Craig Bellamy meets the media for first time as Wales boss
Craig Bellamy is a Welsh footballing icon, known for his temper and passion during his playing days, he’s now been named the new Wales boss, replacing former coach Rob Page. Bellamy has been in management for a few years, and is finally set to take his first job as number 1. He says he’s passionate, dedicated and ready to go.
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00:00Honestly, from afar, this was not something that was always playing on my mind, it really
00:05wasn't. But the more I got into the detail of it, the more reasons, because you try and
00:13make a sensible decision, not just total emotion, everything just come back to certain feelings
00:21I had about being involved with Wales. And really, if I look at it, it never really left
00:27me.
00:28The new boss says that the whole association has a winning formula now, where for years
00:32we were left in the footballing wilderness for much of when Bellas was playing. But now
00:36major tournaments should be the norm, and he hopes to take Wales there consistently.
00:42If you look at the set-up, and you look at the organisation and where it is now, it's
00:47geared for success and it's geared to qualify. And it's just for ourselves, including myself,
00:53is to enhance that and improve it, and to keep improving where we are now at this present
00:59moment. Of course, we've had a knock-back because we didn't enter, we weren't involved
01:03in a few European Championships, but to make sure that hopefully we're able to go to a
01:07World Cup again, and hopefully with the Euros then after. So that's a real motivation as
01:12well.
01:13Obviously, one of the things that followed Craig Bellamy throughout his playing days
01:16was his bust-ups and question marks over his temperament. He says now, though, that he's
01:21older and wiser, but understands that he hasn't yet proven he's past it, but knows
01:25that this is his opportunity to do so.
01:28My thought process was about becoming number one then, because inexperience, that's always
01:34going to be thrown, but also temperament, that's a nice word that usually likes to get
01:39used. Until I'm able to do it, and hopefully then after a few months, after a year, maybe
01:47two, maybe three, I don't know. I think you have a good understanding and temperament's
01:52fine, yet now he has experience, so hopefully that will be able to dismiss that.