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None of these people are actually compared to Beckham. It's just that your commentators are stereotyping simpletons.

Damn, hoped they'd keep it fun for longer.

Well done

Elliot is awesome

If only we had a French international centerback prepared to come on for our injured captain! Oh, wait...

Seriously man. Mother of God.

Dear Lord.

Why on Earth is Taylor even appealing for that

Two straight corners that weren't completely pointless. Progress.

Southampton have a Japanese player

Almost a ridiculous ball from Jonas that

The funny thing is that I was sure he was going to miss. It was like that feeling you get when Jonas or Tiote hits one from outside the box and you're thinking "Nah, no way in hell..."

What... Why.. How

We're inventing new innovative ways of wasting corners every week

Why? We'll see plenty of him playing in the centre over the coming years. At least, tonight, we'll see if he's any good at RB, which would be a nice bonus for us. Given what we've got, he's probably the best RB in the Europa squad. No problem at all playing him in the position that he'll probably need to play the rest of the tournament at

Disappointed that Haidara isn't getting a start and flabbergasted that Jonas isn't getting a rest. The rest of it makes sense I suppose.

Don't think it's unfair to acknowledge the importance of what he did the first time while also recognizing that the second time was a bit of a mess for all parties involved. Happy birthday. I certainly know I wouldn't have ever become a fan without him.

He can track far back and do defensive work when needed because he has the pace and the stamina to get back to transition quickly between phases. Obviously an "average position" would not reflect this. Comparing his defensive contribution to Ronaldo solely based on this is completely ridiculous. Bale plays defense when he needs to, that's part of why he's a great player. In fact, let's quote that very same article you linked.

Only going on what my Spurs season ticket holding mate says. I suspect he knows better than you or me to be honest. You only have to look back to the match on Saturday to see how much Bale tracks back.

We wouldn't be in the Prem if we hadn't signed Williamson then. He's just been kept around way past his expiry date through no fault of his own. No idea what Swansea have been feeding Routledge.

Nevada Smiths appears to be showing it.

I agree with this. If he's not going to be here next year and we're not struggling to survival, why shouldn't we phase him out and play with the players we'll actually have for next season?

Both teams looked pretty scrappy today. Probably deserved a point on the balance but Bale was a matchwinner and we haven't got anyone of that quality in our squad. That was the big difference. A loss at WHL prefaced an amazing run of wins last season so hopefully we'll be in for the same this year. Just hope Gouffran is okay.

Krul giving Bale another big "fuck you" If only it were 1-1