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WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 10:16:19
March 05 2019 10:15 GMT
#2641
No, that's not harsh. His performances are bad, and his attitude is even worse. The guy left the stadium after being subbed vs Barcelona last weekend. He never tried to learn Spanish, and his injuries cannot be only put on bad luck, at this point. As a Barça fan, I'd love him to stay a few seasons more, if you know what I mean :D
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 05 2019 10:33 GMT
#2642
He has out performed Zidane, Figo and Fat Ronaldo, especially in finals his records are insane in terms of goals or assists provided. He might be in a bad spot for this season which i agree but he is and has been an important player for Real Madrid. Goal or Assist every 84 minutes last season for example.

Here is that stat comparrison after he scored his 100th goal for the club between other Galacticos

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DucK-
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Singapore11447 Posts
March 05 2019 10:46 GMT
#2643
I dunno why. Just feel these stats don't mean much when comparing different eras
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 05 2019 10:48 GMT
#2644
Which you can argue i agree, but to say he failed when he has "out performed" greats is not fair. You can say he out performed to Cristano or Messi stats but outside of those two, he is ahead of the curve.
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Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18292 Posts
March 05 2019 11:15 GMT
#2645
On March 05 2019 19:48 Pandemona wrote:
Which you can argue i agree, but to say he failed when he has "out performed" greats is not fair. You can say he out performed to Cristano or Messi stats but outside of those two, he is ahead of the curve.

Huh? You agree that cross-era stat comparisons are meaningless. But then say that he's ahead of the curve? What curve? We just threw out the curve he's ahead of (the galacticos stats). He clearly isn't ahead of CR7 or Messi (or even in the same ballpark). So on what curve is he "ahead"?
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 05 2019 11:22 GMT
#2646
Ahead of the curve in which it is everyone but Messi and Ronaldo i guess. I didn't write what i wanted to properly, oops xD
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evilfatsh1t
Profile Joined October 2010
Australia8866 Posts
March 05 2019 11:36 GMT
#2647
i dont think you guys are even arguing the same thing. i thought the initial criticism of bale is that hes been useless this season, which would be correct.
pande is arguing that bale has been an asset to madrid over his entire career there, which is also correct.

if the argument is that bale at madrid has overall been a failure then that would just be straight up false. alexis at united is what you call a failure
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7207 Posts
March 05 2019 11:56 GMT
#2648
On March 05 2019 19:33 Pandemona wrote:
He has out performed Zidane, Figo and Fat Ronaldo, especially in finals his records are insane in terms of goals or assists provided. He might be in a bad spot for this season which i agree but he is and has been an important player for Real Madrid. Goal or Assist every 84 minutes last season for example.

Here is that stat comparrison after he scored his 100th goal for the club between other Galacticos

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Bale is more of a finisher where as Zidane and Figo are creators. This is not a good comparison, aside from the different era. That's like comparing Kroos or Modric with Benzema.

Really hoping for some underdog action today. Go Ajax, go Dortmund, I believe
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Bacillus
Profile Joined August 2010
Finland2052 Posts
March 05 2019 12:02 GMT
#2649
It would be the embodiment of that negative side of being Spursy to allow two early goals and make it a panicky contest again. I like the team a lot, but whenever I think they're starting to look really good, something falls apart...
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
March 05 2019 12:08 GMT
#2650
Well you say he is more a finisher than creator but he still has more assists to Zidane in less games? Figo is more a direct comparison i agree though and he out does him in all but assist stats.
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haitike
Profile Joined June 2009
Spain2727 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 12:30:00
March 05 2019 12:10 GMT
#2651
On March 05 2019 17:35 Pandemona wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2019 15:11 Bacillus wrote:
I first thought the headline "Bale going nowhere" meant that there are no signs of improvement and he's stuck being anonymous in Real's attack.

That's harsh! His stats are actually very good, he has better stats than Zidane and Figo and played lots of games less. He also minus goals is better than fat Ronaldo as well. He just gets injured a lot it seems. I would take him but the issue is now he is 30 in July, he is only going to get worst. I think Real will try to sell but mainly due to this is the last year they have being able to get some value for him. Where he goes im not sure though, because like i said he 30 now.


That was true previous seasons, he was good when he was fit.

