Wales v Austria

It seems Old Tosh has lost his copy of How To Win Friends and Influence People. He seems to be ruffling a few feathers in Welsh football recently, but does have a point about re building the set up. He's inherited an old squad and although experience is invaluable, he must look to the future and give the new kids a chance. The first of two games against Austria could be very interesting because the pressure will be on Austria more than Wales. You can take the view and Tosh doesn't deny it, that Wales have given up on qualifying for the World Cup and will concentrate on qualifying for the Euro Championships in 2008. So it is difficult to gauge the state of mind of the Welsh, but they won't want to lose. They have a new manager to impress. Stan James bet Wales 11/10,The Draw 9/4, Austria 2/1.I suspect Wales will do very well on Saturday. The exploits of the national Rugby team will give the players a natural lift and their strike force of Bellamy (5's), Hartson (5's), Earnshaw (6's) and Giggs (8's) can all score goals. Robert Earnshaw also looks value to score anytime at 13/8 after his hat-trick against Charlton. The Austrians do need the points to mount a realistic campaign against England and Poland. At the start the Austrians would have looked at second spot as theirs but they have struggled a bit since their win against England. They will see the two games against Wales as six valuable points and they should be up for it. Their star man upfront is Mario Haas (7/1) and if they spread it about on the large pitch they could expose a somewhat brittle Welsh defence. We could see plenty of goals. A high scoring draw 2-2 is 16/1 and you could easily see it happening. John Toshack is an experienced coach and he is still on his honeymoon period so Wales have every chance of getting something from this game. They will have to be tight as well because they have been exposed at the back on many occasions. If their luck holds out in defence, I'm sure they will get goals at the other end. It could be the most exciting of all the matches. Get a free twenty five pound bet from StanJamesGet a free fifty pound bet on VCBet