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Wales football news - June 2002.


Hughes caution Mark Hughes is warning his players not to be complacent ahead of Euro 2004 matches He has also stressed that we need to take points from these matches, and we all know that these are the games that count.. The difficult part comes in September, I would be happy to see us translate our form against Germany into the coming games. - Mark Hughes. Sunday, June 30th 2002.

No change Mark Hughes looks set to continue as manager with preparations well under way for the forthcoming Euro 2004 qualifying matches. Sparky is currently spending time looking over the itineraries for the two away games against Finland and Azerbaijan, with flights, hotels and training facilities under review. Welsh football association officials are expected to send inspection teams to Helsinki and Baku during July. Regarding Hughes' post as manager there is no change there at all. Sunday, June 23rd 2002.

It could have been us I'm sure that those of you who have been following the World Cup matches cannot fail to be impressed by Ireland's progress through the tournament. But the question that is probably on all our lips is "Could we have done that?" If we look at things realistically I think you have to answer Yes we probably could. Taking the current performance of the team, a win and two draws against World class opposition couldn't have been a fluke they didn't all have bad days. Ireland drew with Germany and made it to the final 16. Wales beat Germany and I bet we are all saying, "We could have done that", Roll on Euro 2004 in September. Monday, June 17th 2002.