Gareth Bale

[kremlyn]

If there is an award at the end of each window for the thread that attracts the most infantile and deluded posters, this one has already won.

He is too expensive under any probable deal conditions
He does not have the off-the-ball work ethic of a Poch player
He is too old to adopt a totally new ethos
He has no resale value
He would probably see it as a backward step and be de-motivated
He would be injured for the season after just one Poch double training session.

Every time one of you says, "but we'd have a world class partnership up front with Bale and Kane" are willfully ignoring what got us where we are today and what got Kane where he is - hard work and a phenomenal ethos, neither of which Bale can give us.

Buying Bale is the same as pressing the self-destruct button on the Poch era. Please explain how it is not?

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

If there is an award at the end of each window for the thread that attracts the most infantile and deluded posters, this one has already won.

He is too expensive under any probable deal conditions
He does not have the off-the-ball work ethic of a Poch player
He is too old to adopt a totally new ethos
He has no resale value
He would probably see it as a backward step and be de-motivated
He would be injured for the season after just one Poch double training session.

Every time one of you says, "but we'd have a world class partnership up front with Bale and Kane" are willfully ignoring what got us where we are today and what got Kane where he is - hard work and a phenomenal ethos, neither of which Bale can give us.

Buying Bale is the same as pressing the self-destruct button on the Poch era. Please explain how it is not?

Please explain? You expect anyone disagreeing with you to indulge this bollocks after you’ve called them infantile and deluded? I’m not sure anyone could come across as further up themselves with an opinion. Real poor choice of words there.

I’m off to watch Spongebob and a couple of episodes of Playschool. Transfer window? Fingers crossed for the round window.

 

[rawhide]

If there is an award at the end of each window for the thread that attracts the most infantile and deluded posters, this one has already won.

He is too expensive under any probable deal conditions
He does not have the off-the-ball work ethic of a Poch player
He is too old to adopt a totally new ethos
He has no resale value
He would probably see it as a backward step and be de-motivated
He would be injured for the season after just one Poch double training session.

Every time one of you says, "but we'd have a world class partnership up front with Bale and Kane" are willfully ignoring what got us where we are today and what got Kane where he is - hard work and a phenomenal ethos, neither of which Bale can give us.

Buying Bale is the same as pressing the self-destruct button on the Poch era. Please explain how it is not?

If there’s an award for the most pompous comment, this would be in with a good shout.

If he’s too expensive, we won’t sign him. If Madrid want rid, he might be affordable - you don’t know either way.
Have you seen him play for Wales? He has the work ethic, and can buy into the ethos.
Resale is a moot point, depending on what we pay. We might even get a loan.
4 Champions League titles suggest anywhere is a step down, but we are a team on the rise. Once again, the motivation issues is covered by his attitude for Wales.
Your statement about the training session is just childish with no basis in fact.

 

[Jonboy]

Please explain? You expect anyone disagreeing with you to indulge this bollocks after you’ve called them infantile and deluded? I’m not sure anyone could come across as further up themselves with an opinion. Real poor choice of words there.

I’m off to watch Spongebob and a couple of episodes of Playschool. Fingers crossed for the round window.

Shit, I forgot playschool is on

There is always one chopper who doesn't like a joke

 

[Gassin's finest]

Shit, I forgot playschool is on

Playschool hasn't been on for about 40 years grandad...

 

[kremlyn]

Please explain? You expect anyone disagreeing with you to indulge this bollocks after you’ve called them infantile and deluded? I’m not sure anyone could come across as further up themselves with an opinion. Real poor choice of words there.

I’m off to watch Spongebob and a couple of episodes of Playschool. Fingers crossed for the round window.

You're right. I set out to kill this thread with no regard for people's feelings.

I think I've just realised something. Getting frustrated at puerile fantasy is the alternative by-product of indulging in a social media platform that centres on something over which you have no control; the other being drawn into puerile fantasy.

I don't expect people to indulge this bollocks because people are here to indulge in bollocks and I'm being a kiljoy.

I'll leave you all to it.

 

[WiganSpur]

He's 29, are we really writing players of 29 off as too old now? I know Bale has blistering pace but unlike many players with pace that is only part of him, he has so much more that he'd be a great player without the pace.

Not on what would be a sizeable contract with mega wages. 2 year loan would be perfect

 

[Spurrific]

If there is an award at the end of each window for the thread that attracts the most infantile and deluded posters, this one has already won.

He is too expensive under any probable deal conditions
He does not have the off-the-ball work ethic of a Poch player
He is too old to adopt a totally new ethos
He has no resale value
He would probably see it as a backward step and be de-motivated
He would be injured for the season after just one Poch double training session.

Every time one of you says, "but we'd have a world class partnership up front with Bale and Kane" are willfully ignoring what got us where we are today and what got Kane where he is - hard work and a phenomenal ethos, neither of which Bale can give us.

Buying Bale is the same as pressing the self-destruct button on the Poch era. Please explain how it is not?

So funny that you think you've made a great, "killer" post, but it's just littered with dog-shit. Like my screen actually stinks whilst your post is on it. You've somehow made the Internet smell.

I feel like I should say congrats?

 

[CoopsieDeadpool]

You're right. I set out to kill this thread with no regard for people's feelings.

I think I've just realised something. Getting frustrated at puerile fantasy is the alternative by-product of indulging in a social media platform that centres on something over which you have no control; the other being drawn into puerile fantasy.

I don't expect people to indulge this bollocks because people are here to indulge in bollocks and I'm being a kiljoy.

I'll leave you all to it.

 

[Norvern Munkey]

is that a no then?

