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Post by talyfan on Aug 4, 2024 5:44:47 GMT
Saying/doing the right things for me so far. Using the likes of 2002 South Korea as an example of a successful template of what a 'smaller' nation can achieve. Wants to bring the highest standards of professionalism to the set up. Our squad's stats show that a high energy game plan is possible. Name checks Brennan as someone he effectively wants to build the team around. Limited games doesn't mean that this is anything less than a full time job. He sees himself as being the head of Welsh football not just the 1st Team. Gives the impression of retaining all his passion but with a far more considered approach. If he thinks a nation of 52 million is a smaller nation, he's in for shock when he finds out the population of Cymru. Population nothing to do with it. It's stature. |
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Post by iot on Aug 4, 2024 19:58:26 GMT
Just watching the second part of the discussion now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JiZFquSzScHe's very honest and open, maybe too open tbh! He's given away a few things already. He gave a pretty strong hint that he wants Andrew Crofts in as part of his staff. Also mentioned that by the end of this week he will have visited all the Welsh clubs, including Wrexham, suggesting that there may be an opening for the likes of Mullin and Will Evans - and also suggests the club-country relationships with Swansea and Cardiff should be much better than they were under Page. Most of the other stuff I've already heard him mentioning elsewhere. He's pretty much said that he's going to play with a high press, a high defensive line, mentioned that Dan James will be a really important player, but a much bigger role can be expected from Matondo too. You can expect us to change shape several times each match, and a fair bit of rotation from game to game as well when we're playing twice in 3 or 4 days - given the high workrate that will be demanded. Big emphasis on creating overloads too - how can we get 5 guys to run at their back 4, how can we get 4 in the middle to dominate against their midfield 3. So we can see players getting into unconventional positions much more often I would imagine with the full backs / wing backs spending a fair bit of time in midfield |
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Post by rushy on Aug 4, 2024 20:36:46 GMT
I like that he wants to build a stronger relationship with clubs who have Welsh players, every eligible player needs to believe they have a chance of being chosen for the squad.
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Post by athenempadu on Aug 4, 2024 22:31:15 GMT
Just watching the second part of the discussion now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JiZFquSzScHe's very honest and open, maybe too open tbh! He's given away a few things already. He gave a pretty strong hint that he wants Andrew Crofts in as part of his staff. Also mentioned that by the end of this week he will have visited all the Welsh clubs, including Wrexham, suggesting that there may be an opening for the likes of Mullin and Will Evans - and also suggests the club-country relationships with Swansea and Cardiff should be much better than they were under Page. Most of the other stuff I've already heard him mentioning elsewhere. He's pretty much said that he's going to play with a high press, a high defensive line, mentioned that Dan James will be a really important player, but a much bigger role can be expected from Matondo too. You can expect us to change shape several times each match, and a fair bit of rotation from game to game as well when we're playing twice in 3 or 4 days - given the high workrate that will be demanded. Big emphasis on creating overloads too - how can we get 5 guys to run at their back 4, how can we get 4 in the middle to dominate against their midfield 3. So we can see players getting into unconventional positions much more often I would imagine with the full backs / wing backs spending a fair bit of time in midfield You need the right type of players, but it's a very effective way of playing football. |
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Post by kracken88 on Aug 5, 2024 8:28:32 GMT
It all sounds so easy doesn't it.
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Post by talyfan on Aug 5, 2024 11:20:57 GMT
Not sure how Matondo would warrant a squad place at this rate.
