Match Thread " WALES v ARMENIA "

Wales continue their qualifying campaign for EURO 2024 on Friday night with a home game against Armenia at Cardiff City Stadium.

The game kicks off at 7.45pm, it is live on ViaPlay and S4C.

Wales are currently top of the group after the first two games, level on points with Croatia. We began with a draw in Croatia before beating Latvia at home.

Armenia are 4th out of the five teams in the group. They lost their only game so far 2-1 at home to Turkey.

The top two teams in the group will automatically qualify for next summer's tournament in Germany.

Following this game, we play Turkey away on Monday. We have then played each team once. The next round of qualifiers will be in September.

Below is the Wales squad for these two games:


Wayne Hennessey (Nottingham Forest)
Danny Ward (Leicester City)
Adam Davies (Sheffield United)

Joe Rodon (Tottenham Hotspur)
Ben Cabango (Swansea City)
Chris Mepham (Bournemouth)
Joe Low (Bristol City)
Connor Roberts (Burnley)
Morgan Fox (Unattached)
Neco Williams (Nottingham Forest)
Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur)

Ethan Ampadu (Chelsea)
Joe Morrell (Portsmouth)
Jordan James (Birmingham City)
Dan James (Leeds United)
Nathan Broadhead (Ipswich Town)
Aaron Ramsey (captain, Nice)

Harry Wilson (Fulham)
Ollie Cooper (Swansea City)
Luke Harris (Fulham)
Brennan Johnson (Nottingham Forest)
David Brooks (Bournemouth)
Liam Cullen (Swansea City)
Kieffer Moore (Bournemouth)
Tom Bradshaw (Millwall)

The other game in our group tonight is Latvia v Turkey, also kicking off at 7.45pm.

Croatia don't play a qualifying game during this international window.

I'm out with the Mrs tonight so won't be able to update but this is the Wales team:


Danny Ward

Connor Roberts
Joe Rodon
Chris Mepham
Ben Davies

Ethan Ampadu
Aaron Ramsey
Harry Wilson
Dan James

Brennan Johnson
Kieffer Moore

For a tall guy, Kieffer Moore cannot head the ball as well as he should

1-0 Wales.

Dan James.

Armenia level it. 1-1

Welsh defence as shocking as ever, ball watching.

Any idea what position Ampadu is meant to be playing ?

Jesus Rambo is too indisciplined for a sitters role so Ethan needs to stay

1-2, Armenia take the lead

Is it just turn up and do what you want day?

Page out of his depth against a tin pot team, the sooner he goes the better.

Going nowhere but down under Page. Tactically inept.

Shocking.

Wanted him gone since the last Euros. Feel like a lot of managers would have done the job qualifying, but he is not tactically up for it. No plan B, no in-game adaption and the same system regardless.

I've said all along Page is sh*te, jobs for the boys, cheap as chips. Nice fella but ok for a pub team ... just about. Not making the most of the players we have. Shocking

Rodon and Mepham are liabilities. Caught ball watching for their 2 goals. Making these Armenians look like Brazil when they go forward.

Absolutely pointless playing Rambo in a double pivot, he is an AMC and thats it

Rodon and Mepham are liabilities. Caught ball watching for their 2 goals. Making these Armenians look like Brazil when they go forward.

Completely agree. We need to find two better centre backs and quickly. Maybe move Ampedu back there? Leaving just one to find

Mepham, Rodon and Ampadu are f*cking awful at this level.

Front 4 need a head wobble at half time, also.

This is Armenia, not Argentina.

Do not need three at the back, they are driving a bus through there

Lose one of them for Morell, i can't believe i am saying this

Dan James is frustrating as hell. Always in dangerous positions and absolutely destroys it. Great goal, but unmissable.

If he was clinical, he'd be our record scorer!!

Dan James is frustrating as hell. Always in dangerous positions and absolutely destroys it. Great goal, but unmissable.

If he was clinical, he'd be our record scorer!!

He always looks bloody miserable as well, such a frustrating player.

Going nowhere but down under Page. Tactically inept.

Its Wilson or Ramsey,make your mind up Page.

Kieffer can’t finish, better hope with someone Mullin

Brennan up top? 4-3-3 false 9? Anything will do

APB for our midfield....oh we don't have one

1-3 what an embarrassing night.

Danny Ward. Ffs

At least Vinny would pull the trigger

With the starting lineup, he could have just lined it like this as a 4-3-3:

Ward
Roberts Rodon Mepham Davies
Ampadu
Wilson Ramsey
Johnson Moore James

At least it’s only one CDM and Ramsey gets further forward. Why it’s sometimes a 4-2-3-1 or 5-3-2 at times. Just doesn’t seem right from Page