The underachieving nation with a new leader.

[WonderManager]

When I saw this on the recent thread list, I thought Wales had signed Emerson as their new manager in real life! :O

Haha.....
On topic- Hope Bale and Ramsey does wonders for you

 

[Tommo43]

Good Luck Mate

 

[Trophy_Whorder]

best of luck with your story .

 

[ollie56]

Build up to Wales v Gambia.
Ahead of Ollie Emmerson's first game in charge of Wales, a friendly away at Gambia, he has said that it is a game that they should be able to win and that he will be putting out what he thinks to be his best possible side for the game.
This is the 26 man squad Emmerson has selected for the game:

Goalkeepers
Jason Brown (Everton)
Wayne Hennesey (Wolves)
Boaz Myhill (Hull)

Defenders
Neal Eardley (Blackpool)
Chris Gunter (Notts Forest)
Ben Thatcher (Ipswich)
Danny Collins (Stoke)
James Collins (Aston Villa)
Daniel Gabbidon (West Ham)
Craig Morgan (Celtic)
Gareth Bale (Spurs)

Midfielders
Darcy Blake (Cardiff)
Jack Collison (West Ham)
Joe Ledley (Cardiff)
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)
David Cotteril (Sheffield United)
Jason Koumas (Wigan)
Simon Davies (Fulham)
David Edwards (Wolves)
Andy King (Leicester)
David Vaughan (Blackpool)

Strikers
Sam Vokes (Wolves)
Ched Evans (Sheffield United)
Robbie Earnshaw (Notts Forest)
Simon Church (Reading)
Craig Bellamy (Manchester City)​

 

[ravenie]

Ben Thatcher?! Come on

 

[Samir Nasri]

I just love the title, mate. I really hope you will do well with Wales. Bale will probably become a legend now. Good luck.

 

[nilelg5]

Jason Brown (Everton)

Why did everton need him?

 

[ollie56]

Wales V Gambia

Welcome to our live interactive coverage of Ollie Emmerson's first match in charge of Wales, away at Gambia. Remember folks this game is also available for viewing on Sky Sports 3HD.
We now have the Wales line up to show you. As excpected Emmerson has started with a 442 line up.
Hennessey GK
Bale LB
J.Collins CB
D.Collins CB
Gunter RB
Ledley LM
Collison CM
Ramsey CM
Davies RM
Vokes CF
Evans CF

Wales kick off from left to right and look to mount early pressure on the Gambia defence.

5 minutes in and Wales were almost caught out as Gambia broke from a wales corner, however James Collins was there to make a strong tackle.

Not much happening here 15 minutes in, a few chances here and there with Wales looking the better team.

And it's Danny Collins! With the first goal of Emmerson's reign, 25 minutes into the game. It was a free kick whipped in from Gareth Bale and met by the head of Collins from 5 yards out. A great leap and finish left Emmerson jumping for joy.

5 minutes left of the half and Wales are dominating Gambia. Ledley has hit the post and Ramsey has had a goal dissalowed for offside. The 4th official indicates 2 minutes for stoppage time.

Half Time

Gambia kick off the 2nd half and slowly build up an attack resulting in Yady Camara missing the target by an inch.

Goooooaaaaall! Its the two brothers now as James Collins scores Wales' second goal to give them a good cushion.

We've now passed the hour mark and david Cotterill, Craig Bellamy and David Vaughan have come on for Wales as they look for more goals.

10 Minutes left here and there has been a red card. Gambia's manager has been sent to the stands after abusing the 4th official over claims for a Gambia penalty. On the pitch the game seems to have dried up and Wales are just passing it around and keeping the ball.

Its over! The referee blows his whistle and brings to an end Olli Emmerson's first game as Wales manager. He has come to Africa and seen off Gambia 2-0 with goals from James and Danny Collins. What do you think Wales fans? Email us your opinion here at SkySports.com
But from us here its goodbye and thanks for reading.


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Ben Thatcher?! Come on

Needed a back up left back as ricketts was injured.

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Why did everton need him?

