Inter Milan have scouts
they also saw first hand what he could do in the first game
i have no idea what other premiership teams do to keep Bale under control but Mediawatch reckoned silly billy Philly kept him quiet:
"The Bestest Player EVER!
Gareth Bale. He's the best footballer in the world, isn't he? That's the impression you get from the blanket coverage in the press after his admittedly terrific performances against Inter Milan.
We'll skip over the valuations in the tabs that would make him the fourth most expensive player of all time because we expect that sort of hyperbole from that quarter, but we can't ignore Patrick Barclay's column in The Times.
To be fair to Barclay - usually the sober, even sometimes dull, wise old man of Fleet Street - he doesn't say Bale is the best in the world. Only the second best...behind Xavi.
Barclay goes on to compare Bale - a 21-year-old with around eight months of good form behind him - favourably to Roberto Carlos, bats off the entirely obvious point that Phil Neville kept Bale very quiet a couple of weeks ago and attempts to fit the caveat 'at the moment...' into every third sentence, as if the the fickle nature of form backs up such a remarkable statement.
While we of course hesitate to quibble with a subjective opinion, we would simply point out that, in the month of October, Cristiano Ronaldo scored an incredible 13 goals in eight games for Real Madrid and Portugal. Leo Messi is lagging behind rather, with just the eight from his last seven.
Goals are obviously not the only important thing in this glorious game of opinions, but it's worth noting that Bale has scored twice in the Premier League this season, and has been credited with zero assists by Opta, backing up the theory that this fuss has been based merely on two games.
Bale is not even the flavour of the month - he's the flavour of two games against Inter Milan. We expected the red tops would go overboard, but perhaps naively we assumed wiser, balder heads such as Barclay's would be more sensible."
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Posted By: Ralf Scrampton on November 5th 2010 at 09:50:41
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- Whose the best (of course don't count on their age right now): Bale, Hucks and Eadie (NCFC) - XXL16, Nov 5, 02:32:57
- At what, drawing cocks in dirt on the back of vans? (NCFC) - CB41, Nov 5, 06:56:40
- ummmm, Bale? (n/m) (NCFC) - andross, Nov 5, 02:48:19
- Bale has a couple of good games (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Nov 5, 06:27:34
- Prem bosses know him better and are doubling up and showing him inside, simples (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Nov 5, 09:34:59
- Inter Milan have scouts (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Nov 5, 09:50:41
- Prem bosses know him better and are doubling up and showing him inside, simples (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Nov 5, 09:34:59
- Bale has a couple of good games (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Nov 5, 06:27:34
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