Who kept 'best player in the world' Bale completely quiet last time again?
0-0 last year, Rafael got sent off, against Spurs.
Jesus, people really do like to argue stupid points, I noticed both of you didn't actually disagree with the premise, that Rafael has a tendancy to get into trouble defensively and lunge in and get bookings, you just decided to argue that it didn't happen twice before. Big whoop, Tiote tends to get booked a lot, but a Newcastle fan could list two games he didn't........ proves nothing, the premise is still the same and Rafael/Fabio tend to get caught out and then commit to rash challenges.
I didn't say he couldn't defend, when he can stop himself going too far forwards too often he doesn't seem to bad, not brilliant either.
I also in no way rate Bale as the best player in the world, not even close. But everyone has a bad game, almost as bad as Valencia is brilliant because he made Ashley Cole go to sleep crying one time.
Every player has good and bad games, I'll drop back to my usual go to, Cygan, bombing up the left wing, and getting a brace...... if I argue in the same way, that proves Cygan is the bestest left back in the world and can do that against anyone any time. No, sometimes everything goes for you, sometimes everything goes against you, its your form/consistancy over many games that determines how good a player is, as such Rafael and Fabio aren't always the best option against uber fast wingers + attacking fullback who get at them, just because they didn't get sent off twice, doesn't mean they aren't vunerable against those types of players.
To be fair, he hasn't actually been booked that many times, though he should have been, he's very quick to lunge in when he thinks he's been caught out.
