endear himself to fans a bit more. You took the discussion somewhere else as if we are comparing their achievements.

 

I'm just curious what was Bale's motivation in joining and staying at the club.

He doesn't strike as the kind of character that would enjoy what comes with the playing for Madrid.

 

He was doing more than just great until aftee rhe cardiff final. After that, and getting his renewal, for me at least it seemed, the club wanted him to take over the ronaldo role (he wanted that as well) but then he started to get injured and realized he was never gonna fill that role, he stoppes giving af to a point where he was no loger just being only profesional and not emotinal, but became unprofesional and started to hinder the club with his non field antics.

Lol, what bellingham is doing off field to endear himself to fans is the easiest shit to do in the world. Yoy just have to be a well educated, rational, sentitive, ambitious smart young man. If you combine that with a goal a game for his first 15 games... but thats the hard thing.

I had been a waiter all last year snd was averaging 25% tip in cabos. All I had to do was be a well educated, rational, sensitive, ambitious, smart young man, and i had people floored. Its easy to do but almost nobody does it.

 

Basically I’m saying I much prefer how Bellingham is going about things than Bale. Bales actual advice was “play the game” with the media and fans. Bellingham hasn’t done any of that, he has been himself and shown a lot more respect and professionalism to the club. It’s that simple really.

I’ve not mentioned Spain being racist so I don’t know where you got that from.

 

So considering all of that, what would you say Bellingham done differently to Bale that has made the fans love him more than they ever did Gareth?

 

I'm not comparing. I'm trying to understand Bale's motivations of going to Madrid.

 

This is what it seemed like to me as well.

I don't remember his form being great to begin with post-Ronaldo but injuries made it impossible for him to prove himself. But he did want to prove himself. It was just those last couple of years that were a PR problem (and the Bernabeu still cheered him on).

 

Yep things can change, doesn’t really have much to do with my point though. If you can’t see that Bellingham has done things drastically differently to Bale then I don’t know what to say.

 

He has shown a lot of maturity today. Vini would have continued arguing with the referee until the end of the game.

 

Gareth was fine as long as he played well, and I wasn’t his biggest fan, but a few months in I can’t think of a single thing, in comparison, that Jude has done differently to Gareth at this same stage of their time at Madrid, way too early, as noted already a few months into his career with Madrid Gareth was loved as well, in the future, possibly, considering how things deteriorated with Gareth, but right now I see no difference, but, that’s just my opinion.

 

🗣️ Jude Bellingham: “I put my efforts and a fierce commitment to improve myself with the work, but the merit is for Mr. Ancelotti who found the right position for me and gave me more freedom on the pitch.” pic.twitter.com/GTPsZUlTTd

— Madrid Xtra (@MadridXtra) December 4, 2023

 

Perhaps maybe Jude has shown more effort in learning Spanish and is being more social with his teammates.

 

If only we had an elite tactical manager.

 

So how did Kroos and Modric socialize differently than Bale?