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It had been billed as a throw back to the old home Internationals, we were told to expect a high paced Premier League style derby, instead, with the exception of a crunching 50-50 between Andrew Crofts and John Shelby Harris Jersey Terry, and Wayne Rooney hacking Joe Ledley, it was more like a bottom versus top La Liga encounter than a Premier League derby.Gary Speed rather than opt for a long ball, blood and thunder approach, admirably insisted Wales play the ball out ofdefense. A fine tactic when you are Barcelona, have ball playing defenders, like Gerald Pique at your disposal and your Denver Broncos Home Office opponents have been pushed deep. Wales however struggled with this approach, due mainly to the fact that they were pushed very deep at times by England, and that the Welsh back four, with respect, are not the best ball playing defenders you will ever see.This played into Englands hands who pre sed with intensity and frequently won the ball in the Welsh half.As a contest it waseffectivelyover by the 14 minute and given the gulf between the two sides it would Craig Morton Jersey be wrong to read to much into the result. Po sibly the most significant thing to come out of the game is that the me sage that keeping the ball is e sential in the International game seems to be getting through. England pa sed the ball well, for the most part, and the Welsh also attempted to play football. Furthermore the fact that much of the focus was on two Cody Conway Jersey youngplay-makersJack Wilshire and Aaron Ramsey, shows again a new emphasis on po se sion football.This isundoubtedlya long overdue change for England, for whom ball retention has been aconsistentweek spot. However, whether this is the right approach for Wales results-wise is another question, there are no points given out forartistic merit in football and Wales could certainly havebenefitedfrom getting the ball up the pitch and pushing up on Saturday. Nonethele s, as a sign, it is a good thing, tactics and attitudes trickle down from the top to the lower levels. The fact that both Wales and England were attempting to play Frank Tripucka Jersey good football is an indication that the me sage that British football has to improve technically has beenreceived and acted upon. And this will surely aid the creation of more Ramseys and Wilshires in the future.