It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Treb - And of course the English press would never suggest that Scotland are shite either :O)

eh?

i dont think the english press could give a toss how bad we are

i would also argue gerrard is world class...one game in turkey does not make you world class...i cannot remember him standing out in any major international tournament...can anyone? which is where you define world class players not turning it on against blackpool and wigan

Errr excuse me but Gareth Bale would be a much better buy than Gerrard (although Gerrard is twice the player Lampard is).

Wonder if Man City would like to offload any more players to Cardiff in Jan and keep paying their wages ??? ... Barry and Anelka might make the subs bench :-)

i am not sure if gareth bale is the real deal or the latest gareth barry

Treb - Don't give up the day job, football scout wouldn't be a good career choice, I wish Bale was English!

lol.....You can rely on Trig for entertainment

two games is all it seems to become a superstar then?

i did not hear anyone raving about him before the game in italy

he was rank rotten in the game between the Inter matches

Trig.you shouldnt have squelched me then?

re bale...go and watch how wes brown and philip neville handled him...hugged the touchline and directed him inside...result he was useless.

but he had 2 good games against inter...so must be worth 50M...look beyong the hype...he could hardly get a game last year.

maybe he will prove to be the real deal however i would need more than 2 games to compare him to messi like one of the commentators did during the week....clowns

Treb , he's been oustanding for the last year the Inter games just highlighted how good.

hmmm...not so sure dil...look at how many games he played in 2009/2010in the premiership...a massive 23 hardly even a first team regular never mind the first name on the teamsheet...so outstanding for the last year the stats would suggest not

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/players/first_team/garethbale.html

also spurs nearly sold him last close season

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1201067/Spurs-wasting-Gareth-Bales-talents-Id-love-bring-Ajax-insists-ex-Tottenham-boss-Martin-Jol.html

give me sergio ramos any time as i think he would eat neville and wes brown alive which bale was incapable of doing...

hey maybe i am wrong and i hope i am. However seems usual premier league hype...but if your exposure to football is sky and the sun then go for it...he is the best player in the world...as was rooney

even charlie adam can look good in 2 games

as i say i am undecided...maybe he will turn out to be a legend...all i am saying is try and look beyond the hype...CC seems unable to but waddya expect from an englishman :-)

Usual drivel I note over the last 20 odd postings about the relative rankings of Gerard and Lamps - still who cares ?

and how anyone can knock Bale is beyond me - a quality player even if he's playing for Spurs

Come on Swansea

lol , uck off Jeff ... off out now to watch us batter them :-)

Swansea were 11/4 at Corals. Trust you made some money there jeffmack???

Hils - Oh dear!..... Scousers (old, thick or otherwise) 2 Cockney Shite ( and they were) 0 :O)

I'm going to end up getting sky....miss all these great games....

Geordies LOL Scots with their brains taken out!

rf....you can get them all free on tinternet