00:00Trust in the people I have with us, trust in the players, trust in the work we've done
00:07through the week, that allows everything to stay reasonably quite calm and hopefully stay
00:13in control of a lot of situations.
00:15It's the start of a new era for Welsh football, a new boss and a new hope for the men's national
00:21team, as a World Cup looms in the not-so-distant future.
00:24It's been a difficult year for the side with some embarrassing losses and a failure to
00:29qualify for the Euros earlier on this year, so new boss Craig Bellamy will be hoping to
00:34turn things around in his first games in charge.
00:37With the Nations League now a legitimate path to the World Cup, the upcoming games against
00:41Turkey in Cardiff and then away to Montenegro are a real chance for the new manager to make
00:46a mark, and he says he's raring to go.
00:49I've been waiting for this, it's what I wanted, so normal to feel nerves, I hope I do, because
01:00that gives me a sense of the importance and what it means.
01:05I feel I'll be, if I'm not feeling nervous, I'll probably be more concerned with that.
01:10There have been a few players pull out from the squad, most notably Danny James and David
01:14Brooks, but it's meant that a good few young players could shine if they're given a chance
01:18on the pitch over the next week.
01:21Plus former Cardiff City striker Mark Harris is in blistering form for Oxford United, scoring
01:26in each of the opening four games of the championship season so far.
01:30And, besides the likes of Kiefer Moore, Wales have been looking for that proper number nine,
01:35so Harris could be the man we need up front.
01:38Turkey are a team Wales know all too well, and both sides have taken some pretty big
01:42scalps over the other in recent years, so with Turkey the current form team, Wales will
01:47know how important it is to start well against them, and hope for a result which could set
01:52us firmly on the path towards the World Cup in Canada, the USA and Mexico in 2026.
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