Gareth Bale

flahavaj

BERBA wrote: »

just signed a new 5 year contract , Levy wont sell him unless its complete crazy money. reckon he'll be happy enough to stay in next couple of years anyhow as long as he getting champo league footie and i think we well equiped to give him that.

All that contract does is guarantee ye a decent fee. Apart from that they're pretty worthless in the modern game.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Lawl at all the Spurs fans getting in digs at United.
Small club.:)
But, do enjoy the CL for a season, then back to mid-table with you.

BERBA

baz2009 wrote: »

Lawl at all the Spurs fans getting in digs at United.
Small club.:)
But, do enjoy the CL for a season, then back to mid-table with you.

i reckon utd will do well to get 4th tbh if they lose rooney in Jan

WesternZulu

flahavaj wrote: »

No but players do now seem to have the right to demand a move once the bigger cubs come sniffing about. And generally they do. It was a long time ago that Giggs was a young fella, a different era. He was also at the biggest club in England at the time, a club he was at since he was a child. Its not hard to see why he'd have stayed.

Yeah but he could have gotten more money on the Continent while playing in a better league so it's not hard to see why there would be an incentive to go abroad...anyway, thats a different story and i'm going off topic.

I don't see why he would go to United, to be honest if i could see him going anywhere it would be Madrid (where they would play him i don't know)

There was a rumour going about a month ago that the reason that VDV went to spurs for so little was that Real have 1st refusal on Bale....

Would make sense but lord knows its just gossip.

SuprSi

baz2009 wrote: »

Probably not considering both Liverpool and United are much better and bigger clubs than Spurs..

Sorry, I don't really get this part. Fair enough both clubs are bigger than Spurs, but Liverpool better - you really think so? I guess we'll see at the end of this season but I believe Spurs are a better package than Liverpool at the moment, as they were last season. Utd are better, but currently not significantly so. I'm sure they'll still finish higher than Spurs at the end of the season though.

flahavaj

BERBA wrote: »

i reckon utd will do well to get 4th tbh if they lose rooney in Jan

A grand says United finish top 4.

Hail 2 Da Thief

BERBA wrote: »

we bought Modric Bale and Lennon for a combined fee of 17m and to offset this we sold Carrick to Manyoo for 18.6m. How good is that?

That's a great bit of business alright!

flahavaj

WesternZulu wrote: »

Yeah but he could have gotten more money on the Continent while playing in a better league so it's not hard to see why there would be an incentive to go abroad...anyway, thats a different story and i'm going off topic.

I don't see why he would go to United, to be honest if i could see him going anywhere it would be Madrid (where they would play him i don't know)

There was a rumour going about a month ago that the reason that VDV went to spurs for so little was that Real have 1st refusal on Bale....

Would make sense but lord knows its just gossip.

With the current financial situation at United, I doubt thats where he'll end up (much as I'd love to see it). But if he keeps up this form he'll have clubs like Chelsea and Madrid, who have no shortage of cash after him.

And you couldn't blame the lad for taking the step up to clubs like that to be fair.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

baz2009 wrote: »

Lawl at all the Spurs fans getting in digs at United.
Small club.:)
But, do enjoy the CL for a season, then back to mid-table with you.

Bigger LOL at being alive to see United go down the toilet tbh. And the biggest LOL that a "mid-table" teams 3 best players will be better than all of United's once Rooney leaves.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

SuprSi wrote: »

Sorry, I don't really get this part. Fair enough both clubs are bigger than Spurs, but Liverpool better - you really think so? I guess we'll see at the end of this season but I believe Spurs are a better package than Liverpool at the moment, as they were last season. Utd are better, but currently not significantly so. I'm sure they'll still finish higher than Spurs at the end of the season though.

Better doesn't necessarily mean current season, imo. History, fans, tradition etc. all play a big part in it, all of which Liverpool surpass Spurs in easily. Some would see it differently, though.

BERBA wrote: »

i reckon utd will do well to get 4th tbh if they lose rooney in Jan

You're great, might keep you around.:)

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

baz2009 wrote: »

Better doesn't necessarily mean current season, imo. History, fans, tradition etc. all play a big part in it, all of which Liverpool surpass Spurs in easily. Some would see it differently, though.

Very insightful. No seriously. Liverpool are waaaay better than Chelsea and City too.

flahavaj

Uppity Spurs fans are such a riot. Played off the park in the San Siro and still mouthing off.

Delusions of grandeur?

Delusions of adequacy more like.:pac:

3hn2givr7mx1sc

THFC wrote: »

Very insightful. No seriously. Liverpool are waaaay better than Chelsea and City too.

Huuuuuuuge difference between Spurs and Chelsea/City. Stop getting ahead of yerselves.

