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Yes guys on I welcome to five things we learned about Wales versus Finland here on K of City World International break so it’s all things Wales this week and uh that young Squad did not let us down let’s be honest uh everything we talked about in the preview aggression passion
Energy start fast they did it all and look uh as people would know Watch Ace podcast Nation watch cter city world I know Robert pig is biggest fan I don’t necessarily think like there’s been times when I’ve been quite disappointed with his approach but not last night I
Thought he got his selection absolutely spot on he was Brave but also you know he was Brave without being gung-ho should we say and um I thought he was excellent I thought we absolutely dominated the game uh there’s a few things which we’ll discuss which I think we need to do
Better come the Poland game but overall great performance the manager deserves a lot of credit because they’re easy option was you know ke for Mo was to kind of lean on on that kind of more don’t want to say defensive but you know just the norm basically and I I was
Very very pleased you know managers saw often they’ll they’ll Trump for experience and and things like that but the good thing with this wellside is it’s not just full of young players who were quality footballers passionate about playing for their country is a lot of them now very experienced um International Players you
Know niik Williams people like that they’ve played a lot of football andao um played a lot of football at International level so even though they’re young they’re very very experienced players and I thought they managed the game well they played well obviously we we talked about it a little
Bit during the um the watch along last night which if you did enjoy you know I know a lot of people went to the game obviously um me because of my health and stuff like that things a few other things um I didn’t go H I probably won’t
Be able to go on Tuesday either so um we’ll be doing the watch along again myself the FL boys uh Matthew and Rob and rodri’s joining us as well but it was a good laugh good crack we just watched the game chatted and H it was
You know it was good good fun we had some good numbers good people it was a good conversation but uh we’re here for five things little uh 20 minute video where we discuss five things we learned about Wales last night and boy oh boy I got it’s very difficult to find any
Negatives not that I’m looking for negatives but you want to be realistic I think um the first thing is that the Poland game will be a lot more difficult so let’s say number one um yes it was an excellent performance and there’s plenty and much more positives than negatives
But I think we absolutely must defend better against Poland Poland is a much higher level of opposition with uh you know some really really good players in that polish side we’ll have a free a full preview on Monday uh where we discuss um that exactly thing we’ll look
At the Poland side in detail but Wales I thought Ben you know like I thought Ben Davis had a very good game um but I I did think that there was points where we didn’t defend very well um some crosses and things like that they let we let
Them little moments rather other than like a uh you know an overall thing and I also I think in a game your opponent’s going to get little periods of play where they get a bit of momentum um they get moments and it’s about closing those moments down and then in the Midfield
Areas I thought we absolutely dominated but when they did get in that those little pockets of space on the edge of our box they did seem to play through us um I wouldn’t say easily but but they were certainly capable of doing it and
If you you know you only got a look at that Poland game yesterday and the highlights of that they got some great footballers frankowski had a Blinder um so you know it’s going to be a a different a different uh a different game completely however as I’ve said
Many times to this week and over the last few days I fancy Wales against anybody at home the crowd was incredible um and Wales did the opposite of what Cardiff did they they got the crowd behind them ear they kept the crowd with them throughout the game they kept the
Crowd engaged and they did that with a couple of things the quality of their football their passion the aggression the work rate the energy and and Finland could not deal with the energy which uh Wales had in those Midfield areas uh so number two is the fast start the energy
The aggression and the passion the pace will be played at no team in the world likes playing against pace and Wales have Pace in abundance in the wide areas and the attacking areas and I thought what Robert pagee did was exactly the right thing is he banked on that pace you got
Harry Wilson in there in that sort of number 10 drifting into pockets of space which makes it so difficult for people to pick him up and then you’ve got the pace of Brennan Johnson obviously Daniel James when he came on I thought David Brooks was very good as well finding the
Those little pockets of space and overall I thought the front three that started were very difficult to to pick up because Brandon Johnson isn’t really like an out andout number nine he he runs the channels he finds little little angles which like a a ke for Mo maybe
Doesn’t find and and Harry Wilson and uh David Brooks they kind of go all over and they switch and some of the onews and the triangles that we played around the edge of the box was just Sensational to watch and as a as a football fan let
