Match Reaction vs Spurs

[Marc Overmars]

It was pure cheating from Bale. He had a chance to step up today and prove he's the player so many claim he is. Instead he dived in the box and then went missing from the game. Not sure what all the fuss is about this guy. £50mill? Wouldn't swap Ox for him.

He's a good player, a very good player infact, but incredibly overrated much like Spurs themselves. They get good press because they're seen as underdogs, haven't spent huge amounts, play decent football and of course have everyones favourite wideboy as manager. To the neutral, what's not to like?

Hopefully the media keep up the England speculation and it starts to derail them. I'd love it if they bombed now and we finished above them, but we've still got a lot of work to do ourselves. Here's hoping for a strong finish to slightly polish this turd of a season.

[Syn]

It was pure cheating from Bale. He had a chance to step up today and prove he's the player so many claim he is. Instead he dived in the box and then went missing from the game. Not sure what all the fuss is about this guy. £50mill? Wouldn't swap Ox for him.

He's a top player. A cheat, sure. But he is a top player. Part of his problem now is that he seems less of a team player. Whenever I've watched him recently, he tries to be the hero far too often (even more often than he used to be). It does pay off. But to go to the next level, the spuds have a problem if they plan on accommodating this version of Bale because he's no Ronaldo. Letting Ronaldo hog everything works because he can carry a team. Bale, not so sure yet. Has potential but needs to sort his attitude out. He's 22 years old and would fetch a silly amount of money. I don't watch pub league but is this Hazard guy any better than Bale?

[Dog Toffee]

And to think, everyone was shitting themselves that SPURS were going to thrash us.

[Letters]

And to think, everyone was shitting themselves that SPURS were going to thrash us.

I certainly didn't think they'd thrash us but if you look at our recent form and the way Spurs have played this season there was reasonable cause for concern.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

He's a top player. A cheat, sure. But he is a top player. Part of his problem now is that he seems less of a team player. Whenever I've watched him recently, he tries to be the hero far too often (even more often than he used to be). It does pay off. But to go to the next level, the spuds have a problem if they plan on accommodating this version of Bale because he's no Ronaldo. Letting Ronaldo hog everything works because he can carry a team. Bale, not so sure yet. Has potential but needs to sort his attitude out. He's 22 years old and would fetch a silly amount of money. I don't watch pub league but is this Hazard guy any better than Bale?

Hazard is more of a footballer. In fact, aside from his whipped crosses, Bale is very much kick and rush but he is very, very good at it. It's a shame Theo isn't more like him really.

[Syn]

Hazard is more of a footballer. In fact, aside from his whipped crosses, Bale is very much kick and rush but he is very, very good at it. It's a shame Theo isn't more like him really.

I see.

[Marc Overmars]

Yeah I agree with that, Bale and Theo are very similar in style, they just have varying degrees of how effective they can be.

[Cripps_orig]

Theo scores more and assists more.

Well he did last season

[Ollie the Optimist]

off to bed a very happy and proud gooner.



2-0 AND THEY FUCKED IT UP. what a feeling

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Theo scores more and assists more.

Well he did last season

Perhaps but if he ran like a runaway train a la Bale in to space more often, he'd probably contribute a lot more. And last season they still had Crouch up front.