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Post by welshrover on Nov 8, 2021 16:28:15 GMT
Perhaps this Campbell chap doesn't want to play for us.
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Post by rob on Nov 8, 2021 20:46:07 GMT
Perhaps this Campbell chap doesn't want to play for us. Issue there is that Campbell was mentioned in an interview by Bodin last camp-said him,Hesketh,Kieran Evans and Norton were doing well.All feels a bit strange.Myself feel need new Wales U21s coach needed as currently seem to be choosing age over talent-this campaign like last too many players being chosen every game who will never make it to the full side.Used to have 17,18 year olds in the squad-Bellamy,James Thomas etc
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Post by bale-droed on Nov 8, 2021 21:37:32 GMT
I used to think Chem qualifies by place of birth. Now his place of birth on wiki has changed. Are we sure he’s eligible? Maybe something has happened behind closed doors and his qualifications for Wales are in doubt?
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Post by mortillsy on Nov 9, 2021 0:04:33 GMT
I used to think Chem qualifies by place of birth. Now his place of birth on wiki has changed. Are we sure he’s eligible? Maybe something has happened behind closed doors and his qualifications for Wales are in doubt? Bodin said that he went to see him and Hesketh play for Wolves u23 prior to the last camp. I’d be amazed if he/they weren’t eligible. Still, it’s baffling if he/they are just being overlooked.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Nov 9, 2021 0:57:48 GMT
I used to think Chem qualifies by place of birth. Now his place of birth on wiki has changed. Are we sure he’s eligible? Maybe something has happened behind closed doors and his qualifications for Wales are in doubt? He's definitely eligible as he's already represented us - I believe at U17 level
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Post by bale-droed on Nov 9, 2021 10:36:08 GMT
I used to think Chem qualifies by place of birth. Now his place of birth on wiki has changed. Are we sure he’s eligible? Maybe something has happened behind closed doors and his qualifications for Wales are in doubt? He's definitely eligible as he's already represented us - I believe at U17 level Aaron Wildig played under 16s. It’s happened before so could happen again. I do believe he’s eligible...just a potential theory
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Post by allezlesrouges on Nov 9, 2021 15:13:21 GMT
He's definitely eligible as he's already represented us - I believe at U17 level Aaron Wildig played under 16s. It’s happened before so could happen again. I do believe he’s eligible...just a potential theory Yeah it can happen, but I think things have tightened up in this respect in recent times
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Post by dragons on Nov 9, 2021 19:40:15 GMT
All current U21s Squad born in 2000 or 2001 apart from Eli King 2002 & Fin Stevens 2003.
George Ratcliffe - 2000 Lewis Webb - 2000 Nathan Sheppard - 2000 Billy Sass - Davies - 2000 Morgan Boyes - 2001 Ryan Astley - 2001 Eddy Jones - 2001 Fin Stevens - 2003 Terry Taylor - 2001 Dan Williams - 2001 Kieron Evans - 2001 Eli King - 2002 Sam Pearson - 2001 Joe Adams - 2001 Rhys Hughes - 2001 Jack Vale - 2001 Luke Jephcott - 2000 Isaak Davies - 2001
Chem Campbell Dan Malone Owen Hesketh Ed Turns
Were born in 2002. Very likely to be involved in next season's under 21 squad.
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Post by rob on Nov 9, 2021 20:26:45 GMT
Bodin needs to get out of the routine of going on years of birth-their are usually more than a few who can be fast-tracked.
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Post by mortillsy on Nov 9, 2021 20:29:45 GMT
All current U21s Squad born in 2000 or 2001 apart from Eli King 2002 & Fin Stevens 2003. George Ratcliffe - 2000 Lewis Webb - 2000 Nathan Sheppard - 2000 Billy Sass - Davies - 2000 Morgan Boyes - 2001 Ryan Astley - 2001 Eddy Jones - 2001 Fin Stevens - 2003 Terry Taylor - 2001 Dan Williams - 2001 Kieron Evans - 2001 Eli King - 2002 Sam Pearson - 2001 Joe Adams - 2001 Rhys Hughes - 2001 Jack Vale - 2001 Luke Jephcott - 2000 Isaak Davies - 2001 Chem Campbell Dan Malone Owen Hesketh Ed Turns Were born in 2002. Very likely to be involved in next season's under 21 squad. Oli Hammond - 2002 also called up. Presumably Hammond and King are more highly rated than Hesketh. Regardless of age, Chem should have been called up and tested at this level already.
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Post by mortillsy on Nov 9, 2021 20:33:14 GMT
Bodin needs to get out of the routine of going on years of birth-their are usually more than a few who can be fast-tracked. Exactly this! I don’t buy the DOB logic at all. How old was Rambo when he was tearing up for the u21’s? Sure he was 17-18 when he ruined Italy u21’s at the Liberty.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Nov 10, 2021 19:33:06 GMT
Bodin needs to get out of the routine of going on years of birth-their are usually more than a few who can be fast-tracked. Exactly this! I don’t buy the DOB logic at all. How old was Rambo when he was tearing up for the u21’s? Sure he was 17-18 when he ruined Italy u21’s at the Liberty. I see what you're saying, but I also see the logic in using boys while they can be used before they're too old to get anymore youth grade experience Chem is developing well, and if our staff are confident he'll stick with us then there's no harm in doing it this way. Not saying I wouldn't include him personally - I would. However, I don't think there's too much drama around the Chem issue. The goal of U21 football should be that it is a stepping stone into seniors, and Chem hasn't really had any senior football of note - so his time is still ahead of him Next season I envisage that Chem will get a senior loan move and will be playing for our U21s, I think he'll be in a really good position from then on to push towards our senior team
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Post by dylanjunecymru on Nov 14, 2021 15:33:54 GMT
Jamie paterson claiming to have a grandad from neath, that would be a decent edition to the squad.
