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Football Thread 2013/14 |OT9|

wedward

Member
I disagree since I think he's only just behind him now and should easily continue to improve, but I never said he was better than Ronaldo anyway. I did say he was playing better though which was high praise since it's not like Ronaldo had a poor season last year by any means.

That being said, if Bale was scoring 40 goals at his age and Ronaldo was scoring 40 at his age, I'd say that Bale was better than him every day of the week.

Bale is 24 though. Look at Ronaldo at 23. If Bale ever has a season like that it will be pretty incredible. I don't think he will.

As for that last part, Ronaldo will score 40 this year, Bale wont.
 

bjaelke

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Wilbur

Banned
Bale better than Ronaldo last year? POR QUE

Bale wasn't even the best player in the Premier league.

Anyway. England time.
 

Clegg

Member
Bale is 24 though. Look at Ronaldo at 23. If Bale ever has a season like that it will be pretty incredible. I don't think he will.

As for that last part, Ronaldo will score 40 this year, Bale wont.
Ronaldo's already on 24 goals between La Liga and the CL. 40 is a very conservative estimate.
 

wedward

Member
I disagree since I think he's only just behind him now and should easily continue to improve, but I never said he was better than Ronaldo anyway. I did say he was playing better though which was high praise since it's not like Ronaldo had a poor season last year by any means.

That being said, if Bale was scoring 40 goals at his age and Ronaldo was scoring 40 at his age, I'd say that Bale was better than him every day of the week.

Ronaldo's already on 24 goals between La Liga and the CL. 40 is a very conservative estimate.

I agree. I just said 40 because Meier was using that number. He will easily surpass 40.
 

bone_and_sinew

breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
How many Benfica players are playing? If it's a lot, welcome to Brazil, Sweden. They're already playing on Benfica's porn stage set of a ground.
 

Meier

Member
Bale is 24 though. Look at Ronaldo at 23. If Bale ever has a season like that it will be pretty incredible. I don't think he will.

As for that last part, Ronaldo will score 40 this year, Bale wont.

Agreed, Ronaldo will definitely hit that mark -- he's probably halfway there I'd guess. I think Bale will end up with a similar number of goals as he had at Spurs last year though and he won't have to completely carry his team to get there. The level of talent around him now is going to elevate his game even further.

Regarding that season Ronaldo had at 23, it was unbelievable but it also was a bit of an outlier for him in the PL and it's a lot easier to score a ton of goals when your teammates are fantastic. If defenses have to worry about Carlitos Tevez and Wayne Rooney as well, you're going to get your chances. Bale had no one in support really.

Bale better than Ronaldo last year? POR QUE

Bale wasn't even the best player in the Premier league.

Yes he was (the best player in the PL). And in that little window of time (early 2013) when he was scoring unbelievable goals every week and just lifting the team onto his back and winning games on his own, he was playing at a higher level than Ronaldo was IMO. Madrid were very underwhelming last season.
 

wedward

Member
Bale is already 2 years off the pace of Ronaldo. At 21 Ronaldo had 23 goals. Bale got 26 at 24. At 22 Ronaldo had 42. Bale had 12 at 22. I also think moving to Madrid will hinder Bale's development in the long term.
 

FootballFan

Member
Bale is already 2 years off the pace of Ronaldo. At 21 Ronaldo had 23 goals. Bale got 26 at 24. At 22 Ronaldo had 42. Bale had 12 at 22. I also think moving to Madrid will hinder Bale's development in the long term.

Ronaldo fans don't like playing that age game when Messi is involved. But it's fine for this. :p
 
Hey Milner, how about taking some attacking responsibility for once in your fucking life instead of asking a ridiculous amount from your teammates, you meatheaded cunt
 
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