To be honest, I'm more used to this happening than not having spread our influence widely and then watched as each nation took our national sports and got better than us.
However, in this instance, no, I'm afraid your team aren't really up to it.
B/w As neil mentions, it's only England that are playing. The other countries in Britain, sadly, weren't decent enough at football to qualify.
B/w As neil mentions, it's only England that are playing. The other countries in Britain, sadly, weren't decent enough at football to qualify.
Wales' qualifying group:
Team Pts Germany 26 Russia 22 Finland 18 Wales 12 Azerbaijan 5 Liechtenstein 2
Team Average Attendance Azerbaijan 22,046 Finland 26,195 Germany 48,069 Liechtenstein 3,665 Russia 42,020 Wales 18,727
You have to question whether Wales even merit a place in qualifying. Second lowest average attendance. Speaks volumes about the lack of support over there. Bested by the Finns, twice. Pitiful.
Giggs must surely rue the day he abandoned the white for the red.
There has to be a few Argies of Welsh descent who could help bolster the team? Prestatyn Patagonian ish. Perhaps a few English lads with a dodgy granny and no hope of playing for In-ger-lund could hold their noses and cross Offa's Dyke now and then to help the cause? Maybe some unrecognised young talent at Newi Cefn Druids or languishing in the Airbus reserves?
It's a long shot, but blimey you can't go on getting trounced two to nothing at home to geezers who spend 6 months in permanent darkness and eat piss-pickled reindeer meat.
I think Wales should apply to join the Oceania Football Confederation. If New Zealand can qualify from that group we should have no problem. Plus away matches in Tahiti or Fiji would be a bonus.
As for rugby, they may be concentrating on it but they're still not that good. The Magner's League is probably the equivalent of second or third division rugby.
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Hopefully that clears it up for you dudes. Although carrying on with the ROW geography fail is always supergood for the purposes of winding-up the Welsh and Scots.
Goalkeeper and midfield are strongest points for the US.
Probably you all percieve the midfield to be stronger than it actually warrants, tbh. Donovan and Demspey are decent players, but not top-tier. The defence looks mad suspect and the attack is unproven.
Top advantage? Energy levels / stamina / general conditioning. Overachieved in 2002, under achieved in 2006. minimum satisfactory outcome for them is to 'emerge from the group phase'.
At least according to TalkSport radio this morning.
Alan Brazil, professional buffoon and lardy alky , but better than the combined might of Chris Evans on 2, Paul Ross and Gabby Roslin on Radio London and the crimes against humanity that are Capital and Heart. And no, Radio 1 is not even an option.
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Very true, Lennon or Walcott should have a big impact there. The USA de-fense looks pretty ropey.
this must've been taken after the final whistle in our friendly yesterday against Czech Republic.
Most non-English British people are probably hoping this happens.
To be honest, I'm more used to this happening than not having spread our influence widely and then watched as each nation took our national sports and got better than us.
However, in this instance, no, I'm afraid your team aren't really up to it.
B/w As neil mentions, it's only England that are playing. The other countries in Britain, sadly, weren't decent enough at football to qualify.
Wales' qualifying group:
Team Pts
Germany 26
Russia 22
Finland 18
Wales 12
Azerbaijan 5
Liechtenstein 2
Team Average Attendance
Azerbaijan 22,046
Finland 26,195
Germany 48,069
Liechtenstein 3,665
Russia 42,020
Wales 18,727
You have to question whether Wales even merit a place in qualifying.
Second lowest average attendance. Speaks volumes about the lack of support over there. Bested by the Finns, twice.
Pitiful.
Giggs must surely rue the day he abandoned the white for the red.
That's 99.7% of the population. Go 'Stein!
Tafs concentrating on rugby?
Neil_Summat to speak on it.
There has to be a few Argies of Welsh descent who could help bolster the team? Prestatyn Patagonian ish. Perhaps a few English lads with a dodgy granny and no hope of playing for In-ger-lund could hold their noses and cross Offa's Dyke now and then to help the cause?
Maybe some unrecognised young talent at Newi Cefn Druids or languishing in the Airbus reserves?
It's a long shot, but blimey you can't go on getting trounced two to nothing at home to geezers who spend 6 months in permanent darkness and eat piss-pickled reindeer meat.
As for rugby, they may be concentrating on it but they're still not that good. The Magner's League is probably the equivalent of second or third division rugby.
After all these years.
Hopefully that clears it up for you dudes. Although carrying on with the ROW geography fail is always supergood for the purposes of winding-up the Welsh and Scots.
Probably you all percieve the midfield to be stronger than it actually warrants, tbh.
Donovan and Demspey are decent players, but not top-tier.
The defence looks mad suspect and the attack is unproven.
Top advantage? Energy levels / stamina / general conditioning.
Overachieved in 2002, under achieved in 2006. minimum satisfactory outcome for them is to 'emerge from the group phase'.
At least according to TalkSport radio this morning.
Alan Brazil, professional buffoon and lardy alky , but better than the combined might of Chris Evans on 2, Paul Ross and Gabby Roslin on Radio London and the crimes against humanity that are Capital and Heart. And no, Radio 1 is not even an option.