Coleman blasts West Ham defender over Wales snub
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Chris Coleman blasts James Collins over Wales snub
Chris Coleman has hit out at James Collins after the West Ham man refused an offer to join up with the Wales squad ahead of their clash against Serbia.
The defender was originally not included in Colemans squad for the World Cup qualifying double-header against Macedonia and the Serbs, but an injury to Sam Ricketts prompted a call-up for Collins.
However, the 30-year-old declined the invite and Wales went on to suffer their heaviest home defeat in seven years, losing 3-0 to Serbia.
Coleman told the BBC: James explained to me that he didnt want to come into the squad after being on stand-by because psychologically he was disappointed.
But thats not the attitude Im looking for.
Id rather someone turns around to me and says, I should be in the squad, you got it wrong and Im going to roll my sleeves up to prove you wrong. Thats what Im looking for and I didnt get that.
James Collins is not the reason we lost. The reason we lost is we were outplayed by a better team and we didnt perform and thats something we need to look at.
Chris Coleman has hit out at James Collins after the West Ham man refused an offer to join up with the Wales squad ahead of their clash against Serbia.
The defender was originally not included in Colemans squad for the World Cup qualifying double-header against Macedonia and the Serbs, but an injury to Sam Ricketts prompted a call-up for Collins.
However, the 30-year-old declined the invite and Wales went on to suffer their heaviest home defeat in seven years, losing 3-0 to Serbia.
Coleman told the BBC: James explained to me that he didnt want to come into the squad after being on stand-by because psychologically he was disappointed.
But thats not the attitude Im looking for.
Id rather someone turns around to me and says, I should be in the squad, you got it wrong and Im going to roll my sleeves up to prove you wrong. Thats what Im looking for and I didnt get that.
James Collins is not the reason we lost. The reason we lost is we were outplayed by a better team and we didnt perform and thats something we need to look at.