Alone a Wes fan it was a pleasure to watch and I’ve spoken to a couple of friends who were there who were who were English and even they said you know what Wales were just exciting to watch and I think it’s massive is keeping the crowd
Engaged we never let Finland um get hold of the ball and slow us down and I think that any away team wants to do that get through the first 15 minutes and then get hold of the ball knock it about and what Wales did is they got the early
Goal and then they just kept disrupting uh Finland kept winning the ball back in dangerous areas putting them under pressure putting them on the back foot of course scoring at the start of the game and straight after halftime that just knocked the stuff out of him but
That was achieved with like I said the energy the aggression the pace at which we played um number three is Harry Wilson um I thought Harry Wilson was outstanding last night I know I’ve seen a lot of people saying he was the their man of the match I don’t disagree agree with
That might he wasn’t my man on the match which I’ll discuss in a minute however I thought he was outstanding and he is so difficult to pick up and it was what was great we mentioned on the watch along is I can’t remember the last time we
Went into a Wales like a big Wales game where must win and you’re looking across the the striker or the forward attacking options and they’re all banging form even the ones that didn’t start banging former Club level and you’re thinking can they take that into International
Level how Wilson has had a great season for Fulham every game I’ve watched him play he’s been really really dangerous and he’s so difficult to mark but he’s so tidy on the ball very rarely gives it away just drops deep finds it finds the ball and then he’ll play off the people
Up in front of him which obviously leads to that first goal and what was um what was quite interested in the wh way Harry Wilson but Wales in general played in those areas was people assume they have to have a kind of Target man uh like a a focal
Point to play the ball into and play off well Wales didn’t play with an out andout number nine really in Brandon Johnson but they Al certainly didn’t play with a Target man so they didn’t have that kind of focal point so you’re thinking oh can they
Still get those periods of play and and those little patterns of play where you play the triangles and the onws off the big man and they did it but because they’re all so young and fast and quick and mobile it was I was just exceptional to watch I was really really pleased for
Harry Wilson it was really honestly like when David Brooks scored it just felt like this this moment where I just couldn’t stop thinking about what a moment that must be for him like there must have been a point over the last year or so where he thought he’s never
Going to play for Wales again or he’s never even maybe G to play football again to to come back and and begin to get the form that he’s getting at club club level uh he’s taking that into International level and I thought you know obviously he looked
Like he he got a bit tired but just Sensational and and like I say Harry Wilson in particular massive massive shout out to him I thought he was absolutely outstanding um number four an Ethan Ido master class let me tell you something and look if football’s subjective um and people will agree
People will disagree maybe Wales fans will agree and and non Wales fans will will not agree to me Ethan ampadu almost had a perfect game last night and I said in the preview that Ethan IDW if he has a nine out of 10 Wales will
Win and I thought he was as close to a nine out of 10 as you could get his positional sense for that sort of defensive midfielder is is so good like he just sweeps up and he anticipates things before they happen and during the watch along actually I think it was Rob
Said I’ve just been watching Ethan Edo for the last five minutes or so and like the positions he takes up he sweeps up everything he always is in the right place and the right time and there’s nothing not to take away anything from Jordan James from from Harry Wilson from
David Brooks they were all outstanding but to me Ethan ampad was just that level above and if he if that can be his level of performance over the next five five years plus he’s going to play at the top top level that’s how good I thought his performance was and look
People will say oh it’s Finland Finland you know they’re not that great Finland technically as footballers they’re very very good Wales just never let them settle they knocked the stuffing out of them with the way the timing of their goals but that it was the the quality of
Wales’s football but not just with the ball it was out of possession as well the work rate the positional sense I thought the wide players in niik Williams and Conor Roberts were very good I would love to see Connor just look after the the football a little bit
More but I thought defensively he was very good and you know Nico Williams obviously scores a cracking goal but I just he’s another one who I think is is top top level if if he can just Pro keep progressing and and they’re all so young and um but just going back to Ethan
Edue I really believe and I’ve been saying for a while and I was so pleased that he was in that Midfield posess position because I did worry that that because he’s been playing in defense for his Club side in a I think in a three but not sure but um he’s been playing
Central defense which he’s very capable of doing but I think we lose so much when he drops into the defense now I wonder if Robert Paige will look at the Poland game look at some of the issues not issues but some of the ways Finland got in to create
