Tonight's Football

[coffeymagic]

It's a close call but I've always not hated United as much as I have loathed City.

I can't stand 'em.

The shadow of OT looms large in Wogden, all my mates (and my brother) are/were reds and when the Supers were away we used to go and watch United.

I will say that at the age of 18 and at a height of 6ft I still used to get in through the juniour turnstile on the cheapest part of the ground (Stretford Paddock) and then we'd bung over into the Stretford End but please don't take this as some sort of 'United are my second team' admission.

I was disappointed with Rangers fans for slagging their local sides defeat against Juventus the other night but as the teams came out in Madrid yesterday I knew exactly how they felt.

It was only because Madrid have Ronaldo playing for them that I couldnt' bring myself to cheer for them too.

Where do you put the Scousers in all this?

It's tight at the top I can tell you.

[mrkint]

THRIKER

[Annoyed Grunt]

What a hit, son.

[mrkint]

Gareth Bale scores a 40 yard freekick and a 25 yard one, and doesn't even have the best goal of the night!

[Relentless09]

Gareth Bale was outstanding

[boltonboris]

Gareth Bale was outstanding

His goals were very good, but on the whole, I thought he was quite disappointing. A lot more wasteful than normal, but then, he's trying more things as he's on a high.

Stelling's comments about him being better than Ronaldo are mind boggling.

[BWFC_Insane]

Gareth Bale was outstanding

His goals were very good, but on the whole, I thought he was quite disappointing. A lot more wasteful than normal, but then, he's trying more things as he's on a high.

Stelling's comments about him being better than Ronaldo are mind boggling.

I'm not sure he's as good as Ronaldo, no.

But he's certainly not miles off either.

[Prufrock]

Gareth Bale was outstanding

His goals were very good, but on the whole, I thought he was quite disappointing. A lot more wasteful than normal, but then, he's trying more things as he's on a high.

Stelling's comments about him being better than Ronaldo are mind boggling.

I'm not sure he's as good as Ronaldo, no.

But he's certainly not miles off either.

Get out man!

He's a top (top Jamie?) player, undoubtedly, with a good claim to be the best in the Premier League at the moment, and a decent shout for best of the rest in the world; however, Messi>Ronaldo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everyone else. Bale's got 13 in 22 this season, and, in the form of his life, 10 in 10. Ronaldo has 37 in 36 this season and 183 in 180 overall. He's miles away. Bale even fecking dives more than Ronaldo now!

Bale takes better free-kicks though, and is only 23 too!

[boltonboris]

The gulf in class between Ronaldo and Bale is enormous. They shouldn't even be compared.

[Prufrock]

The gulf in class between Ronaldo and Bale is enormous. They shouldn't even be compared.

I wouldn't go as far as to say they shouldn't be compared. I don't think the gulf between Bale and Ronaldo at 23 is that big. But right now, the difference is huge.

[BWFC_Insane]

Gareth Bale was outstanding

His goals were very good, but on the whole, I thought he was quite disappointing. A lot more wasteful than normal, but then, he's trying more things as he's on a high.

Stelling's comments about him being better than Ronaldo are mind boggling.

I'm not sure he's as good as Ronaldo, no.

But he's certainly not miles off either.

Get out man!

He's a top (top Jamie?) player, undoubtedly, with a good claim to be the best in the Premier League at the moment, and a decent shout for best of the rest in the world; however, Messi>Ronaldo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everyone else. Bale's got 13 in 22 this season, and, in the form of his life, 10 in 10. Ronaldo has 37 in 36 this season and 183 in 180 overall. He's miles away. Bale even fecking dives more than Ronaldo now!

Bale takes better free-kicks though, and is only 23 too!

Eh? But haven't you just said what I did? That Ronaldo is better but Bale isn't miles off? In a roundabout way?

Bale is playing for Spurs.

I don't think he'd score as many as Ronaldo even in Spain for RM but I don't think he'd be massively behind either.

[ChrisC]

Gareth Bale was outstanding

His goals were very good, but on the whole, I thought he was quite disappointing. A lot more wasteful than normal, but then, he's trying more things as he's on a high.

Stelling's comments about him being better than Ronaldo are mind boggling.

I'm not sure he's as good as Ronaldo, no.

But he's certainly not miles off either.

Get out man!

He's a top (top Jamie?) player, undoubtedly, with a good claim to be the best in the Premier League at the moment, and a decent shout for best of the rest in the world; however, Messi>Ronaldo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everyone else. Bale's got 13 in 22 this season, and, in the form of his life, 10 in 10. Ronaldo has 37 in 36 this season and 183 in 180 overall. He's miles away. Bale even fecking dives more than Ronaldo now!

Bale takes better free-kicks though, and is only 23 too!

Eh? But haven't you just said what I did? That Ronaldo is better but Bale isn't miles off? In a roundabout way?

Bale is playing for Spurs.

I don't think he'd score as many as Ronaldo even in Spain for RM but I don't think he'd be massively behind either.

I don't think Bale would score anything close. Bale tends to run at the defence and score screamers and free kicks. Ronaldo is an all round scorer with a strikers instinct. He scores headers.. he scores tap ins he scores 1 on 1 and he scores screamers.

[Prufrock]

Gareth Bale was outstanding

His goals were very good, but on the whole, I thought he was quite disappointing. A lot more wasteful than normal, but then, he's trying more things as he's on a high.

Stelling's comments about him being better than Ronaldo are mind boggling.

I'm not sure he's as good as Ronaldo, no.

But he's certainly not miles off either.

Get out man!

He's a top (top Jamie?) player, undoubtedly, with a good claim to be the best in the Premier League at the moment, and a decent shout for best of the rest in the world; however, Messi>Ronaldo>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Everyone else. Bale's got 13 in 22 this season, and, in the form of his life, 10 in 10. Ronaldo has 37 in 36 this season and 183 in 180 overall. He's miles away. Bale even fecking dives more than Ronaldo now!

Bale takes better free-kicks though, and is only 23 too!

Eh? But haven't you just said what I did? That Ronaldo is better but Bale isn't miles off? In a roundabout way?

Bale is playing for Spurs.

I don't think he'd score as many as Ronaldo even in Spain for RM but I don't think he'd be massively behind either.

No! I said he isn't far off 23 year old Ronaldo, he's miiiles away from Ronaldo now!

[as]

Bale is the only world-class player British player on the planet. Not the most consistent but he's still young (Ronaldo had some w*nk games at United too - believe it or not).

And to think he was loaned out to Walsall a few years back as he was struggling at Spurs

[ChrisC]

Bale is the only world-class player British player on the planet. Not the most consistent but he's still young (Ronaldo had some w*nk games at United too - believe it or not).

And to think he was loaned out to Walsall a few years back as he was struggling at Spurs

If I remember rightly, Spurs failed to win the first 18 games or so that Bale played in.

[Jakerbeef]

With all this talk of Bale's ability, we're missing one important thing. He's a diving wee twonk.

[seanworth]

Bale is the only world-class player British player on the planet. Not the most consistent but he's still young (Ronaldo had some w*nk games at United too - believe it or not).

And to think he was loaned out to Walsall a few years back as he was struggling at Spurs

If I remember rightly, Spurs failed to win the first 18 games or so that Bale played in.

I think that was partly due to the fact he was playing as a defender, and in that position was totally clueless.

[plymouth wanderer]

Iirc they nearly sold him on for 4 million

[Annoyed Grunt]

Bayern one up after 7 mins.....poor Arsene.

[Annoyed Grunt]

Bayern now two up........