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Post by iot on Sept 21, 2021 19:19:49 GMT
I believe Dan Williams is a holding midfielder. We have Joe Adams, the Brentford winger, ahead of him too Didn't Williams play some pre-season games up front for the Swans and score a goal, or am I getting him mixed up with someone else? Thought Adams was a central midfielder too He did score for swansea in a league cup game - but almost certain it was from midfield. No, almost certain that adams is a winger |
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Post by iot on Sept 21, 2021 19:21:06 GMT
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Post by mortillsy on Sept 23, 2021 14:54:44 GMT
Do we know if he is actually any better than the players we did select in his positions for the under 21s? Genuine question as I’m not sure who’s in instead of him and have only seen clips here in there on YouTube so no idea how good he is. I remember a few years ago we were critical of the fact that we weren’t picking Mitch Clark of Aston Villa but it looks like that decision may have not have been totally crazy as he didn’t turn out to be as good as we thought he was. I suppose the fact that he’s dual qualified does change things slightly but on the other hand, should the fact that he’s dual qualified mean that he should be picked ahead of other players. Again, before anyone shoots me down, I genuinely have no idea whether or not he’s better than the players we did select, I’m just throwing these questions out there. I see your point regarding Mitch Clark. He probably hasn’t turned out the player we were hoping, yet. Mitch Clark is also dual qualified. Who was selected over him? Aaron Lewis (Newport) and Cam Coxe (Solihull) .. Clark is playing at a higher level (Accrington S) after recently leaving the Leicester academy. Not crazy - but still an odd decision to ignore him I personally think. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Sept 23, 2021 15:21:30 GMT
Do we know if he is actually any better than the players we did select in his positions for the under 21s? Genuine question as I’m not sure who’s in instead of him and have only seen clips here in there on YouTube so no idea how good he is. I remember a few years ago we were critical of the fact that we weren’t picking Mitch Clark of Aston Villa but it looks like that decision may have not have been totally crazy as he didn’t turn out to be as good as we thought he was. I suppose the fact that he’s dual qualified does change things slightly but on the other hand, should the fact that he’s dual qualified mean that he should be picked ahead of other players. Again, before anyone shoots me down, I genuinely have no idea whether or not he’s better than the players we did select, I’m just throwing these questions out there. I see your point regarding Mitch Clark. He probably hasn’t turned out the player we were hoping, yet. Mitch Clark is also dual qualified. Who was selected over him? Aaron Lewis (Newport) and Cam Coxe (Solihull) .. Clark is playing at a higher level (Accrington S) after recently leaving the Leicester academy. Not crazy - but still an odd decision to ignore him I personally think. Coxe was pretty highly rated at one point tbf |
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Post by mortillsy on Sept 23, 2021 16:43:23 GMT
I see your point regarding Mitch Clark. He probably hasn’t turned out the player we were hoping, yet. Mitch Clark is also dual qualified. Who was selected over him? Aaron Lewis (Newport) and Cam Coxe (Solihull) .. Clark is playing at a higher level (Accrington S) after recently leaving the Leicester academy. Not crazy - but still an odd decision to ignore him I personally think. Coxe was pretty highly rated at one point tbf Yeah, he was … mostly by Wales fans. But, he did look half decent at that level. Mitch Clark captained the u19’s and played for them on a number of times. He could also play anywhere in defence. It was an oversight that he never ever got an u21 cap. |
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Post by vaulksthrowfanclub on Sept 23, 2021 17:00:49 GMT
Coxe was pretty highly rated at one point tbf Yeah, he was … mostly by Wales fans. But, he did look half decent at that level. Mitch Clark captained the u19’s and played for them on a number of times. He could also play anywhere in defence. It was an oversight that he never ever got an u21 cap. Tbf didn’t Clark reject a Toulon Tournament call-up to stay at Villa? Don’t particularly blame Page for leaving him out thereafter. Not a move a ‘captain of his country’ should make. Hopefully he gets good game time at Accrington though and pushes on. |
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Post by mortillsy on Sept 23, 2021 17:06:56 GMT
Yeah, he was … mostly by Wales fans. But, he did look half decent at that level. Mitch Clark captained the u19’s and played for them on a number of times. He could also play anywhere in defence. It was an oversight that he never ever got an u21 cap. Tbf didn’t Clark reject a Toulon Tournament call-up to stay at Villa? Don’t particularly blame Page for leaving him out thereafter. Not a move a ‘captain of his country’ should make. Hopefully he gets good game time at Accrington though and pushes on. Yeah, I think so. He was playing a tournament in the Far East with Villa. Not sure whether any of the details were ever released, or at least I can’t remember seeing any at the time. Dai Brooks turned down a Wales call up to play for England in the same tournament. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Sept 23, 2021 19:08:32 GMT
Tbf didn’t Clark reject a Toulon Tournament call-up to stay at Villa? Don’t particularly blame Page for leaving him out thereafter. Not a move a ‘captain of his country’ should make. Hopefully he gets good game time at Accrington though and pushes on. Yeah, I think so. He was playing a tournament in the Far East with Villa. Not sure whether any of the details were ever released, or at least I can’t remember seeing any at the time. Dai Brooks turned down a Wales call up to play for England in the same tournament. Didn't he accept the England call up before Wales called him up? |
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Post by mortillsy on Sept 23, 2021 21:18:09 GMT
Yeah, I think so. He was playing a tournament in the Far East with Villa. Not sure whether any of the details were ever released, or at least I can’t remember seeing any at the time. Dai Brooks turned down a Wales call up to play for England in the same tournament. Didn't he accept the England call up before Wales called him up? Yeah |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 23, 2021 22:57:23 GMT
Tbf didn’t Clark reject a Toulon Tournament call-up to stay at Villa? Don’t particularly blame Page for leaving him out thereafter. Not a move a ‘captain of his country’ should make. Hopefully he gets good game time at Accrington though and pushes on. Yeah, I think so. He was playing a tournament in the Far East with Villa. Not sure whether any of the details were ever released, or at least I can’t remember seeing any at the time. Dai Brooks turned down a Wales call up to play for England in the same tournament.Nope. Brooks was called up by England before Wales could ask him. He's since stated he was always hoping for a call up from Wales, but accepted England's call to see what it was all about. After playing in the tournament he immediately accepted the next call from Wales and the rest is history. He's never turned us down |
