Thanks Wales , Proud Of You

[William Treseder]

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The morning after , loads to be optimistic about

Some great young players coming through

And Bale still has 4 years in him

No way has Bale got 4 yrs left in him. Sadly he’s already lost his biggest attribute. His pace.

[Hilts]

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Bale has lost his pace and isnt the player he was but hes still a very good player and we are heavily reliant on him and Ramsey.

I dont think he will play on for 4 years though.

Hopefully he can help us qualify for the World Cup.

[Pearcey3]

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Bale has lost his pace and isnt the player he was but hes still a very good player and we are heavily reliant on him and Ramsey.

I dont think he will play on for 4 years though.

Hopefully he can help us qualify for the World Cup.

Captaining his country in the World Cup Finals would be the perfect end to his career.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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No way has Bale got 4 yrs left in him. Sadly he’s already lost his biggest attribute. His pace.

He could easily slot into a defensive midfield position . If Mark Hughes plays until he's 36 so can Bale

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Captaining his country in the World Cup Finals would be the perfect end to his career.

Perfect

[surge]

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Bale has had to change his game as every player does as they grow older. Giggs became a CM, Gerrard waved goodbye to box-to-box days, Christiano Ronaldo stopped being a winger and concentrated on being a goal-scorer...

I think Bale has a lot to offer at the highest level in terms of his creativity and his skill, someone described him as a big Ozil or Pirlo, but he's 32 soon and unlikely he's got as many as 4 years left in him. Things will slowly become harder for him and he'll need more support from us/his team-mates.

8 of this squad were at the 2016 tournament (2 GKs) and without those 8 the average age of the squad is something 22.8 years old. They'll need support from us too in order to push on.

Over the next 9months plus a couple of days we find out whether we qualify for a World Cup and then after that it's about a proper Euros in Germany - so much still to play for.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

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Not sure. We were fortunate against Switzerland, and have only really played well at times against a really poor Turkey. Yesterday things didn't quite go our way, but we were lucky with a 4-0 scoreline.

we have some very good young players coming through

[willo1927]

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A tiny nation that has been sent on a tour of Europe in the last few weeks while some of those big guns you mention have been able to play home game after home game - no complaints today, we were beaten by a much better team, but I hope this is the first and last time we see this format used.

Totally agree
Been an advantage to so many teams this format and we definitely wasn't one of them.

[surge]

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Former Wales women's manager Jayne Ludlow says she was "infuriated" by the "petulance" shown by Welsh players in the Euro 2020 defeat Denmark.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/footb...medium=custom7

I do think this is a good point though. Ref was poor, Denmark were better but there were still things we could have done ourselves to handle that situation a bit better.

[MacAdder]

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I do think this is a good point though. Ref was poor, Denmark were better but there were still things we could have done ourselves to handle that situation a bit better.

I haven't seen the podcast, not interested what JL has to say to be honest.
The game is gone and confined to the annals of history, but if the caption is the gist of it, I have no problem seeing that.
IMO referees need to be told that they have made a bad decision, and, let's face it, there were plenty of them.
The next time the referee is thinking he may choose to favour the opposition and may think twice.
It can also have the effect of motivating the team to perform better, siege mentality.

There were many factors why we got beat by Denmark but I doubt "petulance" played a significant part.

In that caption it looks like our Gareth is tired and in need of some sleep due to all the travelling.