WE NEED A BALE-OUT

Dragons skipper Williams calls on superstar Gareth to get the Welsh firing again

GARETH BALE is primed to deliver for Wales again to reignite their World Cup dream, according to skipper Ashley Williams.

Real Madrid’s £85million superstar Bale was suspended for Wales’ 1-1 draw in Serbia in June.

But he is back for tonight’s huge clash at the Cardiff City Stadium against Austria, where both sides desperately need victory.

Wales are unbeaten in qualifying but have drawn their last five matches to fall four points behind

Serbia and the

Republic of Ireland.

Williams (right, training with Tom

Lawrence and Joe

Allen) admits they are relying on Bale, who has 26 goals in

66 caps, to put

Wales back on the road to Russia.

“We will need him as we always do,” said the experienced

Everton centre- back. We need him to perform as he does and put a shift in for the team and just do what he always does, really.

“If we are going to be successful, we always need him, he knows that.

“He has had so many good nights here, hopefully we have another good one.”

Wales have stumbled despite leading in four of the five draws, including twice in Vienna, only to settle for a single point. Former Swansea defender Williams added: “We need to do better when we are in the lead. It is something we have spoken about.

“If that happens again, I feel we will be in a better position to keep that lead and keep going and try and score again.

“We want to manage the game better and try and see the game out.

“It is something we have not been happy about, we were a very resilient team.

“We’ll have to work harder than we have done before to put that right.

“It has meant we haven’t had that momentum in this campaign but I do feel it changed after the Serbia game in Belgrade which was a good away draw.

“Now we want to pick up a bit of steam finishing the campaign.”

Boss Chris Coleman refuses to panic despite Wales’ dropped points after reaching the European Championship semifinals last year, the nation’s first major finals since 1958.

Coleman reflected: “We either rip everything up and think we need to go down another pathway, which we certainly don’t.

“Or we keep the belief and turn the draws into a win.

“We have to get the job done, we have been here before and our players haven’t disappointed.

“I have always thought it would go the wire.

“But especially here, there is no-one we need to fear.”