Chances and whether he may put ampadu back into Central defense I hope he doesn’t but I can see an argument for it in putting him in defense and almost using him in that sort of Jon Stones role where he’s in defense but he pushes up into Midfield but to me that’s a big
Risk unless that’s something they’ve worked on over the past few months it’s not something I’d risk in a game like this I believe that Ethan ampadu and Jordan James should be that double pivot for Wales for the next 10 years both of them are outstanding the fact that
Jordan James is 19 is scary and if Birmingham go down in my opinion as a Cardiff City fan Cardiff should go out of their way to try and sign Jordan James out of their way um but there we go that’s just my opinion but yeah just on that final finally Ethan idel
Absolute Master Class the partnership of him and James particularly was outstanding but Ethan Edo was by far the man of the match for me because I thought defensively outstanding he was aggressive in the tackle without being over the top and silly and you know getting sent off and this Tye of thing
Which we’ve seen with him when he’s been bit bit younger he seems to have added a bit of maturity to his game the way he knows when to you know just keep the ball moving or when he needs to play a bit more of a penetrative pass I just
Thought he was outstanding and and same for Jordan James Jord they just they complement each other so well and then defensively that protection for the defense the two of them they got so much energy and they’re so fit and and chaotic but in a organized fashion that
Is very difficult for teams Finland just couldn’t get a foot on the ball and then even when they started to to get to grips with it and tried to keep the ball a bit better Ido Williams uh Roberts and James Jordan James just kept getting kept winning the ball back and
Um I just think oh he’s a diamond Ethan aad with Jordan James as well like as a Welshman I cannot tell you how excited I am I recently um had a conversation very quickly like about England and I said oh God they’re going to have deam rice Kobe Mayu
And Bellingham for the next 10 years it’s depressing and it is like depressing because I think all three of those players are already at this like just end like bingham’s already world class rice is just Ender I think and not far off and P Kobe Mayu potentially
Looks like he could be just as good and I think that was worrying so for Wales to have a Duo like Jordan James and IDW and I look at them and I think U is not far off making that step up now I wouldn’t be surprised to see a real real
I know he’s at at leads which people class is a big Club but it’s a championship Club but I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes to the Premier League very soon and when I say Premier League I mean top top eight top six club and I think he’ll do exceptionally well there I
Think the quality that he displayed in and out possession last night was another level so I believe that Wales Robert Paige should build a team around that double pivot um I just want to make mention before I go to number five n Williams um being in and out with a
Forest team but I tell you something that that lad when he plays for Wales he is outstanding and uh what a what a phenomenal goal um cannot speak highly enough of ano Williams I really believe that he’s almost like this new generation’s Chris gun gonna end up with like a 100 caps Mr
Reliable and he looks like the sort of player is as when he gets older and he loses a yard of pace he can he’ll be able to do with the Ben Davis role now where you know you slot inside into a three into a center back is a skipper I
Thought was outstanding there was a couple of moments where some of those players needed to settle down and you could see him just telling them calm they did it there was when the goal went in and it was a bit sloppy he youo told him told him straight and I just
Thought what a great he’s a great leader really really good Captain Ben Davis very exciting um good mature performance by him to lead that young team average age of I think Matt said it was 24 25 unbelievable when you consider that the age of the the team phenomenal
Performance um and yeah I like Ethan amidu for me is a future whales Captain I believe when Aaron Ramsey has retired from International Football Ethan IDU is the natural successor and to me I think he should be given it regardless of of age I think he’s experienced at
International level he’s shown he’s got the quality and I believe he’ll be playing in the Premier League very soon Jordan James 19 wow exciting times for Welsh football but uh number five more of a discussion Point than what we learned changes for the Poland game now to me the the almost automatic
Reaction is oh wow we was so good don’t change a thing Poland’s a different cattle of fish different cattle of fish and um Poland uh a m like a much bigger Step Up um than uh than Finland and don’t get me wrong I like Finland are a good football
Team Wales made them look very average so for me uh I think it’s very important that Wales don’t get over overconfident I think you know Robert Page will keep their feet on the ground they’re young players but there’s a lot of experience in there and I believe that’s why Aaron
Ramsey has been taken is for this moment those young players are going to be on top of the world but the job’s not done it means nothing if you don’t get the job done now I fancy has to beat anyone at home absolutely with the crowd the players we
Got the youth we’ve got 100% I fancy us to beat anyone but Poland is a is a real real good side and I’m gonna do a full preview tactical preview we’ll look at the side and stuff like that but you got levandowski you’ve got chzn and goal
