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To be fair, 6 of those were to the mighty Tottingham Hotschpurs.
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To be fair, 6 of those were to the mighty Tottingham Hotschpurs.
Bale was good tonight, he's an exciting player to watch. That game suited him well, but he still did well in tight spaces vs Maicon which isn't easy, it's best to judge him over the season probably since he won't get as much space ahead of him in every game, and if he can play consistently well in different environments he deserves all the applause. We saw with Lennon last season that Spurs wingers can get a bit over hyped after a spell of great form but Bale does seem better than he was.
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Lennon suffered a very lengthy spell out to be fair to him. Was on fire until then and then needed time to get back to form, and then had a bad WC along with the rest of the squad.
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Haha this is great.
It's like me watching a NLD.
It's like me watching a NLD.
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Fair enough, why don't you give the same consideration to Walcott
I never mentioned Walnutt
He's done well this season. Maybe being dropped for the WC gave him the kick he needed.
yeah exactly, i think once a player (especially pacey players) get injured it mentally affects them, they take a back seat sometimes, because all that is needed to harm a pacey player is to just clip him when he's on full throttle. before his injury he would take players on at will, now he tends to cross or pass the ball more.
he is slowly coming back though, the whole team is slowly jelling maybe need a prolific striker and steven gerrard
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LOL at this from before the game.
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he is slowly coming back though, the whole team is slowly jelling maybe need a prolific striker and steven gerrard
You've already got Modric and Van Der Vaart, why get an inferior player? You definitely need a striker though.
What I have learnt from tonights game is Rafael > Maicon !
Bale played well...but Maicon played very very very poor, which made it easier for Bale to do his thing.
As a Man Utd fan I have to say I love the way tonights game shows how good we were on the weekend
Bale played well...but Maicon played very very very poor, which made it easier for Bale to do his thing.
As a Man Utd fan I have to say I love the way tonights game shows how good we were on the weekend
Hate to admit it but spurs played well and are becoming a decent team.
Few things though.
Bale is never going to get away with that every time I cant see the likes of bayern/barca/rm/chelsea/utd and co letting him do it, he will have a much harder time.
They need a new striker I had to LOL when i see the line ups. Spurs - Crouch...... Inter milan.... Eto'o im sorry but crouch is poor when you look at the players now around and behind him.
Spurs replace him with a top quality finisher and they will be more of a force. You see Eto'o goal? Something Crouch really is not capable of doing I mean look how he screwed up his shot/pass when it could have been 2-0 earlier on.
Few things though.
Bale is never going to get away with that every time I cant see the likes of bayern/barca/rm/chelsea/utd and co letting him do it, he will have a much harder time.
They need a new striker I had to LOL when i see the line ups. Spurs - Crouch...... Inter milan.... Eto'o im sorry but crouch is poor when you look at the players now around and behind him.
Spurs replace him with a top quality finisher and they will be more of a force. You see Eto'o goal? Something Crouch really is not capable of doing I mean look how he screwed up his shot/pass when it could have been 2-0 earlier on.
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And was Valencia, not Real Madrid or Barcelona.
How many strikers could though? That was the kind of goal from virtually nothing that just screamed class.
You don't think that's a tough group? It's the closest after Group F imo.
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sounds like he got bale figured out from day one. why didnt he just tell maicon this?
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What I have learnt from tonights game is Rafael > Maicon !
Bale played well...but Maicon played very very very poor, which made it easier for Bale to do his thing.
As a Man Utd fan I have to say I love the way tonights game shows how good we were on the weekend
Played poorly 2 European games in a row, against the same opposition? Awfully big coincidence.
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Played poorly 2 European games in a row, against the same opposition? Awfully big coincidence.
Spot on! Bale's youthful pace took Inter apart and to a lessor extent, so did Lennon.
and as for the Nani -v- Bale debate, well personally I think Bale in more exciting to watch but then I'm slightly bias. Interesting to see Utd fans on the defence when they are out of the spot light for one evening.
They have only conceeded 4 goals in 9 domestic games this season - that's pretty good defensively to me.
That may be the case, and I for one don't really rate Crouch, cannot wait for Defoe to return to be honest. However, whenever Crouch plays VdV scores, and if that keeps happening I won't complain too much.
Also, 23 goals in 47 (0.49) European games isn't actually too bad for someone like Crouch. Especially when you compare him to a striker of much better quality in Fernando Torres who only has 14 in 41 (0.34) European games. When you look at that he doesn't scrub up too badly. Eto'o by comparison has 34 in 76 games (0.44).
Even though he is better than the rest as scores more in less games than those strikers considered a lot better and at sides considered a lot better I still don't rate him.