Eskimo
where is The Tag line on your profile from? Do you sit in block 32 by any chance?
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Surfer flag | Page 23 | The Fighting Cock - Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) ForumEskimo where is The Tag line on your profile from? Do you sit in block 32 by any chance?
You missed StalteriBale, king, ginola. Three legends of the last 20 years.
I'm also on the fence. The Waddle example doesn't work because of the Heysel ban."Gazza spent less time (4 years) at Spurs playing considerably less games (92 games) than Bale (6 years, 146 games) and achieving similar honours. Waddle, also, played less games than Bale (4 years, 138 games) and won nothing in the way of honours."
The thing is Bale only gave us about a season and a half of greatness, he was mainly developing the time he was here.
I understand that he had to go but I would have liked one more season out of him- but I can see how that could be impractical.
I'm on the fence. I don't dislike him at all though.
I agree with mostly what you say wholeheartedly!Bale was the spark that made us the toast of the prem. His run with us was the best I've ever seen. He won the writers and players player of the year a few times. How can you not be a legend if you were voted the best out of a 1000 pros?
IMO hes the best player that has ever played for Spurs. World record fee. People mentioning Greavsie etc who are more senior in the legend ranks, but this era is different. Way harder, no passing back to the keeper and smokes at half time.
Bale did it the hard way. His early years were cursed, he was kicked out of games but he worked hard and kept at it. When other players were getting shitfaced in secret Xmas parties, if Bale was given days off, he'd visit his mother in Cardiff.
In an age of vapid entitled modern pros, he deserves every plaudit in the book.
Long term the money we got for him and the players we invested would help in large part to get us a new stadium. His fee alone accounted for almost a quarter of a new stadium!
And IMO we replaced him with players who can get us better than we were with him over time.
I agree with mostly what you say wholeheartedly!
...Still voted no 'cause i'm a bitter cunt..
An EPL legend. Yes. A model professional. Yes. A decent family man & a role model. Yes. A spurs legend. No. Somehow it seems different when it comes to spurs. He won nothing with us (we can speculate why) & bailed out to the Harlem Globetrotters of world football. & they got a dicking tonight-lol. He's a great player- one of the best right now & a model pro, but he will never be a spurs legend. I am a bitter old bastard.Bale was the spark that made us the toast of the prem. His run with us was the best I've ever seen. He won the writers and players player of the year a few times. How can you not be a legend if you were voted the best out of a 1000 pros?
IMO hes the best player that has ever played for Spurs. World record fee. People mentioning Greavsie etc who are more senior in the legend ranks, but this era is different. Way harder, no passing back to the keeper and smokes at half time.
Bale did it the hard way. His early years were cursed, he was kicked out of games but he worked hard and kept at it. When other players were getting shitfaced in secret Xmas parties, if Bale was given days off, he'd visit his mother in Cardiff.
In an age of vapid entitled modern pros, he deserves every plaudit in the book.
Long term the money we got for him and the players we invested would help in large part to get us a new stadium. His fee alone accounted for almost a quarter of a new stadium!
And IMO we replaced him with players who can get us better than we were with him over time.