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Post by conwy10 on Nov 26, 2022 20:31:59 GMT
I would happily play Jonny Williams in CM. Wins freekicks and is much better on the ball than most. He might be playing a lower level but some of these kids we've given a go in that position look terrified to be there. No doubt in hindsight he would have changed that game. I've always rated Johnny Williams. In the USA threads lots were crying out for Morrell who would have done a lot too. We were far to top heavy and the 3 number 10's were horrendous. Not really hindsight when the majority could see the issues at half time in the first match. |
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Post by evans1282 on Nov 26, 2022 20:46:09 GMT
Officially taking a break from here ,maybe just a month or so ,but some of the ballaching,cunts on here doing my head in,it really is just like England with some of the arseholes on here.
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Post by welshrover on Nov 26, 2022 22:52:57 GMT
Officially taking a break from here ,maybe just a month or so ,but some of the ballaching,cunts on here doing my head in,it really is just like England with some of the arseholes on here. See you in a month then, thanks for letting us know otherwise we may have been worried. |
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Post by quetzal on Feb 3, 2024 15:37:28 GMT
Iran knocked Japan out of Asian Cup today.
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Post by jimexotic on Feb 4, 2024 16:52:38 GMT
Iran knocked Japan out of Asian Cup today. I was trying to forget about this match and you've bumped the thread!  |
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Post by athenempadu on Feb 4, 2024 20:42:51 GMT
Iran knocked Japan out of Asian Cup today. I was trying to forget about this match and you've bumped the thread! It should be X-Rated  |
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Post by quetzal on Feb 5, 2024 8:30:29 GMT
Iran knocked Japan out of Asian Cup today. I was trying to forget about this match and you've bumped the thread! It does go to show that Iran are no mugs. I was there at our match. No excuses, we were super flat. |
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Post by vvm on Feb 5, 2024 9:27:37 GMT
Who's digging this up on a Monday morning?
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Post by robin1864 on Feb 5, 2024 16:32:36 GMT
I was trying to forget about this match and you've bumped the thread! It does go to show that Iran are no mugs. I was there at our match. No excuses, we were super flat. Well then, that's settles it - We weren't shite, we were just unlucky to come up against a footballing superpower. Never mind the fact it's taken them 2 years to get this result, where they've had to battle hard for results against, er.. a turbulent Afghanistan, a repressed Hong Kong and active warzone Palestine. |
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Post by melynwy on Feb 5, 2024 18:27:02 GMT
It does go to show that Iran are no mugs. I was there at our match. No excuses, we were super flat. Well then, that's settles it - We weren't shite, we were just unlucky to come up against a footballing superpower. Never mind the fact it's taken them 2 years to get this result, where they've had to battle hard for results against, er.. a turbulent Afghanistan, a repressed Hong Kong and active warzone Palestine. I’ve always been a bit puzzled by the response to the Iran result. At the time, they were ONE place below in the World Ranking, so to all intent purpose it was two teams of almost identical quality. It wad a close match, as that scenario would suggest. That we lost in injury time after going down to 10 players is no surprise at all. |
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Post by jimexotic on Feb 5, 2024 23:06:58 GMT
I think the response to the Iran result was largely based on our optimism and hope going into the game following our second half against USA x Iran fielding what we didn't know at the time was a weakened team against England and letting our neighbours win without getting out of first gear. That and the fact that although Iran weren't bad we were absolutely terrible. It was heartbreaking.
Wayne Hennessey starring in Exit The Dragon
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Post by zombienation on Feb 6, 2024 8:27:20 GMT
I was at the Iran vs UAE game during the group stages of the Asian Cup a couple of weeks ago and they were very impressive. Technical ability, pace, energy, movement and tactical versatility in abundance. No surprise that they have since beaten clear tournament favourites, Japan, in the QFs. I fully expect them to beat Qatar in the SF tomorrow and then win the final against South Korea, who should overcome Jordan in the other SF today.
Since the World Cup, they are unbeaten in 18 matches. It should be no surprise to anyone that they are doing well when they can call on players from Roma, Feyenoord, Porto and Brentford. If it wasn't so difficult for Iranian citizens to be granted visas in the UK/Europe, I'm sure that most of their squad would be playing in the top European leagues. Their current FIFA world ranking of 21st, around teams such as Denmark, Ukraine, Senegal and Switzerland, is fully justified. There is no doubt about it - Iran are a very strong international side who would be favourites to beat Wales every time at present.
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Post by njdragon on Feb 6, 2024 10:19:36 GMT
By the start of the World Cup in Qatar, Iran was the highest ranked team from Asia.
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Post by fiveattheback on Feb 6, 2024 10:56:18 GMT
Well then, that's settles it - We weren't shite, we were just unlucky to come up against a footballing superpower. Never mind the fact it's taken them 2 years to get this result, where they've had to battle hard for results against, er.. a turbulent Afghanistan, a repressed Hong Kong and active warzone Palestine. I’ve always been a bit puzzled by the response to the Iran result. At the time, they were ONE place below in the World Ranking, so to all intent purpose it was two teams of almost identical quality. It wad a close match, as that scenario would suggest. That we lost in injury time after going down to 10 players is no surprise at all. I don't recall it being particularly close, Iran should have been out of sight well before Hennessey's red |
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Post by jimbo82 on Feb 6, 2024 14:16:35 GMT
I think it was a 1300 kick off local time, and even before the match I felt that would be a massive benefit to Iran who were as good as playing a home game in the heat. Not sure we got our tactics right but I'm sure the midday sun didn't help our players.