They sold Howard and bought him for 2.3Million.
BTW: Howard went to Aston Villa.

 

[Eds]

Mate, this is your seventh story since June. Can I recommend you stick with one?

 

[Adam 24]

good luck m8 ill be checking on how u are doing from time to time all the best m8

 

[ollie56]

Mate, this is your seventh story since June. Can I recommend you stick with one?

Ye I know m8 im sorry. I think international managmant will be easier to stick with.

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Emmerson post match interview.
"Ollie how do you feel your team performed today?"
"I think everyone performed well and it was the best possible start for me as manager."
"The fans seemed to get behind you, what do you say to them?"
"Thank you for travelling and I think you'll agree that we delivered."
"Gambia thought they should of had a penalty and their manager was sent to the stands resulting from this, what do you think?"
"Well at the end of the day it's the referee's descion and personally I think he made the correct one and their manager, well sometimes you need to restrain yourself."
"Thank you Ollie." ​

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Emmerson names squad for qualifying games. ​

Wales manger Ollie Emmerson has named his squad for the away game at Bosnia and the home game versus Sweden. He has also confirmed that as long as their are no injuries the squad will stay the same for next month's away qualifier against Armenia.
Here is the full 23 man squad. ​

Goalkeepers ​

Wayne Hennessey (Wolves)
Jason Brown (Everton) ​

Defenders
Gareth Bale (Spurs)
Chris Gunter (Notts Forest)
Sam Ricketts (Bolton)
Danny Collins (Stoke)
James Collins (Aston Villa)
Daniel Gabbidon (West Ham)
Craig Morgan (Cardiff) ​

Midfielders
Darcy Blake (Cardiff)
Marcus Pearson (Birmingham)
Jack Collison (West Ham)
Joe Ledley (Cardiff)
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)
Jason Koumas (Wigan)
Simon Davies (Fulham)
David Edwards (Wolves)
David Vaughan (Blackpool)​

Strikers
Robbie Earnshaw (Notts Forest)
Sam Vokes (Wolves)
Simon Church (Reading)
Freddy Eastwood (Coventry)
Craig Bellamy (Man City) ​

A good squad Wales fans? Tell us what you think by emailing us at www.skysports.com/Wales​

 

[valya]

Good luck, Mate currently it is a good story. Try and stick with it, dont give up

 

[ollie56]

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Wales ​

Welcome to Sky Sports live interactive coverage of Ollie Emmerson's first competetive match in charge of Wales, away at Bosnia. Edin Dzeko misses out for Bosnia as he pulled his thigh in training yesterday and that is a major loss for Bosnia.
We have just recieved the Wales line up and here it is. ​

Hennessey GK
Bale LB
J.Collins CB
D.Collins CB
Ricketts RB
Pearson LM
Ramsey CM
Collison CM
Davies RM
Church CF
Vokes CF ​

A young Pearson makes his Wales debut with no Bellamy or Ledley in the starting line up. Emmerson starts with the 442 formation he used against Gambia. ​

Wales kick off from right to left with Collison linking up with Davies as they look to mount early pressure. ​

10 minutes in and Pjanic has hit the bar for Bosnia from a thundering shot from 30 yards out. ​

Its a goal! And it's gone to Wales! Sam Vokes pounced after a backpass and rounded Begovic before placing the ball into the net. 20 minutes in and Wales are ahead. A dream start to their qualifying campaign. ​

30 minutes gone and Wales are finding it hard against a strong Bosnia side. But their defence is staying strong and Wayne Hennessey has made some good saves. ​

Goal to Wales! Aaron Ramsey with a beautiful strike into the top corner from 25 yards out. Collison brought two men to him and the layed it off to Ramsey who did the rest. 2-0 to Wales! ​

Half time ​

Bosnia kick off the second half with two substitutes coming on up front, and one of them is Edin Dzeko. Bosnia take the risk of playing him while he is injured, however they need goals. ​

Its surely all over now! Wales are 3-0 up and it's Jack collison with the strike! Wales won a free kick on the edge of the box after Pearson was fouled. It was nudged across to Collison who smashed the shot in. Just 5 minutes into the second half and surely now Wales will be going home with the three points. ​

