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BollocksOriginally Posted by Wales-Bales
Allen would have kept the ball. Allen and Ampadu give a platform to play from. Moore has to play now.
Bale was dire tonight and then came good. Rodon was god awful. I’m not sure if Rambo and Bale can play in the same side now.
You are right . Substitutions after 25 minutes are 10 a penny.
Bollocks.
I think Allen and ampadu would be great but Allen's not fit
We did
But we know now that Moore upfront is better suited to the players we have
So it's onwards 🙂
Yep. I cannot see Page dropping him. In the first half their players just went straight past him. He also lost the ball often as did Bale.
It worked because we put pressure on their centre backs when Moore came on. We never troubled them once in the first half, and going down the wings was a dead-end tactic. I thought we could get the better of the USA if we went through the middle with pace, but playing Moore centrally also worked. The first half was puzzling cos we kept on doing the same things that didn't work.
I don't think we will fully solve the midfield problem until the next batch of youngsters come through.
Wrong starting line-up, wrong shape. Page must be big enough to admit the fact that we didn't win was down to him.
Losing the ball 1st half wasnt exclusive to them. They were all losing it. Nobody passed it well 1st half.
Ramseys movement gets us the penalty.
Has to play v an awful Iran side as does Bale.
I've seen substitutes substituted in the first half!You are right . Substitutions after 25 minutes are 10 a penny.
But you've never seen a manager change it in the first half when playing as badly as we did tonight.
If Page changed his mind as often as you we'd have won.
Think you're right there. Our best midfielders of recent times are aging, have lost their spark and in some cases are now a hindrance to the team. And yet....it was Ramsey who put that clever little ball in to Bale who used all his know how to win the penalty and dispatch it. As frustrating as it is to watch previously top class performers losing or giving the ball away time after time, they can make a difference during the game and that's why we now have our first point on the board. We really have no other viable options until, as you said, the next batch of youngsters come through.
What did he achieve- one header over the bar !
Page fixed it. He made a mistake. We are at the end of a cycle. Ramsey, Allen and Bale are nearly done, we are nearly at a pretty major rebuild. In the first half we had 3 passengers. I’d have brought Moore on earlier but we got out of jail.
If that’s all you saw…..
Yes, but you said Allen wouldn’t have held back USA. We wouldn’t have given the ball away as much as we did had Allen played. His lack of football is going to be a concern now
I said I've never seen a manager wait 45 mins to change a team that are playing that bad.
That's why I keep going on about getting them in the squad instead of picking Jonniesta & Gunter every game. It's pointless
One option is to play Morrell next to Ampadu if he is fit for the next game. If he's injured we are in a pickle.
My bad I've had a few.
I still don't believe you on your first point though.
What utter shite !!
He’s still a class act and a game changer
He's better playing as a 10 though.
After the anger of how bad we were in the first half and the stress of the second half, I think it just hit me that I just saw Wales at a World Cup, never mind taking a point off a country 10x the size and with probably more than that again in terms of money and resources. I didn't get as emotional as I thought I would at either of the Euros even being there in person in France, but this one has hit different tonight.
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