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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 28, 2022 21:34:20 GMT
Go on then, why not! I actually take exception to this tweet, our depth is better than it's ever been. So I've made a power-rankings for our top 55 players. I've chunked it up into 4 sections. Starting XI/Rest of WC squad/Recent call ups/Best of the rest 1. Bale 2. Ramsey 3. B.Davies 4. Allen 5. D. James 6. Ampadu 7. C. Roberts 8. Neco 9. Rodon 10. Hennessey 11. Moore --------------------------- 12. Wilson 13. Brennan 14. Ward 15. Mepham 16. RND 17. Morrell 18. Colwill 19. Brooks 20. Levitt 21. Gunter 22. Jonny 23. Tyler 24. Sorba 25. Burns 26. A.Davies ------------------------ 27. Cabango 28. Smith 29. Matondo 30. M.Harris 31. T.King 32. Broadhead 33. Denham 34. Lockyer 35. Vaulks 36. J.Lawrence ------------------------- 37. T.Lawrence 38. Poole 39. Maxwell 40. I.Davies 41. Stevens 42. J.James 43. Sheehan 44. G.Thomas 45. O.Evans 46. Jordan Williams 47. John 48. Mullin 49. Jephcott 50. Hoole 51. Beck 52. L.Harris 53. Popov 54. Barden 55. Woodburn Others who missed out; T.Taylor C.Savage Lowery G.Jones Campbell These aren't necessarily how I'd rate them, just how I see things based on squads selected & likelihoods in the event of an injury crisis I think Mark Harris may be slightly higher in the pecking order than we think, purely as he's one of our few "proper" strikers I'd say he's certainly more likely to go than a 5th wing back (Burns/Sorba), I think he's probably more likely than Tyler Roberts too I think given that we often play with 2 "forwards" now, it's less of an issue that we don't have a "striker". Bale, Brennan, DJ, Moore all certainly ahead of him. I also think it's more likely to see the likes of Brooks, Tyler & Wilson deployed there too |
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Post by fiveattheback on Jun 29, 2022 9:47:14 GMT
I think Mark Harris may be slightly higher in the pecking order than we think, purely as he's one of our few "proper" strikers I'd say he's certainly more likely to go than a 5th wing back (Burns/Sorba), I think he's probably more likely than Tyler Roberts too I think given that we often play with 2 "forwards" now, it's less of an issue that we don't have a "striker". Bale, Brennan, DJ, Moore all certainly ahead of him. I also think it's more likely to see the likes of Brooks, Tyler & Wilson deployed there too I'd be shocked if Wilson is played up top, he's found a home for himself in midfield. Brooks is far too lightweight and Roberts is definitely not a striker I think it was noticeable against Poland that Harris is far more used to playing as a striker than some of the general forwards we've thrown up there. Harris makes good runs and has decent movement, he's not a great player by any means but he's probably the closest thing we have to a Moore replacement |
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Post by melynwy on Jun 29, 2022 10:09:23 GMT
Go on then, why not! ...So I've made a power-rankings for our top 55... I think Neil Taylor makes our 55-man squad! |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jun 29, 2022 12:54:19 GMT
Go on then, why not! ...So I've made a power-rankings for our top 55... I think Neil Taylor makes our 55-man squad! Yeah you might be right there |
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Post by TheWelshWay on Jul 11, 2022 15:38:07 GMT
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Post by smudger1 on Jul 11, 2022 19:09:59 GMT
I think Mark Harris may be slightly higher in the pecking order than we think, purely as he's one of our few "proper" strikers I'd say he's certainly more likely to go than a 5th wing back (Burns/Sorba), I think he's probably more likely than Tyler Roberts too I think given that we often play with 2 "forwards" now, it's less of an issue that we don't have a "striker". Bale, Brennan, DJ, Moore all certainly ahead of him. I also think it's more likely to see the likes of Brooks, Tyler & Wilson deployed there too I’d slightly change the 26 as Matondo will be in or Cabango. Too soon for Brooks I fear . |
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Post by CrackityJones on Jul 18, 2022 10:57:08 GMT
Skocic has been reinstated as Iran manager. What a lovely mess they're getting themselves in, keep it up lads
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Post by manulike on Jul 18, 2022 13:18:31 GMT
Skocic has been reinstated as Iran manager. What a lovely mess they're getting themselves in, keep it up lads Wow. Just read that he/they won 15 of his 18 games in charge.
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Post by CrackityJones on Jul 24, 2022 11:13:17 GMT
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Post by welshowl on Jul 24, 2022 19:51:18 GMT
Iran are going to be the unknown team of the group. Very little is known about them compared to the likes of England and USA. Plus I always feel that World rankings mean very little when you get to this stage. We're supposedly second favourites with Oddschecker for the group. To win the group- England 2/5, Cymru 11/2, US 7/1 and Iran 20/1. Iran being written off due to recent uncertainty. For reference you can get odds between 100-1 and 300 of us winning the whole damn thing....
