Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Sometimes being in your mid sixties is a good thing, it gives you the memories of the bad days that makes you appreciate the good ones all the more. With one exception in 1976, it’s only in the last five years that Wales having been racking measurable achievements up in the time I’ve been following them. Wales have been in the top twenty of the FIFA rankings for six years I think it is now, so what they’ve been doing lately is no fluke - until 2015, I would have been amazed to see us in the top twenty for six weeks, never mind six years.
We might not have achieved qualification yet, but we’ve got as good a chance of qualifying for a World Cup as we’ve had in my football supporting life. If we reached the Final, I’d be pretty confident no matter who we were drawn against if it was at home (Italy would be very tough, but I’d fancy us against the Portugal that played the Republc of Ireland and Serbia this week).