Wales squad

[LeningradCowboy]

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I'd have him in there over Harris

And Jonny Williams.

[delmbox]

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In the WOL article:

You make a good point. It should be a fair playing field. What is Bale's form at the moment?

I'm not sure if this is meant to be a gotcha or not but I'm not saying it should be a fair playing field across the board, just that Lawrence should be in the conversation because of his form.

95% of our players need to prove a lot more than Bale does to get in the squad, and quite right too. His form doesn't matter, the fact that he's not been playing doesn't matter, he's done more than enough in his career to justify his selection. Loosely suggesting that there should be the same approach towards Gareth Bale and Rabbi Matondo/Tom Lawrence is ridiculous

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And Jonny Williams.

Williams most of all but I was taking Lawrence as a striker

[Wales-Bales]

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Pick your team!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60811671

[Rjk]

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Of course it's about form! He's playing really well

I meant he hasn't been playing that much because of his poor form prior to this season l, for Wales and in the championship.
just seems this season is a bit of a one off.
that's just my impression though, I haven't checked his recent seasons that closely.
I agree he's a bit unlucky to have missed out

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Pick your team!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60811671

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Few key players haven't been playing but what's new

[Wales-Bales]

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[willo1927]

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With the players available I would start
Hennessy
Mepham Rodon Davies
Thomas Ampadu Allen N William
Ramsey
James Bale
I like Sorba Thomas
Good going forward and back and he keeps the ball well plus plenty of pace.
The one big advantage we have over Austria is more pace going forward but they have more technical players.
Ampadu and Allen will have to screen the back 3 well to stop Austria intricate passing.
Bale will start as we have no other focal point without Moore.
Plus Bale and Ramsey usually create chances for each other as they are on the same wavelength picking out each others runs.

[Wales-Bales]

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Few key players haven't been playing but what's new

Why is mine bigger than yours?

[delmbox]

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Why is mine bigger than yours?

it's cold here.

Your defence is insane you know

[the other bob wilson]

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With the players available I would start
Hennessy
Mepham Rodon Davies
Thomas Ampadu Allen N William
Ramsey
James Bale
I like Sorba Thomas
Good going forward and back and he keeps the ball well plus plenty of pace.
The one big advantage we have over Austria is more pace going forward but they have more technical players.
Ampadu and Allen will have to screen the back 3 well to stop Austria intricate passing.
Bale will start as we have no other focal point without Moore.
Plus Bale and Ramsey usually create chances for each other as they are on the same wavelength picking out each others runs.

I think I'd go for Roberts over Thomas, but I agree with three defenders who'd give the wing backs licence to get forward. I'd like to get Wilson into the side and the obvious way to do that would be to leave one of Bale or Ramsey out, but who is to say that one of these two exceptional players can't drag something out which will make the difference on the night?

Think it may well be Bale and Ramsey's last games for us if we lose though and maybe Joe Allen's as well.

[Wales-Bales]

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I think I'd go for Roberts over Thomas, but I agree with three defenders who'd give the wing backs licence to get forward. I'd like to get Wilson into the side and the obvious way to do that would be to leave one of Bale or Ramsey out, but who is to say that one of these two exceptional players can't drag something out which will make the difference on the night?

Think it may well be Bale and Ramsey's last games for us if we lose though and maybe Joe Allen's as well.

I think Bale and Ramsey will both start and play as long as they can. I just noticed Mepham hasn't played since Feb 26, and hasn't even been on the bench for the last few games.

[the other bob wilson]

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I think Bale and Ramsey will both start and play as long as they can. I just noticed Mepham hasn't played since Feb 26, and hasn't even been on the bench for the last few games.

If we're going to play three at the back, then there are three options I'd say - Mepham or Cabango starts (while I' take on board what you say about the first named, I think he is the more likely starter our of those two) or Ampadu drops into the back three.

About a month ago on the Elis James podcast, Danny Gabbidon and Iwan Roberts picked their sides to face Austria and they both had Joe Allen as a single sitting midfielder in front of what I'm pretty sure was a back three which included Ampadu. They figured that Ramsey could play a bit deeper and help Allen out if needed, but, whether it's because of his lack of game time at Rangers or not, there seems to be a feeling now that Ramsey could not manage such a role even with there being no "final" to follow a few days later.

The only real debate the two of them had was whether to include Wilson or Johnson from the start, otherwise there was a feeling that the team picked itself - if Ramsey could play something of a box to box role, then I'd be happy to see Ampadu drop back and replace Mepham, but I can't see Rambo being able to manage it.

[City123]

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Be a huge ask to bring Cabango into this game, he's not really played competitively for Wales

[Rjk]

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If we're going to play three at the back, then there are three options I'd say - Mepham or Cabango starts (while I' take on board what you say about the first named, I think he is the more likely starter our of those two) or Ampadu drops into the back three.

About a month ago on the Elis James podcast, Danny Gabbidon and Iwan Roberts picked their sides to face Austria and they both had Joe Allen as a single sitting midfielder in front of what I'm pretty sure was a back three which included Ampadu. They figured that Ramsey could play a bit deeper and help Allen out if needed, but, whether it's because of his lack of game time at Rangers or not, there seems to be a feeling now that Ramsey could not manage such a role even with there being no "final" to follow a few days later.

The only real debate the two of them had was whether to include Wilson or Johnson from the start, otherwise there was a feeling that the team picked itself - if Ramsey could play something of a box to box role, then I'd be happy to see Ampadu drop back and replace Mepham, but I can't see Rambo being able to manage it.

my big doubts are about Joe Allen at this level these days, unfortunately we don't really have anyone else