Reply With QuoteTo be honest though with Neco Williams' switch to left back for club and country & Ben Davies looking far more at home at centre back, Kpakio is probably the natural backup at right backOriginally Posted by J R Hartley
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Kpakio is nowhere near ready for international football yet. Bellers will be doing the kid more harm than good if he continues to select him. Concentrate on establishing himself with City andstart getting international experience in the under 21s. hes not some wonderkid who is so good he can skip an age group.
To be honest though with Neco Williams' switch to left back for club and country & Ben Davies looking far more at home at centre back, Kpakio is probably the natural backup at right back
Well thats as concerning as Mark Harris being back up for Kieffer. But, hey, Bellamy likes the profile of Harris. Cant hit a cows arse with a banjo but he runs around like Billy Whizz.
I mean, again we basically have nobody else
Kpakio had a poor game but that's going to happen, particularly when you're 18. Against a less aggressive team he may have had more time to settle in to the game but here he got off to a bad start and didn't recover.
It happens.
It's great for these guys to get caps but I wouldn't be against them being left to focus on city, for purely selfish reasons if nothing else.
I'd rather bring Steve Morison out of retirement.I mean, again we basically have nobody else
Harris has only scored 1 solitary goal in 2025, 6 months ago, and his only other goal in the last 12 months was against Omar Rizas Cardiff
Trott saves that I think, and we sneak a draw, we have a weak squad, especially the keepers.
I also think that Kapacio and Lawler will have missed the reassurance of Trott behind as an extra option. Even when he's under pressure, he's always ready to receive the pass and help out the back four.
Kpakio has the attributes of a top player, but like all young players they have to go through the levels. He's barely into double figures regarding senior appearances, so I don''t think a reality check is such a bad thing, and those around him will know which areas of his game they need to work on. The player will also have learnt a lot about himself after last nights game, and friendlies are the place to do these sort of things.
I was going to warn you about Cornelius yesterday. Rangers have very recently signed him , looking at his previous he has some pedigree having played for Spartacus SC, Unionville, VFB Lubeck, VFR Neumuster and who could forget Javor Matis ....
Some of these renowned clubs didnt really rate him and sent him out on loan to other well known football clubs.
His career has improved a little recently which shows you do get real late developers (he is 27 now)
When Rangers signed him I did think WTFH , Martin has finally crumbled and lost his marbles completely .
Shows what I know , he looked Ok Last night , admittedly it was a poorer standard of football to the Scottish Premier ( no fishing hook smiley) and the goal was very good.
I am not a great fan of women commentators for the sake of women commentators but the Welsh ladies manager was quite brutal I thought . Very honest .
He looked like a scared kitten last night, so hopefully Bellamy will take him out of the firing line until he matures as a footballer. I've never seen anyone so unready for the step up to international football as Kpakio last night. Not his fault of course but he needs to gain much more experience before he pulls on a Welsh shirt again.
Like I said it's all about levels, in League One he effortlessly finds time and space, and now he knows what he has to do to get to the next level.
i'd agree with you, although saying 'Effortlessly' is doing him a bit of a dis service in my opinion. he's worked hard to get where he is. He came up against much better players that he's used to, a yard quicker, better in thought on the ball and without it, it happens, an uncomfortable evening for him. Hopefully he learns from it and it helps him with his development, although he doesn't want to be in that situation too often.
Hopefully we miss swansea next time, half empty stadium, atmospehere wasn't great, stunk of piss everwhere and chavs galore.
The squad isn't particularly weak though, Wales' firsts would beat us quite convincingly
Canada shows 'gulf' as Wales youngsters exposed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...s/c3vzplky7zyo
The same could be said about Rodri and Man City. DM's are only missed when they are not there.
This is a very good point, we had no one coming short like an Ampadu or Wintle for City to take the ball from the keeper so Kapakio was seeing more of the ball further back than normal. Also the keeper was less assured with his feet than Darlow or Trott so we gave the ball away a lot Anybody who judges an 18 year old on one game is rather silly.
Personally, I think Kpakio is NOT a full back, as he is not a good tackler. For my liking for the City, he gets caught out too often, as he is hardly ever in the right back position. I think he will be a good attacking midfielder in time, but at the moment, I would prefer NG in the right back position. In fact yesterday, he was lucky not to be sent off for Wales, as he definitely gave a penalty away, whilst being the last line of defence. Luckily, the referee missed it! Certainly, an exciting one for the future in my opinion, but not at the moment.
As good as he’s looked at times, especially joining in the attack, he’s also been caught out plenty of times defensively in League One games so far too, you just don’t get punished as often at that level so it doesn’t compound the mistake. He was lucky not to throw 2 points away against Peterborough only Turner bailed him out.
Hes only 18 so there’s going to be ups and downs but people are going a bit overboard imo. I think he needs to concentrate on establishing himself with City before people start making out he’s the next Trent.
A post so full of cliches that I had to read it again in Brendan Rodgers voice.
Yeah, I can see that happening in the future, but playing at full back is a good way for a youngster to find their feet as everything is mostly happening in front of them.
14 games, started at 17, what more do you expect?
I don’t expect him to be playing international football when he’s so clearly not ready.
Sometimes you don't know that until they are chucked in.
Wales often have given appearances to inexperienced players. Not really sure how many other RB options there would even be.
On the flip side I thought Dylan Lawlor was a bit frazzled at times against Peterborough, similarly inexperienced as Kpakio and did a good job against Kazakhstan. Not helping Kpakio's debut was also that clearly Canada are a far better team.
It was a friendly, and they are often used for trying out different things.
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