hammerman69 wrote:like I said....I think it has as I think they would have finished 1st rather than 3rd but like you say, neither of us know the answer to that.
No we don't, can only go on what is and not what ifs. And the what is is that they finished higher this season without him . Who knows, with Bale in the side Pooch might have had to make do with different players
might have set things out differently. ( though the latter might not apply as I don't really know his take on the game. )
So either scenario, them winning the league( thanks for selling Bale )
or bumming it isn't wrong.but on current form compared to past and not what could have been, hardly detrimental.