Well Done Wales

[KZNSeagull]

Excellent effort from Wales. Just goes to show what can be achieved by a little organisation, picking the right players for the TEAM, not just those that earn loads of money fannying around in the Prem, and a lot of togetherness and spirit. It reminds me a lot of a certain championship team we all adore....

England can learn a huge amount from them. I doubt that they will though.

 

[matto.75]

Yep well done wales, 3 goals scored by 3 Englishmen

 

[chimneys]

I think England suffer from the seeding system too. They generally have pretty easy qualifying groups - I know they mucked it up in 2008 but the group wasn't that hard - which gives them a false sense of superiority. They're also little tested by decent teams until the knockout stages of major tournaments, which means they're not really

Not quite sure that theory holds water.I give you Germany,Italy,France and normally Spain.Always top seeds, rarely tested against other top countries but consistently perform.

 

[East Preston Gull]

Chris Coleman finds the best eleven players of Welsh heritage to fit his system.

Roy Hodgson finds the best eleven English players and tries to mould a system around them.



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[Pistol Pete]

I have rewatched the high lights again a few times this morning, what a fantastic team performance. Bale was bang on regarding his comments about Wales having more passion, they definitely have it in bundles. What a great team performance. Right now he is right also, no England player could get in the Wales team. What a wise confident and level headed chap!

 

[Durlston]

Best game of the tournament so far and Wales fully deserved their fantastic and historical win. I honestly believe they can go on and win Euro 2016 now. I've never seen a team so fired up and passionate, also believing in each other to give 100%. Whatever happens now they'll come back to a hero's welcome in front of thousands.

The late, great Gary Speed will be looking down now bursting with pride at what Wales are achieving.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Yep well done wales, 3 goals scored by 3 Englishmen

... every one of whom can sing the national anthem.

 

[soistes]

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[Sussex Nomad]

This is about as pleased as I get regarding the oppo. Really pleased for Wales and hope they go on to spank Germany on pens in the final.

One thing I noticed, they played that well without Gareth Bales being their outstanding player. Portugal have done the same without Ronaldo. Bale v Ronaldo will be interesting. Portugal are definitely beatable.

 

[Tony Towner's Fridge]

Great to watch and they have buckets of ability coupled with attitude and togetherness. Outplayed the highest ranking team in the competition, quite convincingly. Pity Ramsey was booked and that may be the determining single factor that swings the semi Portugal's way. Hope not....

English FA take note, though I somehow don't think they will.....

TNBA

TTF

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Yep well done wales, 3 goals scored by 3 Englishmen

Perhaps you're to young to remember the Ireland team. It's nothing new. John Barnes was Jamaican.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Great to watch and they have buckets of ability coupled with attitude and togetherness. Outplayed the highest ranking team in the competition, quite convincingly. Pity Ramsey was booked and that may be the determining single factor that swings the semi Portugal's way. Hope not....

English FA take note, though I somehow don't think they will.....

TNBA

TTF

I didn't think he handballed it and I still stand by that. And definitely not a booking offence.

 

[maltaseagull]

What hurts me so much is everything about that is so true.

What has made England so bad ?

I think two factors:

1. People seem to much more proud to be Welsh/Irish/ Scottish and this brings out much more pride in playing for the national team (Perhaps not so much in Rugby!)

2. You have to admire the coaching set up which manages to get a very well drilled team and get players to perform better for their country than for their clubs. Something England manages to the complete opposite of this.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

... Pity Ramsey was booked and that may be the determining single factor that swings the semi Portugal's way. Hope not....

.....

TNBA

TTF

I suspect he is comforting himself with the thought that at least he can play in the final.

 

[boik]

I'm going to go against the grain here. Yes, Wales played well, but it's the first time they've got so far in a Euro competition. I think that's down to Coleman. The players all knew their jobs & they played as a team.
England beat them two weeks ago. Our failure was down to the manager putting square pegs in round holes. His selections were dubious, & too much swapping around.

I think there's an element that when you're not spoilt for choice on who to pick then you tend to stick with the same few good players and so automatically develop consistency of selection and team spirit. That and the fact that Wales and the manager are generally ignored by the media so can just get on with their jobs without ignorami baying for blood at every setback.

Well done Wales.

 

[matto.75]

Perhaps you're to young to remember the Ireland team. It's nothing new. John Barnes was Jamaican.

Unfortunately no ,I'm not too young to remember Andy Townsend the ultimate Irishman

 

[pasty]

At least we can say we are the only team to have beaten them at The Euros

 

[gregbrighton]

At least we can say we are the only team to have beaten them at The Euros

But England still finished below them in the group stage!

We are that shite!

 

[sydney]

Being half Welsh, half English (although at the moment 100% Welsh) it has really brought home England's stark failure in the Euros and World Cup,not just this year, but throughout my life. I was 9 when England won the World Cup and I fondly imagined that this would be a reasonably regular occurrence, maybe not Germany/Brazil regular, but at least Italy regular. England's performance in the tournaments is shocking beyond belief even when compared with the smaller nations (new interesting fact - Wales have now won more knock-out matches in the Euro finals than England). It is hard to know how to describe it when comparing it with Germany (7 wins in Euros/WC) Italy (5), Spain (4), France (3). The consistency of this failure over time, regardless of the personnel to me means that it is the FA at fault more than the players or manager; the latter change, the structure and attitude of the FA doesn't. Time maybe for that body to vote to abolish itself and for a new governing body for English football to be created that reflects the needs of the 21st rather than the 19th century.

lions led by donkeys....springs to mind.....although the current situation could well be donkeys led by newts...!

 

[The Albion Roar]

Unfortunately no ,I'm not too young to remember Andy Townsend the ultimate Irishman

None more Irish than Tony Cascarino, I'd say.