Bert Posted 7 October 2006 Posted 7 October 2006 Wales, to concede 5 goals at home whoever your are, or playing against is just terrible. Cyprus is not an easy place to go to.
Joe. Posted 10 October 2006 Posted 10 October 2006 The thing is, Ireland have a fairly decent squad and they still lose 5-2 to Cyprus! Wales have a poor team apart from Giggs in my opinion and will not win anything ever.
lildave3 Posted 10 October 2006 Posted 10 October 2006 The thing is, Ireland have a fairly decent squad and they still lose 5-2 to Cyprus! Wales have a poor team apart from Giggs in my opinion and will not win anything ever. Wales have got a few decnt players, Earnshaw, Gabbidon, Bellamy - It's the manager that's the problem. Robbie Savage would still be playing for them if it wasn't for him and he does make a huge difference.
lcfc_jme Posted 10 October 2006 Posted 10 October 2006 who's had a worse saturday Ireland or Wales??? Got to have been Wales. Losing 5-1 at home to Slovakia, whereas Ireland conceded 5 but scored 2 away, which is the difference. Still, a pretty poor international weekend for British sport in general (apart from Sc*tl*nd that is )
gatesheadfox Posted 11 October 2006 Posted 11 October 2006 ireland had the worse weekend, at least slovakia have decent players (last seasons top scorer in germany i believe) whereas cyprus have nothing. staunton was pretty pants as a player, and to get the managers job we were all a little shocked. the sooner he is out the better!
Finnegan Posted 11 October 2006 Posted 11 October 2006 I beg to differ with JME/ lcfc4tp. We have five or six strong players, a couple of boarderline world class ones, a few average ones and then back up of fairly rubbish. We've little experience on the international stage, several key injuries at the back before the Slovakia game and very little expectation around the world. Slovakia (half of the former Czechaslovakia (sp?)) have a strong footballing tradition and are actually not to be overlooked. On top of all of that, our "intimidating home atmosphere" was a half-full stadium of fans still disillusioned from '04. Ireland have a much prouder footballing history, more top, premiership quality players and a recent history of clashing horns with the likes of France. Cyprus are a team of unknown minnows temporarily on the rise from Lichtensteinesque "who?" to Azerbaijani "oh...?" who, I would expect (and hope) will finish bottom of the group. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe we'll get shafted tonight - but I'd be redder in the face losing to Cyprus than Slovakia.
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