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Post by iot on Aug 1, 2022 19:45:00 GMT
This has been a fantastic transfer window for us and looks like it could get better, as much as we could have asked for. We could be going into the world cup with all our first team regularly starting for their clubs, and generally at a very high level:
Ward - if Schmeichel moves, he's very likely to be a first choice prem keeper for the first time in his career
Roberts - was brilliant in a really good, progressive Burnley team on the weekend and likely to be one of the leading championship full backs
Ampadu - done well in preseason but hasn't received a squad number with strong rumours of a loan move to Spezia. A season in Seria A did him no harm last season
Rodon - great move for him at Rennes, if he can earn a starting spot it will be his first season in a top European league as a first choice player. Hopefully it will help him gain some confidence on the ball too
Davies - a bit more competition with Lenglet coming in which isn't necessarily a bad thing. You would imagine it's his shirt to lose at the moment after the way he's been playing. He was genuinely one of the best defenders in the premier league towards the end of last season
Neco - brilliant move for him with the way Forest play and the other signings they've made which should give them a real fighting chance. Great to see him doing well in preseason - their fans have been very pleased with what they've seen already. Exciting to see him play week in week out in the premiership
Allen - a real feelgood move back home, hopefully he can help Swansea take another step forward
Wilson - another one who will have his first season as a first-choice premiership player, although a real shame he's rumoured to be out for the first two months
Rambo - looks set for Nice which would be a great move. Injuries are obviously always the issue with him, but he'll have a lot to prove and hopefully he can make a name for himself in French football
Bale - really good move, if he can bag a few goals that should really get his confidence up. Yes it's not a great standard, but it beats sitting on the bench week in week out
James - will have to fight for a starting spot, hopefully he can build on a very patchy first season at Leeds now that he has a full preseason behind him
With a bit of luck, that's 5 players starting every week in the premiership, two in Ligue 1, one in Seria A, two in the Championship and one in the MLS. So that's 8 starting every week in the top 5 european leagues - four of them for the first time in their careers.
Will be great to see how Johnson does too. Main concerns are probably Mepham and Moore who are unlikely to be first choice at Bournemouth. They will have to take full advantage of any sniff of a chance or hope for an injury or two - particularly Moore.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Aug 2, 2022 15:53:01 GMT
Will be great to see how Johnson does too. Main concerns are probably Mepham and Moore who are unlikely to be first choice at Bournemouth. They will have to take full advantage of any sniff of a chance or hope for an injury or two - particularly Moore. Bournemouth have had an injury crisis at the back, Mepham is one of only 3 senior CBs at the club & Parker has said they will be playing a back 3. In fact Parker has come out and said their squad is weaker than the squad that was promoted - which is quite remarkable. He's also said that Owen Bevan (Welsh 18 year old CB) is only 1 injury away from starting the opener. This suggests Mepham will start the season, and that will be his opportunity to fight for his place before they sign someone else Kieffer will be an impact player and will get 20 mins here and there. I think he will perform a similar role for us at the WC so not the worst thing in the world |
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Post by walesgolfmadrid on Aug 3, 2022 6:18:25 GMT
Yeah, Mepham's nailed on to start the season with Bournemouth. If they don't sign another centre-back, he'll be playing as a regular this season.
Kieffer might not start the season for Bournemouth, but it depends on how Solanke gets on. If he gets a run of goals, then Moore's likely to be a sub, but if he struggles then I imagine they'll turn to Moore.
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Post by aberbeeg on Aug 8, 2022 17:57:06 GMT
Iran are going to be the unknown team of the group. Very little is known about them compared to the likes of England and USA. Plus I always feel that World rankings mean very little when you get to this stage. We're supposedly second favourites with Oddschecker for the group. To win the group- England 2/5, Cymru 11/2, US 7/1 and Iran 20/1. Iran being written off due to recent uncertainty. For reference you can get odds between 100-1 and 300 of us winning the whole damn thing....
Don’t forget it’s virtually a home game for Iran |
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Post by iantov on Aug 11, 2022 18:40:49 GMT
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Post by allezlesrouges on Sept 9, 2022 12:27:01 GMT
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Post by morg on Sept 9, 2022 18:29:54 GMT
Brilliant.
There's a few t shirt slogans there.
YMA O HYD, YOU SONS OF SPEED.
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Post by cymro on Sept 10, 2022 6:43:38 GMT
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Post by CrackityJones on Sept 15, 2022 8:50:14 GMT
Bring it on:
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Post by quetzal on Sept 17, 2022 16:18:45 GMT
In this part of the world Paramount Plus got the Prem League rights. Mexican commentary in Newcastle game saying England got easy group and USA the toughest opponent. We’ll see
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Post by jimmytaff on Sept 18, 2022 14:35:03 GMT
In this part of the world Paramount Plus got the Prem League rights. Mexican commentary in Newcastle game saying England got easy group and USA the toughest opponent. We’ll see Good for us to be beneath the radar.There are easier groups as the rankings prove but it's a group any top seed should expect to get out of. |
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Post by bobbyghoul on Sept 27, 2022 10:14:23 GMT
Watched the England v Germany 2nd half last night.
