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Sat Jun 06, 2026 8:25 pm
SB 1927 wrote:Blue since 1981 wrote:That was Romania,s b team as well , wales are poor Bellamy bringing on Conor roberts sums it all up for me , its time to do away with the older players and plan for the future
Like who? You've said twice about youngsters....name them!?
People like you would cry harder if youngsters played and lost 5-1!!
No i wouldn't, these are the type of games where you blood your youngsters to see if they are cut out for international football not play players like Conor roberts or norrington Davies players who won't be around in a few years , give players like koumas, congreve Joel colwill proper minutes they are the future of welsh football
Sat Jun 06, 2026 8:30 pm
Blue since 1981 wrote:SB 1927 wrote:Blue since 1981 wrote:That was Romania,s b team as well , wales are poor Bellamy bringing on Conor roberts sums it all up for me , its time to do away with the older players and plan for the future
Like who? You've said twice about youngsters....name them!?
People like you would cry harder if youngsters played and lost 5-1!!
No i wouldn't, these are the type of games where you blood your youngsters to see if they are cut out for international football not play players like Conor roberts or norrington Davies players who won't be around in a few years , give players like koumas, congreve Joel colwill proper minutes they are the future of welsh football
I disagree, you bring young players through slowly exactly like Bellamys doing otherwise we’ll get hammered.
He made half a dozen changes from the last game to change things around.
I think Bellamy is doing is decent job with the mostly very ordinary players we have available.
Sat Jun 06, 2026 8:35 pm
I'm not the biggest fan of the job Bellamy is doing. As people have said in the past, he hasn't beat a team who are anywhere near good.
I often think who would do better with the Wales squad, Bellamy or BBM? For me it's BBM.
But I also won't criticise tonight. Played well in patches and he used a lot of players by making plenty of substitutes. It's only a friendly so we shouldn't look too deep into it.
Sat Jun 06, 2026 8:38 pm
OriginalGrangeEndBlue wrote:Blue since 1981 wrote:SB 1927 wrote:Blue since 1981 wrote:That was Romania,s b team as well , wales are poor Bellamy bringing on Conor roberts sums it all up for me , its time to do away with the older players and plan for the future
Like who? You've said twice about youngsters....name them!?
People like you would cry harder if youngsters played and lost 5-1!!
No i wouldn't, these are the type of games where you blood your youngsters to see if they are cut out for international football not play players like Conor roberts or norrington Davies players who won't be around in a few years , give players like koumas, congreve Joel colwill proper minutes they are the future of welsh football
I disagree, you bring young players through slowly exactly like Bellamys doing otherwise we’ll get hammered.
He made half a dozen changes from the last game to change things around.
I think Bellamy is doing is decent job with the mostly very ordinary players we have available.
This was a Romania team over 30 places below us and had 7 of there first choice 11 drop out of the squad this week
This was the perfect opportunity to give young players a run out instead of going with players who won't be around in a couple of years
BBM put his full trust in untried youngsters and look how they repaid him , I know international football is another level but for a country with such a limited conveyor belt of players you need to get these kids battle hardened and ready to play as 1 or 2 injuries to key players then these kids will have to step in
Sat Jun 06, 2026 9:29 pm
Blue since 1981 wrote:OriginalGrangeEndBlue wrote:Blue since 1981 wrote:SB 1927 wrote:Blue since 1981 wrote:That was Romania,s b team as well , wales are poor Bellamy bringing on Conor roberts sums it all up for me , its time to do away with the older players and plan for the future
Like who? You've said twice about youngsters....name them!?
People like you would cry harder if youngsters played and lost 5-1!!
No i wouldn't, these are the type of games where you blood your youngsters to see if they are cut out for international football not play players like Conor roberts or norrington Davies players who won't be around in a few years , give players like koumas, congreve Joel colwill proper minutes they are the future of welsh football
I disagree, you bring young players through slowly exactly like Bellamys doing otherwise we’ll get hammered.
He made half a dozen changes from the last game to change things around.
I think Bellamy is doing is decent job with the mostly very ordinary players we have available.
This was a Romania team over 30 places below us and had 7 of there first choice 11 drop out of the squad this week
This was the perfect opportunity to give young players a run out instead of going with players who won't be around in a couple of years
BBM put his full trust in untried youngsters and look how they repaid him , I know international football is another level but for a country with such a limited conveyor belt of players you need to get these kids battle hardened and ready to play as 1 or 2 injuries to key players then these kids will have to step in
I think BBM would do as poorly as Bellamy. They have a clear idea of how they want to play, but need to coach their players within an inch of their life on how, who, what, where and why........ If you can't coach, then you recruit. International football doesn't allow that.
In my amateur opinion, neither BBM or Bellamy has demonstrated any adaptations from their core concepts. BBM doesn't have too, he has his sqaud. Bellamy has whayever international rules allow.
Sun Jun 07, 2026 7:44 am
Apart from his substitutions against Bosnia, I think Bellamy has done a great job. Bringing on Cullen when he'd hardly played didn't make much sense to me, and unfortunately he gave the ball away needlessly for the corner that led to the equaliser.
That aside, Without four key players maybe 5 if you count Darlow, on paper, we have an ordinary Championship-level team. Yet Wales are currently 37th in the world, were only a penalty shootout away from reaching the World Cup, and are competing at the top level of the Nations League.
We're also a very small side physically without Moore, which leaves us vulnerable from set pieces. However, Moore doesn't really suit the high-energy pressing style that Bellamy wants to play.
Brennan Johnson, who was supposed to be our next Gareth Bale when he was at Forest, has fallen off a cliff after failing to establish himself at Tottenham. Bellamy is also bringing through some exciting young players such as Lawlor and Koumas.
It might end up being a case of not knowing what you've got until it's gone. For me, Bellamy is light years ahead of Page.
Sun Jun 07, 2026 8:02 am
Rob Phillips :
“The @Cymru defeat in Romania ends a really disappointing international season.”
“Win over N.Macedonia was a rare highlight, but failure to make World Cup was devastating. Since September, Wales have P10,W3,D2, L5.”
The wins are against lower International teams.
Much to ponder ahead of a tough looking Nations League group.
Sun Jun 07, 2026 9:20 am
Obviously I am in the minority, but I thought Wales played very well for large spells in the match and I feel we were a little unfortunate to lose.
People forget, we are a small nation with very limited top quality players for the manager to select from.
I don't think anyone else would have the same level of enthusiasm along with football knowledge than Craig Bellamy to lead Wales.
He is obviously a proud Welshman who loves managing his country.
He gives plenty of opportunities to younger members of the squad to impress, but has to mix this with experience. Otherwise, we could end up with a few hidings, which would do nothing for confidence.
We certainly missed Harry Wilson and unfortunately Brennan Johnson is currently under performing.
Players like Joel Colwill will get opportunities if he proves himself as a top quality Championship player or beyond.
So far, he has only proved his quality in the lower leagues, but hopefully his time will come.
Sun Jun 07, 2026 11:24 pm
No away win since 2008 in a friendly - Could have been more than 2 goals in the last 15 mins .
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