:00:33. > :00:37.World Cup campaign. Croatia are all but ended Wales's hopes of making
:00:38. > :00:43.Brazil at the Liberty Stadium in March. Chris Coleman's contract
:00:43. > :00:50.expires in the autumn. He says he wants to stay in the job and lead
:00:50. > :00:54.Wales to 2016. The man making all of the headlines misses out. John
:00:54. > :01:03.O'Shea wins his 90th cap for Ireland. Giovanni Trapattoni, he was
:01:03. > :01:07.Italy coach when Wales beat them on that memorable night and Cardiff.
:01:07. > :01:13.It's ten years since Wales looks like qualifying for a major
:01:13. > :01:17.tournament, with that win over Italy. Tony Pulis will give us and
:01:17. > :01:24.on honest assessment. Gareth Bale is out with a foot
:01:24. > :01:30.injury. Despite the speculation linking him to Real Madrid, he still
:01:30. > :01:34.turned up. Liverpool's Joe Allen returns, with
:01:34. > :01:36.Sam Ricketts at the heart of the defence. The exciting Crystal Palace
:01:37. > :01:45.youngster Johnny Williams is expected to play just behind Craig
:01:45. > :01:53.Bellamy, who gets his 74th cap. A special night for Glenn Whelan, who
:01:53. > :01:58.makes his 50th appearance for Ireland in 18 -- a team captained by
:01:58. > :02:03.John O'Shea. McCarthy is the only starting player without a Premier
:02:03. > :02:11.League club. The build-up has been about an absent friend. Watching,
:02:11. > :02:21.but not playing tonight. Ireland prepared to kick-off. The challenge
:02:21. > :02:42.
:02:42. > :02:52.for Wales is to win without Gareth appearance tonight. The Stoke City
:02:52. > :03:31.
:03:31. > :03:38.a leave. He allowed the Welsh defenders to get back, make it
:03:38. > :03:48.difficult for him. Chris Coleman, big thoughts of the World Cup
:03:48. > :04:06.
:04:06. > :04:16.tracked back. He really needs to be playing in front of him, rather than
:04:16. > :04:49.
:04:49. > :04:55.get the ball in. Denied by The that came off O'Shea's head. He was
:04:55. > :05:00.unaware. Westwood missed it. It just came off O'Shea's head, another
:05:00. > :05:10.corner. Very lucky, he could have headed it straight into the back of
:05:10. > :05:10.
:05:10. > :05:52.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:05:52. > :06:02.Alameda. Just offside, not much in that. O'Shea works his line off the
:06:02. > :06:06.
:06:06. > :06:12.full-back. He knows that Bellamy is Bellamy. Indications that the next
:06:12. > :06:18.four World Cup games will be his last for Wales. Thinking of hanging
:06:18. > :06:21.up his international boots. What a mess he will be. Chris Coleman says
:06:21. > :06:31.that the Bale Circus, or what surrounds him, has not affected the
:06:31. > :07:02.
:07:02. > :07:12.Long, but he does well. The last time he it came in, he dropped it.
:07:12. > :07:22.
:07:22. > :07:29.But he keeps it. That is good shoots wide. What a way that would
:07:29. > :07:33.have been to celebrate your 50th cap. I think he will be disappointed
:07:33. > :07:43.he's not at least hit the target. Not under a great deal of pressure.
:07:43. > :07:58.
:07:58. > :08:03.seem to be a little bit more... Shall we say a little bit more
:08:03. > :08:07.spaced out, the Welsh defence? Brady, he touched it away from
:08:07. > :08:11.Ricketts. He should be doing better, at least hit the target. There seems
:08:11. > :08:21.to be a little bit more space in the Welsh defence, rather than the Irish
:08:21. > :08:27.
:08:27. > :08:31.the best chance of the night. you say they are a bit rusty? I
:08:31. > :08:36.don't think you can. You should be ready for the start of the season,
:08:36. > :08:42.come the weekend. The only thing you can say, he was unaware, when he let
:08:43. > :08:52.it go. Hoolahan let it go. A lovely little move. A lovely drag back.
:08:53. > :08:53.
:08:53. > :09:58.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:09:58. > :10:04.he has been through his career. thinking, if he does make changes,
:10:04. > :10:09.what changes is he going to make at half-time? You would usually keep
:10:09. > :10:14.the same players on for four five minutes. The only one I think he
:10:14. > :10:19.might take off straightaway at half-time might be Craig Bellamy.
:10:19. > :10:29.The shot by Walters was not too far away. He's had something like four
:10:29. > :10:56.
