FT: WALES 1 - 1 SWITZERLAND.

[Hilts]

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surprised not too much praise for Ward on here tonight/today thought he was our MOM with James coming a close 2'nd

Ward easily man of the match. James best outfield player followed by Moore.

[SuisseBluebird]

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Moore when given the opportunity did well offensively but it was his presence defensively as well that stood out. Lost count of how many times he helped Wales to clear their lines.

Wales preference to favour a counter attack approach to today's game didn't bear much fruit. A lot of wayward passing and hopeful balls lumped to Moore who didn't have much to go with, was the repetitive theme. Wales must avoid that against Turkey, their centre pairing would have a field day with that type of service. Whenever James was in an advanced position, particularly with a compromised Mbabu they looked threatening and the free kicks he was able to win resulted in two peaches of deliveries from Bale and Ramsey with unfortunately no one attacking the cross.

Will be interested to see how Wales are setup for Wednesday's game. Anticipate some changes will be brought in as a win would be huge and would more or less secure a minimum 3rd place spot in the group.

[Llandaff Blue]

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The midfield needs a rework, why we are starting Morrell, a player who can't get into Luton's team against players like Xhaka and Shaqiri is laughable, we allowed them too many free passes to Embolo and he caused so many issues with his dribbling, thankfully Ward was up for it and kept us in it.

Page needs to sort out the set piece defending too, Roberts and Allen marking Embolo? Comical. I think we have enough firepower up top to cause Turkey issues but if that midfield isn't addressed we'll struggle. Maybe Ampadu comes in for Morrell? Either way, not a lot of positives to take from today. Ward was great as was James, so happy for Kieffer but we didn't look good at all

[surge]

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Moore when given the opportunity did well offensively but it was his presence defensively as well that stood out. Lost count of how many times he helped Wales to clear their lines.

Wales preference to favour a counter attack approach to today's game didn't bear much fruit. A lot of wayward passing and hopeful balls lumped to Moore who didn't have much to go with, was the repetitive theme. Wales must avoid that against Turkey, their centre pairing would have a field day with that type of service. Whenever James was in an advanced position, particularly with a compromised Mbabu they looked threatening and the free kicks he was able to win resulted in two peaches of deliveries from Bale and Ramsey with unfortunately no one attacking the cross.

Will be interested to see how Wales are setup for Wednesday's game. Anticipate some changes will be brought in as a win would be huge and would more or less secure a minimum 3rd place spot in the group.

Interesting to see the perspective of the Welsh fans in Switzerland. Think there is another on here too.

Need to stick by these players and the team - they can still achieve a lot and together stronger like. Today we just needed more players named Daniel or Danny!

[the other bob wilson]

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Interesting to see the perspective of the Welsh fans in Switzerland. Think there is another on here too.

Need to stick by these players and the team - they can still achieve a lot and together stronger like. Today we just needed more players named Daniel or Danny!

So, could Mr Gabbidon finally get that elusive fiftieth cap and might there be debuts for Splott Parker's boy and Tuerto who I believe are both Dan's?

[the other bob wilson]

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http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

[chrisp_1927]

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A point is a good result, hopefully we can beat turkey now. Was very disappointed performance wise mind. Very lucky not to lose. I thought there was a complete lack of the effort and determination that has characterised us over the last 6 years.

The 3 lazy and braindead passes that led to the Swiss offside goal were unforgivable. I hope page reads the riot act to them tbh

[Tuerto]

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So, could Mr Gabbidon finally get that elusive fiftieth cap and might there be debuts for Splott Parker's boy and Tuerto who I believe are both Dan's?

:hehe: Mr James Of United shares my exact name. It's as close as i'll ever get!

[Madassa]

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Those are two decent positives though. Plenty of teams have started slowly in tournaments and done pretty well afterwards. Also, a City performance would be in a different context.

If we play like that against Turkey then we'll get beat as you earn your luck and we used a hell of a lot against the Swiss. If we play like that against Italy them god help us; we'd get a hiding.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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http://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

Wales' current problem is they have too many impact players - Brookes, Wilson, and not a Gunnarson. In modern football when a side concedes midfield you expect them to be strong at stopping crosses into the box, forcing the opposition backwards and across the pitch again and again. We were quite hopeless, and looked likely to concede every few minutes. Not sure Wales can play that way again, whoever their opponents.

[Claude Blue]

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Wrong thread.

[splott parker]

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So, could Mr Gabbidon finally get that elusive fiftieth cap and might there be debuts for Splott Parker's boy and Tuerto who I believe are both Dan's?

I’m not putting my boy in the lion’s den and that’s going all Old Testament :hehe:

[splott parker]

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Wasn’t the best we all know but if that was the City pinching a point in a game like that I’d have been quite pleased. Avoiding defeat gives us the chance to fight another day. Let’s pray the Turks are still licking their wounds from Friday.

[surge]

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Wales looked like going the same way as Turkey who had conceded three second half goals last night when the rampant Embolo laid on another chance for Kevin Mbabu who stabbed wide from a good position.

Part of the joys and frustrations of international being that you can't sign a player to improve on a weaker part of the pitch, but more should be made of the team not crumbling and keeping going for 95 minutes without an extended period on the ball in excessive heat. Character, strong support from fans and match-winners have got us to this stage and we're now seeing how far we can go.

In hindsight, I think Tyler Roberts might have been more effective as the 10 yesterday but if we see a happier, fully fit Ramsey is available off the back of first 90'ish minutes against Turkey and Italy then we'll be better for it. Part of the joys and frustrations of a tournament is reaching for success in 90minutes while also having to improve changes of success in upcoming games.

[Dave Blue]

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A draw v the Swiss is not a bad result whatever our performance. The fact we know we can do better is encouraging.