Wales boss John Toshack admits their promising youngsters like Gareth Bale, the Tottenham fullback, have not blossomed as he hoped, denting further dreams of reaching Euro 2012.

He said: "We haven't been able to get there with the players we've had and this result shows that this current crop isn't ready. Hopefully they will be in the future but it probably won't be me here to see it. It hurts and it's frustrating but that's the truth of it."