Lots of bitter England fans peeved about Woodburn's call up

[chris]

I wonder in 20 years will we be discussing Bale as a " great " personally i think we defiantly will

in the era we play in now , bale is up there with the best in the world

if we are talking about all time greats from previous decades , he is a long way down the list.

[lardy]

in the era we play in now , bale is up there with the best in the world

if we are talking about all time greats from previous decades , he is a long way down the list.

Nobody is calling him an alltime great. World class usually means comparison with his peers (as you said, "this day and age"). You're the only person talking about the past, apart from a post saying he's arguably the best Welsh player of all time. Even then, that's Welsh players only and he's certainly not a long way down the list there.

[chris]

Nobody is calling him an alltime great. World class usually means comparison with his peers (as you said, "this day and age"). You're the only person talking about the past, apart from a post saying he's arguably the best Welsh player of all time. Even then, that's Welsh players only and he's certainly not a long way down the list there.

if we are talking about just welsh players that have played abroad and of world class ability in their era or time , then fair enough , but there as not been that many as there , other than john charles , ian rush , mark hughes , and gareth bale and thats about it.

charles for me would easily top that list.

[PerryJason]

More players will choose Wales now as little England are a crock of shite

[City123]

in the era we play in now , bale is up there with the best in the world

if we are talking about all time greats from previous decades , he is a long way down the list.

And in 20 years time people will be saying "Oh [Insert name here] is a good player, but he's no Gareth Bale"

That's how the "all time greats" discussions work, the modern greats are dismissed until around 20 years after they've retired

[chris]

And in 20 years time people will be saying "Oh [Insert name here] is a good player, but he's no Gareth Bale"

That's how the "all time greats" discussions work, the modern greats are dismissed until around 20 years after they've retired

bale is no maradona , cruyff, charles, di stefano, puskas, beckanbauer , etc great players are great players no matter what era you played in, as explained bale is up there with the best in the world in this era , but lets be honest, their is not a lot of competition about . in my opinion messi is the only player people will be talking about twenty years from now as a true great.from this era.