sempuki Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Not sure Wales deserve to be ranked so highly based on this. Very average. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Not sure Wales deserve to be ranked so highly based on this. Very average. Don't Wales go second if they win this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I guess if it's results based then you can't really argue? Not as far as going 2nd like. Guessing England are the only country who have done better in the qualifiers for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 The atmosphere is atrocious given that a win sends them through. Now singing All we are saying is give us a goal!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I guess if it's results based then you can't really argue? Not as far as going 2nd like. Guessing England are the only country who have done better in the qualifiers for example. Slovakia had a 100% record until last night. Wales have drawn two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Fuck off Bale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I guess if it's results based then you can't really argue? Not as far as going 2nd like. Guessing England are the only country who have done better in the qualifiers for example. Slovakia had a 100% record until last night. Wales have drawn two. Slovakia like England have been beating teams who are mostly below them in the seedings, Wales have been getting results against teams who are mostly above them in seedings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Bale is just shooting from anywhere. Will probably have to beat Andorra now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I guess if it's results based then you can't really argue? Not as far as going 2nd like. Guessing England are the only country who have done better in the qualifiers for example. Slovakia had a 100% record until last night. Wales have drawn two. Slovakia like England have been beating teams who are mostly below them in the seedings, Wales have been getting results against teams who are mostly above them in seedings. Which is why it's daft, really. You only beat what's in front of you. Aside from Belgium, Wales have only beaten Andorra, Israel and Cyprus twice. Not much difference to Slovakia, who aren't owt special, beating Spain, Ukraine, Belarus and Macedonia twice tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Ball in the back of the net for Wales. Everyone went mental but rightfully called offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Enjoyed that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Sorry Wales fans, but I guess it's just Natcho day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Enjoyed that. Was thinking the same. In contrast with every tedious bullshit-ridden Premier League game I've watched this season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Was it just me, or did the players and pundits seem pretty miserable considering Wales are all but officially qualified and in their best position since the 50s? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I guess if it's results based then you can't really argue? Not as far as going 2nd like. Guessing England are the only country who have done better in the qualifiers for example. England must be the best team in the world then. Even though they're only just the best team in England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 The Bales thread" tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Was it just me, or did the players and pundits seem pretty miserable considering Wales are all but officially qualified and in their best position since the 50s? I think that was probably down to the fact that most of us was expecting Wales to qualify yesterday, a natural low given what we were expecting. The way I look at it we need a point from 2 games one of which is Andorra and quite frankly if we can't secure a point we don't deserve to qualify.We were poor apart from the first 20/25 minutes then we run out of ideas. Having no decent centre forward doesn't help. The rankings are a joke by the way I think we would have been 4th had we won last night which is ridiculous to be fair. We are a good team with one exceptional player and another very very good one in Ramsey. Nothing more nothing less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Harsh on Ashley Williams, he'd get in to the much fabled British XI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Was it just me, or did the players and pundits seem pretty miserable considering Wales are all but officially qualified and in their best position since the 50s? I think that was probably down to the fact that most of us was expecting Wales to qualify yesterday, a natural low given what we were expecting. The way I look at it we need a point from 2 games one of which is Andorra and quite frankly if we can't secure a point we don't deserve to qualify.We were poor apart from the first 20/25 minutes then we run out of ideas. Having no decent centre forward doesn't help. The rankings are a joke by the way I think we would have been 4th had we won last night which is ridiculous to be fair. We are a good team with one exceptional player and another very very good one in Ramsey. Nothing more nothing less. The rankings are mental aren't they? Plenty of teams have done as well as/better than Wales in qualifying, so why are Wales (and Romania) so ridiculously high? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Something to do with the difference of points gained when playing competitive games and friendlies and also who you've played. Basically Wales have played a lot of competitive matches and a win and a draw against highly ranked Beligum... I think that's how it works Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abertoon Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 The atmosphere is atrocious given that a win sends them through. Now singing All we are saying is give us a goal!! Assume this is based on the TV mix. The atmosphere was brilliant (as it has been last few home games) and I didn't hear that chant once. Is that even a chant? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted September 7, 2015 Share Posted September 7, 2015 Last time I heard that chant was on a Saturday night at Wallsend Boys Club over 20 years ago. Bob and Rob used to love that shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_n_white Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Was at the game and the atmosphere although at times was great was mostly subdued mainly because of israels tactics (which worked by the way). When the goal got disallowed (rightly so) it went mental so had we'd gone one up early it would have been like the Belgium game all over again. I'm expecting a tough game in Bosnia next month but I'd have to agree with everyone and say we've already qualified due to the fact the last game is Andorra home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tisd09 Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Can't comment on the atmosphere for the last game but sounded decent enough in patches throughout the game. The Belgium match was special though, I think being an evening kick off, Friday and massive opponents it was always going to be pumped. There was an air of expectation on Sunday, I would say the majority of Wales were expecting to be celebrating qualification. As it turns out it was a pretty dire weekend if you take into the account the rugby injuries we suffered, the draw and then Belgium scoring a late winner. As I said earlier the point we need should be a given seeing who our last opponent is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Lose the next game and the nerves fro Andorra might be a limiting factor. Lucky you have a few players with real class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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