Wales sack Page - Pundits react

Wales person sacked head Rob Page aft 3 and a half years successful charge.

Page, 49, who led his state to a first World Cup successful 64 years has paid nan value for Wales' nonaccomplishment to suffice for Euro 2024.

BBC Sport Wales' pundits person been reacting to nan news.

Former Wales skipper Ashley Williams:

“Time will show if it is nan correct decision, I deliberation he’s been unlucky, I’m upset for him because he’s a awesome guy, each nan players will beryllium upset for him arsenic well.

“He hasn’t had nan results, truthful location were rumours astir that this mightiness happen.

“It came down to whether they were going to springiness him different run aliases not. Ultimately you’ve sewage to qualify, but possibly Wales person go a small spot of a unfortunate of their ain success.

“He did return america to nan World Cup and nan Euros earlier that and you benignant of commencement to deliberation getting location is simply a fixed and it isn’t.

“I don’t deliberation anyone is surprised, no-one feels awesome astir this situation, everyone likes Rob Page astatine nan FAW, nan players decidedly do.

Maybe we person been a small spot spoilt because we started to suffice for worldly regularly and past we didn’t qualify.”

Former Wales guardant Gwennan Harries:

“I deliberation Rob Page has done a bully job, you can’t opportunity he hasn’t pinch what he has achieved pinch this squad, but evidently nan expectations are truthful overmuch higher now because we’ve had a sensation of it.

“With nan Euros, it is easier to suffice now than it utilized to be, location are much places disposable and pinch those added expectations and other spaces, we expect to beryllium there.

“We person sewage a talented squad. Yes we person mislaid our world class, elite subordinate successful Gareth Bale, but not galore teams person sewage personification of that quality.

“I deliberation sometimes successful games nether Rob location wasn’t a different scheme aliases an expertise to accommodate and it has costs us, ultimately.

“I deliberation it was nan correct determination successful position of really Wales person been playing. The performances haven’t been accordant enough."

Former Wales striker Robert Earnshaw:

“It’s a agelong clip since personification has been sacked arsenic head of Wales, we tin beryllium proud of that, we’ve been doing beautiful decently.

“I was a small spot shocked erstwhile I heard, successful position of nan timing. A mates of months agone aft nan play-off crippled they backed him. So nan timing does daze me.

“But I americium not wholly surprised. The past mates of years, nan past twelvemonth especially, it’s been very up and down. It’s not felt a comfortable ride.

“Robert Page has done an fantabulous occupation but it’s travel pinch a batch of ups and downs.

“We person to take nan correct head to bring nan champion retired of nan players.

“We haven’t seen that consistently nether Robert Page.

“You dream personification comes successful arsenic speedy arsenic imaginable truthful they tin get utilized to things down nan scenes.”

Wales’ grounds scorer Helen Ward:

“I consciousness for Rob Page. We person a batch to convey him for. He oversaw immoderate great, awesome moments. It’s a existent shame for him.

“Wales request their fans’ backing and I americium judge that has played a role. It can’t conscionable beryllium based connected nan games successful June, because they were meaningless.

“The instrumentality guidance has been really difficult to ignore.

“The issues spell arsenic acold backmost arsenic nan World Cup, nan performances weren’t good.

“There were truthful galore moments successful nan past run wherever you thought his clip was up.”

Former Wales striker Iwan Roberts:

“The penning has been connected nan wall. The only point that surprises maine is that they gave him some of nan friendlies this period successful each honesty.

“The penning has been connected nan wall since [FAW main executive] Noel Mooney came retired and said he was looking for different options to return complete from Robert, earlier nan Croatia game.

“After nan Poland game, erstwhile we grounded to scope nan Euros, they could person done it then. I’m amazed they’ve done it aft 2 friendlies. Why not springiness a caller head an opportunity to activity pinch these players successful those 2 friendlies?

“Now we will spell into nan Nations League, pinch a really reliable first crippled against Turkey, pinch a caller scheme and a caller voice."

Former Wales striker Ian Walsh:

“He’s done remarkably good for Wales. We dainty our managers and group for illustration that sometimes diabolically – I look a batch astatine societal media and he gets hammered connected there. That’s really disrespectful and a disgrace.

“He’s achieved what he’s achieved. No different Welsh head has done that and if we can’t clasp our caput up precocious and beryllium very thankful for what he’s achieved, it dumbfounds me.

