I feel sorry for Bale, he is a world class player and a nice guy . Deserves a hell of a lot more than he gets at Madrid . I would bet you if Madrid sold Ronaldo, Bale would be amazing .
I don't. I do not wish him harm, but he knew exactly what he was letting himself in for, everyone knows how fickle the Madridistas and everyone associated with that club can be. He's won a CL and made a hell of a lot of money, hard to feel too sorry for him. Would love him to come back, but besides that I don't really care what happens to him, barring injury of course. Even if it doesn't work out for him at Madrid, there will be a queue of clubs a mile long to sign him.
As for the last part, Bale arguably would be a better player, but they would be worse off without Ronaldo.
Funny that no one has seen the direct correlation between Modric's absence and Madrid's drop in form
not for me MB, Bale has been a massive success there on the pitch, decisive goals in 2 major finals, he's slotted right in and according to the manager (one of the greatest of all time by the way) he's now undroppable
the backlash is only happening because the team is in a bad run of form and the fans have been spoilt for so long all sense of perspective has long since been lost
Funny that no one has seen the direct correlation between Modric's absence and Madrid's drop in form
A massive success in two finals, but hardly a great success for the rest of the games considering what they paid for him. I know exactly what people will say "he didn't set the price tag" but it has to be a factor when evaluating signings. He's not done poorly, but I wouldn't say great either, simply OK.
Sorry Mate, Bale had a very good first season, 22 goals in 44 appearances in a side where the goal scoring duties are set up for Ronaldo -> Benzema (who got 24 in 52) -> Bale, played a major role in winning finals, any complaints about that season would be unreasonable.
I watched quite a bit of that season, and quite often Bale was in a better position than Ronaldo, and his teammates would choose Ronaldo every time (and I understand why), but you really have to keep that in mind with judging anyone who scores goals for Madrid.
Stadium or Bale!?
But isn't that the point?
Football wise Bale has been good by most people's standards and stats, but the Madrid fans disagree due their warped sense of reality.
Lamela, stats wise, has been pretty good - but many fans disagree.
That's what I was getting at.
Madrid really is a horrid club. Up there with Cheatski.