The Welsh Revolution

[ZeusThunder]

I was just thinking, not many people have done a country story. So here's mine:

Captain: Aaron Ramsey
Vice-captain: Ashley Williams
Most Caps: Neville Southall 92
Top Goalscorer: Ian Rush 28
Best Player: Gareth Bale
World ranking: 57th
Continent: Europe

 

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Best Player in each position:

Wayne Hennessey GK WOLVES
Owain Fon Williams GK TRANMERE ROVERS
Boaz Myhil GK WEST BROM
James Brown GK ABERDEEN

Sam Rickets RB BOLTON
Angel Rangel RB SWANSEA
Chris Gunter RB READING
Neil Eardley RB BLACKPOOL
Adam Matthews RB CELTIC

Ashley Williams CB SWANSEA
Danny Collins CB NOTT. FOREST
James Collins CB WEST HAM
Ben Turner CB CARDIFF CITY


Neil Taylor LB SWANSEA

 

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Midfield:

Gareth Bale
Aaron Ramsey
Joe Ledley
Joe Allen
Jack Collison
Andy King
Shaun MacDonald

Strikers:

Steve Morrison
Sam Vokes
Craig Bellamy
Robert Earnshaw
Simon Church
Craig Davies

 

[ZeusThunder]

Rush and Southall Hired for U19'S

Ian Rush is the new u'19s manager, with his assistant being Neville Southall.

 

[Sam91]

4 Updates in 35 mins... surely could have squeezed this all into 1 update?

 

[*Jamess*]

Have a nicer layout.

 

[ZeusThunder]

Thanks for the feedback- for some reason photos have moved from where the preview showed them.

 

[ZeusThunder]

Wales move up to 42nd in the world rankings-
not even playing a game.
(For some reason my game started in January, so I had set up friendlies that could only be played in June)​

 

[DanWalsallFC]

Isn't James Collins with West Ham?

 

[ZeusThunder]

Yep I changed it from West Ham because I was reading a wrong piece of info. 1+ For you.

 

[DanWalsallFC]

Yep I changed it from West Ham because I was reading a wrong piece of info. 1+ For you.

Ah okay, wasn't being an idiot picking at things. Just didn't want you going through the Villa squad if you were going to look for him that way and not being able to find him!

 

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San Marino Disposed of- Wales cruise to win.

WALES 2-0 SAN MARINO

Collins 20

Vokes 88

 

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South Africans Toppled

WALES 2 - 0 SOUTH AFRICA

J.COLLINS 45+3
CHURCH 59


​I was really happy with this performance- a solid defensive stand was taken and it seems to get the best results- which is good. Slightly worried my top scorer is James Collins, a centre back. Oh well.

We're now 32nd in the rankings, which is good place to start our campaign of qualifying for the 2014 world cup. Here's our group:

BELGIUM

Top Players: Fellani, Hazard, Kompany
Captain: Vincent Kompany
Manager: Marc Wilmots
Ranking: 49th
Comments: They look a really big threat- they have an amazing squad and I can't see why they are ranked below us. A win at home and a draw away would be good. And I also like their badge.

Croatia

Top players: Modric, Olic, Corluka
Captain: Darijo Srna
Manager: Igor Štimac
Ranking: 13th
Comments: Highest ranked team in the group- I need to get at least 3 points against them- even if their pitch is terrible.

 

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The rest of the group:

SCOTLAND

Top Players: Steve Fletcher, Darren Fletcher, Berra
Captain: Darren Fletcher
Manager: Craig Levein
Ranking: 52nd
Comments: One of our rivals, so we need to do the double over them.

SERBIA

Top Players: Kolarov, Subotic, Ivanovic
Captain: Brainislav Ivanovic
Manager:Siniša Mihajlović[1]
​Ranking: 38th
Comments: This ends the list of the teams that are going to be aiming for the 1st and 2nd spots.
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FYR MACEDONIA

Top Players: Pandev, Ibraimi
Captain: Goran Pandev
Manager: John Toshack
Ranking: 108th
Comments: Need to get all 6 points- interesting considering that Toshack is an Ex-Wales manager- walking out on the team twice- and being Welsh.

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[Oscar]

Why did you put your group in three seperate posts . Anyway, good luck

 

[ZeusThunder]

Because I did it in parts because after a while the text starts to muck up for me.

 

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Wales of to Great Start

CROATIA 1-2 WALES

EDUARDO 43 MORRISON 38
MODRIC 90+3 RC BELLAMY 90+2

Yes- delighted with the injury time winner!

Other results:

Scotland 1-0 Belgium
Serbia 2-0 Macedonia

 

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Wales top the group

WALES 2-0 SCOTLAND

KING 63
VOKES 76

Always good to get a win over your rivals- we were expected to lose this 1-0.

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Other results:
Belgium 2-1 Serbia
Macedonia 0-1 Croatia


Table:

Wales 6 points
Serbia 3 points +1 GD
Croatia 3 points 0 GD
Belgium 3 points 0 GD
Scotland 3 points -1 GD
Macedonia 0 points

 

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1 - 1

SERBIA 1-1 WALES

CLEO 67 | MORRISON 75 PEN.

I'm happy with this result- I was only expecting defeats on the road but 4 points against 2 of the harder teams away is outstanding. Slightly worried we have to play 3 games on the road in a row.



FYR MACEDONIA 1-4 WALES

GROZDANOSKI 68 | MORRISON 6,19,33
MITRESKI 90 RC | VOKES 88

3-0 up at half time and we never looked like losing- a first half hat-trick from Morrison meant the game was over at the half-hour mark. Good to get a win over your former manager and fellow countryman.

1 - 4

The Group:

Wales 10 points +6 GD
Belgium 7 points +5 GD
Serbia 7 points +3 GD
Croatia 7 points +1 GD
Scotland 3 points -4 GD
Macedonia 0 points -11 GD