Quote Originally Posted by Delusions of Grandeur View Post
I guarantee Bale wouldn't be Bale if he had signed for us. It's not just a case of picking the wrong player.
You may well be right, but he certainly had more natural talent than Walcott so he probably would have been a more effective player than he has been in his 11 years here. Walcotts' major strenght was essentially his pace, anything else needed to be taught, Bale had more than that.