Wales maintained their bizarre pre-match custom in posing for a team photo ahead of their 2-1 win over Montenegro in the Nations League second group H match on Monday in a 47 formation it was hard not to notice the weird organization of the players which of course did not affect their organization in the game judging from the result and while the wealth style is far from the usual well- compact formation employed by almost all teams it seems instilled in the culture of the national team and quite evident over the years from having three players standing and eight squatting to leaving space enough fit another player on the standing line the dragons have tried it all even when they have had six at the back and five in the front or vice vesa their aligned has always remained out of place which has sometimes attracted reticule from football fans who hardly understand the reason behind the well style which cannot be by accident considering the number of years it has been observed actually going back as early as 2002 when there was an article poking fun at their messy team photo according to former Crystal Palace midfielder Joe lley Wales teams do it on purpose at first we didn't look into it but gradually a few photos got together and it was awful so we just thought we may as well keep it the same it's been good luck for us too it's not really superstitious but I don't think we will have a proper photo we don't practice we just talk within the group and we decide what to do said lley