England really should tonk us in Qatar, we don't have a single player who'd make their 26. You might say the same about Hungary though...
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Post by morg on Sept 27, 2022 10:42:11 GMT
Reckon they'd take Ben Davies for Harry Maguire for starters!
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Post by insertname on Sept 27, 2022 11:28:13 GMT
Watched the England v Germany 2nd half last night. England really should tonk us in Qatar, we don't have a single player who'd make their 26. You might say the same about Hungary though... Could have done with a nice 0-0 or 1-0 defeat in that game. 3-3 might just be an inkling that they’ve got their mojo back. Mind you, beat the US and Iran and it’s a nothing game |
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Post by insertname on Sept 27, 2022 11:42:54 GMT
Joe Morrell:
"We are going to need to get at least four points to go through," he said.
"[Facing England last] could work quite well. It probably worked quite well in the [2020] Euros to have Italy last [in Wales' group].
"But if it comes down to needing something against England, we'd be happy with that because, you know, they're beatable."
I hope that sort of stuff gets toned down the nearer the World Cup gets. It feels a bit off a bloke who can’t get in the Portsmouth team saying that a team full of top tier (at least on paper) players are beatable even if there is some truth to that. I recall games in the past where the build up has helped write England’s team talk for them- particularly when the media (admittedly England’s own media most of the time) starts geeing them up about Wales being more passionate about playing for their country.
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Post by dai on Sept 27, 2022 11:52:24 GMT
Joe Morrell: "We are going to need to get at least four points to go through," he said. "[Facing England last] could work quite well. It probably worked quite well in the [2020] Euros to have Italy last [in Wales' group]. "But if it comes down to needing something against England, we'd be happy with that because, you know, they're beatable." I hope that sort of stuff gets toned down the nearer the World Cup gets. It feels a bit off a bloke who can’t get in the Portsmouth team saying that a team full of top tier (at least on paper) players are beatable even if there is some truth to that. I recall games in the past where the build up has helped write England’s team talk for them- particularly when the media (admittedly England’s own media most of the time) starts geeing them up about Wales being more passionate about playing for their country. Yeah, that comment made me cringe a little bit. I remember Bale giving it the big one / mocking them during the Euros, and when it came to the match they were all over us and we were fortunate to only lose 2-1 imo. |
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Post by johnoster on Sept 27, 2022 12:02:37 GMT
Joe Morrell: "We are going to need to get at least four points to go through," he said. "[Facing England last] could work quite well. It probably worked quite well in the [2020] Euros to have Italy last [in Wales' group]. "But if it comes down to needing something against England, we'd be happy with that because, you know, they're beatable." I hope that sort of stuff gets toned down the nearer the World Cup gets. It feels a bit off a bloke who can’t get in the Portsmouth team saying that a team full of top tier (at least on paper) players are beatable even if there is some truth to that. I recall games in the past where the build up has helped write England’s team talk for them- particularly when the media (admittedly England’s own media most of the time) starts geeing them up about Wales being more passionate about playing for their country. Yeah, that comment made me cringe a little bit. I remember Bale giving it the big one / mocking them during the Euros, and when it came to the match they were all over us and we were fortunate to only lose 2-1 imo. All over us ffs! We were 1-0 up and they went with the sophisticated tactic of throwing on as many strikers as they could. |
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Post by bobbyghoul on Sept 27, 2022 12:05:37 GMT
Reckon they'd take Ben Davies for Harry Maguire for starters! Different positions really. One's a CB in a back 4 and one is a LCB in a back 3. You can just about make a case for Davies going as a LCB if England took 6 CBs for their back 3. |
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Post by bobbyghoul on Sept 27, 2022 12:07:07 GMT
Yeah, that comment made me cringe a little bit. I remember Bale giving it the big one / mocking them during the Euros, and when it came to the match they were all over us and we were fortunate to only lose 2-1 imo. All over us ffs! We were 1-0 up and they went with the sophisticated tactic of throwing on as many strikers as they could. We'd have been 1-0 down if Sterling could finish. I think going 1-0 up hurt us as we tried to cling on too much from that point onwards when we had the talent to go at them more. |
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Post by dai on Sept 27, 2022 12:08:47 GMT
Yeah, that comment made me cringe a little bit. I remember Bale giving it the big one / mocking them during the Euros, and when it came to the match they were all over us and we were fortunate to only lose 2-1 imo. All over us ffs! We were 1-0 up and they went with the sophisticated tactic of throwing on as many strikers as they could. I didn't watch the game with rose tinted glasses. England had like 70/80% possession and probably double or triple our attempts on goal. |
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