But this season he has been fit most of the season and he really sucks every time he plays. This is one of his worst seasons despite CR7 not monopolizing the main role anymore, so I understand people are tired of him.

His last match in el clásico was so so bad that he practically didn't touch the ball. And he hasn't been injured for a while.
WillyWanker
Profile Joined December 2011
France1915 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 12:11:51
March 05 2019 12:11 GMT
#2652
That's what's wrong with statistics... Zidane and Figo aren't finishers like it's been said. Also, this past years' Madrid has been one of the highest scoring team in their history.

There's no doubt Bale has tremendous talent, but just ask Madrid fans if he'll be remembered like those you're trying to compare him to xD Everyone wants him out. Being injured all the time makes him a worse professional athlete, as much as it's not his fault. On top of that, his attitude since he joined Real has never been the best, and this year, he's not even trying.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18636 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 12:42:49
March 05 2019 12:41 GMT
#2653
Zidane's super strength has never been goals scored or assists for goals. He is the type of person who makes the whole play flow. I doubt Zidane's strengths could ever be backed by stats.

Also Zidane and Figo played in an era where defense was key
Acrofales
Profile Joined August 2010
Spain18292 Posts
March 05 2019 12:51 GMT
#2654
On March 05 2019 21:08 Pandemona wrote:
Well you say he is more a finisher than creator but he still has more assists to Zidane in less games? Figo is more a direct comparison i agree though and he out does him in all but assist stats.

I thought we'd decided cross-era comparisons were pointless. Figo was playing in a time when the Liga was quite a bit more competitive. Sure, there would always be an Eibar or something that gets wallopped by big numbers, but in general, Real couldn't inflate its goal average as much as it can now. So automatically any attacker is going to look better playing in the '10s than in the early '00s.
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7207 Posts
March 05 2019 13:10 GMT
#2655
On March 05 2019 21:41 sharkie wrote:
Zidane's super strength has never been goals scored or assists for goals. He is the type of person who makes the whole play flow. I doubt Zidane's strengths could ever be backed by stats.

Also Zidane and Figo played in an era where defense was key


Exactly my thoughts.
The only statistic that could be used is sth like "how many goals did the team score while the player is fielded" or sth along those lines. Or maybe the "packings" stats that became famous for the Euro 16
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Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 13:35:44
March 05 2019 13:34 GMT
#2656
Just throwing a few more numbers at this debate to see if anyone changes their mind on Bale. Even on his bad season his stats compare to Hazard and Salah like this;

Bale - 13 goals 5 assists - 33 games (2086 min) G+A/m - 116min

salah - 20 goals 8 assists - 38 games (3099 min) G+A/m - 111min

hazard - 15 goals 11 assists - 37 games (2772 min) G+A/m - 107min

Ok maybe those are bad cuz i just did Sterling and he got;

Sterling - 15 goals 15 assists - 37 games (2922 min) G+A/m - 97min

Offt!! PFA Player of the year?!
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7207 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 13:49:22
March 05 2019 13:48 GMT
#2657
Lewandowski - 15 /9 - 23 (2059) - 86
Luka Jovic - 15/6 - 22 (1449) - 69

Now, these stats say Jovic is the next Messi. I'm not quite sure that's right :D
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Pandemona *
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 14:44:56
March 05 2019 14:44 GMT
#2658
Different positions or i would have used Aguero, i was using wingers vs wingers. In striking candidates though that is why Jovic is being lined up with moves to Barca/Real Madrid/Chelsea/Yanited/City etc all the big clubs want Jovic for many reasons!

However the league also has something to play in those stats. Similarly Neymar's stats are ridiculous lol.

Neymar - 20 goals 11 assists - 23 games (1917 min) G+A/m - 62min
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7207 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-03-05 15:14:26
March 05 2019 15:14 GMT
#2659
My earlier points exactly
Stats can be seen in a very different light and have to be taken with a grain of salt .

Now on to something else:

Löw just announced he will not be needing the services of Boateng, Hummels and Müller anymore. That's pretty big IMO. What you you guys think?
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
clusen
Profile Joined May 2010
Germany8702 Posts
March 05 2019 15:29 GMT
#2660
A good decision when it comes to Boateng, the other 2 can still be useful so I don't see why he would exclude them permanently, but it's not like they lit the world on fire in recent times either.

It's not like we have an abundance of wingers or central defenders.
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