Yes, I sat in a lot of those half empty stadiums during the Toshack era, when there would be just a handful of us at away games and we took some terrible beatings on the pitch.
But I believe what Toshack did laid the foundations for what we have now. He took a chance on young kids (Bale at 16 etc) knowing full well we weren't going to win much but that by getting these kids to 50 odd caps by the time they were mid 20's he was building the nucleus of a team for the future which although some years in the making came to fruition at Euro 2016 etc. In my opinion Brian Flynn, the under 21 manager at the time, should also get some credit for unearthing a lot of those kids.
Whilst I realise a lot of the praise for Wales current "success" is heaped upon Gary Speed I do think some of the journalists / pundits should not overlook the contribution of Flynn and Toshack.
