article_snippet: Gareth Bale is the least popular of Madrid's  front three and nearly half the fans asked would bench Gareth Bale .
article_snippet: Karim Benzema claims Karim Benzema is the 'first one to arrive and the last to leave' the Real Madrid training ground .
article_snippet: In a poll in AS, Bale, who has been jeered on a couple of occasions despite his impressive start in the Spanish capital, was top of the pile, while Cristiano Ronaldo was second.
article_snippet: Karim Benzema, therefore, has proven to be the most popular member of Madrid's frontline; a stat which will surprise many given Cristiano Ronaldo's previous success at the club.
article_snippet: Carlo Ancelotti stands in front of the bench - but could one of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale - 46.1 per cent or Karim Benzema soon be sitting there?
article_snippet: Karim Benzema should make way according to just 21.7 per cent of Madrid fans, and alongside the poll AS carry a quote from the French forward where Carlo Ancelotti says: 'I'm the first one to arrive and the last to leave.'
article_snippet: Bale has been booed and jeered by Real Madrid supporters a couple of times .
highlights_snippet: Gareth Bale should be dropped, say 46.1 per cent of fans polled .
  