Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakapono ana te kaitakawaenga o Liverpool a Joe Allen kua pakeke ia i te wa e whakarite ana a Wales mo te mea ka taea te whakatau i te wa o to raatau pakanga Euro 2016. Kāore a Allen i te nui o ngā upoko kōrero, i te taha o Gareth Bale rāua ko Aaron Ramsey mō te kamupene ao whānui, engari kāore e taea te whakakahore i te tūranga whai hua i whakatangihia e ia i te taha o Chris Coleman. Ko te kēmu o te 25-tau-tawhito ko te pakaru i nga whakaeke me te neke atu i tana kapa ki mua, a koinei te mahi kua riro mai i nga kaiwhaiwhai Reds i muri i tana mea i whakaae ko te timatanga uaua ki te oranga o Anfield i muri i tana whakawhiti £ 15million mai i Swansea i te tau 2012. Ka whakangungu a Joe Allen rāua ko Gareth Bale i te Rāapa i mua i te tukinga nui a Wales ki a Iharaira i te Paraire. Kei te anga atu a Allen ki ngā pāpāho i mua i te tukinga a Chris Coleman ki ngā kaiārahi o te rōpū. 'Ka titiro whakamuri ahau ki taku tau tuatahi i Liverpool, ka pouri ahau ki te huarahi i whakatata atu ai ahau i etahi wa,' ka mea a Allen. 'Engari i roto i ngā tau e rua kua hipa kua tino ako ahau, kua pai ake hoki i taua tirohanga, i aua wheako hoki. 'Kei te mārama au ināianei he maha ngā wā i eke ai au ki runga i roto i taku mahi, engari heoi anō, he wā ka heke iho koe. 'Ko taku heke i roto i te ahua i pa ki taku maia, a koinei te wa tuatahi i wheako ahau i te taumata karapu. 'I Swansea he ahunga whakamua tonu te mea, no reira he ngoikoretanga, engari i puta mai ahau. I tua atu i te noho tonu ki te kapa o Liverpool i roto i nga marama kua hipa, ka kite a Allen i a ia ano hei pou matua o te taha o Wales kua tiimata te whakataetae whakataetae whakataetae Pakeha. Kei te pai a Allen ki te rere i te taha o Liverpool, ā, kua whakamiharo ia i te wā o te hokinga mai o te karapu i ngā marama tata nei. Kāore anō a Wales kia hinga i muri i ngā kēmu e whā, e waru ngā piro, engari ka tū rātou ki tētahi whakamātautau nui o ō rātou tohu tohu ki tētahi kapa o Iharaira kei runga o te rōpū, he pūkete 100 ōrau,. 'Kua eke ahau ki te 25 inaianei, no reira kaore au e whakaaro ki ahau ano he kaitakaro taiohi,' i kii a Allen i mua o te haerenga a Wales ki te mea e kiia ana he hoariri a Sammy Ofer...
Ka haere a Wales ki a Iharaira mō tētahi whakataetae tohu Euro 2016 ka taea te whakatau i te pakanga. Kāore a Joe Allen e mau ana i ngā upoko kōrero engari he tūranga whai hua mō Wales. I whakaae te kaitakawaenga he uaua te wā i uru atu ai ia ki Liverpool. E mea ana a Allen kua pai ake ia hei kaitākaro i muri i te wheako kino.