Exile 1976 wrote:wattsville_boy wrote:I thought it was a very passive Welsh performance. It's almost like they decided before the game that they couldn't beat Belgium away and tried to keep the score down. Very poor.
I can’t believe you think we were ‘very poor’ .
Two of the goals were preventable. Surely you don't allow de Bruyne that amount of space on the edge of the box for the first goal and the penalty was quite a ridiculous thing to do in your own box. Second goal was a slip which you can do nothing about.
For me Wales stood back and allowed Belgium to have the ball and dictate the game. I do accept that Belgium are not ranked number one in the world for no reason and if you try to man mark them then they will work space anyway but the Wales threat was fairly non-existent. The very least Wales could have done was to try and catch them on the counter attack. But it was slow build up generally, passing from one side to the other, which was meat and drink for Belgium. The one time was had a bit of zip to their attack was when they scored.
The problem now is that they face a Czech side that'll be full of confidence after their big win in Estonia. And what do Wales now do with their friendly on the weekend? What could have been an opportunity to look at some of the squad players now becomes a match that they may have to produce a result in for team morale.
So how do you rate it? Brilliant to "only" lose 3-1? Could do better? Should really have done better? Personally very poor isn't far from the mark...