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Gareth Bale

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Thedelldays

Thedelldays

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bale is far too good for spurs....

finest left sided player in the world...

if he was english he would command headlines like "stevie g" and "rooney" etc

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Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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He is an unbelievable talent, i knew he was destined for the big time when i saw him command games from left back, and he really did stand out as our real playmaker from a full back position, which at the time was crazy.

 

Great player, so happy for him.

captainchris

captainchris

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Without doubt.

 

A prediction I made within the first few games I ever saw him. ;)

 

Yes a very cold night at Staplewood Saints Res v Ipswich Res he should have been playing for the first team by then, was several classes above ...

Fowllyd

Fowllyd

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Is there a sell on clause? he wont be at Spurs for much longer.

 

Think we took more cash upfront when in admin?

 

We cashed in the sell-on clause before the start of the 2008/09 season, not when we were in administration. So no, we won't be getting any sell-on money. Looking on the bright side though, we got Tommy Forecast as part of that deal...

S-Clarke

S-Clarke

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He is an unbelievable talent, i knew he was destined for the big time when i saw him command games from left back, and he really did stand out as our real playmaker from a full back position, which at the time was crazy.

 

Great player, so happy for him.

 

Gareth Bale ran our team most weeks tbh, from left back and at 17 years old, that's extraordinary tbh

Paul Chuckle

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He was always going to leave us but I reckon he'd have stayed for at least 1 season had we got promoted in 2006/07, was a big blow he couldn't play in the 2nd leg! And to think he almost joined Forest on loan in January :-o

bpsaint

bpsaint

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nah , theo got the hattrick against croatia - skills

 

Purposely left out Theo as I feel he has made hardly any progress at Arsenal since leaving us, not compared to Bale. His trick seems to be sprinting in to the right side of the box and hitting a ball across the face of goal to score. No skills to turn a player, just speed. I'd even rate Wilshere as a better player already.

Rory

Rory

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And to think we took an early settlement of Tommy Forecast for this lad .....

 

You have to be really thankful that, hopefully, we will never, ever, be in a desperate position such as that again.

 

Hopefully, we'll be able to produce a player in the same ilk as Bale at some point in the near future and maybe we'll be able to hold on to him.

benjii

benjii

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He is an unbelievable talent, i knew he was destined for the big time when i saw him command games from left back, and he really did stand out as our real playmaker from a full back position, which at the time was crazy.

 

Great player, so happy for him.

 

Exactly.

 

A full-back has no right to consistently be man of the match.

benjii

benjii

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And yet I remember some on here slating him in some matches! lol

 

His defending was pretty ropey at times but he was only 17 and it was obvious that wouldn't be his forte as his career progressed.

Smirking_Saint

Smirking_Saint

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Gareth Bale ran our team most weeks tbh, from left back and at 17 years old, that's extraordinary tbh

 

Thats my point, him and Jones were the reasons we were in that playoff, and Davies went out to injure them. Cheating c*nt.

Gemmel

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Ironic that he was the last of his batch apprentices at Saints to get a contract. Apparently it went to a vote and from what I understand went to the wire, I also know (Albeit second hand and why it wouldnt be fair to name him) a certain senior Acadmey figure voted against offering him a contract as he didnt think he would make it.

 

In fairness though, he has stood out much more as a professional footballer than he ever did as a youth team or reserve player.

 

Great to see him doing well, big big move for him in January or the summer.

Jonnyboy

Jonnyboy

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Purposely left out Theo as I feel he has made hardly any progress at Arsenal since leaving us, not compared to Bale. His trick seems to be sprinting in to the right side of the box and hitting a ball across the face of goal to score. No skills to turn a player, just speed. I'd even rate Wilshere as a better player already.

 

still been damn successful

bpsaint

bpsaint

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still been damn successful

 

Not sure I'd go that far, he hasn't won anything and spends most of his time on the bench. Didn't even go to the last World Cup.

Scudamore

Scudamore

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What's happened to the free kicks? Seemed like he'd score every time he hit one for us. Can't think of many since he left though. Obviously letting Tom Huddlestone take them all...

sfc4prem

sfc4prem

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Iniesta and Malouda would disagree.

 

He's so much better than Malouda. And Iniesta isn't predominantly left footed, he is a better version of Lallana.

 

Gareth Bale; best left sided player in the world ATM.

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