Day 6: Wales vs Iran | Qatar vs Senegal | Netherlands vs Ecuador | England vs USA

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Let's also not forget that the players all mocked England, Bale saying none of England's players would make the Wales XI. It was very small-time and embarrassing of them. I hope they end up with 0 points. Karma is beautiful.
we already have a point so suck it!
 

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USA really need a win tonight. They don’t want to have to play Iran needing to win when Iran only need to draw.
 

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Let's also not forget that the players all mocked England, Bale saying none of England's players would make the Wales XI. It was very small-time and embarrassing of them. I hope they end up with 0 points. Karma is beautiful.
Why would Bale say any English players deserve to start over his teammates? Maybe the interviewer shouldn't ask such stupid questions
 

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Being Welsh .. that was a hard match to watch, we were utterly dire from first minute to last.

Iran were brilliant for most of the match and thoroughly deserved the win.

Robert Page has one tactic and thats to defend defend and defend some more and hope Bale musters something great or we get a set piece and score from that.

There is more to football than simply being difficult to beat.
I was thinking that Page was far too loyal to his old “stars”, especially Ramsey, but then I realised he had to be, because he has no other options. He’s backed himself and the team into a corner, with everyone as everything depending on players who are basically past it.

I think it’s damning of his coaching too. The welsh seemed to lack the heart they have shown the last few years, which is the worst part.
 

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Being Welsh .. that was a hard match to watch, we were utterly dire from first minute to last.

Iran were brilliant for most of the match and thoroughly deserved the win.

Robert Page has one tactic and thats to defend defend and defend some more and hope Bale musters something great or we get a set piece and score from that.

There is more to football than simply being difficult to beat.
To be fair I'm not sure what the alternate tactic is. There aren't enough technical players among that lot to play enterprising football. If the football is going to change it's probably something that would have to be done over an entire buildup to a tournament, but whether that would get the desired results when the endgame is really just to qualify is hard to say.
 

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:lol: You wonder why they celebrated like that? Haha
There was literally no reason for another side to react like that. Especially another UK nation. All I see is a lot of jealousy to be honest.
 

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England fans still going on about getting bantered 6 years ago? :lol:
 

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There was literally no reason for another side to react like that. Especially another UK nation. All I see is a lot of jealousy to be honest.
Maybe they just preferred Iceland the underdog more :)
 

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if Qatar draw or win I get a cool 800£. Which means Senegal are winning this 100%
I think you will win your bet. Qatar is playing well, they wouldn't want to end up with 0 points as a host nation and African teams have been poor. Good luck.
 

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Qatar is a good host. They are making sure even the opponents feel like they're at home. Free points for everyone.
 

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Poorest team in the tournament so far.
I don't know, Costa Rica were dreadful. I need to see how they play against a team that isn't Spain but I feel like even Qatar might be better than them tbh.
 

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Really pathetic from the BBC to try and act as if Iran were involved in gamesmanship. More like, Wales were diving all over the place.
Aye. Found it patronising to scrape the barrel to the extent they were reaching for jingoistic cliches. Especially when Hennessey's Schumacher on Taremi was the worst act of the game.