:10:56. > :11:06.line as well. Gareth Bale knew that he was not going to be able to play,
:11:06. > :11:06.
:11:06. > :12:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:12:07. > :12:11.but he was here in camp. He enjoys doubles by Shane Long. But he rolls
:12:11. > :12:21.it across, tries to bend it into the far corner. He uses the player,
:12:21. > :12:37.
:12:37. > :12:45.really. It is Ricketts. If it's on Wales' most fluent move of the half
:12:45. > :12:51.so far. Robson-Kanu with a little flick forward for Williams who runs
:12:51. > :12:59.onto it. His last touch was a little bit heavy. Even without Gareth
:12:59. > :13:09.Bale, and there is pace. Bellamy saw the run of Ben Davies. It was a
:13:09. > :13:22.
:13:22. > :13:28.he gets there. The half-time whistle goes. Not too much to enthrall the
:13:28. > :13:33.crowd at the Cardiff City Stadium. Ben Davies almost made it a half to
:13:33. > :13:39.remember. The ball just bounced before the Swansea full-back hit it.
:13:39. > :13:48.There have been no goals. Will there be changes in the second half? We
:13:48. > :13:54.are about to find out. Just the one change at half-time. McLean of
:13:54. > :14:04.Sunderland is on for Manchester United's Brady. Chris Coleman has
:14:04. > :14:13.
:14:13. > :14:21.stuck to his guns. No changes in the his team at half-time, Kevin?
:14:21. > :14:28.a difficult one with it being a friendly. The premiership season is
:14:28. > :14:35.starting at the weekend. Williams concedes the first corner that the
:14:35. > :14:45.Republic of Ireland have one. little overlap by Coleman.
:14:45. > :15:20.
:15:20. > :15:30.brought down. It is a long way out, but we have seen Craig Bellamy score
:15:30. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :15:58.from this distance previously. Westwood made the save. Just the
:15:58. > :16:07.right height for the keeper. He has done well, Westwood, to see that.
:16:07. > :16:11.Bellamy did well to hit the target, just maybe needed some more pace.
:16:11. > :16:21.One of only five coaches to have one league titles in four different
:16:21. > :16:42.
:16:42. > :16:52.countries. Italy, Germany, Portugal Williams, Mr reliable. Talking about
:16:52. > :17:12.
:17:12. > :17:22.bar from his West Bromwich team-mate, Long. 14 minutes into the
:17:22. > :17:32.second half, just about on the hour mark. Craig Bellamy makes his exit
:17:32. > :17:49.
:17:49. > :17:59.from the Cardiff City Stadium. He is replaced by Leicester City's Andy
:17:59. > :18:17.
:18:17. > :18:23.what they are used to, Wales. The back four were happy to squeeze the
:18:23. > :18:33.midfield players up with them. burst through the middle. Excellent
:18:33. > :19:08.
:19:08. > :19:18.save by the Wales goalkeeper, Myhill lovely diagonal ball. Sam Vokes just
:19:18. > :19:41.
:19:41. > :19:51.real pain in the side, Walters. does get touches on balls that you
:19:51. > :20:11.
:20:11. > :20:18.block by Ashley Williams from the rebound. And people say they don't
:20:18. > :20:23.care about friendly internationals! That is a bit of pride. Great block
:20:23. > :20:33.by Ashley Williams. It was a great strike as well. Thought it was a
:20:33. > :20:42.
:20:42. > :20:50.of Ireland sensing there was something on. Once again, Myhill
:20:50. > :20:59.came to the rescue. Madden, wasn't sure if he could pick Walters out.
:20:59. > :21:09.The ball has come across. It was a great save by Myhill. What a block
:21:09. > :21:17.
:21:17. > :21:23.still going. Don't think he will get anything for that? No, there was a
:21:23. > :21:28.bit of a gap. He did think about shooting early. This is the
:21:28. > :21:37.opportunity, comes inside. Great strike. There is McLean to follow it
:21:37. > :21:43.up. Great save by Myhill and Ashley Williams to follow up with the save
:21:43. > :21:49.as well. Kevin Ratcliffe, has this been a worthwhile exercise for Chris
:21:49. > :21:56.Coleman? You find out a little bit more about your players. What we
:21:56. > :22:02.have seen is Sam Ricketts can play centre half. I think when Sam Vokes
:22:02. > :22:08.comes on, we have to realise if it does go to them, we have to squeeze
:22:08. > :22:18.in a bit better and change our style. You don't realise these
:22:18. > :22:22.
