SirJimmySchoular wrote:I think people are being a bit unrealistic about all this actually. Wales is a small place with a small population to find players out of. They've often done really well and punched above their weight but they can't buy in players or anything like that.
Some recent performances have been really good but you can't expect them to compete regularly with the big footballing countries.
Don't think it makes all that much difference who the manage is actually. Whoever he is, he isn't going to be working with the players often enough to form them into a unit. Just enjoy it when they do well and cheer them on to do their best.
Sensible post. Wales have been lucky enough to have two world class players for the last few years , one of whom was the best player in the world for a while. That’s enough to improve a team drastically at international level, which is now way behind club football.
In 3 or 4 years time, when Bale and Ramsey have retired from international football, Wales will once again return to 60-80 in the world rankings where they have spent most of their time. International football is dying, and if it wasn’t available on free to air TV nobody would be interested as it’s not worth paying for.