JT trying to pull a Suarez on that Adebayor challenge

12/22/2011 4:40:31 PM

some wtf defending on both ends

12/22/2011 4:50:19 PM

Jesus, Pavlyuchenko is so worthless.

12/22/2011 4:54:33 PM

I hate John Terry so much.

12/22/2011 4:57:19 PM

I just knew Adebayor was going to score there after I saw Bale's pass.

Not a bad result I guess. I was hoping for more at home though.

12/22/2011 5:00:09 PM

I love how the commentators were sucking JT's dick for making that block....when in actuality he was the one playing adebayor onside. Man of the match my ass.

12/23/2011 10:49:39 PM

I hate JT, but he was definitely MOTM.

12/23/2011 11:15:04 PM

^

12/24/2011 1:04:03 AM

Thank you Deuce for that belated Christmas present

12/26/2011 10:03:07 AM

^ this.

Also, can we please stop showing United against bottom five teams on ESPN? This isn't doing much for showcasing the Prem..

12/26/2011 10:52:47 AM

DEMBA BA

12/26/2011 11:30:54 AM

Wow Citeh drew as well?

Great day

12/26/2011 12:23:27 PM

Come on...

Merry Christmas Spurs. Wolves goalkeeper was ridiculous...

[Edited on December 27, 2011 at 11:53 AM. Reason : x]

12/27/2011 11:27:50 AM

Didn't get to see the match because I was the game yesterday, but sounded like Bale went all Bale on the Canaries

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 11:28 AM. Reason : coys]

12/28/2011 11:27:18 AM

yeah I only saw the highlights. Didn't watch any of boxing day either, which is probably for the better

12/28/2011 11:41:00 AM

Bale is so overrated it's retarded.

12/28/2011 12:08:57 PM

Perhaps. That doesn't mean he's not damn good though.

12/28/2011 12:20:48 PM

/sarcasm

12/28/2011 2:08:12 PM

You don't think he's overrated?

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 2:14 PM. Reason : not even slightly?]

12/28/2011 2:12:45 PM

He"s probably a top ten EPL player. Not top five at this moment.

12/28/2011 2:28:17 PM

Drifts in and out of games too often to be rated that high, imo.

12/28/2011 2:43:30 PM

I think his current relevance is really high and that he hasn't produced a consistent body of work thus far in his career (partly due to injuries caused by shitty refereeing). But he is one of the most talented athletes in world football and he's shown significant improvement over the past season and a half. People compare his stats from last year to Theo Walcott but fail to mention the fact that Bale sat out injured for a good portion of last year and when he did play it was often not at full strength.

He's only 22 so only time will tell if he's the world class player he looks like or if he's another Michael Owen could-have-been.

12/28/2011 2:55:56 PM

Owen was already world class at 22.

I like Bale, I'm just saying there's at least 10-15 players I'd choose ahead of him for my team if I had the option.

12/28/2011 3:12:19 PM

Quote :

"People compare his stats from last year to Theo Walcott but fail to mention the fact that Bale sat out injured for a good portion of last year and when he did play it was often not at full strength."

Not sure where you're going with this, but I'd think if you spoke with most England fans they'd say that Walcott has been a disappointment thus far given his expectations... certainly for club as well.

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 3:47 PM. Reason : and bale had more appearances than walcott last year. not like he missed half the season.]

12/28/2011 3:46:35 PM

So you're saying that there are only about 20 world class players at most? He's no Xavi or Ronaldo, but based on Bale's current valuation you'd have to say he's world class, especially considering that kind of player isn't generally sold so a valuation is hard to make.

12/28/2011 3:51:25 PM

I was only talking about players in the PL I'd pick before Bale. He'd probably be in the 40-50 area but I'd have to think about it some more.

I guess I didn't really understand what this meant

Quote :

"He's only 22 so only time will tell if he's the world class player he looks like or if he's another Michael Owen could-have-been."

Bale hasn't come close to accomplishing what Owen did at 22.

12/28/2011 4:11:28 PM

That was more of a question of whether he'll be one of those players everyone agrees is great but always had injury problems.

12/28/2011 4:14:05 PM

fair enough. I guess that's why I think he's overrated

12/28/2011 4:18:51 PM

I see a lot has happened in here since this afternoon. It's going to be hard for me to participate in this debate because I admittedly have an irrational amount of love for Bale, but you can't be serious with one ai.

