John Toshack
John Toshack
John Benjamin Toshack OBEis a Welsh former footballer and football manager. He currently manages Wydad Casablanca. He has also managed several others clubs including Swansea City, who he took from the Fourth Division to the First in four seasons, and two spells with Real Madrid...
against cent england five four ok per prove quality sides top
England have a lot of quality in a lot of areas, particularly midfield. But they have still got to prove that they can be one of the top six. Against 60 per cent of sides, some of the things they did against us they'll be OK with. But against the top four or five sides they may just have to have a re-think.
although bit final looking pleased quality whistle
Although we lacked a little bit in quality, we did go all the way to the final whistle looking to try and get that goal. I was pleased with that.
coming forward game looking players quality
The players know what this game is all about. They've been looking forward to it coming around and they know the quality of player they are up against.
best changing final ireland maybe northern pattern pride similar stick
We all have our pride to play for and we will do our best here, and we will stick to a similar pattern before maybe changing things around for Northern Ireland and Azerbaijan in our final two qualifiers,
finished game last onto quite strongly
We finished the game quite strongly but we couldn't get onto the end of anything in the last third,
advice advise anyone coming early leave match might miss otherwise until
I should advise anyone coming up to the match to come early and not leave until the end, otherwise they might miss something.
again beat chances dent england next poland share view
As a Welshman I share the view that we want to beat England to dent their chances of qualifying, but then again I want to do the same thing to Poland next week.
others send six three
The six of them did so well with us that I told Brian, 'I will keep the lot of them and send you three of the others from the squad! You can have them instead'.
best doubt england expect far home poland side win
Poland are very good. We did our best but there is no doubt that by far the best side won.You would expect England to win their home games, though.
expect fitness match obviously problem season since start
Obviously match fitness is something else but that's a problem we have had since this season started. We would expect to start with him.
advanced asked ball david delighted easy gives player praise rarely role special
It's easy to praise Ryan, he is always such an influential player and he scored two special goals. But I was delighted for David Vaughan. He is a clever, skilful player and he rarely gives the ball away. I asked him to play in an advanced role and he was outstanding all night.
difficult hopefully line months pieces process puzzle work year
It's a difficult process but hopefully a year or 18 months down the line they will be experienced enough, know how we work and we can put the pieces into the puzzle as we feel fit,
create destroy difficult easier games
It's a lot easier to destroy than to create and if you look at Azerbaijan's games they're difficult to beat,
bit hard harder
It was always going to be hard but it may even be a bit harder now.