Re: FT: WALES 5 - 1 BELARUS. Match thread
A slightly odd thrashing. The early goal seemed to give us a swagger almost immediately and there were fancy flicks galore, most of which didn't go anywhere. Joe Allen tried a couple just outside our own penalty box and lost the ball twice. I should be happy with the confidence if I wasn't such a pessimist. Anyway, it's international football so you take what you can get and it gives us a chance to stay ahead of the Czechs - I assume if we lose by 1 on Tuesday and they win by 1, we stay ahead of them on the head to head?
Re: FT: WALES 5 - 1 BELARUS. Match thread
Anybody know why Hennessey came on?
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delmbox
Anybody know why Hennessey came on?
to give him a cap so he can get to 100 as well. they did it for Gunter a few times too.
completely devalues the achievement in my opinion
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Rjk
to give him a cap so he can get to 100 as well. they did it for Gunter a few times too.
completely devalues the achievement in my opinion
Agree
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MacAdder
Agree
And me 😕
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Rjk
to give him a cap so he can get to 100 as well. they did it for Gunter a few times too.
completely devalues the achievement in my opinion
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MacAdder
Agree
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Madassa
And me
What utter shite !!!!
So the other 97 count for nothing
Been a wonderful servant to Wales
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BLUETIT
What utter shite !!!!
So the other 97 count for nothing
Been a wonderful servant to Wales
97 well deserved caps it should stay at that.
I think pushing him over the 100 just to say he's got 100 seems a bit soft. Like giving out participation rewards at kids sports days.
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If we're going to hand out caps just to get players to milestones we should do it in friendlies, not subbing goalkeepers with a couple of minutes left
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BLUETIT
What utter shite !!!!
So the other 97 count for nothing
Been a wonderful servant to Wales
Harsh!
It's not a dig at Wayne, he is simply a victim of the times.
So many games in a relatively short space of time these days and to get a cap for a token couple of minutes seems wrong to those who went before, especially when for years there were no subs.
You must remember those days shirley :shrug:
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City123
If we're going to hand out caps just to get players to milestones we should do it in friendlies, not subbing goalkeepers with a couple of minutes left
Totally agree. I do think it's a box tick for a goalkeeper especially!
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Rjk
to give him a cap so he can get to 100 as well. they did it for Gunter a few times too.
completely devalues the achievement in my opinion
I mentioned that on here when they did it for Gunter and got a bit of stick in return
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The Bloop
I mentioned that on here when they did it for Gunter and got a bit of stick in return
same here
Re: FT: WALES 5 - 1 BELARUS. Match thread
It doesn’t bother me if Hennessy gets another cap in a game that’s been comfortably won already. He has been a loyal servant to the national team for well over a decade. I hope he reaches 100 caps.