You’ve got bner in defense um syes Z zeleski and Petroski in the Middle with mid field is a it’s going to be a big challenge for these boys you know these are champions league players um but I believe in Ethan edue and Jordan James and David Brooks as a kind of Midfield
Trio and Harry Wilson um I believe that Wales will be able to cope with that now in terms of changes the Temptation is to not make any but I at the moment and I I will will kind of just think about it maybe a bit more before I do the preview my I
Lean towards no I think we need that key for more versus Poland they play three at the back so maybe you need that that focal point and that more physical presence against the likes of bner and stuff but then I just straight away think well with three at the back there
Spaces down those wide areas in the channels which that system can utilize massively so it’s it’s going to be some big decisions because Daniel James it was excellent Off the Bench now do you keep him as an impact sub is Aaron Ramsey fit there’s decisions to be made you know and
Uh Robert P has got him get it right and look on last night’s performance you got to say that he he’ll get it right I I’m interested in what you guys think you guys who are watching um like what would would you make any changes for this week for Tuesday’s
Game it’s difficult wasn’t it because really I don’t think there was many players that you could aim any criticisms I I think it was more a case of there was maybe a few moments where they some certain players could have done better but overall I thought every player that played for Wales was
Outstanding so then it becomes um very difficult to change it you should just you know they always say don’t change a a winning team and and things like that but to me I just thought Wales was so excellent that is very very difficult to change but you
Got to get it right F uh Poland are a different cattle of fish and he’s got to get this selection right and um it’ll be interesting to see I’m looking forward to doing the preview and and really delving into those tactics I think that’ll be out Monday lunchtime I think because um
The car city phone in will be on Monday I’d assume where they’ll talk the Wales game we’ll just confirm that we got the fly hour tomorrow uh evening where the boys will talk about the Welsh game and and the Tuesday game as well um as well
And oh just straight after this now 15 minutes from now is we’ll be having the view from the chair Wales Edition uh so Martin’s done a a Wales Vlog so please check that out be out at about quarter to nine on card of City World um definitely uh appreciate it if you
Can yeah just check that out spread the word share it all like that um very quickly if anyone’s got any questions Matthew says I wouldn’t have two keepers on the bench yeah that’s weird like I don’t really understand s sending levit and and cwell home and then having Keepers on the two keepers
On the bench because to me especially in the Poland game now like it was nil nil with like a one one nil down with like 10 minutes to go you know you w as many creative and attacking players as you can have on the bench to do that to create something and I
Think um that was a weird one for me especially when you end up with those with two players on the bench doesn’t make a lot of sense to me but what can you say like you know he got it right um certainly got the 11 and his
Substitutions right if if I was the coach I’d won as many creative options as possible for a knockout game um so I certainly wouldn’t have sent coell home and I don’t think I would have sent levette home and kept three Keepers but you know you can only have 26 men or
Whatever it is so I guess it’s a case of just going with what you think’s best and look you can’t knock Robert Paige you know he’s been no one’s above criticism um and I think I could understand some of the criticisms that have been leveled at him
Previously but last night he got it spot on Poland are a massive threat yes enjoy the victory last night but if we don’t get it right on Tuesday it means nothing however I believe in this world side I believe in these players and I think no as I said
At the very start of the show tonight no team likes to play against pace and aggression and and urgency and if we show the same level of urgency and aggression and energy as we did last night on Tuesday I think Poland will struggle to contain us so maybe uh the
Best form of of Defense his attack um because there was some moments where we didn’t defend particularly well so maybe our best way of dealing with that is get keep the ball at the other end and um yeah try and get down the sides of Poland uh I can’t actually end the show
At the moment so I’m going to keep talking um who else talk about but Brandon Johnson like I saw some people saying he didn’t do a lot other than you know score the goal but I thought his movement created uh hell of a lot of chances and and movement for for his for
His teammates like a lot of the space that Harry Wilson and David books found in the first half came from Brandon Johnson’s movement taking the defender away so I disagree with um the kind of thought process that you know he didn’t do a lot other than score a goal because
I think his like I said his movement and his attitude his work great that created a lot for for other players um right guys it’s been a pleasure as always this was five things we learned about Wales versus Finland we have Martin’s view from a chair Vlog from last night coming
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A very encouraging performance . Lots of positives , however I am worried about Mepham in defence. He has a mistake or three in him