Reply With QuoteRight , enough of Wales
Colwill is class , great shoulder drop to fool Poland defender
Should have been on from the start
Needs a enforcer to look after him
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Completely agreed except I think we have enough quality to get more than 4 points. Equally fear could get noneOriginally Posted by delmbox
Right , enough of Wales
Colwill is class , great shoulder drop to fool Poland defender
Should have been on from the start
Needs a enforcer to look after him
....it could have been worse....we could have lost to Cypris...
Unlucky to lose but a tale of two world class players. Lewandowski at 34 still plays at the highest level and won the game with that flick whereas Bale at 33 was virtually anonymous. Still think there'll be a few more magic moments from him at The world cup though.
Poor performance, the lack of Ramsey, Wilson and Allen was far too much to overcome.
Can't fault them for their numbers and noise but considering the fine Wales got recently for a flare at the Austria game I'm expecting some heavy enforcement against the Polish fans for tonight. Constant flares from the first minute onwards, fireworks shot across the stadium (luckily up and out of the stadium unlike the Romania tragedy) , pitch invader at the end and a lot of Polish fans with tickets in the Wales sections. Could have gone very badly wrong on another night.
I think he will be in bed for 2 weeks recovering after that
He looked finished 😳
That's really bad.
It looks like a 12-hour transatlantic flight isn't great preparation for international football.
Or playing the odd half an hour in a pub league
We must work on the final ball and finishing. I worry about Bale (although experience suggests I shouldn’t) - he distributed the ball very well but ran like a 63 year old. I hope there are stronger refs at the World Cup. The WC could go either way but the WC group is weaker than this Nations League was.
Annoying tactics by the Poles from the first whistle, their object was to break up the continuity. Collapsing to the ground whenever it looked like we’d be starting a bit of positive play. Unfortunately, the referee bought into it. Even so, in my opinion they were slightly the better side and, on the whole, deserved the win. A case of ‘job done’ for them, still a bit ‘anti football’ for my liking though.
Yes, I'm not thick. Just that Morison clearly was.
They knew what they had to do and did it. We had to win. They had to draw. I didn't enjoy their tactics and as you say, anti-football. That said, It was a shame that Bale started and Moore was brought on (too late imo) and not the other way around. Johnson was unlucky and James should have put that early chance away.
All in all, they edged it but I didn't enjoy watching the match. If there wasn't any Wales interest for me, I'd have done something else tonight. One of the things I don't understand though is why we don't utilise James pace more centrally where he can be fouled in dangerous free-kick situations, then Bale is back in the game but as it is, it's too conservative. Can't keep saying we're missing players when players on the park go missing. Thought Rodon was bloody awful, but then he's not a favourite of mine.
Fortunate with the firework. Couple of mates text during the eve saying they were the worst set of away supporters we’ve had in Cardiff for some time. Also that some Polish fans with tickets in the home end got a slap and shown the door.
There was something going on in the Ninian Stand, where I was sitting. My son said that a Pole was stood up celebrating for a while after their goal and some of our fans gave him a kicking, before the stewards got involved.
There was a group of about Poles in front of us. They were constantly filming the game (with a Polish bias) and there Poles all around the stadium. They should all have been chucked out.
I thought the ref was absolutely dreadful and the Polish team were just a bunch of cheats. It’s not anti-football, it’s cheating and it’s time that refs treated it that way. You could see Bale talking to the ref and pointing to his left wrist as he protested about their cheating.
Rubin had a good cameo and had a chance to shoot from the edge of the box, but didn’t. In fact, Wales were like that all night. It seems no one wants to shoot from the edge of the box anymore - like Cardiff City!
Thought we were poor tonight. Very little quality on show. Had a go after the goal but even then seemed to be a lack of conviction.
A lot of Poles in the Home end mostly in colours.
As I was coming out some guy was having a rant at a bemused steward about the referee.
Observations on the game. Poor tactics, poor decision making, poor finishing.
Observations on the policing & stadium management.
Policing badly mispositioned, missed the scuffles by the Ninian
How the feck did they get a rocket in?
How can Polish fans take a whole row plus a block in the Ninian Lounge? Row A seats 66 thru around 80 if anyone is taking notes
What is the role of “security”, to show people to their seats only and non-interventional. Do they receive training for dealing with conflict?
A poor night, both football wise and under preparedness for Polish support.
A weird game tonight, lots of negativity on here.
After about 30 minutes in starting to have a feeling it was going to be one of those nights, the amount of times somebody would make a good run through a couple of players and then overhit a simple ball down the line by 20 yards was staggering, I thought we just couldn't adjust to the speed of the pitch and the wetness of the ball, lots of sliced crosses.
Overall though, I think we were the better team, first 15-20 and second half. Difference was a goalkeeper MOM display and a world class assist. Considering 5-6 starters not involved at all, some of the fringe players would have learnt a bit tonight.
Living in Australia I've managed to watch every Bale game in the MLS due to the good time zone for us here, it has been a very underwhelming viewing but when on the ball he looks head and shoulders above even at poor fitness, I think LAFC are struggling to find a fit in their forward line for him as the tactics and team set up are like nothing in europe, it's as if the pitch is way too big for the teams there. All the teams look like they lose their shape a lot and is very end to end without resulting in any good quality chances as the attacks fizzle out due to the poor attacking quality.
One aspect I feel is often overlooked is that the conditions are often horrible to play in, high humidity and soaring temperatures, Bale looked tired even after 20 minute cameos early in his move. However this should prepare him for Qatar really well so could give him a big advantage.
Bale looked fitter when he wasn't playing at Madrid. But then he has to play, as he is still better on an average day than most options we have going forward.
Poor night, had a lot of the ball second half but the final one was so often missing.
Could have got a draw late on as the poles retreated, not sure we did enough to ever win it which is what really mattered.
It was frustrating to watch because we were lacking cohesion. Nobody took their club form into the match, and the players weren't sure what the next person was going to do. And to make matters worse the manager left them to it. Poland were streetwise too, and they knew how to disrupt the opposition. If there was one bright spot, it would be that the beer was good
They are all in the Bench Brennan Brigade.
Well done, you've just identified the cause of the negativity. It was a terrible game to watch on the tele, but it was a good game to analyse. At least the manager now knows what not to do.
Defeat and relegation for too frantic Wales.
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The stewarding was absolutely pathetic last night.
Clear as day what was going to happen
You could see from the police presence around the ground (I have to think back some time with Wales games for that) that they were expecting trouble. Clearly the message wasn't passed on or was ignored though.
I was also in the Ninian stand and there were 4 polish fans sat a few rows ahead. They were in polish shirts , hats and face paint. They loudly celebrated the goal and then threw abuse (which continued for the rest of the game) at the one steward who came and, I assume, asked them to be more sensible. There was a lot of 'meerkat-ing' to the corner behind us and could see stewards flooding into there so assume that's where it kicked off after their goal. Really poor to see at this at a Wales game.
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