Wales News

Ryan Giggs says he wants to manage Wales. He has also wondered about coming out of retirement. I would love him to come out of retirement but I kind of feel that after all the service he’s given to Wales it should be up to him. He retired but at least he waited until he was in his mid-thirties.
And if he wants to manage Wales maybe he could go to training sessions and help out. It would give him the chance to learn and it would be better than giving him the job before he’s properly ready. A lot of ex-players get rushed into management and it doesn’t always work out.

Ryan Shawcross’ old club Manchester United understandably want him back but Ryan is set to tell them where to go by signing a new contract at Stoke. And if you could sign yourself up for Wales while you’re at it, Ryan, I really will love you forever. Ryan was born in England but went to school in Wales. Unfortunately for Wales, his dream is to play for England.

St Mirren midfielder Andy Dorman says he’ll know more players in the Scotland side than in the Wales side. But that’s not so strange. It’s probably a bit like when Arsenal midfielder Theo Walcott plays for England against France.

Craig Bellamy is such a naughty boy. Manchester City are going on some training camp thing and he’s gone with them. Maybe he is just going to sit on the sidelines and rest his groin but if he wasn’t Welsh I’d be very very suspicious.
But at least Man City remembered to tell Wales about it this time.

John Toshack says he wants to retire if Wales have another ‘unsuccessful’ year. I just don’t think they did that badly. Fourth place was perfectly respectable, third place was still possible in the penultimate game, and they had key players out injured all the time, which is harder to deal with in a small country.
I really do think he has reason to be hopeful. Half his squad are under twenty-one, not all of them are getting regular first-team football and yet they’re playing really well. Imagine how good they’ll be once they are few years older and in the first team. And speaking of players who are under twenty-one, the current under-21 team are top of a group that includes Italy and Hungary. They can’t be that bad.