:22:22. > :22:27.things. That was almost on for Davies. Almost out of nothing. Only
:22:27. > :22:36.two places between these sides in the rankings. They have been evenly
:22:36. > :22:42.matched. Madden saw the whites of the goalkeeper's eyes. This is one
:22:42. > :22:49.Myhill should come for. His body is there to deal with it. If you are
:22:49. > :22:54.going to come, take it. That is the final whistle. Chris Coleman wanted
:22:54. > :23:01.Wales to show they could win without Gareth Bale, but they couldn't. But
:23:01. > :23:07.they did not lose either. Myhill made some great saves, particularly
:23:07. > :23:11.in the second half. It was a tame affair all round. There doesn't
:23:11. > :23:17.appear to be any casualties. Ashley Williams will be ready for
:23:18. > :23:27.Manchester United at the weekend. Ben Davis to. It finished at the
:23:28. > :23:37.
:23:37. > :23:41.Cardiff City Stadium with Wales' to zero with Germany in Frankfurt.
:23:41. > :23:46.But they have Myhill to thank for his terrific saves. Let's hear from
:23:46. > :23:54.Chris Coleman. Was that a worthwhile exercise?
:23:54. > :23:58.Absolutely. Republic of Ireland are a good team, well organised. You can
:23:58. > :24:08.see why they are there or thereabouts in every major
:24:08. > :24:08.
:24:08. > :24:15.championships. Defensively, very aggressive. They made chances and we
:24:15. > :24:19.had to call on Myhill a couple of times tonight. For us, in terms of
:24:19. > :24:28.how we want to play and how we want to play long term, we won't get a
:24:28. > :24:32.tougher test. How was that for you? It was a good work-out for us. We
:24:32. > :24:35.have two important qualifiers to come in a couple of weeks and the
:24:35. > :24:41.Premier league starting in a couple of days. A little bit disappointed
:24:41. > :24:45.we did not get the victory. We had some fantastic chances. A mixture of
:24:45. > :24:54.poor finishing, great defending and great goalkeeping kept us out. Lots
:24:54. > :25:00.to build on. You are a defender, Wales' first draw for 46 games?
:25:00. > :25:06.was a tough game. They are a great team. They came out the gate very
:25:06. > :25:12.fast, which we knew they would. We dealt with that which was very
:25:12. > :25:22.pleasing. Then we settled into the game. We had our chances and they
:25:22. > :25:23.
:25:23. > :25:30.have birds, but we defended well. Contract negotiations going well?
:25:30. > :25:37.all need it to be resolved. I have had some chats which have been very
:25:37. > :25:43.positive. I think from my point of view, the reason I want to take it
:25:44. > :25:48.again, I think the last 18 months, two years have been difficult. I
:25:48. > :25:54.think the next campaign, at least I can have a real good run at it and
:25:54. > :25:59.that is the reason I want to do it again. The conversations we have had
:25:59. > :26:07.have been pretty good. They want it resolved quickly and so do I.
:26:07. > :26:12.on his future later. It has been a dreadful 12 months? It has been
:26:12. > :26:18.difficult. Losing Gary speed in tragic circumstances, Chris has had
:26:18. > :26:23.an unbelievable task of taking over the job. The last couple of games,
:26:23. > :26:30.there has been a big improvement. Even tonight, there was certain
:26:30. > :26:34.things that he will take comfort from. You were there tonight?
:26:34. > :26:40.disappointing. But look at the first five games Chris took over, we lost
:26:40. > :26:45.and performances were poor. We went to Serbia and lost and then Chris
:26:45. > :26:51.said if we are going to fail, we will fail doing it my way. Then he
:26:51. > :26:56.changed a few things. There is no disgrace in losing to Croatia. We
:26:56. > :27:02.should have got something against them at the liberty stadium. If
:27:02. > :27:06.Gareth Bale had taken his chance, we would have gone on to win the game.
:27:06. > :27:12.Without Gareth Bale, Wales look ordinary. You have picked out a clip
:27:12. > :27:16.which shows how Wales failed to break Republic of Ireland down.
:27:16. > :27:22.break Republic of Ireland down. is not just Wales. If Gareth Bale
:27:22. > :27:27.does not play for Tottenham, they are not at the same side. His first
:27:27. > :27:32.movement is, if you stop it now. If he drives forward there is two
:27:32. > :27:40.against two. Gareth Bale would have driven straight at the centre half
:27:40. > :27:46.and taken the other player with him. Bellamy plays another square pass
:27:47. > :27:51.out. By the time that has happened, the Irish team have reset and have
:27:51. > :27:56.almost ten men behind the ball. That is the story of the night for me.