WesternZulu

flahavaj wrote: »

Uppity Spurs fans are such a riot. Played off the park in the San Siro and still mouthing off.

Delusions of grandeur?

Delusions of adequacy more like.:pac:

Very easy support one of the successful teams and look down on anybody who doesn't :rolleyes:

(btw i don't follow any team in particular before you take another pot shot at spurs)

BERBA

baz2009 wrote: »

Huuuuuuuge difference between Spurs and Chelsea/City. Stop getting ahead of yerselves.

wasnt a huge difference last may when we beat em off the park at wastelands for that coveted 4th spot.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

flahavaj wrote: »

Uppity Spurs fans are such a riot. Played off the park in the San Siro and still mouthing off.

Delusions of grandeur?

Delusions of adequacy more like.:pac:

Oohh, looks like we've touched a nerve. Some one all sad that this could be United best team for years to come? Seriously, now that I think about it, no top player will want to go to United after what Rooney did. Ah well, dont let the door hit yeh on the way out!

Seaneh

WesternZulu wrote: »

When Giggs was younger United were far from European powerhouses and he was not prized away to much stronger teams in Spain and Italy.

Don't think that bigger teams have an automatic right to sign any player that they want.

This is a very valid point.
Apparently UTD accepted a bid of £16million for Giggs from Milan in the mid ninties and Giggs turned it down himself.

Wolfe Tone

Cmon lads. Im a Utd fan, but I have a very large soft spot for Spurs. Stop bickering ffs

3hn2givr7mx1sc

BERBA wrote: »

wasnt a huge difference last may when we beat em off the park at wastelands for that coveted 4th spot.

Remains to be seen this season, tbh, but City have looked much much stroger than Spurs from what I've seen.

THFC wrote: »

Oohh, looks like we've touched a nerve. Some one all sad that this could be United best team for years to come? Seriously, now that I think about it, no top player will want to go to United after what Rooney did. Ah well, dont let the door hit yeh on the way out!

What top player will go to Spurs?
Don't say VDV, cos no one else seemed to be looking for him.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Cmon lads. Im a Utd fan, but I have a very large soft spot for Spurs. Stop bickering ffs

I do too, tbh, but some of them are getting too big for their boots.
Letting down the better Spurs posters, tbh, some very good ones amongst them, imo.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

MUSSOLINI wrote: »

Cmon lads. Im a Utd fan, but I have a very large soft spot for Spurs. Stop bickering ffs

Thank you, if it wasnt for one particular poster I wouldn't have taken any shots at United. And if you have been following my posts (which I very much doubt you or anyone else has!!) you would know I rarely take shots at United, or any club for that matter.

BERBA

baz2009 wrote: »

Remains to be seen this season, tbh, but City have looked much much stroger than Spurs from what I've seen.

you not see opening day game at the lane. we gave em a footballing lesson that day

MR NINE

BERBA wrote: »

we are a well run profitable club thanks to Danny Levy.

Remember we bought Modric Bale and Lennon for a combined fee of 17m and to offset this we sold Carrick to Manyoo for 18.6m. How good is that?

Would have been pretty good alright. Shame Modric cost you 16m.

BERBA

baz2009 wrote: »

I do too, tbh, but some of them are getting too big for their boots.
Letting down the better Spurs posters, tbh, some very good ones amongst them, imo.

to be fair its easy to support man united , start in 1999 maybe?

maybe i should have said it was easy:D

3hn2givr7mx1sc

BERBA wrote: »

you not see opening day game at the lane. we gave em a footballing lesson that day

Must have missed it, ah well, one game doesn't prove that.;)

Anywayy fellers, been fun but I may toddle off to bed.:)

Dont be at yourself

Spurs would have been better off taking the 4-0 loss than having Bale score a hattrick at the San Siro. Every club in Europe will be looking at him now. Seemed completely unfazed by the occasion, unlike his teammates.

everdead.ie

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Spurs would have been better off taking the 4-0 loss than having Bale score a hattrick at the San Siro. Every club in Europe will be looking at him now. Seemed completely unfazed by the occasion, unlike his teammates.

I think every club was looking already butI don't think we'll sell him unless he gets down to the last two years of his contract and won't renew

TheManWho

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

Every club in Europe will be looking at him now.

Every club eh? Right I'm sure Getafe and Grasshopper Zurich are reaching into their pockets as we speak, and bracing themselves for a bidding war.

Dont be at yourself

TheManWho wrote: »

Every club eh? Right I'm sure Getafe and Grasshopper Zurich are reaching into their pockets as we speak, and bracing themselves for a bidding war.

Great stuff, keep it coming.

UnitedIrishman

TheManWho wrote: »

Every club eh? Right I'm sure Getafe and Grasshopper Zurich are reaching into their pockets as we speak, and bracing themselves for a bidding war.

