Thing is, in the prem, apart from one team this season, (Stoke) most teams have instructed their right back to make Bale come inside, and to be brutally frank, Bale hasd been average in the league. 0 assists isn't it? 102 layers have made more PL assists than Bale. For a winger, that is poor. He's not a bad player, he's very good, but the Media hype machine has struck again (See Adam Johnson)