Penalty to Bosnia! A handball by Sam Ricketts. It was a corner swung in and headed on by Dzeko. Ricketts could not do much about it but it had to be given. Ricketts was not issued a card. ​

Dzeko misses! He slips as he takes it and blazes the ball wide. He has had to go off as a result of hurting his thigh when slipping. Wales breath a sigh of relief. ​

10 minutes left now and it's still 3-0 to Wales. They have bought on Joe Ledley, Craig Bellamy and David Edwards just to freshen things up. Nothing much happening, Wales seem fine with passing the ball around whilst Bosnia have given up all hope. ​

Full time ​

And it's an opening win for Wales' against the odds they have come and beaten Bosnia and Herzegovina by 3 goals to nil with goals from Sam Vokes, Aaron Ramsey and Jack Collison. Bosnia had their chances, they hit the bar in the first half and missed a penalty in the second. ​

Post match interview. ​

"Ollie, how do you think your team performed tonight?"
"I thought we played fantastic, the team worked hard for each other and all gave 110%." ​

"If you had to pick 1 positive from this game, what would it be?"
"I would definetly say the team's passing. The team kept the ball for long periods and played great balls in behind their defence."​

"You are now top of the group after 1 game. How do you think you will fare against Sweden on saturday?"
"I think we have the talent to win yes." ​

"Before we go what is your message to the fans?"
"Thanks for coming and hopefully we can get another win on saturday." ​

"Thank you Ollie." ​

So Wales fans what do you think of your teams performance? Email us @www.skysports.com/Wales and we will read some out on Sky Sports news. ​

From us goodbye.​

 

[SamScfc]

Jeesus, the text is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to big!

 

[ollie56]

Jeesus, the text is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to big!

Ive made it smaller

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Wales v Sweden ​

Welcome to our live interactive coverage of Wales v Sweden. Wales started their qualifying campaign in style with a comfortable 3-0 win away v Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday. ​

Wales name an unchanged line up from the team that was so succesfull on Wednesday. Sweden start with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcus Rosenborg up front. Will the Welsh defence be able to cope with those two?​

Wales kick off against Sweden and were priced at 2/1 with Skybet before the match. Sweden are favourites at 8/11 with the draw at 5/1. ​

5 minutes in and it's a goal to Sweden! Sebastian Larsson of Birmingham City has got the goal. It was Kim Kallstrom who played the ball over the top of the Wales defence and left it for Larsson to place the ball past Wayne Hennessey. 1-0 to Sweden. ​

25 Minutes in now and Sweden are still ahead. The game has gone slightly quiet at the moment with few chances. The closest any team has come was from a Gareth Bale shot that just fizzed wide. ​

Goal to Wales! Young Aaron Ramsey scores his second in two games and draws Wales level with a curled shot into the corner from the edge of the box. Wales are level as the referee blows his whistle and ends the first half. ​

Half time ​

Sweden get the second half going now drawing against Wales. It was a tight first half with neither team creating any clear cut chances.​

Wales are 2-1 up! Simon Davies with the tap in after some creative work from Pearson which saw the Sweden defence baffled. Wales now have the momentum. ​

15 minutes left and Wales really need a goal to seal the game. Sweden are starting to put pressure on Wales and the Welsh defence are looking uncomfortable. However Wayne Hennessey is having an excellent game and keeping Sweden out. ​

It's 3-1 and Wales have surely won it now! Sam Vokes seals it with a comfortable finish from 10 yards out. But Sweden have scored again! It's Rosenborg who has scored it from quick passing and movement up the pitch and now Wales are going to face 3 minutes of back's against the wall defending. ​

Full time.
Wales 3-2 Sweden ​

Post match interview​

"Ollie, a 3-2 win against a team ranked 37 places above you in the world rankings how does it feel?"
"Fantastic, for the team to have so much success so soon is brilliant." ​

