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Post by dcwales on Mar 18, 2024 15:22:39 GMT
Looking for 2 tickets if anyone can help. Tickets continue to drop on and off eticketing. There's a set of 3 on there at the moment. |
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Post by winsumluzsum on Mar 18, 2024 16:20:26 GMT
I don't think we should look beyond the Finland game to be honest. I've watched the highlights of their last 4 qualifying games and there's quite a bit of quality there. The link up play between Pukki and Pohjanpalo, and also Hakans, is very impressive. The 2, 3 ,4th goals against NI were all excellent. Pohjanpalo has 18 goals and 3 assists from 24 games for Venezia, who are second in Serie B. If Moore had that record we'd be raving about it.
Defensively they're a bit suspect, conceding some poor penalties and a few from from set pieces. Also they tend to play a 4-3-3 which can be a good formation against teams playing 3 at the back. If we play our wing backs centrally then we should create overloads in the middle of the park. The game will be won or lost there, as is often the case.
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Post by winsumluzsum on Mar 18, 2024 18:46:38 GMT
Really surprised Sorba hasn't been called up. An obvious like for like replacement for Burns, and in excellent form as well. Probably wouldn't be called upon, but not inconceivable either.
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Post by winsumluzsum on Mar 18, 2024 19:53:46 GMT
Who do people think will drop out of the current 26 man squad to reduce it to 23? My guess is King, Savage and either Colwill or Matondo.
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Post by cogancoronation31 on Mar 18, 2024 20:34:26 GMT
He can't drop Matondo - he was playing against Benfica only last Thursday! (unless he's not fully fit, of course)
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Post by fiveattheback on Mar 18, 2024 21:36:20 GMT
Who do people think will drop out of the current 26 man squad to reduce it to 23? My guess is King, Savage and either Colwill or Matondo. It would be really silly to remove Savage & Colwill from the u21s and not even name them in the matchday squad, I think there's a fair chance Ramsey doesn't make the matchday squad For what it's worth I imagine the following are the ones in the discussions to get dropped: King, Savage, Levitt, Colwill, Ramsey (fitness), Matondo and Cullen. My guess would be 3 from those |
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Post by hooky on Mar 18, 2024 22:44:36 GMT
Page seems to have fallen out with Sorba
A player with his stats should be in the Wales squad
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Post by winsumluzsum on Mar 18, 2024 22:46:33 GMT
Page seems to have fallen out with Sorba A player with his stats should be in the Wales squad Perhaps, but the 23 squad size limitation is a consideration. I would have Thomas ahead of Matondo or Colwill, but it's pretty marginal. |
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Post by hooky on Mar 18, 2024 23:08:32 GMT
I don't think its marginal - he is 7th in Championship assists table with 9 assists and has chipped in with 4 goals too!
He has done that in a very poor team
He is probably consistently the best crosser of the ball in our squad and if we are desperate in the game then he would be the option to whip the ball in onto Moore's head.
Page has either fallen out with him or is not making a good decision here - Colwill for all his talent has delivered nothing productive has he!! Does he have 1 assist even? Seriously with Page I do despair as he puts us at a disadvantage versus competent coaches.
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Post by iot on Mar 18, 2024 23:33:49 GMT
I don't think its marginal - he is 7th in Championship assists table with 9 assists and has chipped in with 4 goals too! He has done that in a very poor team He is probably consistently the best crosser of the ball in our squad and if we are desperate in the game then he would be the option to whip the ball in onto Moore's head. Page has either fallen out with him or is not making a good decision here - Colwill for all his talent has delivered nothing productive has he!! Does he have 1 assist even? Seriously with Page I do despair as he puts us at a disadvantage versus competent coaches. If your reading of what constitutes a competent coach is who can add each player's respective assist and goals tally, then 99% of us would be able to do the job. I reckon there's a little more to it. Might I suggest that you're oversimplifying just a bit? |
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Post by welshrover on Mar 18, 2024 23:52:00 GMT
Perhaps Sorba is the new Tom.
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Post by jimexotic on Mar 19, 2024 0:16:17 GMT
If there's 20 minutes to go and you need a spark, something a bit different, someone who could produce something, I'd have more faith in Rubin Colwill providing it than Sorba Thomas and I say that as a Sorba fan. He's just got to keep doing what he's doing and eventually he'll get another call up.
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Post by fireboy0610 on Mar 19, 2024 8:41:04 GMT
If there's 20 minutes to go and you need a spark, something a bit different, someone who could produce something, I'd have more faith in Rubin Colwill providing it than Sorba Thomas and I say that as a Sorba fan. He's just got to keep doing what he's doing and eventually he'll get another call up. Atm sorba is a far better threat that rubin. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Mar 19, 2024 10:18:11 GMT
Why is it everytime a fringe player isn't called up it must be that Page has fallen out with them/doesn't like them?
