Posted March 28, 2024 03:06
· last edited March 28, 2024 03:17
coochiee
Wales as a country are smaller than us, rugby is agruably their bigger sport, and they have very rarely been to a FIFA World Cup (twice). Tunisia have been 6 times. You can just name a few Welsh footballers, but like me zero from Tunis.
We were still having plenty of shark results after that like losing to Thailand & Tanzania. The results in 2009 incl 4-3 loss to Italy, and 0-0 draw verus Iraq (think Bahrain later that year) meant alot more.
The Wales performance was about losing our inferiority complex. That flowed into Ricki and the Phoenix, and into the qualifying games and friendlies you mentioned, including the win over Serbia.
It was only 4 because off the back of the performances of the team Rory, McG, Tommy Smith and the mighty Winston Wiremu Reid all looked at us as a place where they wanted to play football. Oh and Tim Brown’s hard man tackle against Aussie pre-cup where he injured himself!
And Smeltzy was taken by Ricki off the back of that game to the Nix and to the WC where he had the vision and composure to play the ball for the goal in the first game in the WC.
Sorry Coochie, I’m a bit fired up and got a real bee in the bonnet at the mo, but we’ve got a team who should look better than they do. And it must be hard for Bazeley to come in as he did. NZF screwed the process too.
Compared to Ricki, whatever we think of him now- at that time he wanted the AW job as a step to greater things and he went and got it. Sure it was over reach to think Lochhead could make it at Southampton, but that was the mindset. I think no one else would have sent him. But Ricki did. Around that team there was such a power of self belief and a lack of cultural cringe.
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Unknown editoredited March 28, 2024 03:17
coochiee
Wales as a country are smaller than us, rugby is agruably their bigger sport, and they have very rarely been to a FIFA World Cup (twice). Tunisia have been 6 times. You can just name a few Welsh footballers, but like me zero from Tunis.
We were still having plenty of shark results after that like losing to Thailand & Tanzania. The results in 2009 incl 4-3 loss to Italy, and 0-0 draw verus Iraq (think Bahrain later that year) meant alot more.
The Wales performance was about losing our inferiority complex. That flowed into Ricki and the Phoenix, and into the qualifying games and friendlies you mentioned, including the win over Serbia.
It was only 4 because off the back of the performances of the team Rory, McG, Tommy Smith and the mighty Winston Wiremu Reid all looked at us as a place where they wanted to play football. Oh and Tim Brown’s hard man tackle against Aussie pre-cup where he injured himself!
And Smeltzy was taken by Ricki off the back of that game to the Nix and to the WC where he had the vision and composure to play the ball for the goal in the first game in the WC.
Sorry Coochie, I’m a bit fired up, but we’ve got a team who should look better than they do. And it must be hard for Bazeley to come in as he did. NZF screwed the process too.
Compared to Ricki, whatever we think of him now- at that time he wanted the AW job as a step to greater things and he went and got it. Sure it was over reach to think Lochhead could make it at Southampton, but that was the mindset. I think no one else would have sent him. But Ricki did. Around that team there was such a power of self belief and a lack of cultural cringe.
Unknown editoredited March 28, 2024 03:16
coochiee
Wales as a country are smaller than us, rugby is agruably their bigger sport, and they have very rarely been to a FIFA World Cup (twice). Tunisia have been 6 times. You can just name a few Welsh footballers, but like me zero from Tunis.
We were still having plenty of shark results after that like losing to Thailand & Tanzania. The results in 2009 incl 4-3 loss to Italy, and 0-0 draw verus Iraq (think Bahrain later that year) meant alot more.
The Wales performance was about losing our inferiority complex. That flowed into Ricki and the Phoenix, and into the qualifying games and friendlies you mentioned, including the win over Serbia.
It was only 4 because off the back of the performances of the team Rory, McG, Tommy Smith and the mighty Winston Wiremu Reid all looked at us as a place where they wanted to play football. Oh and Tim Brown’s hard man tackle against Aussie pre-cup where he injured himself!
And Smeltzy was taken by Ricki off the back of that game to the Nix and to the WC where he had the vision and composure to play the ball for the goal in the first game in the WC.
Unknown editoredited March 28, 2024 03:09
coochiee
Wales as a country are smaller than us, rugby is agruably their bigger sport, and they have very rarely been to a FIFA World Cup (twice). Tunisia have been 6 times. You can just name a few Welsh footballers, but like me zero from Tunis.
We were still having plenty of shark results after that like losing to Thailand & Tanzania. The results in 2009 incl 4-3 loss to Italy, and 0-0 draw verus Iraq (think Bahrain later that year) meant alot more.
The Wales performance was about losing our inferiority complex. That flowed into Ricki and the Phoenix, and into the qualifying games and friendlies you mentioned, including the win over Serbia.
It was only 4 because off the back of the performances of the team Rory, McG, Tommy Smith and the mighty Winston Wiremu Reid all looked at us as a place where they wanted to play football. Oh and Tim Brown’s hard man tackle against Aussie where he injured himself!
And Smeltzy was taken by Ricki off the back of that game to the Nix and to the WC where he had the vision and composure to play the ball for the goal in the first game in the WC.
Unknown editoredited March 28, 2024 03:09
coochiee
Wales as a country are smaller than us, rugby is agruably their bigger sport, and they have very rarely been to a FIFA World Cup (twice). Tunisia have been 6 times. You can just name a few Welsh footballers, but like me zero from Tunis.
We were still having plenty of shark results after that like losing to Thailand & Tanzania. The results in 2009 incl 4-3 loss to Italy, and 0-0 draw verus Iraq (think Bahrain later that year) meant alot more.
The Wales performance was about losing our inferiority complex. That flowed into Ricki and the Phoenix, and into the qualifying games and friendlies you mentioned, including the win over Serbia.
It was only 4 because off the back of the performances of the team Rory, McG, Tommy Smith and the mighty Winston Wiremu Reid all looked at us as a place where they wanted to play football.
And Smeltzy was taken by Ricki off the back of that game to the Nix and to the WC where he had the vision and composure to play the ball for the goal in the first game in the WC.
Unknown editoredited March 28, 2024 03:07
coochiee
Wales as a country are smaller than us, rugby is agruably their bigger sport, and they have very rarely been to a FIFA World Cup (twice). Tunisia have been 6 times. You can just name a few Welsh footballers, but like me zero from Tunis.
We were still having plenty of shark results after that like losing to Thailand & Tanzania. The results in 2009 incl 4-3 loss to Italy, and 0-0 draw verus Iraq (think Bahrain later that year) meant alot more.
The Wales performance was about losing our inferiority complex. That flowed into Ricki and the Phoenix, and into the qualifying games and friendlies you mentioned, including the win over Serbia.
It was only 4 because off the back of the performances of the team Rory, McG, Tommy Smith and the mighty Winston Wiremu Reid all looked at us as a place where they wanted to play football.
And Smeltzy was taken by Ricki off the back of that game to the Nix and had the vision and composure to play the ball for the goal in the first game in the WC.
