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Nihilist:
Bale is not overhyped at all chic2pimp

AT ALL

Nah He is Bro. I Remember Harry saying He was almost is in the Messi/Ronaldo league. These time no one would have had Him above Nani.

Ibime:
Ninja don't be calling my name anyhow. I'm a technician with the ball. I dribble ninjas while walking sef.

I no see how I dey call you Maradona? Nah your dribbling skills sure pass sef

SIRcumalot:
Bale is a great free kick taker and can dribble the ball well, possesses a very powerful shot and can score from just about anywhere on his day.
Even his goals and assist numbers are great.
He is a big occasion player as he showed it twice for the entitled Madrid fans.
Don't sleep on the Monkey lord he is an Elite player.

I can name 1001 other Good freekick takers so that's nothing to brag about. As far as dribbling is concerned, I think we both have different definitions of that word. I call what Bale does "Kick And Folllow"

Never said He wasn't an elite player nor did I say He never performs on the big occasions. Maybe Coogs did I don't know. That He wasn't deserving of the PFA Award in 2011 what was I said.

All in all is Bale is Good player YES. Is He overhyped DEFINITELY!

coogar:
moda & VDV were the heartbeat of spurs that year.

he made a bigger fist of it in 2013 but one could still argue for van persie & suarez that year too. bale is a media whöre - they love him to bits. harry kane is also towing the same line.

Did Van Persie's goals not win Utd the league that season? Still at that I willing to accept his 2013 award not the 2011 version however.

coogar:
elamps doesn't understand the meaning of dribbling. he's mixing up pace with dribbling. bale is a linear player. kick & follow in a straight line. he cannot weave around players. he doesn't even turn from trouble like messi or hazard or even nani. bale = valencia + end product.

Don't mind Elamps. I have seen Xavi neatly glide away from players but I won't automatically label him a dribbler or say his dribbling skills are on par with Andres

elampiro:
Dribbling is beating a man with ball. Which ever way it's done. Etin Esin can dribble better than Ronaldinho. Pius Okedia can dribble the wholefield with the ball always in his legs.


Modric was sub standard to Bale. Bale brought out everyone else in the Spur team then. It was like Maradona going to Napoli.

Any dummy can beat a man with the ball. Even Phat Ibime sef(i hail u o) . The word Running with the ball at pace is what Bale does.

The engine of the team sub standard to Bale?..... My Elamps Baba. Bia this one na new one o. You turn am to Maradona's performances at Napoli kwanu?

elampiro:
The ability that made him took the ball in his half and ran past his marker(s) to score a vital goal in a final match against Barca. The one that made him the most expensive footballer.

Elamps Baba that is called PACE nau . No one is denying he has PACE. He has it In abundance sef however I am still looking for that "Special Ability" you claim He has got.

coogar:
bale does not dribble like maradona. playing the ball 12 yards ahead and running hard to get it isn't dribbling.

This is the POINT I have been trying to drive home all day. "Kick and Run"/ "Push and Follow" is not doing a Diego Armando.

coogar:
this is why he believes a morönic jones is better than varane.
modric, parker, VDV were better than bale last season.
that award is a farce!
even spurs fans admitted bale was undeserving of the award in 2011.

Modric was certainly more important to the team.

You won't hear me argue with the award He won in 2013 but the one He won in 2011 was nothing but a joke tbh.

elampiro:
You allowed yourself to be brainwashed with acid.

Ronaldo won the PFA player 2008 and lost to the Young player to Fabregas.



This sums up all the arguments.

Leave Brainwash Matter for PDP/APC fanboys. Was Ronaldo not the first player in English Football's history to clean up at every award ceremony in 07 yes or No? .

By 08 He was too busy fighting it out with the Big Boyz for the Fifa Player of the Year Award and Balon D'or to be concerned about a lowly Young Player Award.

elampiro:
Bale has a unique ability that even renowned attacking midfielders, wingers and forwards didnt have. Ivanovic, Banes and co can never have. Bale can dribble, take on, out pace, and shoot accurately. He got promoted and that gave Assou Ekotto another chance to take the left back.



Your subjective opinion can never equal the opinion of professional footballers who played against Bale for 9 months.

And what Ability might that be? We are not talking about a Messi/pirlo like ability here just so you know. Nah He was still scrapping it out with Benoit for that spot till the change in role occured

elampiro:
Ronaldo won the PFA in 2008 but lost the Young Player to Fabregas. British Ojoro? Ayagayagayagayo hei, ayagayagayagyo

Somthing tells me you cannot win both.