"Two wins out of two against arguably the top two teams in the group, how does it stand you for the rest of the campaign?"
"It puts us top of the group again, which is good. However we still have six more tough matches to play." ​

"Can you confirm that this squad will be the squad for next months game against qualifier in Armenia?"
"Well this squad has done well, but we may have injuries or somebody may come into form and will deserve a call up." ​

"Are rumors true about a rift between yourself and Brian Flynn?"
"Of course not, me and Brian have a good relationship." ​

"Thank you Ollie." ​

So Wales fans what do you think, can Emmerson take you to the Euro's?" Email us @skysports.com/Wales ​

But from us here goodnight.​

 

[valya]

Edin Dzeko misses out for Bosnia as he pulled his thigh in training yesterday and that is a major loss for Bosnia. ​

Dzeko misses! He slips as he takes it and blazes the ball wide. He has had to go off as a result of hurting his thigh when slipping. Wales breath a sigh of relief. ​

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(have deleted the rest in the quote)
WTF, You first say he is out and then he takes a penalty?

 

[ollie56]

(have deleted the rest in the quote)
WTF, You first say he is out and then he takes a penalty?

He was on the bench with an injury. He came on and then took the penalty

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Emmerson names unchanged squad.

Wales manager Ollie Emmerson has named an unchanged squad for Wales upcoming qualifier away against Armenia. Here is the squad.

Goalkeepers
Wayne Hennessey (Wolves)
Jason Brown (Everton)


Defenders
Gareth Bale (Spurs)
Chris Gunter (Notts Forest)
Sam Ricketts (Bolton)
Danny Collins (Stoke)
James Collins (Aston Villa)
Daniel Gabbidon (West Ham)
Craig Morgan (Cardiff)


Midfielders
Darcy Blake (Cardiff)
Marcus Pearson (Birmingham)
Jack Collison (West Ham)
Joe Ledley (Cardiff)
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)
Jason Koumas (Wigan)
Simon Davies (Fulham)
David Edwards (Wolves)
David Vaughan (Blackpool)


Strikers
Robbie Earnshaw (Notts Forest)
Sam Vokes (Wolves)
Simon Church (Reading)
Freddy Eastwood (Coventry)
Craig Bellamy (Man City)

Emmerson has not yet given any indication over whether there will be a different line up to the one that started against Sweden.

Other Wales news is that they have moved up to 56th in the world rankings, compared to 70th when he took charge.

Armenia v Wales

Welcome to our live interactive coverage of Wales 3rd qualifyer for the 2012 European Championships, with 15 minutes to go till kick off we should be about to recieve team news.

Emmerson makes changes!

We have just recieved the Wales line up for tonight's game and Ollie Emmerson makes 2 changes from the team that beat Sweden 3-2 that night in Wales.

Young Marcus Pearson comes out of the side and is replaced by more experienced Joe Ledley.

Robbie Earnshaw will make his first Wales start for 7 months tonight. He partners Sam Vokes up front after some impressive performances in training.

Here is the Wales line up

Hennessey GK
Bale LB
J.Collins CB
D.Collins CB
Ricketts RB
Ledley LM
Ramsey CM
Collison CM
Davies RM
Vokes CF
Earnshaw CF

Wales are priced at 1/2 with Skybet to win tonight whilst Armenia are 5/1 with the draw at 3/1.

Wales captain Gareth Bale wins the toss and Wales kick off.

8mins: Goal! Wales are ahead inside ten minutes and it's Robbie Earnshaw. Its was some good play from Joe Ledley who skipped past his man and put a cross in which was knocked down from Vokes into Earnshaw who slotted the ball past the keeper.
1-0 to Wales.

20 mins: Wales look the better team and Armenia are showing no real danger when in attack. Solid start for the Welsh.

