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No, I can make the statement now. I may be proved wrong, but I'm absolutely confident I won't be.
I haven't shown myself up at all. It's you who's shown yourself up. I'm judging Lamela on what he does for us, and you've shown yourself up, cos Bale can showboat for fun, he didn't bother most of the time, because he got enough philistine 'verbals and assaults' as it was in England.
Judging a player's technique, which is what we're doing, is not exclusive to the club he's currently at.
An insight into the inner workings of Gareth Bale's mind. I'm very interested to know how you know he thought that. Your nephew perhaps?
Well, you may be talking about just Lge. IIRC, Ronaldo scored twice in the Cup Final in his first season. May be wrong, all I know is I looked at Ronaldo that season, and thought wow Utd have got a player here. Power, pace, heading ability, shooting ability. Of course I can't say, I thought, 'this player will be one of the all time greats', as he has now proved to be, but he impressed me sooooooo much more than Lamela.
You can have the last word, as you clearly wish to be confrontational.
It's a debate, my man. No need to be so sensitive. It's just evident, as you admit, you only judge players by their contributions to our club. When judging things like technique, as we're discussing, you take into account their whole career as proof. To say outrightly that Lamela's technique is worse than Bale's and then say you're only judging that on what he's done for Spurs is silly. If that was how football worked, their attributes don't matter until showcased for their current side.
Cheers Elias, thanks for that, well let's see if Lamela matches that. Obviously won't be in a domestic Cup Final, though. All i can say is what I saw of Ronaldo that season, impressed me more than what I've seen of Lamela so far. Naturally, I've seen more of Lamela as I'm not a Utd fan, so maybe the Cup Final distorted my perception, but I always love to see a winger (as Ronaldo was thought of then) who can head the ball, always a massive plus in my book.
Agreed mate, I seriously lack in that area. But would you not put that down as stamina rather than power and pace? Natural fitness is a key component to Bale but Lamela could definitely up his artificial fitness.
Yep Paddy. Ronaldo's legs, for example, are like some kind of alien visitation upon a human frame.
Yeah- actually after reading the sources- it doesn't seem reliable. Apologies.
FM14 has Bale's technique at 15, Lamela's at 17. Game over.