 

[Jonboy]

Playschool hasn't been on for about 40 years grandad...

No worries, I will watch my boxset

 

[Houdini]

Playschool hasn't been on for about 40 years grandad...

31 years, you fibber!

 

[Gassin's finest]

31 years, you fibber!

I don't want to ask how you know that so accurately...

 

[Danfunkel]

Needs to weigh up his desire for money versus wanting to win the Premier League. Winning the PL is a massive thing for any player, especially someone who’s already got the CL under his belt.

He’ll be back in England, for sure.

 

[KILLA_SIN]

Pretty sure Pogba left Juve for Utd when they were in the Europa.

Man Utd is still Man Utd.

Pogba demonstrates how ambitious he is on the pitch every week

 

[Klinsmannesque]

Debatable if he is done injury wise. He is still a commanding presence. But in 2 years he’ll be back with the carthorses. Sad what age does to you.

They have a team of mega galacticos all reaching their use by dates at the same time. They squeezed value out of Ronaldo but his legs are going followed by the likes of Marcelo, Modric, Benzema, Kroos, Romero all in that 29-30+ age group. Yesterday’s men taking one last look before they exit.

That’s a fucking expensive bunch to replace even for Real. Jovic is no Ronaldo. Isco is no Modric in his prime. Welcome back to earth you ****s! LOL.

Happens to most teams that operate that way, very difficult for sustained success without taking a step back from the very top for a few years - look at Barca in the CL, Real now and in La Liga, Chelsea etc. Makes what Alex Ferguson did at United so impressive, always challenged the toughest league in the world for 20 years.

 

[JamieSpursCommunityUser]

If there is an award at the end of each window for the thread that attracts the most infantile and deluded posters, this one has already won.

Every time one of you says, "but we'd have a world class partnership up front with Bale and Kane" are willfully ignoring what got us where we are today and what got Kane where he is - hard work and a phenomenal ethos, neither of which Bale can give us.

Buying Bale is the same as pressing the self-destruct button on the Poch era. Please explain how it is not?

Since I'm feeling particularly infantile and deluded today, I'll take this on.

He is too expensive under any probable deal conditions
Nobody knows what Real's bottom line is yet, and nobody is advocating we pay him £600k p/w. Levy obviously wouldn't go toe to toe with PSG or United.

He does not have the off-the-ball work ethic of a Poch player
Maybe, but we don't really know since he's not been asked to play in a pressing team. I imagine Bale has seen Spurs play on TV and he and Poch would discuss this. Similarly to the conversations we assume took place with Martial.

He is too old to adopt a totally new ethos
Moussa Sissoko says hi.

He has no resale value
Has Levy personally asked you to pitch in for his wages or something? The cad! Do we want to win the PL one day, or the net spend cup? We've not won the former for 58 years, we win the latter every summer as the most profitable club in the world with 1 league cup to its name since the 90s.

He would probably see it as a backward step and be de-motivated?
Idle speculation, based on a media narrative. I'd buy the media narrative that it takes a phenomenally motivated and focussed athlete to hit his levels, despite the negative environment he's immersed in. Imagine if his fans actually supported him, you'd think he'd at least be as good right?

He would be injured for the season after just one Poch double training session?
If only there were some kind of medical examination a club could undertake to examine a player's physical condition as a process of due diligence, or at least some kind of in house team of sports science professionals who could devise bespoke training programmes to keep even a chronically injured Moussa Dembele on the field for 5 years.

It is possible to adhere to our ethos of buying young talent, and still add one or two experienced stars to enhance the team for the right now.

It's what will keep Harry Kane and Dele Alli interested, rather than seeing them do an Eriksen or a Walker themselves.

The final say of course is Poch's, but the club should at least be willing to give him the options and opportunities to make us better. If we want to keep him interested too of course.

 

[WiganSpur]

If there is an award at the end of each window for the thread that attracts the most infantile and deluded posters, this one has already won.

He is too expensive under any probable deal conditions
He does not have the off-the-ball work ethic of a Poch player
He is too old to adopt a totally new ethos
He has no resale value
He would probably see it as a backward step and be de-motivated
He would be injured for the season after just one Poch double training session.

Every time one of you says, "but we'd have a world class partnership up front with Bale and Kane" are willfully ignoring what got us where we are today and what got Kane where he is - hard work and a phenomenal ethos, neither of which Bale can give us.

Buying Bale is the same as pressing the self-destruct button on the Poch era. Please explain how it is not?

I wouldn’t go that far, but look at teams who do this sort of thing. Signing injury prone players 30+ on huge contracts. It’s not a sustainable business model. I don’t doubt he’s a great player. But we can sign incredible players that are much younger, fitter and can be moulded from Poch’s point of view. I think we have to be majorly careful of the ‘Sanchez effect’ as well.

If we are going to spend big, whether that be on wages or fees, at least spend it on players such as De Ligt, De Jong, Ndombele etc.

 

[daryl hannah]

I wouldn’t go that far, but look at teams who do this sort of thing. Signing injury prone players 30+ on huge contracts. It’s not a sustainable business model. I don’t doubt he’s a great player. But we can sign incredible players that are much younger, fitter and can be moulded from Poch’s point of view. I think we have to be majorly careful of the ‘Sanchez effect’ as well.

If we are going to spend big, whether that be on wages or fees, at least spend it on players such as De Ligt, De Jong, Ndombele etc.

Any deal to us would be on loan, right?

 

[Archibald&Crooks]

So we're back on injury prone

I thought some well hung and extraordinarily handsome bloke on here poo poo'd that? Might have been @rawhide