:27:56. > :28:02.They have an Italian manager whose mentality is to make sure they are
:28:02. > :28:09.difficult to break down and to beat. They were that tonight. You are
:28:09. > :28:13.watching this thinking where is Wales' goal going to come from?
:28:14. > :28:19.one real shot on goal we had came from Craig Bellamy after about 65
:28:19. > :28:23.minutes. It was a comfortable save in the end for Westwood. We have to
:28:23. > :28:28.be better than that. We could not break the Irish back four down,
:28:28. > :28:38.chances were few and far between. Yes, it is our first clean sheet in
:28:38. > :28:41.
:28:41. > :28:46.11 games, and that is a positive Bellamy on international duty? I
:28:46. > :28:51.hope he keeps going. He's a great player, and I hope he has a good
:28:51. > :28:55.season with Cardiff and helps Wales for as long as he can. The other
:28:55. > :29:00.thing you have to take into account is that the lads have been with
:29:00. > :29:03.their clubs for five weeks. Especially the ones playing in the
:29:03. > :29:07.Premiership, everything is focused on Saturday, the first game in the
:29:07. > :29:14.Premier League. To bring them away for two or three days, expect them
:29:14. > :29:19.to perform at the highest level, Collins, Ramsay and Bale are all
:29:19. > :29:24.missing, the backbone of the team. It's difficult at times. To expect
:29:24. > :29:29.sparks to fly straightaway with those situations in place, it's very
:29:29. > :29:33.difficult for the lads to perform at the level we would expect, maybe.
:29:33. > :29:36.a former Premier League manager, what goes through your mind when you
:29:36. > :29:43.get players leaving for international duty? With just days
:29:43. > :29:46.to go before kick-off? If I was sat in the Stoke City job, I would be
:29:46. > :29:51.hoping that Glenn, Walters and Wilson were brought off at half-time
:29:51. > :29:55.with no injuries. That is what you are hoping and praying. I have a
:29:55. > :30:03.different view about friendlies. I think friendly matches can be very,
:30:03. > :30:10.very irrelevant. I would rather have a system where the nations have
:30:10. > :30:14.their players once a month for two days, they let them train and work
:30:14. > :30:17.with the managers. You take them away on Sunday, you have they began
:30:17. > :30:22.on Monday, and then you send them back to the clubs. You can work on
:30:22. > :30:26.the shape, the pattern and the system, you can give them dossiers
:30:26. > :30:32.on the teams in the group you are playing against. So, before the
:30:32. > :30:36.proper games start, the lads are clued up on what the manager wants
:30:36. > :30:40.and needs from them. As a player in that group. They also have an
:30:40. > :30:45.understanding of the team they are playing against. Chris has eight
:30:45. > :30:50.group of players together, some of his best players. A group of players
:30:50. > :30:56.that he had FIFA days, that have worked in pre-season. Most probably,
:30:56. > :31:01.they have one eye on the Premier League fixture. I think we are
:31:01. > :31:06.agreed that Boaz Myhill was their best player? By a country mile. I
:31:06. > :31:09.think he has cemented the number one desertion. He has seen the
:31:09. > :31:14.competition off. He made two tremendous saves here. The first
:31:14. > :31:23.one, Shane Long was a handful all evening. He makes it all himself.
:31:23. > :31:27.This one, such an instinctive save. Ashley Williams, doing what he
:31:27. > :31:33.always does, sliding in and making sure that James McClean doesn't get
:31:33. > :31:43.the rebound. Thank you very much indeed. Wales's U21 teamwork in
:31:43. > :31:43.
:31:43. > :31:50.action against Finland and it was for this one. But little to
:31:50. > :31:53.celebrate. Wales were on the road to destruction, the home defence
:31:53. > :31:57.castrated after seven minutes. Victory over Moldova gave Wales hope
:31:57. > :32:04.that they could conquer the group favourites, but they were soon 2-0
:32:04. > :32:08.down. Wales defence showing more holes than a cheese grater. A
:32:08. > :32:14.flicker of hope, briefly, as Hughes showed good composure to set up
:32:14. > :32:20.Lucas, but the captain was unable to get his shot on target. That was as
:32:20. > :32:24.good as it got in the first half, as the visitors effectively ended the
:32:24. > :32:30.contest with the third. Kieron Freeman will not be putting this on
:32:30. > :32:34.his show real. A soft back header falling perfectly. Four - zero, game
:32:34. > :32:42.over. Empty seats and glum faces. There was at least something to
:32:42. > :32:46.savour just after half-time. Patient probing, the restore city striker
:32:46. > :32:51.trapped and Wales were given the spot kick. Hughes, converting. His
:32:51. > :32:56.display was one of the few positives for Wales, who also face England in
:32:56. > :33:02.the campaign to reach the finals. First, they travel to San Marino and
:33:02. > :33:10.Moldova, on the back of a 5-1 thrashing which left the Wales boss
:33:10. > :33:14.dumbfounded. To be 2-0 down at half-time, to not set any standards
:33:14. > :33:20.that we reached in the last few games, it is one where I have to sit
:33:20. > :33:26.down and look at my self, first and foremost. Then we look at what we
:33:26. > :33:36.have done since we have been away, because it is not something I saw
:33:36. > :33:54.
