Wales vs Poland: ‘We aren’t good enough’ – Pundits reaction

Speaking on BBC Radio Cymru, former Wales international Kath Morgan delivered a scathing assessment of where she thinks the team is currently at.

“The opposition we’ve played over the last 12 months have been world class. We need to be realistic and realise that we aren’t good enough to compete against these teams,” she said.

“We aren’t fit enough, we aren’t strong enough, we aren’t good enough in one on one situations.”

The loss was only Wilkinson’s second friendly fixture since taking the job more than a year and a half ago.

Before Poland, Wales’ last six games were all against teams ranked in the top 15 in the world.

Speaking after the game on BBC Radio Wales Sport, former striker Helen Ward offered a more optimistic judgement on Wales’ defeat.

She said: “I’m really torn. In isolation, if you look at the performance and the team Rhian Wilkinson put out, and the experience and quality they were up against you’d probably say there’s a lot to take out of it.

“But when you look at the overall picture, the number of games we’ve gone without a win and the number of games we’ve lost in a row, that’s really difficult to take and something that Rhian Wilkinson will really have to look at.”

Wales made nine changes to the side which started last Saturday’s friendly defeat to Australia, a game which saw the final appearance of Jess Fishlock.

Wilkinson suggested some of the senior players involved against Poland had failed to “grab that game” when the youngsters were in need of help.

Kath Morgan “strongly disagreed” with Wilkinson’s judgement.

“I would’ve started maybe three of the inexperienced players and surrounded them with experience, then gradually change it throughout the game,” Morgan added.

“I disagree with Rhian Wilkinson’s comments when she said the older players didn’t help the young ones. I strongly disagree with that.”