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Post by yanto on Dec 3, 2019 13:12:27 GMT
Thought I would start a thread for anyone who is not and/or does not want to go in case you're felling lonely . I am currently pondering whether i go and hence apply for tickets for a whole number of reasons such as trying not to fly anywhere (yes other not so polluting options available I know) and UEFAs 'fuck the planet' environmental-less policy. A general hatred of UEFA's 'its for the fans' total bollox statements and going may just encourage them to use the format again. That just for starters. So don't hold back guys, why aren't you going?
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Post by 1gwaunview on Dec 3, 2019 16:07:57 GMT
I'd love to go, but family commitments and finances stand in the way. Never miss a home qualifier, Hungary was my 93rd, but I suppose I'm not the only one in this position.
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Post by insertname on Dec 3, 2019 16:35:06 GMT
Thought I would start a thread for anyone who is not and/or does not want to go in case you're felling lonely . I am currently pondering whether i go and hence apply for tickets for a whole number of reasons such as trying not to fly anywhere (yes other not so polluting options available I know) and UEFAs 'fuck the planet' environmental-less policy. A general hatred of UEFA's 'its for the fans' total bollox statements and going may just encourage them to use the format again. That just for starters. So don't hold back guys, why aren't you going?I'm quite particular about travel. I won't go somewhere just because we qualify, I want a Wales football match to be an excuse to go somewhere that actually interests me that I wouldn't go to ordinarily (and to be fair I've enjoyed some pretty good Wales away trips in the past using this rule of thumb). Sadly I'm pretty uninspired by recent locations: France was close to home and culturally uninteresting to me, this Euros is pretty boring due to the format. Azerbaijan seems one of the more interesting venues but I'm not desperate to go there. Qatar in 2022 and Germany in 2024 are pretty 'blah' for various reasons. The big miss for me was Poland/Ukraine in 2012 and Russia in 2018, still gutted we never qualified for those. The WC in 2026 is the next finals that really interests me personally.
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Post by yanto on Dec 3, 2019 17:08:22 GMT
Insertname, does that mean you are not going?
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Post by yanto on Dec 3, 2019 17:10:05 GMT
I'd love to go, but family commitments and finances stand in the way. Never miss a home qualifier, Hungary was my 93rd, but I suppose I'm not the only one in this position. Yep no doubt not the only 1 m8. I reckon quitealot won't go for lots of reasons
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Post by oscardelta on Dec 3, 2019 18:40:25 GMT
There will be many who will not go..........
Money Family circumstance ........... hard to justify spending holiday budget for football IF partner and kids end up with no summer holiday Work circumstance .............. zero time available / unemployed Personal circumstances Health .......... they or family member etc etc
Toast to absent friends when there and don't rub it in when return as shoe can be on other foot in the future.
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Post by jbt95 on Dec 3, 2019 20:36:54 GMT
Thought I would start a thread for anyone who is not and/or does not want to go in case you're felling lonely . I am currently pondering whether i go and hence apply for tickets for a whole number of reasons such as trying not to fly anywhere (yes other not so polluting options available I know) and UEFAs 'fuck the planet' environmental-less policy. A general hatred of UEFA's 'its for the fans' total bollox statements and going may just encourage them to use the format again. That just for starters. So don't hold back guys, why aren't you going?I'm quite particular about travel. I won't go somewhere just because we qualify, I want a Wales football match to be an excuse to go somewhere that actually interests me that I wouldn't go to ordinarily (and to be fair I've enjoyed some pretty good Wales away trips in the past using this rule of thumb). Sadly I'm pretty uninspired by recent locations: France was close to home and culturally uninteresting to me, this Euros is pretty boring due to the format. Azerbaijan seems one of the more interesting venues but I'm not desperate to go there. Qatar in 2022 and Germany in 2024 are pretty 'blah' for various reasons. The big miss for me was Poland/Ukraine in 2012 and Russia in 2018, still gutted we never qualified for those. The WC in 2026 is the next finals that really interests me personally. Bloody hell. Have you heard yourself?
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Post by osprey on Dec 3, 2019 21:16:42 GMT
There will be many who will not go.......... Money Family circumstance ........... hard to justify spending holiday budget for football IF partner and kids end up with no summer holiday Work circumstance .............. zero time available / unemployed Personal circumstances Health .......... they or family member etc etc Toast to absent friends when there and don't rub it in when return as shoe can be on other foot in the future. Good post.