:33:54. > :34:04.Macedonia beat Bulgaria tonight, unbeaten in their World Cup
:34:04. > :34:19.
:34:19. > :34:26.qualifiers. That's wales's next interview with Ryan Giggs on Friday.
:34:26. > :34:31.Catch me on Friday night. Chris Coleman, his future? Some sort of
:34:31. > :34:37.decision very soon. What would you do? I would give him a new contract.
:34:37. > :34:41.I think he has done a fantastic job, give him time. Managers need time.
:34:41. > :34:47.The performances of late have been better. Tonight, if you take any
:34:47. > :34:50.team, and I mean any team, you take the best three players out, or three
:34:50. > :34:54.of the strongest players in your group, you are going to be weak. It
:34:54. > :35:00.is a friendly game. I don't like friendly games. I personally think
:35:00. > :35:04.that he's done a smashing job. There would be no question. I think so, I
:35:04. > :35:07.think you have to give him another qualifying campaign. We have spoken
:35:07. > :35:13.about the difficult circumstances in which Chris got the job. I have seen
:35:13. > :35:19.close hand, the improvement there has been, in the last five games,
:35:19. > :35:22.not including tonight. A friendly, three games before the big season
:35:22. > :35:26.starts, it's always going to be tough. I think he deserves at least
:35:26. > :35:31.another qualifying campaign. Given your Premier League knowledge, where
:35:31. > :35:37.is Gareth Bale going to be playing? I will tell you one thing, Tottenham
:35:37. > :35:45.will not sell him cheap. Trying to deal with Tottenham, it is very
:35:45. > :35:51.difficult. I think he will be playing in white! Once a club like
:35:51. > :35:57.Real Madrid come knocking at your door, it's difficult for a club to
:35:57. > :36:04.turn that down. So exciting, given the fact we have Cardiff and Swansea
:36:04. > :36:08.in the Premier League. How excited are you? Very excited, I think
:36:08. > :36:13.Swansea have bought well. He has added to the squad, he spent money
:36:13. > :36:16.and brought in quality. Excited for Cardiff, the first year for a long
:36:16. > :36:20.time they have been in the top flight and I pray they get off to a
:36:20. > :36:23.good start. Whatever happens at Cardiff, everybody has two stick
:36:23. > :36:29.together. Last year, they had a wonderful season, they got used to
:36:29. > :36:33.winning. This season they will have to get used to bouncing back. From
:36:33. > :36:37.the chairman, the directors, players, manager and especially the
:36:37. > :36:42.supporters, they have to stick together to be successful. Do you
:36:42. > :36:48.expect them to stay up? I think they will stay up. I think he had a good
:36:48. > :36:53.group of players. He has bought wisely. And I think he will bring
:36:53. > :36:57.another couple in before the transfer window finishes. I
:36:57. > :37:00.certainly see three worst teams in the Premier League than Cardiff. I
:37:00. > :37:05.think Swansea will have a very good season, I think they will finish
:37:05. > :37:08.higher than last year. Europe could be a bit of a hindrance. But he has
:37:08. > :37:15.brought eight players in over the summer and he has strength in depth
:37:15. > :37:19.now. You took Stoke into the Europa League, is it a hindrance? It's
:37:19. > :37:23.difficult, coming back from an away game and playing a Premier League
:37:23. > :37:25.game on Sunday is very difficult. But Michael has played in Europe, he
:37:26. > :37:34.understands Europe, that is why it is important that he strengthened
:37:34. > :37:41.the squad. As was said, quality players. They should cope. As a
:37:41. > :37:51.Newport boy, how nice is it to see them back in the Football League?
:37:51. > :37:54.
:37:54. > :38:00.I've been at Wrexham. I think Justin has done a wonderful job. Fingers
:38:00. > :38:06.crossed they have a good season. are looking well. Enjoy the summer?
:38:06. > :38:12.I've enjoyed it. When are we going to see you back in that cap? We will