FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

[Wales-Bales]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Really?

You are comparing yourself to 2 World Class players who have elevated the profile of Wales to heights never seen before.

Bonkers!!

I'm not comparing myself to anybody, just giving an example of the mindset that exists in the professional game.

[Hilts]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

I'm not comparing myself to anybody, just giving an example of the mindset that exists in the professional game.

😂😂😂

What pro game and how recently was this massive injustice taken against you.?

[Bobby Dandruff]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

My god, that was a painful watch and a disaster in every way.

They couldn't string two passes together, far too many long balls, wasteful in possession, kept giving the ball to Iran (with Allen at fault for the last goal). It's the worst I've seen us play in a very long time and reminded me of the bad old days.

Special mention to Ramsey, who was absolute pants.

Iran wanted it more and were deserved winners. We couldn't get the basics right and have been punished for it.

Part of the problem, is that we've come across as Plucky Little Wales and we're happy just to be at the World Cup. I think that has affected our psyche.

And the pundits - Williams and Rush were so patronising about the performance. I'd be surprised if any player is worth more than a 4 out of 10, as no one came out of that with any credit.

Gabby Logan looked a bit awkward at the end of it.

At least we can now confirm that it's time for a rebuild.

I’m sitting in Doha airport with my 3 boys waiting for our flight back to Dubai later.

What caught my eye about your post was the reference to ‘the bad old days’ as I said to my boys towards the end of the game that it was like watching Wales from years gone by when you almost did so through the fingers of your hands as they got dominated and conceded chance after chance. Horrible to witness.

Really hard to feel positive atm! :-/

[79blue]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

It would have been good player management if Bale had been dropped from the starting line up. He would have been angry and comming on with 25 minutes left he would not have to conserve energy and would have something to prove.

[J R Hartley]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Really?

You are comparing yourself to 2 World Class players who have elevated the profile of Wales to heights never seen before.

Bonkers!!

He’s utterly delusional

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Youve watched football for 60 years and are still clueless after all this time. You should have taken up a different hobby.

Why ? Why are you always so abusive, rude and angry.

It's just a football message board.

[J R Hartley]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Why ? Why are you always so abusive, rude and angry.

It's just a football message board.

Oh the irony

[Wales-Bales]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

😂😂😂

What pro game and how recently was this massive injustice taken against you.?

It wasn't a pro game, but the mentality was still still there. That's why I can't get my head around Page, he doesn't seem to be in control. Maybe Bale or Ramsey should be the next non-playing manager.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Iran gave us a lesson on how to play football,energy how to cross the ball and the ability to have a shoot on goal.
Well played Iran.

Iran looked like a parks outfit against England, yet they strolled through us without too much effort and could have beaten us 4-0. This wasn't just a bad performance by a very average Wales team, it was a Wales team that was virtually a 9 man team. Feel sorry for those other players who won't get another chance, and the fans who spent a small fortune to go out there. 11 fully fit, competing players could probably have won today.

[Hilts]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

All this 9 man team bollox.

FFS the 2 players have carried us for years.

As if the other 9 were any better.

[caerkid]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Very disappointed but I can feel the dust settling a bit in my head already. I've been watching Wales for 30 years now and if you'd said to me during the Gould or Toshack years that I'd be disappointed one day to see Wales not progress from a World Cup group (which still isn't impossible) I'd have considered sectioning you.

Yes, we were awful but realistically there have been very few times (if ever) that a dud Welsh performance wasn't a very real possibility, regardless of the team named on paper. It's gutting but next Tuesday is a chance to restore some pride , play without fear and shake things up. I'm not daft enough to think we can win but the message has to be let's give the English a game and try and leave this World Cup with our heads held up.

[Tuerto]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

All this 9 man team bollox.

FFS the 2 players have carried us for years.

As if the other 9 were any better.

Those 2 players actually made the other 9 better players. Not today, but for the best part of 7 years or so. Great players possess the ability to drag the ordinary on to greatness. So when people see a world class performance from Bale or Ramsey, it's only right that they understand that their ability and work pulls an extra 10% out of the average players. They were and are much more than just match winners.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Those 2 players actually made the other 9 better players. Not today, but for the best part of 7 years or so. Great players possess the ability to drag the ordinary on to greatness. So when people see a world class performance from Bale or Ramsey, it's only right that they understand that their ability and work pulls an extra 10% out of the average players. They were and are much more than just match winners.

TBF, when your legs start to go the decline is pretty rapid.

[Tuerto]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

TBF, when your legs start to go the decline is pretty rapid.

Indeed.

[J R Hartley]

Re: FT: WALES 0 - 2 IRAN. Match thread

Those 2 players actually made the other 9 better players. Not today, but for the best part of 7 years or so. Great players possess the ability to drag the ordinary on to greatness. So when people see a world class performance from Bale or Ramsey, it's only right that they understand that their ability and work pulls an extra 10% out of the average players. They were and are much more than just match winners.

Exactly

Feel sorry for the other players be ****ed. Players playing mostly championship or below at best in terms of ability, who wouldn’t have a sniff of travelling to a World Cup or Euros for that matter if it wasn’t for Bale and Ramsey.

They should be thanking them for hanging on to their coat tails for so long and being taken on a wonderful journey.