Quote :

"I'm just saying there's at least 10-15 players I'd choose ahead of him for my team if I had the option."

I'd love for you to crank out 10 players in our league that you would take in your first XI ahead of him. I won't even ask for 15.

There's probably 1 or 2 players in the EPL that if you take away Bale and add them to my squad, that we would actually be a better club. Hell 'Arry even said today that the only clubs in the world that would be able to afford him are Barca, Real, and Citeh. Since 'Arry has given him license to go on walkabout and play literally anywhere on the pitch following the ball this last month he has even ratcheted that value up more to the point where he has been described as unplayable.

I do think he is a victim of the "Tebow treatment" though. He gets propped up by the media in England to point where fans of the sport lash out over it and call him overrated.

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 6:35 PM. Reason : just read Madrid are planning a January bid of 45]

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 6:38 PM. Reason : lol i just visited soccernet only to see an article about bale's "free" role]

12/28/2011 6:18:05 PM

Mata, Suarez, Hart, Silva, Aguero, Van Persie, Modric, Vidic, Rooney, Nani

And that made me sick.

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 8:09 PM. Reason : .]

12/28/2011 8:08:51 PM

Quote :

"Bale's performance came as some Norwich fans taunted the winger, branding him a "chimp"."

Good to see I'm not the only one who thinks he looks like he belongs on Planet of the Apes.

12/28/2011 8:09:04 PM

Mata, Suarez (god i hope you are kidding with that one), Hart, Silva, Aguero, Van Persie, Modric, Vidic, Rooney, Nani

I wouldn't swap any of those not struck through straight up except Kun

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 8:19 PM. Reason : You actually said that you would rather have Suarez than Bale. aimorris credibility watch]

12/28/2011 8:17:43 PM

I didnt ask if you'd swap any of those players for Bale. (but if you want to knock my Suarez inclusion, I'll just say that you're dumb for wanting Bale over Silva)


But if I'm starting a new team and can pick anybody I want, Bale would probably not be in my top 10. He's top 10 in form this season but I thought we were discussing something else.

12/28/2011 8:58:49 PM

I'm sensing some mad right there.

Bale would instantly be the best player on your team by a mile. You might even have an outside shot at a Europa league spot if he was in red.

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 9:07 PM. Reason : i know you didnt ask. im telling you]

12/28/2011 9:06:47 PM

so you dont think suarez is one of the better players in the PL?

12/28/2011 9:19:51 PM

did i say that?

12/28/2011 9:20:40 PM

Bale would probably win Wales the World Cup if they ever found a way in too.

12/28/2011 9:25:35 PM

sick burn

12/28/2011 9:27:49 PM

If 'Arry said it, would you believe it?

12/28/2011 9:30:13 PM

you implied that it was a joke to include him on the list of great PL players.


are were you only saying that you would never want him on your team?

12/28/2011 9:31:48 PM

Saying "better players in the premier league" is open ended enough to include anyone above average in the premier league. So that way, when I respond to such a generic troll bait, you can switch the topic to Suarez's worth as a player.

I guess I'm finished with this topic. Haters gonna hate.

But I know you wish he was on your team in the end, whether you want to call him overrated or not.

[Edited on December 28, 2011 at 9:34 PM. Reason : .]

12/28/2011 9:32:20 PM

i'm not hating i'm just a suarez dick-rider [nohomo]

12/28/2011 9:34:13 PM

Dude I said he was good. I just don't think he's been consistent enough yet to warrant a "top 10" ranking. I didn't think that was all that outrageous of a claim

12/28/2011 9:35:34 PM

I could have sworn he won the player of the year last year

12/28/2011 9:37:06 PM

I thought Scott Parker did.

*nevermind, you right.*

But, even you can admit Bale didn't deserve it. And I LOVE HIS GAME.
edit #2

Parker won the POY from the writers.

12/28/2011 9:37:51 PM

12/28/2011 9:38:25 PM

wow Ribs, you need to put the kool-aid down. This entire argument is as fucking stupid as the Ronaldo vs Messi one.

12/28/2011 9:55:05 PM

Messi

Quote :

"It's going to be hard for me to participate in this debate because I admittedly have an irrational amount of love for Bale"

12/28/2011 10:03:10 PM

Henry going back to Arsenal on a Landycakes style loan

12/29/2011 4:43:57 PM

sneaky good move for Wenger

12/30/2011 5:58:20 AM