FT: CROATIA 1 - 1 WALES. Match thread

[Gofer Blue]

Looking at the marks 4 and 5 s are generally fair. More 5s than 4s though. Maybe Ampadu deserved a 6. He certainly was better than Joe Rodon.

Nico was disappointing maybe hes trying too hard as hes now probably one of our better players and the defence is just pretty poor.

I missed the 1st half hour and on the balance of the 60 minute's I saw I didnt think Croatia were that dominant. Better than thus but we managed to hang on in there and hit them with the long throw smash and grab.

I can assure you that Croatia were totally dominant in those first 30 minutes that you missed! The stats suggested 70:30 possession to them - I would have said 90:10.

[Cleve van Leef]

I can assure you that Croatia were totally dominant in those first 30 minutes that you missed! The stats suggested 70:30 possession to them - I would have said 90:10.

And possession means nothing unless you win. The only stat that matters is if you score more than the opposition.

[Wales-Bales]

Nico was disappointing maybe hes trying too hard as hes now probably one of our better players and the defence is just pretty poor.

Our left back was always going to have a problem against Croatia, no matter who was selected to play there.

[Wales-Bales]

I can assure you that Croatia were totally dominant in those first 30 minutes that you missed! The stats suggested 70:30 possession to them - I would have said 90:10.

As I mentioned a few pages back, it was USA all over again. I can only think the manager is not very good at motivating the players.

[Gofer Blue]

And possession means nothing unless you win. The only stat that matters is if you score more than the opposition.

Exactly. Or score the same and get a draw of course!

[Gofer Blue]

As I mentioned a few pages back, it was USA all over again. I can only think the manager is not very good at motivating the players.

Probably for the young players like Broadhead just being on the pitch, achieving their ambition to play for Wales, was all the motivation they needed?

[Wales-Bales]

Probably for the young players like Broadhead just being on the pitch, achieving their ambition to play for Wales, was all the motivation they needed?

We improved in both games, but is was similar rabbits in the headlights stuff for a long period after kick-off. The players should have been chomping at the bit, so I can't think of any other reason why they weren't. They were once again totally lacking in self-belief for a good 30 minutes or more in am opening tournament fixture.

[Rjk]

away from home against as team that's used to going deep into tournaments we were always going to be under pressure for the first 20-30 minutes, and I thought we actually did ok.
Croatia made a few chances but most of their shots were from range and we were able to keep our shape fairly well.

I'm not sure what people were expecting for the opening encounters?

[Wales-Bales]

away from home against as team that's used to going deep into tournaments we were always going to be under pressure for the first 20-30 minutes, and I thought we actually did ok.
Croatia made a few chances but most of their shots were from range and we were able to keep our shape fairly well.

I'm not sure what people were expecting for the opening encounters?

The players just need to perform to their own individual capability. When the entire team fail to do that from kick-off there is something wrong with the preparation IMO.

[Incy Wincy Spider]

The most depressing thing was hearing the inane “Men of Arlech” over and over. I thought there’d be enough Gog and Jack bucket heads to drown that out.