But on his day can be difficult to play against and a good option against tired legs off the bench
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Post by morg on Aug 5, 2024 12:17:38 GMT
Not sure how Matondo would warrant a squad place at this rate. But on his day can be difficult to play against and a good option against tired legs off the bench Obviously sees potential and that name check could do him the world of good. Similar players in some respects and Craig talks about the importance of mentors in his own playing career. James Lawrence wrote an interesting piece lately about when Bellamy was Anderlecht u21 coach and had some senior players who were surplus to requirements (Inc Lawrence) sent to train with the u21s. Spoke highly about how well he integrated them and worked on their game even though they were getting no game time. He could well introduce tactics and support which could bring out the best in previous under performers. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Aug 5, 2024 12:52:02 GMT
Not sure how Matondo would warrant a squad place at this rate. But on his day can be difficult to play against and a good option against tired legs off the bench Listened to the whole talk today. He was saying that there will be times where he needs to use Dan James for a full 90 and will ask him to play at a high intensity. Then we might have an away game a few days later, and it wouldn't be fair to expect the same level of performance from him, so someone will need to be ready to step in to perform the same role. He compared James to Matondo because of their pace and how that enables an intense high press He also spoke about James's end product after someone in the crowd said he "has no end product" when Bellamy said he was very excited to work with Dan James. Bellamy said his end product "will improve when we show him how to get into the right areas. Everything will become easier for him" Bellamy will be meticulous and I think we will see a lot of players improve under him. I think he will also rotate between games a lot more than Page, particularly key/high expenditure positions. I'm expecting that we'll see something like: GK Neco-Rodon-Davies-Dasilva Ampadu-James Wilson-Brooks-James Brennan This would facilitate a high press, and leave a few flexible players like Davies/Ampadu/Wilson to create overloads |
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Post by jimexotic on Aug 5, 2024 12:55:53 GMT
The Dan James no end product thing is a complete myth, yes he could do better but His stats for assists in a Wales shirt are decent, he's set up 8 of Kieffer's goals alone
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Post by athenempadu on Aug 5, 2024 13:40:51 GMT
The Dan James no end product thing is a complete myth, yes he could do better but His stats for assists in a Wales shirt are decent, he's set up 8 of Kieffer's goals alone He's been very good for Leeds. |
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Post by fiveattheback on Aug 5, 2024 13:41:42 GMT
The Dan James no end product thing is a complete myth, yes he could do better but His stats for assists in a Wales shirt are decent, he's set up 8 of Kieffer's goals alone It isn't wrong to say he can improve it/has a tendency to miss chances though |
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Post by CrackityJones on Aug 5, 2024 14:23:37 GMT
Missing chances is different to 'no end product'. Dan has contributed plenty of end product since his debut and if Craig can improve that further, we're in for a treat
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Post by allezlesrouges on Aug 5, 2024 16:26:31 GMT
He has 7 goals & 9 assists in 53 caps. It's decent but it's about 1 in 4 contributions. If we could get that to more like 1 in 3 that would be great
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Post by jono on Aug 5, 2024 17:34:26 GMT
13 goals and 7 assists in the championship for James last season.
Still quite incredulous he didn't start against Poland. But that was Page for you. He was the most in form player we had going into those play offs.
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Post by jimexotic on Aug 5, 2024 17:57:25 GMT
He has 7 goals & 9 assists in 53 caps. It's decent but it's about 1 in 4 contributions. If we could get that to more like 1 in 3 that would be great It's pretty much a goal contribution every 3 games, it's 1 every 3.3 games and he didn't start all of them. As we all know, it's not just goal contributions that he brings to the table, his workrate is incredible and he draws so many fouls and creates a lot of openings, the first 5 minutes at home to Armenia with James, Johnson and Moore pulling them apart, it looked wonderful. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Aug 5, 2024 22:49:35 GMT
He has 7 goals & 9 assists in 53 caps. It's decent but it's about 1 in 4 contributions. If we could get that to more like 1 in 3 that would be great It's pretty much a goal contribution every 3 games, it's 1 every 3.3 games and he didn't start all of them. As we all know, it's not just goal contributions that he brings to the table, his workrate is incredible and he draws so many fouls and creates a lot of openings, the first 5 minutes at home to Armenia with James, Johnson and Moore pulling them apart, it looked wonderful. Yep and he's a lock to start under Bellamy, for sure |
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Post by jbt95 on Aug 6, 2024 10:02:36 GMT
13 goals and 7 assists in the championship for James last season. Still quite incredulous he didn't start against Poland. But that was Page for you. He was the most in form player we had going into those play offs. And then played RWB! |
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Post by njdragon on Aug 6, 2024 11:38:15 GMT
13 goals and 7 assists in the championship for James last season. Still quite incredulous he didn't start against Poland. But that was Page for you. He was the most in form player we had going into those play offs. he didnt start the Finland match either - guaranteed you weren't saying he should have started after that one. |
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Post by jbt95 on Aug 6, 2024 11:57:54 GMT
13 goals and 7 assists in the championship for James last season. Still quite incredulous he didn't start against Poland. But that was Page for you. He was the most in form player we had going into those play offs. he didnt start the Finland match either - guaranteed you weren't saying he should have started after that one. Brooks was too ill to start v Poland and arguably James should have been his replacement. |
