I didn’t watch the second half, so I’ll take your word for it. First half was fairly even, from what I saw, despite Serbia putting up more shots then too. They’re missing a creative spark, for sure.
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I didn’t watch the second half, so I’ll take your word for it. First half was fairly even, from what I saw, despite Serbia putting up more shots then too. They’re missing a creative spark, for sure.
FIFA decides the international windows. There are 5 windows with a maximum of 2 games each window.
The maximum number of matches allowed went up to 8 from 7. August, September, October and November all had a break and March had back in 2010 as well. Been a while since that was added. The other dates just had friendly matches and not official ones.
I'm glad that we restored some pride in the last two games and did enough to out ourselves in a position to stay up but it's a tad frustrating too as it showed that this group is capable on an attacking front if it's deployed as such. Aye, we were exposed at times against both Poland and Croatia but there is more from this group and they definitely have enough to qualify for the WC.
I think they’d rather draw DenmarkI bet that all NTs are saying that at this moment.
Wales about to win Group B and promoted. Bellamy's doing pretty well there so interested how they get on in the actual qualifiers.
What is going on there? Bellamy has shown a lot more already than I ever thought he would, and he's been a bit of a breath of fresh air after Page, but we've got absolutely no business being anywhere near League A.
I don't like him but full credit to Nubel, he's been incredible.
What is going on there? Bellamy has shown a lot more already than I ever thought he would, and he's been a bit of a breath of fresh air after Page, but we've got absolutely no business being anywhere near League A.
You were in A just a year ago? Wales are pretty good now getting results off tier 1-2 teams in Cardiff and the odd decent result away. Even under Page given he got 4 points off Czechs in the successful World cup qualifiers then beat Austria and Ukraine back-to-back. Then four points off Croatia in the last qualifiers.
Montenegro’s only points isn’t it?What is going on there? Bellamy has shown a lot more already than I ever thought he would, and he's been a bit of a breath of fresh air after Page, but we've got absolutely no business being anywhere near League A.
That can't be a penalty
What a ridiculous call for the penalty there, how much closer could Koch put his arm next to his body? It's honestly at if referees now expect defenders to keep their arms behind their back at all times in the box, otherwise if the ball hits the hand it's a penalty.
The draw was deserved to Hungary though, not that it mattered to us given we'd already won the group.
The draw was deserved to Hungary though, not that it mattered to us given we'd already won the group.
I think in tonight's squad we have maybe two or three players starting games in top flight football somewhere? The average level of the first XI is probably midtable Championship, with League One players coming off the bench. In goal we've resorted to finding Welsh grandparents for Karl Darlow and the bloke who is something like 4th choice for Wolves.
With that general level and no Bale heroics to rely on anymore, I'm surprised and happy we've manage to scrape our way into the top level again, but I can't say I'm much looking forward to the imminent pastings from Spain/Germany/France/Portugal/England.
Turkey must have had an absolute mare in Montenegro.
The good thing with Wales is guys like Neco, Rodon,Wilson and Dan James all been regulars at international level since 2018 so while some of their club careers haven't kick on they're very experienced at this level now. Conor Roberts another and Ampadu of course out injured until 2025 so there's a decent spine there even if not a match winner.
Upfront I think it's all about getting Brennan Johnson to influence things now like he can on occasions in the Premier league and seems like Liam Cullen and Harris have been decent finds just to rotate with Kieffer Moore depending on opposition.
just give up watching wales mate if you can’t enjoy us competing against the best. Much rather that than when I went to see wales vs Estonia in llaneli with only 4,000 other people.
Just catching up to results and delighted to see San Marino's heroics. NL>PL
I always thought Bellamy would be a good coach. He spent a couple of years with Kompany in Belgium and Burnley learning his craft.What is going on there? Bellamy has shown a lot more already than I ever thought he would, and he's been a bit of a breath of fresh air after Page, but we've got absolutely no business being anywhere near League A.
He likes to play with intensity and now has a Wales squad punching well above their individual levels through teamwork and belief rather than relying on the brilliance of individuals as we have in the past.
It's still early days but the signs are good.
Sweden seem to have a pretty decent national team all of a sudden with their front 3
Yeah but that's pretty much the only part that's good+. The rest is pretty mediocre.
I didn't want to jump in at the time and say as much as I don't really understand the political implications in that part of the world, how people on each side were seeing things etc. Wasn't sure I had the full picture either so carefully picked out individual tweets that seemed somewhat neutral on what was likely a contentious issue.
Was definitely newsworthy though, so wanted to post about it in some way or other. Not often you see a team walking off and refusing to play.
I had seen people saying the same as you.
Anyway, today UEFA have awarded the game to Romania 3-0. Romania with a series of fines totalling 118k, Kosovo 6k.
It's a little odd how ultras can decide a match like this. I mean, you could argue that Kosovo should not give in to idiots and you can question walking off in extra time - but I would first and foremost question why you should accept that opposition fans should question your country's right of existence. Players aren't asked to just play through racist chants either. But so Romania get full points, more or less due to their fans' behaviour.
There are probably further nuances to this, but it doesn't look right.
Kosovo's tantrum gave Romania a guaranteed WC playoff game, at the expense of Sweden.
Yes but the fine given to romanian federation + the next home game without fans is very harsh. All the fans chanted was Serbia, Serbia in the 95th minute, which is not racist by any means, they were triggered by Rrahmani who was aggressive and pushed a romanian player.
The hate towards Romania from the Kosovo players is surely ordered from above, as Romania is one of the few european countries who does not recognize their independence.
Will be interesting to see how they handle league B next time. Anything other than a promotion from that C group would be a giant fiasco, even with Slovakia in the group. I agree that the front three looks money. Viktor in the form of his life.
Repeat of 3 World Cup finals.
How did Denmark and Croatia end up there? Well, Bosnia is/was League A as well...