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Post by mortillsy on Sept 24, 2021 7:59:28 GMT
Yeah, I think so. He was playing a tournament in the Far East with Villa. Not sure whether any of the details were ever released, or at least I can’t remember seeing any at the time. Dai Brooks turned down a Wales call up to play for England in the same tournament.Nope. Brooks was called up by England before Wales could ask him. He's since stated he was always hoping for a call up from Wales, but accepted England's call to see what it was all about. After playing in the tournament he immediately accepted the next call from Wales and the rest is history. He's never turned us down Okay - it was a misunderstanding and he’d already agreed to play for England. He was unaware Wales were interested - not sure how that happened, poor communication maybe. I should have said that he withdrew. |
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Post by wirralwelsh on Sept 25, 2021 9:37:57 GMT
Why would Brooks have wanted to 'see what its all about' with England if he could have seen what its all about with Wales in the same tournament, even having been named in the squad released prior to withdrawing? I have never been convinced by that twist of logic. Anyway he seemed pretty happy to be winning the tournament with England but he was always going to make faster progress with us and has Welsh parentage so no problem him playing in the red shirt, but it the Toulon story never made a lot of sense, if he really wanted to play for Wales he easily could have done, young footballers aren't really that fussed about the correct sense of etiquette as far as I'm aware!
Don't know what's going on with Campbell, but there's no way he hasn't been good enough to get in the welsh squad a single time in his own age group for the past three years, we really don't have that much depth at youth level. Not just Bodin ignoring him but others too. Quite bizarre.
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Post by evans1282 on Sept 25, 2021 10:56:37 GMT
Why would Brooks have wanted to 'see what its all about' with England if he could have seen what its all about with Wales in the same tournament, even having been named in the squad released prior to withdrawing? I have never been convinced by that twist of logic. Anyway he seemed pretty happy to be winning the tournament with England but he was always going to make faster progress with us and has Welsh parentage so no problem him playing in the red shirt, but it the Toulon story never made a lot of sense, if he really wanted to play for Wales he easily could have done, young footballers aren't really that fussed about the correct sense of etiquette as far as I'm aware! Don't know what's going on with Campbell, but there's no way he hasn't been good enough to get in the welsh squad a single time in his own age group for the past three years, we really don't have that much depth at youth level. Not just Bodin ignoring him but others too. Quite bizarre. I thought it was just old-fashioned keeping his word ,he'd agreed to play,so just kept his word.Dual qualified people are always going to be torn.My 3 daughters are Scottish born the one into football watches Wales with me ,but follows Scotland as well( even though I absolutely hate them and their support!!) |
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Post by fiveattheback on Sept 25, 2021 12:04:48 GMT
Why would Brooks have wanted to 'see what its all about' with England if he could have seen what its all about with Wales in the same tournament, even having been named in the squad released prior to withdrawing? I have never been convinced by that twist of logic. Anyway he seemed pretty happy to be winning the tournament with England but he was always going to make faster progress with us and has Welsh parentage so no problem him playing in the red shirt, but it the Toulon story never made a lot of sense, if he really wanted to play for Wales he easily could have done, young footballers aren't really that fussed about the correct sense of etiquette as far as I'm aware! Don't know what's going on with Campbell, but there's no way he hasn't been good enough to get in the welsh squad a single time in his own age group for the past three years, we really don't have that much depth at youth level. Not just Bodin ignoring him but others too. Quite bizarre. Always made perfect sense to me. Called up by England - accepts call up - later called up by Wales - can't play as already accepted England's call up |
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Post by texan on Sept 25, 2021 16:59:08 GMT
Why would Brooks have wanted to 'see what its all about' with England if he could have seen what its all about with Wales in the same tournament, even having been named in the squad released prior to withdrawing? I have never been convinced by that twist of logic. Anyway he seemed pretty happy to be winning the tournament with England but he was always going to make faster progress with us and has Welsh parentage so no problem him playing in the red shirt, but it the Toulon story never made a lot of sense, if he really wanted to play for Wales he easily could have done, young footballers aren't really that fussed about the correct sense of etiquette as far as I'm aware! Don't know what's going on with Campbell, but there's no way he hasn't been good enough to get in the welsh squad a single time in his own age group for the past three years, we really don't have that much depth at youth level. Not just Bodin ignoring him but others too. Quite bizarre. Brooks was approached by England weeks prior to the tournament and told he'd be called up. His reps made several soft enquiries in the meantime to the Welsh camp about Brooks' potential involvement with Wales but they received no response. Ultimately with a week to go he was advised "you can either go to the tournament with England or you won't go at all" and for his development, he should go. As a result of no interest whatsoever from Wales, he accepted England's offer of a call-up to Toulon. Fast forward 10 days and the official England squad is to be announced at 12pm, but at 11:45am Wales' squad is announced first...guess who's in it! There is no way in hell Brooks can in any way be blamed for Wales' horrendous communication throughout that entire incident. He's a quiet, decent lad and he absolutely did the right thing. The blame should be placed squarely on the shoulders of the U21's manager at the time who ballsed it right up...ironically one Mr Robert Page! |
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Post by twofootedtackle on Sept 28, 2021 13:07:50 GMT
He’s been overlooked AGAIN by Bodin
I’m enraged by his bizarre squad selections.
