I am disappointed with Wales performance, tactics and line-up. Page got it wrong imho.
1. If you want to play defensive and counter-attacking football then play three at the back. I am sure Switzerland wouldn't have scored from header had Cabango played together with Rodon and Mepham.
2. Wales played 4-1-4-1, with James playing too wide. Bale also played more wide then in the middle closer to the Swiss box. Morrell and Ramsey are not goal scorers, so why push Bale and James who ARE goal scorers too wide? If the tactics was to feed Moore with crosses, and not use James and Bale to exploit their speed and run behind the Swiss defence, then that's a wrong tactics. Wing-backs should've provided crosses. Bale and James shoul've attacked the Swiss box and shoot.
3. 4-1-4-1 is a formation Bielsa uses often and this formation requires a lot of running, high pressing and possession. With other words, you have to dominate opposition. Wales let Switzerland have all possession and practically played 4-5-1 forcing Bale and James to try doing something from deep positions. High pressing was almost non-existent. Ramsey had more possession than any other Welsh player and didn't do much with it. Pity, he is a really good player, but he is not a good finisher. Finishing is his weakness.
4. Wales is blessed with some young and technically gifted players who are dangerous in the final third. Here I mean Harry Wilson and David Brooks. Play them. In modern football it's more important to have pace and creativity then to have a targetman up front. I like Kiefer Moore a lot, but I would radically change Wales style of play. It can be done with the players you have, and I feel you are wasting them by not using their qualities. And it doesn't matter if you play defensive, counter-attacking football or a more adventurous, attacking football.
Last season Harry Wilson scored 7 goals and had 11 assists for Cardiff. David Brooks scored 5 goals and had 7 assists for Bournemouth. Connor Roberts scored 5 and had 7 assists for Swansea. That's 17 goals and 25 assists. Two of these three players didn't play from start, and the third one didn't play as wing-back where he is most dangerous.
Let's see who played. Joe Morrel, 0 goals and 1 assist for Luton. Joe Allen, 0 goals and 2 assists for Stoke. Aaron Ramsey, 2 goals and 4 assists for Juventus. All together 2 goals and 7 assists.
These numbers tell you everything you want to know about your manager. I mean, it's so obvious.