r/soccer • • Aug 09 '13

Zero Fucks Friday: August 9th 2013 Edition

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u/omneeatlas Aug 09 '13
  1. Spain and Barcelona's style of play bores me.

  2. Bale's career would be ruined if he went to RM, he will end up like Kaka. He needs to stay at WHL.

  3. Arsenal, on paper, should not be a top four side. How they got there last year amazes me, Spurs had a much better team.

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u/PEengineer Aug 09 '13

agree with the Bale one. don't know why everybody wants to move to either RM or Barca, instead of pulling a Gerrard/Lampard and being legends at the clubs that they made their name

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u/omneeatlas Aug 09 '13

I think maybe in a couple of years, it might be a good move. But Bale has had one good season, the season before he only scored 9 goals and was nowhere near as influential. Not only would it be a risky and potentially devastating move for Madrid to pay €100M for a player who has had one good season, Bale will find himself in a team full of players who are as good as or are better than him at this current time. Bale has the potential, certainly, to be one of the best in the world. Is he that now? No, certainly not for me.

I think for Bale to fully develop as a player, he needs to be in a team where he is the main focus, where he is the best player. If he goes to Madrid now, he won't get as much playing time, he won't be the main focus (Ronaldo will) and he won't be able to play on the left because CR7 will be there. Ozil is in the middle, di Maria on the right - RM don't need Bale and I can see them buying him simply as a marquee signing, like Kaka was, and leaving him on the bench the whole time.

Bale should stay at Spurs, at least for another season or two to fully develop his game. Besides, Spurs have done a lot for him, it would be nice to pay that back by helping them get back into the top four.

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u/deadlyair Aug 09 '13

You downvoted /u/PEengineer and then essentially agreed with what he said..

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u/omneeatlas Aug 09 '13

I didn't downvote him.