Gareth Bale – Cock of the Week
He’s come a long way as our Gareth. Well, he’s come from being first choice fullback under Martin Jol, to being BAE’s understudy to BAE’s filler in while he’s nursed back to health. That’s about it.
He scored that wonderful freekick against the scum. Remember that? He’s never won a game either. Poor bloke. He went through a season of undeserved vitriol from the Spurs faithful as they once again demonstrated their wisdom by slating a 19-year-old full back. Ah well, you can’t pick your fans. This’ll cheer him up though.
His performance against Hull was enough to grant him the latest Cock of the Week award. We were unlucky on Saturday, we all know about Myhill’s wondrous performance. You can’t help but wonder what it might have been like if Lennon had been on the pitch, then it might not have been left to Bale to offer the only bit of width we had on the park. When this boy is going forward from left back there are few better, he seems to beat the man every time: the ball just seems beyond his toe and yet he gets there, and his crossing wasn’t half bad on Saturday also.
There are obvious doubts about his defensive capability and the answer isn’t just to simply put in on the left wing, he plays better with space in front of him, rather than being forced to create opportunities for himself. You can’t help but wonder if it’s a similar predicament when he goes clubbing with the rest of the squad. Back up, wingman; hiding behind Huddlestone, or just plain not being allowed out in front of the girls. You can understand why god blessed Gareth Bale with footballing skill.
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Posted: January 19th, 2010 under Cock of the Week.
Comments: 3
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Comment from Jill
Time: January 19, 2010, 8:06 am
I thought Gareth had a reasonable game with no defensive pressure. But take a look at the chalkboard feature provided by the Guardian and you’ll see his passing was awful. I’m a great Hudd fan but thought he had a poor game, in reality his passing was pretty good, Modric and Krankjar’s passing was way off their normal. Interesting how perceptions and reality don’t alway match. (Unless the chalboards are wrong of course!!)
Comment from Kinga
Time: January 19, 2010, 8:11 am
Jill – I’ve just drawn your tits on a chalk board
Comment from al
Time: January 19, 2010, 9:21 am
The chalkboard considers a cross as a pass i believe, as the majority of bale’s passes were from the byline etc he can be forgiven for not having the highest of successful passes. I thought he was easily our best player on saturday and hope his run in the team continues.
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