Gareth Bale, Wales Answer To Roberto Carlos

Gareth Bale is a 17 year old left back for Southampton FC. He's generated a good amount of buzz going into the current Championship season. He already has 3 caps for Wales (for what that's worth). Various Southampton officials, including his manager George Burley, have sworn up and down that they won't be selling him. For Southampton's sake I hope that's the case. He would do well to note how little playing time Theo Walcott got when he left and stick around for a couple years. Especially considering how young he is and how much work his defending still needs. But if he keeps playing like he did today against Norwich, the Saints may be getting some big offers in a way weeks for the kid. He seemed to single handedly dismantle Norwich at times. They didn't seem to be able to stop him even after adjusting tactics and player personal to try to deal with his constant runs down the left side. And he scored a nice goal off a free kick, his 5th of the season in 20 games.