Tagged: John Toshack

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New caps in Croatia?

Although each of the uncapped players in the current Wales squad to face Croatia has spent time in previous squads, and a couple even accompanied the squad to Qatar, the more that senior players such as Ben Davies and Wayne Hennessey withdraw, the more transitional the squad begins to look.

Such is the strength of squad that Rob Page is able to pick in comparison to the bare bones that John Toshack selected for Croatia back in 2010, that even with seven uncapped players and the unavailability of five of the twelve most capped male players in history, Wales travel to Croatia this weekend with more belief than in 2010

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Full backs…to the future!

Leon Barton Leon analyses the evolution of Wales full back options since the 1990s and early 2000s, when players would often be press-ganged into playing out of position to mask our deficiencies in quality....

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Wales and Hungary down the years

On Tuesday Wales will take to the field in Budapest to face Hungary for the eleventh time. Wales have only faced the other home nations, the Republic of Ireland, Belgium and the former Czechoslovakia...

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John Toshack – saviour or sinnerman?

With John Toshack’s autobiography Toshack’s Way hitting the shelves of bookshops in time for Christmas, Leon Barton reviews the book and assesses the kid from Canton’s unique footballing career as player and manager. John Toshack...