Could it not just be the case that Page rates other players ahead of Thomas? It's hardly as if he played well for us when he did play
Colwill is a poor comparison, completely different kind of player and that's why he's in the squad, we don't really have a similar player so he's in on having a USP
Thomas is competing with Wilson, Brooks, Johnson, James, Broadhead, Matondo and Burns. No surprise Page didn't call up an 8th winger
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Post by vvm on Mar 19, 2024 11:11:05 GMT
Still about 13 tickets in 517 if anyone still looking
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Post by quetzal on Mar 19, 2024 12:50:05 GMT
On my way to the game. In Bogotá and direct flight to Heathrow. Silly question 🙋♂️ Can I open the ticket app without internet?
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Post by manulike on Mar 19, 2024 12:56:55 GMT
On my way to the game. In Bogotá and direct flight to Heathrow. Silly question 🙋♂️ Can I open the ticket app without internet? I hope that's Bogotá New Jersey and not Colombia ... Unless your pilot is going the long way around ;-)
Bon Voyaje!
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Post by quetzal on Mar 19, 2024 13:18:32 GMT
On my way to the game. In Bogotá and direct flight to Heathrow. Silly question 🙋♂️ Can I open the ticket app without internet? I hope that's Bogotá New Jersey and not Colombia ... Unless your pilot is going the long way around ;-) Bon Voyaje!
My airmiles program offers Guatemala Bogotá(Colombia) London or Guatemala Houston London. The Colombia route is only about an hour more flight time. I’ve had 3 days here Bogotá. Nice place. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Mar 19, 2024 14:48:53 GMT
I don't think we should look beyond the Finland game to be honest. I've watched the highlights of their last 4 qualifying games and there's quite a bit of quality there. The link up play between Pukki and Pohjanpalo, and also Hakans, is very impressive. The 2, 3 ,4th goals against NI were all excellent. Pohjanpalo has 18 goals and 3 assists from 24 games for Venezia, who are second in Serie B. If Moore had that record we'd be raving about it. Defensively they're a bit suspect, conceding some poor penalties and a few from from set pieces. Also they tend to play a 4-3-3 which can be a good formation against teams playing 3 at the back. If we play our wing backs centrally then we should create overloads in the middle of the park. The game will be won or lost there, as is often the case. Serie B isn't the same level as the Championship, the Championship has bigger clubs with more money and is a higher quality league. Not saying their players have no quality but it isn't a 1-1 comparison |
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Post by hal on Mar 19, 2024 15:17:54 GMT
2 days to go….what is everyone thinking with their X1?
Ward
Neco
Rodon
Mepham
Davies
Ampadu
James
Broadhead
Wilson
Brennan
Moore
I really like the idea of keeping Ampadu and Rodon together, however don’t think Page will do it, and do not believe we have anyone who could do as a good as job as Ampadu. Although Savage was good in previous game.
DJ off the bench to give pace and run at a tired defence if we need it. You’ve also got Brooks, both of which can really change a game.
Also would be happy to see Rubin off the bench should we need to open the game up.
If Rambo does not start, I do not believe he could change a game coming on and would prefer youth and excitement
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Post by bobbyghoul on Mar 19, 2024 15:39:20 GMT
We're not playing a back 4, nor should we.
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Post by surge on Mar 19, 2024 15:50:40 GMT
On my way to the game. In Bogotá and direct flight to Heathrow. Silly question 🙋♂️ Can I open the ticket app without internet? My understanding is that you need internet connect to download the ticket but can open the app without web connection. I am however redrawing attention to your enquiry to see if anyone else can add anything more certain. |
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Post by fireboy0610 on Mar 19, 2024 16:08:43 GMT
On my way to the game. In Bogotá and direct flight to Heathrow. Silly question 🙋♂️ Can I open the ticket app without internet? Just tried and it worked. |
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Post by marsvolta on Mar 19, 2024 16:48:55 GMT
Interesting that Scotland have named four keepers with a view to reducing to 3 when the squad get trimmed to 23 and it is seen as a positive thing, very different than the negative way that our fans view it.
Not saying that either way is right but interesting to see how some
countries see it as a negative thing and some see it as positive.
