Bale is done now, he must be. He was, on the whole, disappointing when he was back at Tottenham but there were still flashes of brilliance. We didn't see any of it at this tournament, I saw somewhere that he'd had the second fewest touches of any player in the tournament who played in all 3 games.
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I tend to agree. He's good if they can get the ball too him but if not he needs to drop back to help out whilst still providing the outlet - which means working harder, not milling about up front.
It's whether he was told to. But I doubt he gives a fuck - there's always golf.
It's whether he was told to. But I doubt he gives a fuck - there's always golf.
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Saying he was disappointing at Spurs seems a bit disingenuous to me, he scored 11 in 20 PL games iirc. Those are good numbers for someone who had barely played for a couple of years before going there. Scored a beauty against us.
Unfortunately though, you are right about the first part. The end of Wales "Golden Generation". Bale, for me, the best British footballer of all time, is clearly cooked. He was a passenger in every game. Showed that one flash of class to win the pen against the USA, but absolutely nothing else. Ramsey was god awful, and Joe Allen somehow worse. The only bright spot for me was Neco Williams, who I thought was superb in every game. Him going off and Rashford suddenly looking World Class is no coincidence in my opinion. Moore looked excellent after coming on against the USA, and had a few good moments against England but was poor against Iran.
We'll always have 2016.
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Of all time? Wowzers.
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I meant of his generation, but he is up there in the all time list. In terms of pure footballing ability, probably George Best and Gascoigne up there? Most Champions League wins of any British footballer, overhead kick in a CL final to win it, that goal against Barca in the Copa Del Rey, that Hat-trick against Inter, Euro 2016. There aren't many British footballers who have ever done what Bale has done.
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Equal with Phil Neal you mean. Most European Cup wins (4) - which is, of course, harder than the Champions League - because you had to win your own league to qualify in the first place 
Bale can fuck off if he thinks he's claiming last season's CL - he didn't play in the final and made only 7 appearances all season.
Anyway. He doesn't even appear in 442's top-25 (although we could swap him in for John Terry, because he's a cunt).
Bale can fuck off if he thinks he's claiming last season's CL - he didn't play in the final and made only 7 appearances all season.
Anyway. He doesn't even appear in 442's top-25 (although we could swap him in for John Terry, because he's a cunt).
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Fair point. Should be British.
I wasn't exactly taking it that seriously tho I did type british into google
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Why Japan’s second goal against Spain was allowed to stand
The whole of the ball must cross the line for it to be out of play and VAR decided that at least some of it was still overhanging
The first half of the very first sentence in the article:
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Edit: Awww @Raven. You deleted your post that said "VAR didn't award it - Hawkeye did".
To answer you
1) Wrong
2) Ultimately irrelevant because the point is about VAR "doing nothing to dampen debate around crucial decisions".
Examples being given in just that article being:
So yeah. VAR is doing nothing to dampen debate around crucial decisions. And I'd add to that "and comes at a cost of holding up the game at critical points".
The game is better without it - because the same shit happens, but there aren't any holdups.
To answer you
1) Wrong
2) Ultimately irrelevant because the point is about VAR "doing nothing to dampen debate around crucial decisions".
Examples being given in just that article being:
So yeah. VAR is doing nothing to dampen debate around crucial decisions. And I'd add to that "and comes at a cost of holding up the game at critical points".
The game is better without it - because the same shit happens, but there aren't any holdups.
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Shame. Like brexiters, every time VAR is shit - which is a lot - I'm going to moan.
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Well least he scores for Germany, no doubt it isn't something he will bring back to Chelsea with him.
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I think some people get confused when they see a bit of green, they seem to forget that the football must be completely over the line and that since a football is round you will see the green pitch. You then have the assorted camera angles that like anything effect the perspective.
In the Germany are out because they were shit over the 3 games.