The inquest had started to unfolded within seconds of yet another Wales defeat with questions asked about when the coach would go, who’d replace him and which new players would be brought in.
“Get rid of them all,” went a demand from one drinker in a Valleys’ club. “Useless, every one of ’em.” The comment didn’t prompt widespread applause, but, if memory serves correctly, not was it greeted by widespread hostility.
It was the early 1990s, when Wales plumbed depths that were not even explored in Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