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Post by iot on Mar 19, 2024 19:30:01 GMT
Interesting that Scotland have named four keepers with a view to reducing to 3 when the squad get trimmed to 23 and it is seen as a positive thing, very different than the negative way that our fans view it. Not saying that either way is right but interesting to see how some countries see it as a negative thing and some see it as positive. We know why that is. I don't think anyone actually minds that we have 4 keepers in the squad, but it's just used as a stick to beat Page with. I saw an exchange on Twitter - think it was the Joe Allen story this week - where one Swansea fan was having a go at Page for not selecting him, another one then says he was glad because it would leave Allen to focus on the swans, and then the first guy says something like 'shh, I'm having a go at Page here'. I'm paraphrasing obviously, can't remember exactly how it was said, but it was revealing to me in that so many people have such a low opinion of Page (fairly or not) that they consciously or subconsciously look for reasons to criticize, and often the criticisms when taken at face value are fairly absurd. |
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Post by marsvolta on Mar 19, 2024 20:27:36 GMT
Interesting that Scotland have named four keepers with a view to reducing to 3 when the squad get trimmed to 23 and it is seen as a positive thing, very different than the negative way that our fans view it. Not saying that either way is right but interesting to see how some countries see it as a negative thing and some see it as positive. We know why that is. I don't think anyone actually minds that we have 4 keepers in the squad, but it's just used as a stick to beat Page with. I saw an exchange on Twitter - think it was the Joe Allen story this week - where one Swansea fan was having a go at Page for not selecting him, another one then says he was glad because it would leave Allen to focus on the swans, and then the first guy says something like 'shh, I'm having a go at Page here'. I'm paraphrasing obviously, can't remember exactly how it was said, but it was revealing to me in that so many people have such a low opinion of Page (fairly or not) that they consciously or subconsciously look for reasons to criticize, and often the criticisms when taken at face value are fairly absurd. Yeah, literally about 70% of the posts on the socials when the squad was announced, for crucial playoff games no less, were about the fact that the initial expanded squad had four keepers instead of three haha. Still prefer the Scottish way of being positive about it though, even though i’m sure they could have given us a run for our money for negativity in the past, haha. |
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Post by iot on Mar 19, 2024 20:34:55 GMT
If we're looking for an 8th winger, forget Tom Lawrence or Sorba Thomas, I want to see Sion Bradley called up
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Post by CrackityJones on Mar 19, 2024 20:39:27 GMT
Newport County’s next signing?
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Post by fireboy0610 on Mar 19, 2024 20:54:40 GMT
Interesting that Scotland have named four keepers with a view to reducing to 3 when the squad get trimmed to 23 and it is seen as a positive thing, very different than the negative way that our fans view it. Not saying that either way is right but interesting to see how some countries see it as a negative thing and some see it as positive. We know why that is. I don't think anyone actually minds that we have 4 keepers in the squad, but it's just used as a stick to beat Page with. I saw an exchange on Twitter - think it was the Joe Allen story this week - where one Swansea fan was having a go at Page for not selecting him, another one then says he was glad because it would leave Allen to focus on the swans, and then the first guy says something like 'shh, I'm having a go at Page here'. I'm paraphrasing obviously, can't remember exactly how it was said, but it was revealing to me in that so many people have such a low opinion of Page (fairly or not) that they consciously or subconsciously look for reasons to criticize, and often the criticisms when taken at face value are fairly absurd. I don't think we need to look at the 4 keepers or Joe Allen situation to see that page is totally out of his depth, every wales fan I know personally want him out, there are two reasons that he is still in a job, a 4 year contract 🤯 and the players he has at his disposal. Any half decent manager would have got us to euros automatically with the squad we havw, its lucky that the vast % of Wales fans are totally loyal and just want us to do well and we will all be there on Thursday and hopefully next Tuesday shouting the boys on, I just hope that page manages the squad and gets us the result 🙏🏴 |
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Post by iot on Mar 19, 2024 21:30:40 GMT
We know why that is. I don't think anyone actually minds that we have 4 keepers in the squad, but it's just used as a stick to beat Page with. I saw an exchange on Twitter - think it was the Joe Allen story this week - where one Swansea fan was having a go at Page for not selecting him, another one then says he was glad because it would leave Allen to focus on the swans, and then the first guy says something like 'shh, I'm having a go at Page here'. I'm paraphrasing obviously, can't remember exactly how it was said, but it was revealing to me in that so many people have such a low opinion of Page (fairly or not) that they consciously or subconsciously look for reasons to criticize, and often the criticisms when taken at face value are fairly absurd. I don't think we need to look at the 4 keepers or Joe Allen situation to see that page is totally out of his depth, every wales fan I know personally want him out, there are two reasons that he is still in a job, a 4 year contract 🤯 and the players he has at his disposal. Any half decent manager would have got us to euros automatically with the squad we havw, its lucky that the vast % of Wales fans are totally loyal and just want us to do well and we will all be there on Thursday and hopefully next Tuesday shouting the boys on, I just hope that page manages the squad and gets us the result 🙏🏴 deluded. The fact that Turkey topped the group ahead of Croatia shows how decent they are. And I'm assuming you're not going to suggest that we have a better set of players than Croatia. So to suggest that 'any half decent manager would have got us to euros automatically with the squad' is a ridiculous statement, and the type of ignorance / exceptionalism I would expect from those lot across the border. It was always going to be a three-way tussle, with us and Turkey something akin to top Championship / bottom Prem standard, and Croatia mid-Prem standard. |
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