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Post by dai on Sept 28, 2021 13:11:09 GMT
He’s been overlooked AGAIN by Bodin I’m enraged by his bizarre squad selections. Seems to be a trend in Welsh football at the moment. |
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Post by iot on Sept 28, 2021 13:29:51 GMT
I know DS has suggested otherwise, and I don't mean to question his information, but I suspect there is more going on with Chem Campbell than we're aware of. I still think he's probably indicated that he isn't interested and has opted for one of the other countries he's eligible for. Otherwise, it certainly is bizarre that he hasn't been selected for any youth squad for the last 3 years
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Post by saturn9 on Sept 28, 2021 13:42:56 GMT
I know DS has suggested otherwise, and I don't mean to question his information, but I suspect there is more going on with Chem Campbell than we're aware of. I still think he's probably indicated that he isn't interested and has opted for one of the other countries he's eligible for. Otherwise, it certainly is bizarre that he hasn't been selected for any youth squad for the last 3 years Looks like it. But why did Phil Blanche tweet what he did about him last week or the week before. Needs clearing up asap. |
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Post by iot on Sept 28, 2021 14:16:38 GMT
I know DS has suggested otherwise, and I don't mean to question his information, but I suspect there is more going on with Chem Campbell than we're aware of. I still think he's probably indicated that he isn't interested and has opted for one of the other countries he's eligible for. Otherwise, it certainly is bizarre that he hasn't been selected for any youth squad for the last 3 years Looks like it. But why did Phil Blanche tweet what he did about him last week or the week before. Needs clearing up asap. Ah yeah, forgot about that. Well either Phil Blanche has got it wrong too, or we are inexplicably choosing not to select him. Very annoying |
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Post by cynonvalley on Sept 28, 2021 14:21:09 GMT
Clearly uninterested...
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Post by fiveattheback on Sept 28, 2021 14:32:02 GMT
The clip of Bodin talking about the squad linked on the dragonsoccer website would indicate otherwise It's possible Bodin just doesn't rate him, or at least not as highly as others. Kieron Evans for instance isn't in the squad even though he's been the standout performer in a very good Cardiff U23 side whilst his clubmate Davies is in |
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Post by dragons on Oct 14, 2021 10:34:03 GMT
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Post by saturn9 on Oct 23, 2021 14:21:43 GMT
Makes the bench today v Leeds.
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Post by dragons on Jan 25, 2022 10:38:33 GMT
Scored twice last night for Wolves U23s v Sunderland U23s.
Sunderland 1 - 2 Wolves
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Post by saturn9 on Jan 25, 2022 12:11:39 GMT
If he was as talented as the hype machine would have us believe, he'd have mid/lower level Ch'sp or L1 sides looking at a January loan.
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Post by walesgolfmadrid on Jan 25, 2022 13:29:37 GMT
If he was as talented as the hype machine would have us believe, he'd have mid/lower level Ch'sp or L1 sides looking at a January loan. He turned 19 last month. Not all key players for Wales had made their league debuts at that age - Dan James (20), David Brooks (20), Joe Rodon (20). 4 goals, 3 assists and 11 appearances for Wolves U23 suggests he's more than talented enough to play for Wales U21's, if he opts to play for us. |
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Post by lawthom on Apr 8, 2022 20:11:08 GMT
On the bench for wolves today
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Post by dlwilliams on Apr 8, 2022 20:40:21 GMT
Just come on
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Post by dai on Apr 8, 2022 21:04:51 GMT
I really want to know what the situation is regarding him and the U21's, he's clearly better than a lot of our options.
A/ He's refused call ups.
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B/ Bodin is useless.
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