Post by hooky on Apr 6, 2024 16:00:32 GMT
Apr 6, 2024 15:05:28 GMT iot said:
Page? No sorry I think Bale had far more to do with us reaching a WC not Page and everyone knows it. Austria was a great performance but Bale was the spark. People forget we were poor at home against the 10 man Czechs but won and against Ukraine for 60 mins.
Poland are not Belgium, Italy or even Ukraine or Hungary. They are currently very mediocre. We have no god given right to beat them but we had the massive advantage of being at home and pace. We blew it, Don't give me bigger picture - we had a massive opportunity and 120 minutes to make it and most of us feel Page make bad decisions. He is a very poor coach and I am really fed up knowing he is a handicap to us. I accepted poor performances up until the WC but that tournament made his limitations and terrible calls plain to see for all. Going through the next tournaments and seeing mistake after mistake. Armenia 1 point from 6 ffs (of and not the first time either was it - without Bale we lose to Belarus away and we drew with Estonia at home!). Even after the home humiliation, the players turn it around with a great performance - playing for the manager. That is great but he needs to contribute and we below our second chance in the next game our in Armenia where we were terrible. Against Turkey at home - everyone could see them getting on top before their goal accept one man. We get our third chance and blow it again. I am fed up of accepting his mediocrity. Lovely guy but out of his depth when up against coaches with a footballing brain.
Oh ok, so it was Bale that qualified us for the World Cup. How do you explain we failed to qualify in 2018 with Bale at the peak of his powers, which he certainly wasn’t in 2022? Does not compute. Sorry to say, but I think that poor statement in itself and inability to credit Page in any sense reveals your complete lack of objectivity here.
Oh so because Poland aren’t at Belgium’s level we should expect to beat them and sack the manager if we fail to do so? You may think they’re mediocre (and they certainly relative to the top sides) but they have better players than us and have qualified for practically every tournament for a reason.
He would only be a handicap to us if he gets less out of us than the alternative (whoever that may be) would. I don’t think that’s clear cut at all.
Rest of your post you’re just repeating things that are done to death and selectively picking out results that support your argument, ignoring all the ones that don’t.