Reesh Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Bale just retired from all football. Please take the seat next to @EastCraigsOwlfor watching international tournaments when you fail to qualify 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 8 minutes ago, Reesh said: Bale just retired from all football. Please take the seat next to @EastCraigsOwlfor watching international tournaments when you fail to qualify I thought he did years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Not 'played' a game since Portugal semi final in 2016. I wish him well spending his estimated £130 million fortune. Maybe he's off to LIV golf 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 He can chop that silly bastard looking man bun now. If nothing else it would stop the wife's Welsh brother in law from keeping his version he grew in his honour. Stop him looking like a right dick - well less of one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 IMG_3875.MOV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 11 hours ago, Andyben said: IMG_3875.MOV 18.68 MB · 6 downloads It does amuse me at how furious the Madrid fans were at him when, as that video shows his best bits were chuffing outstanding. However. I know we’d have been pissed off if one of our lot said they’d prefer playing golf ahead of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellsview Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said: It does amuse me at how furious the Madrid fans were at him when, as that video shows his best bits were chuffing outstanding. However. I know we’d have been pissed off if one of our lot said they’d prefer playing golf ahead of us! Just think back to Gilles De Bilde. I think I’d still be tempted to give him a slap even if I bumped into him today, over 20 years since he left. Even though he’d probably kick my head in! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Just now, Bellsview said: Just think back to Gilles De Bilde. I think I’d still be tempted to give him a slap even if I bumped into him today, over 20 years since he left. Even though he’d probably kick my head in! 😂 Yeah, I know what you mean. Any player admitting they'd rather be elsewhere is a poisonous prospect. However, comparing Bale and De Bilde is something I'd never thought I'd read! HAHAHA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otto_Man Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 You're comparing apples and oranges as De Bilde did little of note for us, whereas Bale practically won a champions league final single handedly (as well as scoring a shit ton of goals) for Madrid and they fucking hated him for it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellsview Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, Otto_Man said: You're comparing apples and oranges as De Bilde did little of note for us, whereas Bale practically won a champions league final single handedly (as well as scoring a shit ton of goals) for Madrid and they fucking hated him for it Fair point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 24 minutes ago, Otto_Man said: You're comparing apples and oranges as De Bilde did little of note for us, whereas Bale practically won a champions league final single handedly (as well as scoring a shit ton of goals) for Madrid and they fucking hated him for it They didn’t hate him for his goals… they hated him for everything else off the pitch. Not speaking Spanish (which is bollocks), taking his comments re Golf / Wales absolutely literally. But, I’d get him putting his country first.. not Golf. However, he is summat like 500/1 to win the Masters now he’s retired from football I heard. 🤣🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylluan Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Bale was made the scapegoat by various club presidents after it was revealed how much he was earning while not being picked. Calderon blamed everything wrong with Madrid on Bale's wages even though there were players earning more. Zidane played the popularity game while he was manager and didn't pick him much as the fans had been turned. He and his whole family learned Spanish. He's fluent enough to have been Courtois' unofficial interpreter when he arrived from Chelsea. He never missed a training session, when he was declared fit, he was asked to attend. Injuries did play a part in him missing games but he still scored just over 1 in 2 while at Madrid. He didn't help himself with the Wales, Golf, Madrid t-shirt but his main golfing buddy was Modric and he never received a murmur about his off field activities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Let's be honest here. Pity he wasn't English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, Skamp said: Let's be honest here. Pity he wasn't English. He probably wouldn't have been picked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Can he play right back? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 An absolute world class footballer. But one of those guys who probably wasn’t a football fan as such and clearly had interests outside of the game, which is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skamp Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Was it Des Walker who hated football? Only played because he was good and it earned him a living? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellsview Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Skamp said: Was it Des Walker who hated football? Only played because he was good and it earned him a living? David Batty was similar - had no interest in football whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Skamp said: Was it Des Walker who hated football? Only played because he was good and it earned him a living? Yes. Think Ben White at Arsenal is same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 Probably best to leave Ben Whites interests off this thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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