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Post by saturn9 on Nov 14, 2021 16:04:33 GMT
Jamie paterson claiming to have a grandad from neath, that would be a decent edition to the squad. It would be if it's legit. But I thought the Jocks would have sounded him out before now.
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Post by dai on Nov 14, 2021 16:30:11 GMT
Jamie paterson claiming to have a grandad from neath, that would be a decent edition to the squad. Noticed he's said 'My Grandads from neath!' on Twitter. 'From' could mean anything! Will be interesting to see if he's 100% eligible. Is he playing well for Swansea?
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Post by saturn9 on Nov 14, 2021 16:42:46 GMT
Jamie paterson claiming to have a grandad from neath, that would be a decent edition to the squad. Noticed he's said 'My Grandads from neath!' on Twitter. 'From' could mean anything! Will be interesting to see if he's 100% eligible. Is he playing well for Swansea? Played very well when I saw them v Wba in October, and is their second highest goal scorer behind Piroe.
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Post by chief on Nov 14, 2021 16:45:12 GMT
4 assists, 6 goals in 17 games this season.....
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Post by dai on Nov 14, 2021 17:03:58 GMT
Really?? That's really impressive. Just looked up and saw he's 29 though, ship may have sailed.......
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Post by gimli on Nov 14, 2021 17:49:52 GMT
Dim diolch. He'll be 30 next month and his good form now is just a purple patch. There's a reason he was released by Bristol City at the end of last season. We already have decent depth in the attacking midfield positions, and even if we wanted to try someone else there I'd rather give the chance to someone who's actually Welsh instead of of an Englishman who's never shown any interest before but now fancies having a go at international football towards the end of his career, and who won't really offer us anything different to what we already have anyway.
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Post by pclaude on Nov 14, 2021 18:09:49 GMT
Dim diolch. He'll be 30 next month and his good form now is just a purple patch. There's a reason he was released by Bristol City at the end of last season. We already have decent depth in the attacking midfield positions, and even if we wanted to try someone else there I'd rather give the chance to someone who's actually Welsh instead of of an Englishman who's never shown any interest before but now fancies having a go at international football towards the end of his career, and who won't really offer us anything different to what we already have anyway. He regards himself Scottish I think. He was born to Scottish parents. I’m surprised he’s never played for them I think he was joking about his grandfather too.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Nov 14, 2021 18:23:46 GMT
For those wondering. Maybe dragonsoccer can confirm or deny if he's serious?
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Post by vaulksthrowfanclub on Nov 14, 2021 18:35:13 GMT
If confirmed eligible I still wouldn’t call him up. Clearly doesn’t actually consider himself as Welsh.
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Post by dai on Nov 14, 2021 18:38:12 GMT
If confirmed eligible I still wouldn’t call him up. Clearly doesn’t actually consider himself as Welsh. Did Kieffer Moore?
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Post by vaulksthrowfanclub on Nov 14, 2021 19:12:48 GMT
If confirmed eligible I still wouldn’t call him up. Clearly doesn’t actually consider himself as Welsh. Did Kieffer Moore? Decent point, but I guess Kieffer’s career was on an upward trajectory and prior to his initial call up he wouldn’t have really been considered due to the level he was playing at. Whereas Paterson’s played at a level that would be considered for call-ups for ages, and hasn’t made any attempt at even touting himself for a call-up. I imagine he was joking though.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Nov 17, 2021 20:29:42 GMT
Does anyone know how many professional Welsh footballers there are?
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Post by iot on Nov 17, 2021 22:30:23 GMT
Does anyone know how many professional Welsh footballers there are? I think there's a good chance that there are more than 150-200. There must be a good number that are completely off the radar, or at least for 99% of fans, particularly young players who have signed professional contracts but are still in youth setups. I'm thinking of players like Cian Ashford at Cardiff. Between them and Swansea, I wouldn't be surprised if they had 15-20 youth players on professional contracts who have barely featured to date.
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Post by bale-droed on Nov 18, 2021 2:40:51 GMT
Does anyone know how many professional Welsh footballers there are? I think there's a good chance that there are more than 150-200. There must be a good number that are completely off the radar, or at least for 99% of fans, particularly young players who have signed professional contracts but are still in youth setups. I'm thinking of players like Cian Ashford at Cardiff. Between them and Swansea, I wouldn't be surprised if they had 15-20 youth players on professional contracts who have barely featured to date. I reckon we have closer to 500. If we include players who earn at least 300 a week
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Post by morg on Nov 19, 2021 19:28:57 GMT
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Post by insertname on Nov 19, 2021 22:53:14 GMT
Interesting, he’d be an option imo. I kind of worry he hasn’t set the world alight and is just having a good 5 minutes towards the back end of his career but we’re desperately light on even championship quality strikers so, reluctantly, I think this could suit both parties if he doesn’t mind being back up to Moore. It seems like he would give us a non-target man option up front and I think we need that right now.
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Post by iot on Nov 19, 2021 23:09:17 GMT
Odd, Dragon Soccer says the opposite has been 'confirmed'
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