Savage blow on top of Bale, Ampadu and Mepham.
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Savage blow on top of Bale, Ampadu and Mepham.
Not such a bad thing, it might give one of the youngsters a chance hopefully, probably be King though!
If we win tomorrow and draw with Denmark we finish on seven points. Denmark currently have four points. A draw in a Cardiff gives them five points going into their final game at home to Ireland. Win that which they should gives them eight points and the group. So we really need to win both of our remaining games to win the group. With Ramsey now out as well I think we will lose a scrappy encounter 1-0.
a tough game just got tougher
Wilson/Woodburn on the left, Lawrence in for Ramsey, Brooks on the right, and Smith in for Ampadu. That's pretty decent.
Aaron Ramsey out for Wales against Republic of Ireland due to 'family reasons'
https://www.bbc.com/sport/amp/football/45861244
They could but only Brooks is really showing promise at the highest level. Can't say I know a lot about Smith other than he's on loan to Twente.
I'd like to think we go there with confidence but I think we get bullied in this one. No ampadu, bale and Ramsey. All were key in making the home game comfortable against a then depleted Ireland.
Win the game tomorrow and we put ourselves at least in a good position to qualify. Lose, and it just gets as hard as it's always been. In my opinion, this is a real blow.
Leaves us short in midfield.
Ireland have the advantage now we have lost our 2 best players. I can understand why King would come in id be tempted to go without vokes as they struggled with how we interchanged last time and try keeping a more fluid system. Maybe drop Lawrence back into the midfield 3.
The big players need to play in all games , to enable Wales to stay in the top tier and in form , the youngsters then gain experience off the bench , they then in turn establish themselves,
and take on the mantle of main selection .
First time in about 10 years that we play without Bale and Ramsey.
It's now a tough game and realistically a draw is now an acceptable result. Wilson, Lawrence, Brooks can still cause a lot of problems for Ireland so still big hope for us. Long journey for us to next tournament now though. And, forgive me for saying, but still a bit of a hit that a Welshman has got the England camp's heads screwed on for the first time ever.
All of a sudden, things look so much rosier