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Post by quetzal on Dec 3, 2019 21:33:30 GMT
There will be many who will not go.......... Money Family circumstance ........... hard to justify spending holiday budget for football IF partner and kids end up with no summer holiday Work circumstance .............. zero time available / unemployed Personal circumstances Health .......... they or family member etc etc Toast to absent friends when there and don't rub it in when return as shoe can be on other foot in the future. Great post. Living in Guatemala i’m just happy to see a Wales game. Last 5 years i’ve only been to six.
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Post by insertname on Dec 3, 2019 22:17:26 GMT
I'm quite particular about travel. I won't go somewhere just because we qualify, I want a Wales football match to be an excuse to go somewhere that actually interests me that I wouldn't go to ordinarily (and to be fair I've enjoyed some pretty good Wales away trips in the past using this rule of thumb). Sadly I'm pretty uninspired by recent locations: France was close to home and culturally uninteresting to me, this Euros is pretty boring due to the format. Azerbaijan seems one of the more interesting venues but I'm not desperate to go there. Qatar in 2022 and Germany in 2024 are pretty 'blah' for various reasons. The big miss for me was Poland/Ukraine in 2012 and Russia in 2018, still gutted we never qualified for those. The WC in 2026 is the next finals that really interests me personally. Bloody hell. Have you heard yourself? What’s wrong with that? You have countries/cultures you are more interested in/would rather visit than others right?
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Post by majorraglan on Dec 4, 2019 0:10:08 GMT
There will be many who will not go.......... Money Family circumstance ........... hard to justify spending holiday budget for football IF partner and kids end up with no summer holiday Work circumstance .............. zero time available / unemployed Personal circumstances Health .......... they or family member etc etc Toast to absent friends when there and don't rub it in when return as shoe can be on other foot in the future. Great post. Living in Guatemala i’m just happy to see a Wales game. Last 5 years i’ve only been to six. That’s a pretty impressive achievement, there’s fans in Cardiff who’ve seen less than that!
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Post by majorraglan on Dec 4, 2019 0:20:59 GMT
There will be many who will not go.......... Money Family circumstance ........... hard to justify spending holiday budget for football IF partner and kids end up with no summer holiday Work circumstance .............. zero time available / unemployed Personal circumstances Health .......... they or family member etc etc Toast to absent friends when there and don't rub it in when return as shoe can be on other foot in the future. To be honest I am in this boat. We are looking at taking a family holiday to the States next summer which will overlap with the Euro’s to make up for a pretty grim holiday this year when one of my kids became very seriously unwell. I have a very limited amount of leave which I need for the family holiday, on top f that I can’t justify the expense of a trip to Azerbaijan when I have a family holiday to pay for. Would love to go especially having tasted it in France, bit I have to prioritise. Good luck to the team and those travelling.
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Post by bale-droed on Dec 4, 2019 0:21:33 GMT
I was living in Canada between Jan 2015 and Sept 2017 and now I’m in Australia until July 202 before I return home to live. I went to every home game between1998 and 2014 (except Austria 2005 ). I’m so so so desperate to go as work commitments stopped me going to euro 2016! I’ve booked my hotel in Baku,Rome and I took a punt at Bilbao. But I fully realise I probably can’t go
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Post by zakbaby on Dec 4, 2019 3:31:42 GMT
Been living in Australia since 2006 and I booked a trip home and to the USA in March so can't see me going to Euros as well. Hopefully catch a home friendly in March.
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Post by quetzal on Dec 4, 2019 3:35:18 GMT
I was living in Canada between Jan 2015 and Sept 2017 and now I’m in Australia until July 202 before I return home to live. I went to every home game between1998 and 2014 (except Austria 2005 ). I’m so so so desperate to go as work commitments stopped me going to euro 2016! I’ve booked my hotel in Baku,Rome and I took a punt at Bilbao. But I fully realise I probably can’t go Missing the golden years!!!! I saw some of Mike England home(was a kid), 90% of Yorath home and 100% f**king percent of Ghoul and 80% of Sparky and then started traveling. But love Guatemala and have a beautiful family and a very good business. Life
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Post by rangers15 on Dec 4, 2019 11:52:16 GMT
There will be many who will not go.......... Money Family circumstance ........... hard to justify spending holiday budget for football IF partner and kids end up with no summer holiday Work circumstance .............. zero time available / unemployed Personal circumstances Health .......... they or family member etc etc Toast to absent friends when there and don't rub it in when return as shoe can be on other foot in the future. excellent post... especially the last sentence. we can be a bit guilty at times at putting fans into certain categories (somtimes unfairly). I was lucky enough to go to France as it wasn't too expensive and my very understanding wife knew how much it meant to me to be there. however, as much as i'd love to be there this summer, i just dont think i can justify the cost and time of getting out to baku. there is always lottery win!