Ronaldo won both of em' in 07 nau no?

coogar:
1 good game against a creaking inter milan team & bale became maradona? if nani was born in manchester, he woulda won that award by a country mile. nani's form between january 2010 till april 2011 has no rival in england. he destroyed every full back put in front of him and that included phillip lahm.

maradona won a world cup. 5 goals & something like 5 assists in 7 games. bale had 7 goals & 1 assist in 30 games. you go fear comparison.

Let's even agree He was PELEDONNA in that game, How does that Performance in an European competition translate to him winning the PFA award in the league?

You know Elamps now. Bale has the attributes He likes in a player in abundance. Pace and Power

coogar:
all you have to do is to be white british, put in a half decent performance and the world is your oyster. that season, van der vaart was spurs' best player by a country mile.
however, this is england. pace & power is more appreciated than technically gifted maestros like mata, scholes, iniesta, etc. why do you think carrick is under-rated & mòrons like gerrard are rated in england? if pirlo was english, he would be driving forklifts in tilbury.
that's the irony.
there were younger players better than bale & yet he won the main award.

That's who I was looking for. Rafael Van Der Vaart!

Na so we see am o. Power over Football intelligence

Ain't that Absurd? They were better players in his age group but He still wins the PFA Award?

elampiro:
Europe join. The voters are also looking at the premier league players performance in UCL matches. It has a big influence to play during voting. No voter will seat down and say 'let me remove his excellent Europe performance from his league performance'. A season long general opinion is formed from games played in EPL, UCL, Carling cup, FA cup.

Performance in UCL influence on the voter is as strong as the performance in the EPL, if not stronger.

Europe GINI? We are talking about PFA Awards not the Ballon D'or you know right? Besides I am pretty sure Uefa has a separate award for UCL player of the season No?

No it doesn't. If it did, Suarez would not have ran away with the award that season. Elamps stop letting the INTER game cloud your judgement Bikonu

elampiro:
So why has Mourinho/caoches not changed Banes, Ivanovic. Zabeleta, Rafael to wingers? It was when Bale was destroying teams that the coach had no option than to covert him. Destroying teams doesnt mean goals and assist only, some could have taken away 4 players before setting up a 'second assist'.

Players have different abilities. Just because Bastian's conversion from a right sided midfielder to a central midfielder worked like a dream does not mean doing the same to other right sided midfielders will produce the same outcome too. Btw wasn't the real reason behind Bale's change in position because He was finding hard to displace Assou Ekotto from the LB spot?

elampiro:
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He was consistent. It's people like you who look at figures that think when a player doesn't score he is doing nothing.

There is no need to look at figures. I know for a FACT he was very inconsistent that season.

coogar:
at least, harry kane has the numbers to show for it. how bale won PFA that year is a farce. he didn't have the numbers to show for it nor did he show up in the big games that season. he had only one assist as a full-back. compare that to what ivanovic, zabaleta, baines, rafael, evra, etc usually generate.

I think Elamps is letting the INTER game(Bale's greatest game til date) cloud his judgement. I'm not even sure if He was Spur's best player that season. Most hyped YES, best

coogar:
PFA award is strictly for premier league games only - it's got nothing to do with european games otherwise drogba should have won PFA award in 2012.
it was nani's team that won the league that year. the joke of that award was that nani made PFA team of the season but he wasn't even nominated as a PFA player. bale won the PFA player award but couldn't win the PFA young player award.
that's all you need to know about these farcical awards. the most undeserving awards this century are.....
ryan giggs - 2009(PFA)
leo messi - 2010(ballon d'or)
gareth bale - 2011(PFA)

So He did not even win the Younger player award sef? . That tells you all you need to know really. His is a case of the PFA voters falling for the hype. Fortunately for him, all the players that performed well above him in the league that season are not who you would term "Tabloid Darlings".

elampiro:
UCL 2010/2011

Bale 736 mins, 4 goals, 2 Assists
Nani 760 MINS 1 goal, 0 Assist.

Bale did not just lead them, he led with style like a Maradona. Taking the ball from the deep, dribbling past players to score or give Assists. He did same in the EPL. Now why should his EPL colleague disfavour such an ambassador in votings? Nothing like sentiments.

We are talking LEAGUE here not EUROPE. Nani was clearly the superior player in the English Premier League that season.

Also what's with the Maradona comparison? When did you ever see play "Kick and Run" football?

elampiro:
.....and whoscored recorded that Bale played left back among other wings. Going to match venue doesnt make you see more than my TV. You dont even see replay well(slow motion).