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Post by njdragon on Aug 6, 2024 12:47:08 GMT
he didnt start the Finland match either - guaranteed you weren't saying he should have started after that one. Brooks was too ill to start v Poland and arguably James should have been his replacement. its a toss of a coin whether you go with moore or james, both were form players with Moore having a great end of season too at Ipswich. arguably he was our most inform striker with 7 goals in 18 games at the back end of the season. Whereas james managed 13 in 40. i think we win that game if roberts hadn't gone off injured, it was unfortunate that a) we lost the impetus of james and b) we can't play a back 4 |
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Post by talyfan on Aug 6, 2024 14:15:24 GMT
Brooks was too ill to start v Poland and arguably James should have been his replacement. its a toss of a coin whether you go with moore or james, both were form players with Moore having a great end of season too at Ipswich. arguably he was our most inform striker with 7 goals in 18 games at the back end of the season. Whereas james managed 13 in 40. i think we win that game if roberts hadn't gone off injured, it was unfortunate that a) we lost the impetus of james and b) we can't play a back 4 Found it a bit odd Page put James at right wing back when Neco Williams was playing left wing back and we had the likes of Da Silva and Fox on the bench who could play there on the left and put Neco on the right. Admittedly Fox wouldn't be fantastic there but he has played there in the past and it would be fairly natural for Da Silva. Easy for me to say in hindsight but James at wing back really stifles his attributes particularly against a tired defence and not particularly at home at wing back either. |
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Post by walesgolfmadrid on Aug 6, 2024 14:26:44 GMT
its a toss of a coin whether you go with moore or james, both were form players with Moore having a great end of season too at Ipswich. arguably he was our most inform striker with 7 goals in 18 games at the back end of the season. Whereas james managed 13 in 40. i think we win that game if roberts hadn't gone off injured, it was unfortunate that a) we lost the impetus of james and b) we can't play a back 4 Found it a bit odd Page put James at right wing back when Neco Williams was playing left wing back and we had the likes of Da Silva and Fox on the bench who could play there on the left and put Neco on the right. Admittedly Fox wouldn't be fantastic there but he has played there in the past and it would be fairly natural for Da Silva. Easy for me to say in hindsight but James at wing back really stifles his attributes particularly against a tired defence and not particularly at home at wing back either. But even with that combination of Dan James and Neco, Neco should have been playing right wing-back in his most natural position, and Dan James should have been playing left wing-back with the left side being his preferred wing where he causes far more problems going forward. Was a very poor tactical decision in a crucial game. |
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Post by talyfan on Aug 6, 2024 14:50:26 GMT
Yeah wasn't Pages best decision
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Post by reyrey on Aug 6, 2024 15:24:04 GMT
Dan James played the whole season for Leeds on right side
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Post by athenempadu on Aug 6, 2024 15:40:23 GMT
Dan James played the whole season for Leeds on right side Because they had Summerville on the left and they were both inverted, and they chipped in with 34 goals and 17 assists. |
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Post by reyrey on Aug 6, 2024 18:41:40 GMT
And because his best position is right wing
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Post by athenempadu on Aug 6, 2024 19:06:13 GMT
And because his best position is right wing It depends on the tactics  |
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Post by njdragon on Aug 7, 2024 8:11:30 GMT
Just watching the second part of the discussion now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JiZFquSzScHe's very honest and open, maybe too open tbh! He's given away a few things already. He gave a pretty strong hint that he wants Andrew Crofts in as part of his staff. Also mentioned that by the end of this week he will have visited all the Welsh clubs, including Wrexham, suggesting that there may be an opening for the likes of Mullin and Will Evans - and also suggests the club-country relationships with Swansea and Cardiff should be much better than they were under Page. Most of the other stuff I've already heard him mentioning elsewhere. He's pretty much said that he's going to play with a high press, a high defensive line, mentioned that Dan James will be a really important player, but a much bigger role can be expected from Matondo too. You can expect us to change shape several times each match, and a fair bit of rotation from game to game as well when we're playing twice in 3 or 4 days - given the high workrate that will be demanded. Big emphasis on creating overloads too - how can we get 5 guys to run at their back 4, how can we get 4 in the middle to dominate against their midfield 3. So we can see players getting into unconventional positions much more often I would imagine with the full backs / wing backs spending a fair bit of time in midfield interesting take on toshack from Bellamy! or maybe not so surprising "by the way John Toshack was forced to play young players... 6 years... 6 years of john Toshack" |
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Post by jimexotic on Aug 7, 2024 10:14:59 GMT
I think this is going to be a fun ride, I like Bellamy and I like how blunt he can be, this is probably just what we need right now.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Aug 7, 2024 11:00:49 GMT
I think this is going to be a fun ride, I like Bellamy and I like how blunt he can be, this is probably just what we need right now. Completely agree. Those who were frustrated by media trained "polished" interviews from Giggs & Page won't have to worry. Craig is a straight talker for right or for wrong, he won't shelter things from the supporters |
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