Comments on: Gareth Bale gives Harry selection headache

By: Jurgen

Jurgen — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:50:39 +0000

Play Bale at Left-side Midfield

By: Mark turner

Mark turner — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:20:34 +0000

I think against Leeds the while team should have been looking to sit back once we hit injury time. Against brum, Bale failed to make a challenge for the first cross in the move. I think bale has done well, point is, if you don’t play him when benoit comes back, he’ll surely want to move on. So you guys are all in favour if bale as our first choice left back?

By: MarkD

MarkD — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:46:21 +0000

Bale has been possibly our best player since his return. The Wolves goal was down to JENAS and HUDDLESTONE going to sleep as Jones burst into the box and the Birmingham goal was more down to CORLUKA going to sleep as Ridgewell went past him. The Leeds game at WHL was an interesting one – Bale was given the ball midway in our half by Keano, took the ball deep into Leeds half (good idea, keep it away from our area), ignored Pav who was heading into the corner (perhaps to play out the last minute, so I think Bale should have used him) and cut inside. However, he then tried to pass through their defence to a teammate and the ball was cut out and lumped forward to Beckford, on our RIGHT hand side… where HUTTON should have been. HUTTON was the one out of position, galloping forward for no good reason, instead of staying solid at the back. Had he stayed back, he and Dawson could have snuffed out the danger between them and seen out the game.

By: DVC

DVC — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:03:39 +0000

I suggest you look at the replay again. The cross that caused the problem came from their left wing. And one J Jenas lacked any effort to get to their player. He would have stopped the move had he tracked back quicker rather than jog.