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Post by iot on Dec 4, 2019 13:19:49 GMT
Thought I would start a thread for anyone who is not and/or does not want to go in case you're felling lonely . I am currently pondering whether i go and hence apply for tickets for a whole number of reasons such as trying not to fly anywhere (yes other not so polluting options available I know) and UEFAs 'fuck the planet' environmental-less policy. A general hatred of UEFA's 'its for the fans' total bollox statements and going may just encourage them to use the format again. That just for starters. So don't hold back guys, why aren't you going?I'm quite particular about travel. I won't go somewhere just because we qualify, I want a Wales football match to be an excuse to go somewhere that actually interests me that I wouldn't go to ordinarily (and to be fair I've enjoyed some pretty good Wales away trips in the past using this rule of thumb). Sadly I'm pretty uninspired by recent locations: France was close to home and culturally uninteresting to me, this Euros is pretty boring due to the format. Azerbaijan seems one of the more interesting venues but I'm not desperate to go there. Qatar in 2022 and Germany in 2024 are pretty 'blah' for various reasons. The big miss for me was Poland/Ukraine in 2012 and Russia in 2018, still gutted we never qualified for those. The WC in 2026 is the next finals that really interests me personally. I sort of get what you're saying. One of my favourite aways was georgia away and I much prefer that to somewhere like dublin. I also went to the china cup where the football was an excuse to visit china. So I do use football as an excuse to visit obscure countries which I wouldn't otherwise do - or that's part of it, anyway. However, I'm assuming we're all football anoraks here. So although the county is a big part of it (and the obscurer the better for me), surely the football in and of itself is a massive attraction too? We're all probably within the 10% of most enthusiastic Welsh football fans to be posting on here, so I find it strange that a major tournament (of which we've only been to 3 in our 100+ year history) is not enough of a pull in itself. France was possibly the best couple of weeks in my life. This one won't be as good, but it will still be up there as a great experience I'm sure. I also think the whole 'dilution of the tournament's prestige' mantra is very dramatic. To get far in this tournament, we'd have to get through a group of top sides in italy, switzerland, and turkey. It's an incredibly difficult tournament for a nation like us to compete in, so I would be ecstatic if we were to progress from the group stage.
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Post by rico on Dec 4, 2019 18:07:45 GMT
Thought I would start a thread for anyone who is not and/or does not want to go in case you're felling lonely . I am currently pondering whether i go and hence apply for tickets for a whole number of reasons such as trying not to fly anywhere (yes other not so polluting options available I know) and UEFAs 'fuck the planet' environmental-less policy. A general hatred of UEFA's 'its for the fans' total bollox statements and going may just encourage them to use the format again. That just for starters. So don't hold back guys, why aren't you going? Good point on the flying / environmental issue with this tournament. Where people are slowly coming round to the notion that we need to make big changes to slow down climate change, UEFA's idea is to host a tournament where fans have to fly half way across the world between games!? It's ridiculous. I am going though and therefore a massive hypocrite. Hoping to not completely rely on flights, but Azjer is a pretty tough place to get to. (Hoping maybe Istanbul - Baku train is running by next year?)
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Post by jbt95 on Dec 4, 2019 18:58:31 GMT
Bloody hell. Have you heard yourself? What’s wrong with that? You have countries/cultures you are more interested in/would rather visit than others right? Yes But this is Welsh international football! Between 1958 and 2016 we didn't go anywhere! Beggers can't be choosers! That's why I am saying sod it and going to Baku. Slovakia didn't interest me at all but as soon as I could get a ticket I went, and personally thought it was a dump and the people were rude af! End of the day, once in the stadium, you could be anywhere.
