Friday, August 22, 2008

RAMBO IN, EARNIE OUT FOR WALES

Aaron Ramsey is one of nine Under 21's who faced Romania on Wednesday who have been called into the senior squad for the World Cup opening qualifiers home to Azerbiajan on September 6 and in Russia on September 10.
The squad features 2 current Cardiff City men (Paul Parry and Joe Ledley) and four former Bluebirds but Wales have major defensive problems with centre halves Nyatanga and Gabbidon injured while James Collins is named having just returned to West Ham reserves after lengthy injury.
A huge disappointment for Robert Earnshaw who only just got back into the squad last Wednesday, played just a few minutes as a late sub and now finds himself dropped again by John Toshack.
The Under 21's face a massive task to win their final game in Romania on September 9 for qualification but all those in the senior squad are also named in the Under 21 squad as some may be discarded for the senior trip to Russia which follows the Azerbaijan match and head for Bucharest instead.
WALES SQUAD
Wayne Hennessey (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Boaz Myhill (Hull City)
Lewis Price (Derby County)
Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur)
James Collins (West Ham)
Steve Evans (Wrexham)
Chris Gunter (Tottenham Hotspur)
Craig Morgan (Peterborough United)
Sam Ricketts (Hull City)
Ashley Williams (Swansea City)
Andrew Crofts (Gillingham)
Simon Davies (Fulham)
David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
Carl Fletcher (Crystal Palace)
Owain Tudur Jones (Swansea City)
Jason Koumas (Wigan Athletic)
Joe Ledley (Cardiff City)
Paul Parry (Cardiff City)
Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)
Carl Robinson (Toronto FC)
Brian Stock (Doncaster Rovers)
Craig Bellamy (West Ham)
David Cotterill (Sheffield United)
Freddy Eastwood (Coventry City)
Ched Evans (Manchester City)
Sam Vokes (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

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