“They’ve allowed him to play 2 friends matches – he’s had tons of injuries and we person nary monolithic Welsh stars successful nan broadside astatine nan moment.

“All successful each I do consciousness sorry for Rob but I conscionable dream he has a very bully pay-out from nan Welsh FA because erstwhile you’re sacked it’s not very bully and group get connected your backmost and I for 1 deliberation nan Welsh FA person been very unprofessional astir it.

“It’s ridiculous timing. You could person had nan clip pinch nan caller head if they’d person brought personification in. But who’s going to travel successful now?”

Former Wales striker Nathan Blake:

“I thought nan timing was a small odd. They decided to instrumentality pinch him, truthful I thought he’d get astatine slightest different Nations League campaign. For maine it is surprising.

“Obviously nan FAW were concerned nan fans had turned connected nan manager. You are ne'er going to fulfill everybody.

“I understand nan decision. But I deliberation what Rob has achieved is beautiful typical and he should beryllium proud of that.”

Iwan Roberts:

“I deliberation location is 1 sanction astatine nan apical of nan database astatine nan minute, location is simply a logic Vincent Kompany hasn’t taken Craig Bellamy to Bayern Munich pinch him.

“He was nan first personification he turned to for Anderlecht and Burnley.

“I deliberation Craig would beryllium nan perfect appointment. I deliberation if you could get Craig pinch Osian Roberts moving alongside him, that would beryllium nan perfect partnership.

“You’ve ever been capable to spot his shot intelligence and I’m talking astir backmost erstwhile he was 17 aliases 18-years aged and burst onto nan segment astatine Norwich.

“You could conscionable show that nan shot intelligence of Craig was perfectly phenomenal.

“From what I perceive he’s a awesome coach and I deliberation he’d beryllium a awesome assignment for nan Welsh FA, I really do.

“I don’t deliberation he’s arsenic outspoken and temperamental arsenic he was successful his playing days, I deliberation he has calmed down a batch and I deliberation he’d do a awesome job.

Ashley Williams:

“I don’t deliberation Wales are successful a modulation now, it’s a caller squad.

“It needs personification pinch possibly a spot much acquisition than Rob Page had.

“Someone who comes successful who nan fans will spot a small spot more.

“I don’t cognize wherever they go, but location are immoderate bully managers disposable if they want an world role.”

Gwennan Harries:

“It’s a pity to miss retired connected personification for illustration Steve Cooper. We will astir apt perceive names for illustration Craig Bellamy and Osian Roberts, my only mobility would beryllium that some of them person ever been assistants, they haven’t had overmuch acquisition arsenic a main manager, that is simply a wholly different role.

“Do nan FAW break distant and spell retired and spell against what they usually do pinch nan accepted stance of putting a Welsh head successful charge?

“Maybe now is nan clip to do that. It’s difficult to know. The FAW won’t beryllium capable to break nan bank.

Robert Earnshaw:

“I tin spot Craig Bellamy arsenic Wales head to beryllium honorable pinch you.

“I tin spot him doing it. He’s very master and very bully pinch young players.

“Osian Roberts arsenic good was a coach of excavation for a agelong time. He’s besides personification who has very bully acquisition and is simply a very bully coach.

“Personally I’d propulsion successful nan sanction of Thierry Henry. He’s done nan Welsh FA coaching courses, he knows Dave Adams and he understands Welsh football.

“His shot encephalon is brilliant. He’d raise nan bar, raise nan level. Would he want it? I don’t know. But that’s my thought."

Helen Ward:

“I haven’t seen nan names successful nan frame. I deliberation portion of nan problem is location isn’t an evident campaigner for nan role.”

Nathan Blake:

“I don’t mind who it is, I don’t mind if they aren’t from Wales, they tin beryllium from different satellite arsenic agelong arsenic they person nan correct credentials to mould nan squad to play nan style that fits them best.

“If they do that, we person capable value to suffice for tournaments.”

Wales skipper Aaron Ramsey wrote:

“It has been a travel we tin each beryllium proud of from nan Euros to taking Wales to a World Cup for nan first clip since 1958.

“I personally conscionable want to convey you for each you person done for me.

“You person been a privilege to activity with, a man and existent family man. Myself and nan squad will everlastingly beryllium grateful for your guidance. These past fewer years are years we will treasure.”