Ashley Williams: Wales captain announces retirement

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Originally Posted by City123

You hate Williams so much that you reduce our national football team's greatest achievement to that? Pathetic.

Also, you're wrong. A win could have seen Russia through, we completely outplayed them in a stunning performance. If you want to talk about luck then Slovakia were lucky to have 11 on the pitch and to be just 1 down at half time considering Skrtel's assault on Jonny Williams. We were too conservative against England but Coleman learned his lesson and after a shaky start we were deserving winners over Belgium while a tight Northern Ireland game was decided by the best player on the pitch

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You are correct...Russia could have gone through...but needed an unexpected win...and an unrealistic swing in goal difference..and they were a bit more realistic than you...and played their reserves.

It was an OG in Paris....Mc Cauley I think?

3 English players (who are far from “prolific “!)...scored for us against Belgium ...that in itself is extremely fortunate...never mind that they battered us for half an hour. without scoring more. Get the rose tinted glasses off ffs.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

Imagine being this negative as a person though :frown:

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I’m not at all negative....I just keep it real.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

Russia had to win, a win and they were through. Don't let facts get in the way. That was the best I've ever seen Wales play. I also knew we'd win after 1 minute, when Bale shot I just knew we were bang up for it.
NI was a tough game, it was tight and our best player saw us through. Not lucky, what did they create?
We absolutely murdered Belgium at times. We were properly good. They have 10(?) world class players, there's nothing lucky about what we did. When was the last time we lost to Belgium? You can't keep being lucky.

I really enjoyed it! ....Just thought we were very fortunate that’s all.
The best teams don’t always win football games...that’s why we love it...keep it real,or you just might look a bit silly.

Its a shame you can't enjoy it.

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I really enjoyed it....all 4 weeks of it. I had a great time with my family and friends.
I just think we were extremely fortunate...we really were..so what?
The best teams don’t always win football games...that’s why we love it
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Originally Posted by xsnaggle

What kept you. I've been on tender hooks :hehe:

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It's taken him hours of cracking several off before he could think of posting

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

It's taken him hours of cracking several off before he could think of posting

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The fcuk you on about?

It’s people like you that ****ed this board up.

You got nothing to say.

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Originally Posted by xsnaggle

What kept you. I've been on tender hooks :hehe:

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He he

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Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue

I’m not at all negative....I just keep it real.

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Why bother going to football? If that's what you made of euro 2016, you have wasted your money and your time. That's the reality.

If you can't look back fondly on that tournament, then it's not the right hobby for you.

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Originally Posted by lardy

Why bother going to football? If that's what you made of euro 2016, you have wasted your money and your time. That's the reality.

If you can't look back fondly on that tournament, then it's not the right hobby for you.

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WTF are you talking about?

It was one of the best few months of my life !

I just don’t get all these “fans” gushing over Williams, and making out we were World beaters ..that’s all.

We were extremely fortunate....nothing wrong with that...all the best teams are. But please..keep it real eh?

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Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue

WTF are you talking about?

It was one of the best few months of my life !

I just don’t get all these “fans” gushing over Williams, and making out we were World beaters ..that’s all.

We were extremely fortunate....nothing wrong with that...all the best teams are. But please..keep it real eh?

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In that case, you must have been terrible company in all our other qualifying groups :hehe:

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Originally Posted by lardy

In that case, you must have been terrible company in all our other qualifying groups :hehe:

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Eh?

What qualifying groups? ( I’ve been all over Europe for plenty of them) are you on about?

This was the finals...the first we’d been to since ‘58

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Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue

Eh?

What qualifying groups? ( I’ve been all over Europe for plenty of them) are you on about?

This was the finals...the first we’d been to since ‘58

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Was it? Gosh, you think someone would have mentioned that.

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Originally Posted by lardy

Was it? Gosh, you think someone would have mentioned that.

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Mentioned what?

Or are you just being............”funny”?

Welshmen voting Tory, Welshmen voting for Brexit, Welshmen supporting English football teams, Welshmen happy with English rejects captaining their national football team....I’m out.

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Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue

The fcuk you on about?

It’s people like you that ****ed this board up.

You got nothing to say.

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I didn't think you were humourless as well! :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

I didn't think you were humourless as well! :hehe:

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WTF is funny about “cracking several off “.....are you 10 ?