excellent Wales online world cup article

[JumpersforGoalposts]

Re: excellent Wales online world cup article

The author name is surely made up to disguise a bizarre contest at WOL to write the most convoluted load of nonsense possible to say we did well to qualify but were exceptionally disappointing having got there.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: excellent Wales online world cup article

This thread went well for the OP

[Rjk]

Re: excellent Wales online world cup article

This thread went well for the OP

meh, I enjoyed it anyway PARTICULARLY the dog metaphor.

no skin off my nose if none of the rest of you did.

[Wales-Bales]

Re: excellent Wales online world cup article

meh, I enjoyed it anyway PARTICULARLY the dog metaphor.

no skin off my nose if none of the rest of you did.

I thought it was ok from a literary perspective, and the authors intended audience probably wasn't a bunch of Neanderthals on a football message board.

[blue lewj]

Re: excellent Wales online world cup article

meh, I enjoyed it anyway PARTICULARLY the dog metaphor.

no skin off my nose if none of the rest of you did.

I'm not sure I got the dog metaphor though, or if the author knew what they meant to be honest.

The Wales fan was a dog that wasn't being spoilt and having struct rules but is now getting what it wanted and is now on the couch and getting everything?
I don't get why she used the 'Year 2 dog' nonsense and even if you ignore the weirdness of it all it just doesn't work.

[Pearcey3]

Re: excellent Wales online world cup article

I think it's perfectly possible to feel proud of the squad for reaching the World Cup, but also very disappointed and almost let down by what happened once they got there. I agree that performances weren't convincing heading into the tournament, but, although our record didn't show it, we played a lot better and were a lot more competitive in our Nations League games this year than they were (the second half against USA apart) in Qatar.

Sorry to repeat myself here, but I'm honestly ready to be persuaded by someone who can put together good arguments against the opinion I voiced on here yesterday that not one member of the welsh playing, football management and coaching side came out of the tournament with their reputation enhanced or even unharmed - I don't see any saving graces anywhere.

As for the article, I honestly struggled to understand what she was trying to say.

Fair comment. We were very poor. There was little energy and even less ambition. The biggest disappointment was the failure to master the basics. Our passing and first touch was generally awful. After such a long wait it proved to be a big anticlimax.
I’m not at all angry but certainly deflated and saddened the players underperformed on the biggest stage they will ever play on.