Every man and his dog knows Harry's changing Bale's position from that of a LB to that of a Winger was what led to his sudden change in fortune. Replay?Which one?Recorded on my skybox or during MOTD?

elampiro:
Kane, even though a striker has not done a fifth of what Bale did that season. Bale was single handedly destroying teams in Europe and EPL.

In Europe that season He hasn't but in the league not a chance. He has surpassed it. Bale was highly inconsistent that season bar a two month period when He was unsung.

elampiro:
He wasn't. I want to believe you didnt watch Tottenham then.

As a North London Boy through and through, I doubt anyone on this forum has been to white hart lane half the amount of times I have been there(and I am being generous).

coogar:
you go fear hyperbole....
in 10/11, bale copped
7 goals, 1 assist in 2452 mins(30 apps)
48 key passes, 63 dribbles
nani.....
9 goals, 18 assists in 2674 mins(33 apps)
79 key passes, 83 dribbles.
the only reason won PFA that year was because of the colour of his skin & his british heritage. nani, tevez, berbatov, odemwingie, chicharito, kuyt, cesc were heads & shoulders above bale!

It is pretty clear Bale has the media to thank for his PFA player of the year award that season. It would be an insult to Harry Kane(in his current form)to say He is deserving of that award this season than Bale was that season.

elampiro:
The bold part is the reason I always said Bale deserved the PFA player of the season 2010/2011. He killed oppositions from the left back, even in the UCL. I was astonished by what he was doing from defence.

Who dash Bale leftback? Bale was already a fully fledged winger/wingback(with pretty much No defensive responsibility)at that time. As a leftback, He was at best slightly above average. Nothing special!

^^^^^^^^ APARI u still dey alive?

fredoooooo:
Forget that thing ,na we we ..
the scientists must be some groups of women ,a real man no fit yarn nonsense like that ..
chic2pimp lori oke olumo (on top of olumo mountain)

Loooooool u don kolo kpata kpata. You and yansh sha na only gawd go save u .

Waka! No make i comot mountain just for u today o

fredoooooo:
Bros na story dem dey talk , reproduction is d last thing I think when I see better azz , you and me know Why na , don't loud it

Looooooool werey . You and who? . U think say everybody dey like u ni? . Nah for " ori oke" i dey as i dey type

Fredoooooo na true dem talk?

Ibime:
CIMA and ACCA syllabus is 80% congruent but for Business Management purposes, I'd go with CIMA. If your focus is audit etc then go with ACCA or ACA. If you want to travel the world go with ACCA.

CFA is not the same awoof it used to be. I go join you look am toward year end but just to increase options and gain a wider scope.

The two syllabi are indeed quite identical(for most parts anyways). Plus with the little research I carried out before taking the huge leap, you really can not go wrong with either of them.

As you said, if one is more into the Management side of Accounting, then CIMA is the way to go and if you are into things like audit,taxation et al then ACCA is the way forward.

For real? Money no dey dere like before? Nah my boy(Maths whizz like you) wey talk say make I do am. He say I no go regret am.

Ilekeh:

Ilekeh:
I'll be losing one soon because apparently, I'm tired of saying "don't touch me like that" and "stop calling me baby and sweetie in public".

Ibime:
Na CIMA I do. . . which is superior to ACCA IMHO.

I think we'll have to disagree when it comes to CIMA being the superior of the two. Then again it is your opinion as you stated.

Nah CFA i dey look at now. I here say money plenty for that side

fredoooooo:
That is my twin brother .

FREDOOOOOOOOOO

Free me abeg make I continue dey spread the gospel.

Nah this is wayyy too much. And trust me I love my women curvy and juicy. However all I see here is 'FAT" not "PHAT"

Nihilist:
My guy how you feel about a 2nd consecutive Irish win?

I was in an O'neills with my parents last night to celebrate. They thought we were there to eat though. Na me dey jolly inside.

Dude One of my very best friend is Irish so i was delighted for them. We were both at an Irish pub from 11am till about 8pm yesterday. The atmosphere was in there was absolutely electric(and o boy the Irish dey drink chei). I have always been of the opinion that if not the Red Roses, then I want the irish.

I think it was well deserved. On the balance, they were the most consistent of the lot. This has set me up nicely for the worldcup. Can't wait bro

Ibime:
Don't believe the rumours. I've got at least a decade of active footie left in me.

....... MARADONA!

Ibime:
I been go play ball. Just come back to see say we win. I for curse those bastards forefathers today.

U sef dey play ball?

fredoooooo:
somebody shout Hallelujah !!! ; it's part of the gospel

Not me and u biko. I don repent and turn Bishop. U no fit make me backslide lai lai