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Post by scoop76 on Dec 5, 2019 4:47:50 GMT
There will be many who will not go.......... Money Family circumstance ........... hard to justify spending holiday budget for football IF partner and kids end up with no summer holiday Work circumstance .............. zero time available / unemployed Personal circumstances Health .......... they or family member etc etc Toast to absent friends when there and don't rub it in when return as shoe can be on other foot in the future. Absolutely. Good post.
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Post by dai on Dec 5, 2019 11:12:12 GMT
A few things will stop me going, some of those in oscardelta's list. Two small kids, and I'm the only bread winner means that there's not much spare cash going around at the moment. Plus I cannot justify spending a few grand of savings on a personal holiday when we cannot afford to go abroad as a family.
Also, I have unfortunately a bit of a flying phobia, so I cannot see me going to Baku anyway. I last flew to Glasgow for the Scotland match, which was only just bearable, so a 5 hour flight or whatever is way above my phobia capacity! France was easily accessible by train which was ideal!
Hopefully I can make the Rome match, but I'm really not a fan of Italian football fans, so I'll probably swerve that one as well.
I do envy those who can seemingly do as they please - money no object etc. It's a great time to be a Welsh football fan, but the difficulty of attending major competitions takes the excitement away somewhat. I only saw two group games in Euro 2016 as money was tight and time off work difficult.
However I will be really f***ing annoyed when people, who actually last went to a Wales game in Euro 16, will find tickets and will be there next year! I have some 'friends' who are wealthy and are already talking about going - their last games was Wales vs Portugal.
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Post by insertname on Dec 5, 2019 19:01:19 GMT
What’s wrong with that? You have countries/cultures you are more interested in/would rather visit than others right? Yes But this is Welsh international football! Between 1958 and 2016 we didn't go anywhere! Beggers can't be choosers! That's why I am saying sod it and going to Baku. Slovakia didn't interest me at all but as soon as I could get a ticket I went, and personally thought it was a dump and the people were rude af! End of the day, once in the stadium, you could be anywhere. Oh absolutely and I hope everyone has a great time if they can go. It’s difficult for me because I’m self employed so if I have one day off I’m losing money- as such I’m very selective over travel so it’s about combining football with a place I genuinely have an interest in visiting. My plan for next summer was a few days in Ukraine, Baku is not a million miles away and I considered tying it in with the first game, but there is the hassle of tickets etc so I am happy to wait for things to line up better for a qualifying away game or a finals should we qualify again in my life time!. As dai sort of suggested- if money was no object then I think everyone on this board would be going, or trying to go. As it is we all have constraints on both our time and money, some less so than others and as a result we have to make choices about what we can do. When I win the lottery I’ll be a Wales away regular!
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Post by cadno on Dec 5, 2019 21:57:49 GMT
Paul Dummett.
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Post by fieldtownred on Dec 6, 2019 11:11:40 GMT
Joe Jordan (probably)
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Post by iot on Dec 6, 2019 12:14:22 GMT
Tom Bradshaw
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Post by allezlesrouges on Dec 6, 2019 13:09:16 GMT
It's funny, had he bothered to commit to us he'd have likely played against Croatia/Hungary/Azerbaijan, and would be going to the Euros. He was all too keen to drop out though after not being picked against Slovakia. Newcastle > injury prevention > Cymru for him unfortunately. His unremarkable career will most certainly be forgotten before long anyway.
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Post by bringbackelmo on Dec 6, 2019 13:42:47 GMT
Now that we've qualified it has become really apparent just how crap this format is for fans. France was great but I just can't see this tournament having the same vibe at all (although I'm sure those that do go will have a great time).
I'm going to try for tickets for Rome and then the SF and final - had a baby at the start of the year and it just isn't plausible (never mind affordable) for me to be jetting all over Europe, sadly!
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Post by cadno on Dec 6, 2019 14:37:23 GMT
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Post by erasedcitizen on Dec 6, 2019 18:07:42 GMT
It's funny, had he bothered to commit to us he'd have likely played against Croatia/Hungary/Azerbaijan, and would be going to the Euros. He was all too keen to drop out though after not being picked against Slovakia. Newcastle > injury prevention > Cymru for him unfortunately. His unremarkable career will most certainly be forgotten before long anyway. He'll no doubt come out of international retirement around March time.
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Post by pendragon on Dec 8, 2019 12:01:33 GMT
had a baby at the start of the year and it just isn't plausible (never mind affordable) for me to be jetting all over Europe, sadly! (Belated) congratulations 😀
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