Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
Rjk
he needs to settle on a position asap in my opinion.
I think a ball playing centre back will be his best position, but he gets out of.position sometimes, which would be improved by playing there all the time.
he played the Ukrainian players onside a couple of times the other night
Yeah, he didn't step up on a couple of occasions. He's decent, but struggles when he has to pick up runners, he has a tendency to ball watch or follow the ball, his awareness isn't great at times. As a 'Spare' defender-midfielder he's decent, because a lot of that role is about putting yourself in positions to snuff out danger or receive the ball and set up attack. He isn't a natural defender or midfield player in the traditional sense. He does need to cement a position if he is to develop into a very good player.
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
Speaks volumes about Giggs's character that he's been taking £400k a year from us when it's obvious to everyone that the team's moved on. He should have walked away and handed over to Page a long time ago.
Can you be certain that he is taking the money.
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
Ivortheengine
Let’s see what he’s made of in November.If Wales would have been up against a Mitrovic type of striker, the whole of Wales football nation would have wanted him out of the door. Lucky for him they weren’t. Some things are just meant to be.
But they didn’t did they? So luck doesn’t come into it. Pointless post.
Why don’t you troll the dark side, you’d be most welcome there.
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
Cleve van Leef
But they didn’t did they? So luck doesn’t come into it. Pointless post.
Why don’t you troll the dark side, you’d be most welcome there.
If you don't respond to trolls they have no audience.
Re: The Making of Robert Page
To me Giggs is by far the better manager
But we now have to cut ties I think, can’t see him getting the dressing room back.
Such a shame he ****ed it up for himself
Even if Page is awful at the WC I don’t care, it was always about just getting there for me
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
BLUEAWAY
Can you be certain that he is taking the money.
Welsh FA Chief Exec said this back in November, I can't be certain nothing's changed but also don't see why it would have
https://nation.cymru/sport/ryan-gigg...anager-salary/
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
Speaks volumes about Giggs's character that he's been taking £400k a year from us when it's obvious to everyone that the team's moved on. He should have walked away and handed over to Page a long time ago.
Why wouldn’t he if he felt he was innocent
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
WJ99mobile
To me Giggs is by far the better manager
But we now have to cut ties I think, can’t see him getting the dressing room back.
Such a shame he ****ed it up for himself
Even if Page is awful at the WC I don’t care, it was always about just getting there for me
In 22 games, apart from the B team loss to Poland the other day Page has only lost to France, Belgium, Italy and Denmark. I think "Giggs is by far the better manager" is stretching it
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
WJ99mobile
Why wouldn’t he if he felt he was innocent
Because him coming back now is clearly not in the national team's best interests, too much has happened. Not that he's ever been one to care about anybody apart from himself, as I'm sure his brother would testify
Re: The Making of Robert Page
How anybody can question Page's credentials after he's plotted a successful course through a qualification minefield that has included some very decent sides is beyond me. We've always been a limited team for obvious reasons but with Page's help, boundaries are being pushed further back with every tournament we play. The players think the world of him, he took the helm at a very difficult time and finally, he's managed a team to do something we haven't done as a nation for over 60 years. I for one salute him and hope that Giggs stands down well before the build up to the World Cup itself.
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
dembethewarrior
If you don't respond to trolls they have no audience.
Quite true, but after seeing so much crap from him had to post something.
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Cleve van Leef
Quite true, but after seeing so much crap from him had to post something.
That's what they bank on :thumbup:
Re: The Making of Robert Page
I think he's tactically naive. But he's done what no other Welsh manager has done in my lifetime. I think we have a great team spirit. That goes a very long way. And he deserves credit for that. As does, Cookie, Speed and Tosh, who started this whole thing. But in Bale, we have something magical. There's no player of his quality, that has cared so much about his country that I remember. ****ing Qatar, just our luck.
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
Ivortheengine
Let’s see what he’s made of in November.If Wales would have been up against a Mitrovic type of striker, the whole of Wales football nation would have wanted him out of the door. Lucky for him they weren’t. Some things are just meant to be.
Call me tactically naive if you want (it’d be a compliment actually because some very good and successful managers have been called that as a matter of course on here down the decades) but maybe we would have played differently if the opposition had a Mitrovic type striker?
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Call me tactically naive if you want (it’d be a compliment actually because some very good and successful managers have been called that as a matter of course on here down the decades) but maybe we would have played differently if the opposition had a Mitrovic type striker?
Yeah odd statement that. You might as well say yeah it's all very well and good Wales qualifying but if we'd have been up against prime Maradona we'd have lost therefore Page out
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
Yeah odd statement that. You might as well say yeah it's all very well and good Wales qualifying but if we'd have been up against prime Maradona we'd have lost therefore Page out
Yeah but if we’d have had Pep as our manager.................
Re: The Making of Robert Page
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Originally Posted by
delmbox
Yeah odd statement that. You might as well say yeah it's all very well and good Wales qualifying but if we'd have been up against prime Maradona we'd have lost therefore Page out
Well to be fair I don't think it was our plan to let them have quite so much of the game because we had studied their players and knew they wouldn't score.
We were just lucky at times. Nothing wrong with that. Ukraine had to play and put everything into the Scotland game, we also had the home draw. It was set up for us and we won so it doesn't matter.
We also could have scored one or two more. Perhaps if Bale and Ramsey actually have some match fitness they put their chances away.