33 mins: Goal! Its another for Wales and another for Robbie Earnshaw. He picked up the ball after a pass from Jack Collison and turned the defender before blasting the ball into the net. Just after Armenia had began to look a better side and were starting to create things.
2-0 to Wales

40 mins: Goal! It's Gareth Bale with a sublime free kick, which leaves Armenia little hope for the rest of this game. It was Simon Davies who won the free kick, cutting in from the right hand side of the area only to be brought down. Bale stepped up to take the kick and curled it over the wall and into the top right hand corner.
3-0 to Wales

Half time

53 mins: Were well into the second half now and Wales are dominating Armenia. However hard they try though they can't seem to get the 4th.

61 mins: Goal! It's four for Wales and a hat trick for Earnshaw. A free header from a corner was how it came. A corner whipped in from Aaron Ramsey from which Earnshaw left his marker and pounced for the hat trick.
4-0 to Wales

70 mins: Wales bring on David Vaughan and Craig Bellamy as they run the game down. They still look threatening however the game does not have the same intensity as it did in the first half.

77 mins: Jack Collison with screamer! 5-0 to Wales and it was a peach of a goal. A 30 yard strike from the youngster who has had a great game.
5-0 to Wales

89 mins: The referee indicates 3 minutes of stoppage time to end the game.

92 mins: Goal! Earnshaw has 4 with another header from a Davies free kick. Looped in and a great header who makes it 22 goals for Wales.
6-0 to Wales

Full time

Great win for Wales, 6-0 away against Armenia with 4 goals from returning hero Robbie Earnshaw and two peaches from Collison and Bale.

Post match interview.

"Ollie, a great performance and a six nil win for your team, how does it feel?"
"Fantastic, a great performance from the team and credit also goes to the defence who kept it tight."

"Robbie Earnshaw hit 4 today, how good was he in training?"
"Oh, he was fantastic all week and showed model behaviour towards the younger lads. And his performance showed why I chose him."

"This puts you 4 points clear at the top of the group, do you think you will qualify?"
"We are doing well and will have a chance if we keep to this level of play."

"Thank you Ollie."

Well that's it from us tonight. Don't forget to email us @www.SkySports.com Wales fans and tell us what you think of Robbie Earnshaw's performance.
Goodnight.

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Emmerson names squad for friendly.

Ollie Emmerson has named his squad for his next Wales game - a friendly away against Guatemala. Not a very high profile game and it shows as Emmerson leaves some big players out of the squad and brings in the youngsters.

Here is the squad in full.

Goalkeepers
Boaz Myhill (Hull)
Chris Maxwell (Wrexham)

Defenders
Neal Eardley (Panathinaikos)
Ryan Green (Hereford)
Richard Duffy (Exeter)
Rob Edwards (Blackpool)
Rhoys Wiggins (Norwich)
Dominic Cole (Barnet)
Craig Morgan (Celtic)
Lloyd James (Southampton)
Adam Matthews (Cardiff)

Midfielders
Darcy Blake (Cardiff)
Shaun MacDonald (Swansea)
Gavin Williams (Bristol City)
David Cotteril (Sheffield United)
David Edwards (Wolves)
Paul Hall (Darlington)
Joe Allen (Swansea)
Andy King (Leicster)

Strikers
Simon Church (Reading)
Jermaine Easter (MK Dons)
Freddy Eastwood (Coventry)
Mark Williams (Bristol City)
Sam Vokes (Wolves)​

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Wales v Guatemala

Welcome to our live interactive coverage of tonight's friendly match, Wales v Guatemala. Until a few days ago, Wales were favourites to easily beat Guatemala until Ollie Emmerson named his squad which included very little normal squad members.

He has said that this friendly gives him a chance to try out the youth and players who were pushing for a call up. He gave an example of Freddie Easter. Wales are priced at 3/1 to win this with Guatemala at 5/1 and the draw is a favourite at 2/1.

We have just recieved the Wales line up and here it is.

Myhill GK
Eardley RB
Edwards CB
Morgan CB
James LB
Cotteril RM
Edwards CM
Blake CM
King LM
Eastwood CF
Church CF

3 debutants tonight for Wales and 8 players who have not been capped ten times or more. Emmerson has chosen David Edwards to be captain for the night.

We'll be back with the Live game later.
Please send your texts to us @www.skysports.com/Wales​

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Game update will be later.