Bellamy announces first squad as Wales boss

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After a summer to get to grips with his new role, Craig Bellamy has announced his first squad as Wales boss for the upcoming fixtures against Turkey and Montenegro.

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00:00The first couple of weeks was new. Spent a bit of time trying to adjust, obviously not

00:07being on a pitch every day which is, you know, over the last seven years what I've been used

00:13to. But I've got to be honest, the last month, the last three weeks, the more you're looking

00:19at the squad, the more you're watching games, getting your stuff together as well has been,

00:25I've loved, I've really loved the last few weeks.

00:28This is Craig Bellamy's first time in charge of a football side and he says that there's

00:32one element he didn't think about, injuries. He says he now has to watch every game his

00:38players play with his fingers crossed, hoping there aren't any players picking up anything

00:42that can keep them sidelined.

00:44Every weekend you have fingers crossed, which is really rare, but it's, I could be talking

00:52about a different squad coming next weekend, it's that, it is that. So you're always like,

00:58you know, we have a lot of people watching a lot of games, I'm watching a game every

01:03weekend as well and then we have a conversation after it and honestly the first words are

01:08anyone pick up anything, everyone's fine.

01:11Bellamy was always known as a brash, in-your-face type player on the pitch, but during his time

01:16on the sideline he's clearly taken his own style of management and hopes that his tactics

01:21shine through, saying there is a lot of emphasis on his players fully understanding their jobs

01:26on the pitch.

01:27Do I want to win every game? Of course I do. But over this six-game period of this nation

01:32league, I want it to become so clear for the six games. Now, in order to do that there's

01:38going to be a lot of meetings because are we going to be the best physically or, I'm

01:45not sure. But tactically and the knowledge of what our players are going to be able to

01:50take on board, I believe that's what's going to give us an advantage. Where we can adapt

01:55in games, we don't lose 45 minutes, we don't lose 90 minutes because we can change, we

01:58can adapt.

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