The Moonlit Knight
Banned
It's not the Spurs way, agreed. But will yelling 'Boo you hypocrite!' whenever Bale falls over do any good? If anything, it might make him consider leaving, since he may well have his own reasons for falling over easy. His own blighted injury record shows that much. So yes, it isn't the Spurs way, and yes, Bill Nick would have turned in his grave if he had seen it, but what can we do about it that doesn't equate to booing our own player? so let it go, I say. I'm sure someone will have a word with him about it not being the Spurs way; after all, we've got more than enough legends working for the club in some capacity or other. If he continues to do it when he's 27 or 28, then it becomes worrying. But as a young lad, trying his best to cope with a whole host of new challenges? It's expected, and should be accepted. We can't always demand perfection; if we did, no one would play for us.
No reason why it can't be stamped out now. And who said anything about booing him or the crowd getting on his back? What I said is that we shouldn't condone it and I don't want to see the club condone it either. I know Redknapp won't anyway. He has made comments about Bale in the past doing it, and going down like he'd been shot even in training (whilst alluding to the fact Bale wasn't even hurt).