Coleman Told To Learn From Mistakes

Last updated : 17 September 2012 By Covsupport News Service

Former Coventry City manager Chris Coleman has been told to learn from his mistakes.

Coleman has been in charge of a Wales team which has lost five matches on the trot and their only goal game in last week's 6-1 defeat to Serbia.

FAW CEO Jonathan Ford has said that Coleman has their full backing but must improve and told BBC Sport: "Nobody would say we weren't disappointed with that.

"The players will say that, the manager will say that, the fans will say that.

"Of course we want to take every opportunity to learn from our mistakes, to understand what went wrong, to understand what we need to do to put it right.

"I've got every faith in Chris Coleman to make sure he will recognise those things he needs to do to make sure we have every best chance going forward.

"We must win the next couple of matches. "Croatia is going to be very hard. "Scotland, of course, is the key one and let's wish Chris all the very best.

"He's obviously had to do a bit of thinking over the last few days. I'm sure he's going to make a couple of changes going forward, but ultimately we are a very short way into the qualification.

"Chris is only four games in, he's only two games into the qualification. He's got our full backing," Ford said.

"Chris is a very good manager. He's been very successful in the past. I'm hoping he'll be very successful for us here in Wales, too."

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