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If so, he is just a puppet?You know the badge-kissing was part of the stage show, right? That whole day was pure theatre for the RM fans
Try to forget the fact you support Spurs. Now put yourself in the position Bale was in. You'd do the same thing. You'd want to leave and you'd do anything to achieve that.
Also, why don't we give our new signings shit for wanting to better themselves?
Try to forget the fact you support Spurs. Now put yourself in the position Bale was in. You'd do the same thing. You'd want to leave and you'd do anything to achieve that.
Also, why don't we give our new signings shit for wanting to better themselves?
This is the reality of any business. If you aren't one of the truly great competitors, you can't expect to retain your best employees. Football exacerbates this because headhunting is done of public figures in the public eye.
I have a big fucking problem with how Real did it - but ultimately they did it and FIFA are no closer to acting to stop them. So I guess we just have to deal with it.
As has been mentioned before, we did it to Southampton in the first place to get Bale... I, for one, am just glad that we're as high up the pecking order as we are and that Levy seems to have his intentions on dragging us higher up that stack so that we are truly one of the elite clubs.
Speak for yourself on the bolded part. I dont see anyone saying Bale was wrong to want to move, but there are ways of going about it.
Why do people continue to ignore that distinction? If Bale was honest about his intentions from last May, instead of saying:
"I want to play at the highest level possible and be playing against the best teams in the world. I think the club is going in the right direction. All our objectives are the same, we just have to try to achieve them now," he said.
"We're all working well as a team. We're all working together. The club is going in the right direction, bringing in better players every season,"
"The likes of Mousa [Dembélé] and Jan [Vertonghen] have been fantastic additions to the squad and I'm sure we'll bring in a few more players into the squad again this summer. It's just a matter of progressing for everyone and reaching our targets."
And then in July:
"We have a great relationship. Last season we had a great campaign and obviously we came up short but we had a great working relationship on and off the field.
"We chatted quite a lot about tactics and stuff like that. He definitely got the best out of me last season and hopefully can again.”
He knew the entire time that he was talking to Real Madrid when he said these things. You might not see a difference, but I do.
You want me to put myself in his position? Well, here is what I would have done.
I would have let Levy and AVB know before the end of last season and tried to leave early as possible. I would have released a statement, and been honest to the Spurs fans, and dealt with the reaction like a man.
I would have used the last game of the season against Southampton, fittingly, to say goodbye to the PL and both sets of fans.
I would have used my power and status to not give a flying fuck about what any agent, lawyer or anyone else told me I could or couldnt say. Because I believe in freedom of speech, and I dont see myself as a slave, or a sheep or a piece of property.
Bale could have been honest, but it takes a man, not a spoiled little brat, who just wants to be loved, to do that.
As for the new signings, as far as Im aware, they simply signed for another club, and I have no idea why that alone is wrong. Its how you go about your move that makes the difference.
Even if Lamela, Eriksen or Chiriches was to kiss our badge, I'd find it a bit cringeworthy
I would cringe BIGTIME....but at the same time secretly love it.
When Bale does it to another clubs badge that he has just signed for it is shallow to me, no genuine feeling or just a PR exercise for fools that will believe it.
If Lamela or Co does it, to me it shows upmost respect & love for the club and its fans and shows how much they want to do well in our colours representing our magnificent club.
I need help...
My own suspicion is that Bale probably did go to Levy and make his intentions clear. But releasing a statement as you describe lets a world-record-breaking signing go for half of what he could be worth.
Ultimately, all the talk of acting like a man and not a brat misses a very simple truth in professional sports - that while you have a contract with a club, they own you like a piece of meat. If he did the right thing and spoke to Levy and Levy said,"Say nothing to anyone - we will get you your move IF the price is right and when your replacements have been brought in," who's in the wrong then?
Sammy, a lot of your arguments put the fans first. It has been described elsewhere and is increasingly visible in modern football but very few football clubs at the top level do that. Or can do that and stay competitive. At some point you've got to accept that the fans will give you money regardless of how well you treat them. Levy has realised that and has jacked up ticket prices, let the Spurs Shop sell more and more tat, involved Stubhub...
My point remains that I think a lot of us may be hurt over how he acted but I think, equally, a lot of us can see why he did it that way. Overlooking all of this, while he was at the club, Gareth Bale was one of the last footballers out on the pitch every match, he applauded the fans in all four stands and did feel like he was a true part of the club. I'm sad he's gone - of course I am - but I can't begrudge him this move. Partially because of the money, partially because he got what he wanted but mostly because it just has Levy's fingerprints of wanting the best deal for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club all over it.
The people who call him a cunt and wholeheartedly mean it are the people get overwhelmingly jealous at the smallest and biggest of things in reality.
Different ball game mate, you're way off the point now, if you look that deeply into it you'd struggle to follow football at all.A "socialist" who is wholeheartedly lapping up Bale as a stand up bloke in all this. Amusing at best.
You actually believe that no one could possibly think he's a cunt over principle.....they must be jealous of his wealth?
So wealth is the desire of everyone? Was'nt you fiercely anti Thatcher?
Different ball game mate, you're way off the point now, if you look that deeply into it you'd struggle to follow football at all.
The furthest i'd go on this is that you've got to act like a cunt to beat a cunt (Daniel Levy). I love Levy as much as the next guy and he does the best for our club imo but if he's not on your side he's a massive cunt.I agree, but I draw the line at justifying something wrong in principle to me, on the basis that Bale was world class for us, and the he put on the perfect nice boy show after he moved.
As said, actions speak louder than words, and he acted crass. I prefer a cunt that knows he's one, than one that pretends he isnt, but actually does nothing differently.
Shut up you...ps- can we stop saying cunt now, the C,U, N and T are wearing out on my keyboard.