WALES 0 - 1 RUSSIA

 

Our biggest game in 50 year and we [censored] up bigstyle!!!

after the rave reviews of wed nights performance we looked absolutley [censored]! at times it was embarrasing!!!

 

Russia arent particulary a good team, there are no players that you look at and think "[censored], he's a danger" but tonite they totally out-classed us!!!

It's a bit sad when you have the likes of Jason Koumas + Danny Gabbidon who ply their trade in div 1 and Darren Barnard who plays in div 2 up against players that are playing in the champs league and for top division sides accross Europe!

 

We had the chance tonite to prove to the rest of Europe how far we have come and we are no longer a team to be laughed at!

 

tomorrow it will be "we missed bellamy and simon davies" but at the end of the day the tactics of not starting earnshaw was wrong and the players buckled under the pressure!

 

luckily im half English so im still gonna go to Portugal!

totally agree with what you say there mate, apart from the half english bit, as i'm all welsh.

 

The thing you stated about earnshaw is correct, they should have started with him, but even when they brought him on, they played him down the right.....WHAT THE [censored]???

He hasnt been banging in goals for fun for cardiif by playing down the right, he should have been up front where he can do damage!

 

Hughes' tactics baffled me.

 

I said all along we should have gone for a goal in Russia, for not doing that we left ourselves wide open for what beat us, as soon as they scored i knew it was over, there was no way we were gonna score 2.

 

I am totally devastated.

They have done better than usual .

You was terrible, and although I find it highly ammusing I wish oyu had gone through. Then the whole world could have seen ya cry on the tele when ya got knocked out in the first round!!

They looked like a pub side at times didnt they??

 

every touch was too heavy, every pass was to long, players were runnig into each other!

 

every ball was being hit out to Giggs and to be fair to him there is only so much he can do! if there is no one to aim for then what can he do?

 

Hartson is too big for his own good! the guy that was marking him was half the size and whenever big john went to turn or go up for a ball he was just smothering the guy and the ref gave the defender the decision all match!!

 

never mind!

 

Germany 2006 here we come hehe!

 

 

John Hartson up front on his own?? If thats the best hte Welsh can muster up, the future is not bright is it!!

Russia played a lot better all round tonight.

Wales have missed out on a great opportunity just like they did 10 years ago but I agree they never really had the strengh in-depth which might have won them the group in the first place.

Im disappointed that Wales didnt get behind thier defence more and take the game to Russia.

Overall Wales have come a long way in this qualifying group, they should take this as a lesson learnt and move onwards and upwards for Germany 2006!!

Its all we can look forward to now.

 

We should be used to not qualifying now.

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MrFart said:

John Hartson up front on his own?? If thats the best hte Welsh can muster up, the future is not bright is it!!

 

Agreed, the tactics on the night were wrong!

 

but I wouldnt say the future isnt bright!!

 

Mark Hughes is a young manager still on a learning curve and we can take heart at some of the performances in this campaign i.e Italy + Finland

 

At the end of the day Wales has never been a strong footballing nation and probably never will be! u gotta remember that Wales only has a population of 3 million (less than London) so good players are few and far between.

 

I will say that probably for the first time im thinking that come the next qualifyers (world cup) we can actually do it and qualify!

Just want to say well done to Latvia for qualifying for thier first ever major tournament by beating Turkey over 2 legs tonight!

 

Just shows you that a tiny nation like them can make it through!!

 

Latvia won did they?

Quality, i'm off down the kebab house to cause hassle.

All I can say is be grateful you dont have to back the wondeful footballing nation that is N.Ireland

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LiamStyles said:

All I can say is be grateful you dont have to back the wondeful footballing nation that is N.Ireland

 

I feel for you mate

Latvia beat Turkey 1-0 in Riga at the weekend.

 

It finished 2-2 in Istanbul tonight, Latvia coming from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 on the night!

 

Latvia winning 3-2 on agg.

yeah it was 2-2 at half time, i saw that! lol