6?I personally focus on the 6 seasons where he was amongst our best players throughout, and arguably our consistently highest performing player and hardest to replace, than 6 months where he struggled to perform but still never mouthed off and never refused to train or play.
He was only here 7 and was average in his first 2 seasons and more than 1 season toward the end.
He had a purple patch of about 4 excellent years sandwiched between an average start and a dire end.
I'd rather have Bale back just because he never takes his foot off the gas.