At 90+ minutes it was 0-0 and that would have probably been a fair (or even good) result.
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Post by zombienation on Feb 6, 2024 17:38:18 GMT
I was at the Iran vs UAE game during the group stages of the Asian Cup a couple of weeks ago and they were very impressive. Technical ability, pace, energy, movement and tactical versatility in abundance. No surprise that they have since beaten clear tournament favourites, Japan, in the QFs. I fully expect them to beat Qatar in the SF tomorrow and then win the final against South Korea, who should overcome Jordan in the other SF today. Since the World Cup, they are unbeaten in 18 matches. It should be no surprise to anyone that they are doing well when they can call on players from Roma, Feyenoord, Porto and Brentford. If it wasn't so difficult for Iranian citizens to be granted visas in the UK/Europe, I'm sure that most of their squad would be playing in the top European leagues. Their current FIFA world ranking of 21st, around teams such as Denmark, Ukraine, Senegal and Switzerland, is fully justified. There is no doubt about it - Iran are a very strong international side who would be favourites to beat Wales every time at present. Jordan just beat South Korea 2-0 in the first semi final, and fully deserved too. 17 attempts to SK’s 7. xG of 1.86 vs 0.7. The quality of the Middle Eastern/Arab countries is clearly improving and I think it is the region of the world that will see the biggest footballing growth/improvement over the next few years. If countries like Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine etc. received investment into their domestic leagues and had better facilities/coaches/junior structures etc., their development would be even better and quicker. |
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Post by mrpicton79 on Feb 9, 2024 6:32:47 GMT
I think it was a 1300 kick off local time, and even before the match I felt that would be a massive benefit to Iran who were as good as playing a home game in the heat. Not sure we got our tactics right but I'm sure the midday sun didn't help our players. At 90+ minutes it was 0-0 and that would have probably been a fair (or even good) result. I don't know about that, I remember us being thoroughly outplayed that day. Didn't they hit the woodwork like 5 times before they finally scored? |
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Post by jbt95 on Feb 9, 2024 17:03:13 GMT
I think it was a 1300 kick off local time, and even before the match I felt that would be a massive benefit to Iran who were as good as playing a home game in the heat. Not sure we got our tactics right but I'm sure the midday sun didn't help our players. At 90+ minutes it was 0-0 and that would have probably been a fair (or even good) result. I don't know about that, I remember us being thoroughly outplayed that day. Didn't they hit the woodwork like 5 times before they finally scored? They scored an offside goal which VAR ruled out. Didn’t we hit the bar at the start of the second half? Might be getting confused with another match. |
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Post by ddirpytnop on Feb 9, 2024 17:29:21 GMT
I don't know about that, I remember us being thoroughly outplayed that day. Didn't they hit the woodwork like 5 times before they finally scored? They scored an offside goal which VAR ruled out. Didn’t we hit the bar at the start of the second half? Might be getting confused with another match. They hit the woodwork twice in the same passage of play in the second half and had a goal ruled out for a rather obvious (but utterly needless, from their perspective) offside in the first half. They had a couple of other decent chances, as did we. The game wasn't as one-sided as people seem to think but they were the better side and deserved to win. We were lethargic throughout with Bale, Ramsey and when he came on, Joe Allen all looking unfit. Connor Roberts was also poor and the less said about Hennesey's contribution, the better. But for his moment of madness, we'd probably have got away with a rather fortuitous draw. |
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Post by surge on Feb 9, 2024 21:47:20 GMT
I thought we doubted our capacity to pick up three points against England and doubted that three draws would be enough so went for the win without playing the game.
It was the least controlled, least composed I have seen us but we didn't actually lose the game until last 10 mins or so so even late on there was time to turn it around.
I hated that performance.
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Post by mrpicton79 on Feb 10, 2024 8:47:43 GMT
They scored an offside goal which VAR ruled out. Didn’t we hit the bar at the start of the second half? Might be getting confused with another match. They hit the woodwork twice in the same passage of play in the second half and had a goal ruled out for a rather obvious (but utterly needless, from their perspective) offside in the first half. They had a couple of other decent chances, as did we. The game wasn't as one-sided as people seem to think but they were the better side and deserved to win. We were lethargic throughout with Bale, Ramsey and when he came on, Joe Allen all looking unfit. Connor Roberts was also poor and the less said about Hennesey's contribution, the better. But for his moment of madness, we'd probably have got away with a rather fortuitous draw. Funny how we all remember it differently. Just watched the highlights again now and it looked pretty one-sided to me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwfgm_Tn_TU Somehow we had 62% possession that day but they created by far the better chances, we had 2 half-chances at best looking at that. |
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