I'd imagine they would if they could.

And if you're being pedantic about it, everyone WILL be watching Bale tonight because he scored a hat-trick against the CL holders.

Esse85

BERBA wrote: »

we are a well run profitable club thanks to Danny Levy.

Remember we bought Modric Bale and Lennon for a combined fee of 17m and to offset this we sold Carrick to Manyoo for 18.6m. How good is that?

I dont understand your point.

Didnt Modric cost £16.5m, Lennon cost £1m and Bale cost £5m possibly rising to £10m.

Thats £22.5m or £27.5m whatever way you wanna look at it.

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

Esse85 wrote: »

I dont understand your point.

Didnt Modric cost £16.5m, Lennon cost £1m and Bale cost £5m possibly rising to £10m.

Thats £22.5m or £27.5m whatever way you wanna look at it.

That still is unbelievable business. All 3 of them would now be worth over 20 million easily. Either Modric or Bale would recoup that money alone.
Or yeh could swap VDV's fee for Modric's and then it would be even better....

Royale with Cheese

I hate spurs but I'm half welsh, so go Bale... sometimes.

Kimsang

I hope the lad stays. Harry has invigorated the lad to become the player he is. Gone are the days when the young left back would roll around on the floor waiting for a replacement hair clip to come onto the pitch.

If he stays he could be a part of something. I think that is the mentality Harry is trying to build. We don't have the history (possibly in cups though), the past glory etc.. but maybe this could be the start of something. We have good infrastructure, management, youth system and support to develop into a truly top team - so if enough players build a rapport and to believe it(by signing new contracts ) whats to stop Spurs from truly competing with the best?

Johner

Kimsang wrote: »

whats to stop Spurs from truly competing with the best?

A world class striker like Drogba, Rooney or Torres. Defoe, Crouch, Pavlychenko and Keane are no where near the required quality to compete with best.

PHB

The lad seems to have the right attitude aswell. The interviewer asked him how he felt after his hattrick at the San Siro, and he said, and clearly looked, utterly disappointed, because the team lost.

markesmith

I just hope we can hold on to him. His interview last night showed that the result meant a bit more to him than the hat-trick.

Hopefully we can keep him out of Man City's grasp. He could be the heart of the Spurs team for the next ten years.

Mars Bar

markesmith wrote: »

I just hope we can hold on to him. His interview last night showed that the result meant a bit more to him than the hat-trick.

Hopefully we can keep him out of Man City's grasp. He could be the heart of the Spurs team for the next ten years.

That's what we'd been saying about Rooney!

I like Bale, really has come on leaps and bounds. Seems like a very likeable guy.

Hopefully he doesn't get contaminated by the money that's around the game.

quarryman

I think Gareth Bale is very good at football.

That is all.

Le King

No way he'll be at Spurs next year if they fail to progress up the league.

Raskolnikov

He certainly looks a different player to the one that Redknapp had lined out at left back last season.

muletide

Johner wrote: »

A world class striker like Drogba, Rooney or Torres. Defoe, Crouch, Pavlychenko and Keane are no where near the required quality to compete with best.

Torres?

Dolph Starbeam

Great player i agree but you have to remember it was Maicon he was up against tonight, Inter pretty much played 3 at the back and Maicon up high against one of the most on form left sided player in the world, really really silly thing to do imo.

Paul Tergat

muletide wrote: »

Torres?

are you saying he isnt world class? if so the door is >>>>

actually dont want to derail the Bale thread. another awesome performance from him tonight.

BERBA

Le King wrote: »

No way he'll be at Spurs next year if they fail to progress up the league.

shockin start for us this season but were sitting 5th

Optimalprimerib

In fairness if u look at bale in the league he never gets the chance to do what he did tonight. Benitez did nothing to quell his threat. He got enough of a warning last week

Mister men

muletide wrote: »

Torres?

Yes Torres. Go on explain why he is'nt.

kakee

Yes Torres. Go on explain why he is'nt.

Sorry folks, can you direct me to the Garth Bale thread please

SuprSi

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

In fairness if u look at bale in the league he never gets the chance to do what he did tonight. Benitez did nothing to quell his threat. He got enough of a warning last week

That's very true, considering how much of a threat Bale was likely to be, it's amazing that Benitez didn't do more to stop him.

kakee

In fairness if u look at bale in the league he never gets the chance to do what he did tonight. Benitez did nothing to quell his threat. He got enough of a warning last week

Its a fact that the premiership is probably the quickiest in the world in terms of tempo. In the Italian and Spanish leagues the pace is a lot slower. The teams give players too much time and space on the ball. In the premiership defenders/midfielders would be in Bale's face.