Finished a draw.
Day 2: Wales vs Switzerland | Denmark vs Finland | Belgium vs Russia
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Extremely unpopular opinion time, I don't mind Savage on co comms. He is usually pretty accurate, especially versus his in studio stuff. Maybe the fresh air does him some good.
This is why these 3rd place qualifications have ruined the group stages. Should have stuck to same format as previous years.
Urghhh don't like that. Dangerous. Turkey won't be that bad again.
Bale has been shocking!
Decent draw for Wales, all things considered.
Embolo, James, Mbabu and Ward the stand outs for me.
Embolo, James, Mbabu and Ward the stand outs for me.
Adopt Finland (first time qualified)
Swiss sort of team who'll probably get a point off Italy.
Wales probably qualify if they beat Turkey so still in it massively but tbh any team in last 16 would love to play them.
Wales probably qualify if they beat Turkey so still in it massively but tbh any team in last 16 would love to play them.
Giggsy not there?
Standards are through the floor when people are wanting Embolo and Zakaria
It's gonna be a dogfight between Turkey, Wales and the Swiss for second place in this group.
Impossible to call that one.
Impossible to call that one.
Anyone got the goals and the offside disallowed goal?
Only caught the end was James good?
Well at least according to the man himself he did. Barca and Arsenal too
When Schalke signed him some years ago, they used a video for his announcement claiming he rejected us for them. Cringefest.
Found it
Does anyone actually want Embolo? Think most just agree he had a good game.
bizarre decision to take of DJ when Wales had all the momentum there
Wales played really negative. I don't think Switzerland are so good that you have to play like that.
Ward Man of the Match.
Ward Man of the Match.
better than Bale. Wales made the wrong sub taking James off.
Probably?
Given possession, tactics (sic), performance, I think we'll happily take that. Switzerland should have kicked on at 1-0... they may regret that.
Page needs to think hard about Ramsey and Allen (Brooks and Ampadu.... even Colwill)
They're not going to go far tho'
he was fantastic
Did not expect a draw from Wales. Think the group is now open for all three and the 2 Turkey games will be interesting watches.
Swiss will obviously be unhappy with this result as anything less than a win vs Turkey would mean they eliminate the competition in GS, which will go down as underachievement considering their side and the group they were in
Swiss will obviously be unhappy with this result as anything less than a win vs Turkey would mean they eliminate the competition in GS, which will go down as underachievement considering their side and the group they were in
He was Wales best player.
Was taken off around 70 mins for some stupid reason. An absolutely pointless sub.
Someone did. On the previous page.
Feck sake if he turned all those clubs down he needs psychological helpWell at least according to the man himself he did. Barca and Arsenal too
I was thinking Ramsey is only playing on past reputation. He was poor today.
My god. Wales are such an awful team to watch. Worse than watching United under Van Gaal and Mourinho. When you consider Dan James was your best player on the pitch...
The Swiss should've won comfortably.
The Swiss should've won comfortably.
Not sure they will let him out of jail for this.
We've got 3 teams in top 20 rankings. We are too but we're still living on 2015-18.
Ironically, I think if Turkey are more adventurous than they were against Italy (surely cant be less?!), might help us. Today has shown if we have to sit and counter, it's hard work and unlikely to pay off
Bale was awful. Struts around and does feck all.
Funnily enough, they've got Albert Stuivenberg as assistant manager. LVGs assistant at United and Artetas now. Great football doesn't seem to follow him around...
Embolo is a great young talent. Hit and miss in front of goals sadly
He wanted to play regularly. Hardly a bad reason is I thinkFeck sake if he turned all those clubs down he needs psychological help
They sure have better players than they show
This has got to be something to do with the Germans. They are always doing things like this. Weird.When Schalke signed him some years ago, they used a video for his announcement claiming he rejected us for them. Cringefest.
Found it
A decent draw there for Wales, but probably didn't deserve it. I can't see them going through in this group. I just can't see how they're winning any game here
We're not boring by choice. We're boring because we're shit. It's pretty much Bale, Ramsey's ghost and nine championship level cloggers.
I'd be surprised if you're going to be blown away any more by other sides in the same boat, which is basically Finland, Scotland, and North Macedonia. And those teams don't have to play their games halfway to fecking China in 35 degree heat, either.
Good result. Swiss were a lot better but think they made some tactical errors trying to consolidate their lead, Embolo was causing real problems and the set piece defending was poor by Wales (wtf was up with Allen sitting on Embolo on corners...). Wales showed a lot more bravery after the 70th and the Swiss gave them too much time on the ball. The goal came from nothing really but when you have someone like Moore who is dangerous in those positions, you’re going to be playing with fire by adopting those deep stances and letting Wales knock it about in front of you. As I said pre game it’s why he’s in the team.
He was poor today but he’s a good player. Playing out of position though completely negates his strengths, and highlights his weaknesses. It’s tricky with the makeup of the squad but ideally he’s always a wing back.