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Post by hooky on Nov 5, 2023 15:40:12 GMT
www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/changing-face-welsh-football-four-28037938Thanks goodness. Look at the quality / experiences of some of the woman in senior roles. Thanks goodness the country is modernising its thinking / becoming more inclusive. Makes you think about all that potential / talent ignored for so many decades before the recent era Maybe becoming more modern in such areas will eventually give us the self confidence to seriously and thoughtfully consider independence. If Ireland can thrive then there is no reason Wales cannot create a good economic model. We will always keep our compassionate side but we do need to ensure we do not penalise entrepreneurs and we need to be business friendly if we are going to be successful in building a new history in the future. Instant access to the European economy would be a big stepping stone and advantage over England but probably unlikely that we would be able to be allowed to build up in investment haven like Ireland as the EU would be unlikely to allow another country to slash corporation tax so aggressively, which has created so many jobs in Dublin. Wales with more infrastructure could surely take some of the finance jobs away from London if in the EU and we could target attracting IT / growing services industries, just like Ireland does. We should work on the economic model utilising qualified experts and then look into achieving it. What we should not do is go into it without a plan!
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Post by Belle Vue on Nov 6, 2023 14:58:00 GMT
Ok
So the FAW want to improve the women’s game
Really / let’s look at yesterday’s 4 matches in the top women’s league in Wales
Swansea - attendance 153 ( south wales derby )
TNS - attendance 72
Cardiff Met attendance not given
Pontypridd attendance not given
Good luck to these 4 ladies
Mooney still obsessed with the ladies game, but surely he can see it’s a non starter with attendances like this
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Post by winsumluzsum on Nov 6, 2023 17:57:32 GMT
I'm not really sure what your point is. You have to start somewhere, and when you look at how attendances have grown in the women's game generally, then the trajectory is likely to be one of growth. It may take longer in Cymru, but I don't see that as a reason for snide remarks disparaging the women's game.
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Post by gwernybwch on Nov 6, 2023 20:01:38 GMT
Mooney still obsessed with the ladies game, but surely he can see it’s a non starter with attendances like this You do understand that it is the blazers who decide which direction or focus the FAW has and then it is up to the CEO (Mooney) to implement those wishes? If he is 'obsessed' with the women's game, it is because the FAW Council expect him to be. |
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Post by CrackityJones on Nov 6, 2023 20:07:57 GMT
Belle Vue is obsessed with Mooney.
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Post by surge on Nov 6, 2023 22:39:05 GMT
It's good that (what appears to be) good people are being promoted.
We can either be a nation striving to be better, at all levels, or be one of individuals taking unnecessary shots at community members keeping community clubs going. Not that there can't be constructive criticism.
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Post by athenempadu on Nov 6, 2023 23:17:15 GMT
I'm all for getting the women onboard, but what about the LGBTTQQIAAP and other excluded minorities?
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Post by welshrover on Nov 6, 2023 23:49:43 GMT
You need the right people for the job regardless of gender / orientation / colour etc.
Ability to do the job should be the most important recruitment requirement in my view not box ticking.
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Post by redwall65 on Nov 7, 2023 18:28:19 GMT
40% gender parity across football is a big ask, and the focus should be on delivering the actual strategy regardless of what mix of gender delivers that. Focus on the strategy and a natural gender balance will happen… which will be a real representation of Welsh football. These things should not be forced or contrived to tick boxes…
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Post by manulike on Jan 5, 2024 14:08:25 GMT
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Post by Belle Vue on Jan 5, 2024 18:47:29 GMT
Nothing to do with Mooney
He’s Irish , so not even British he can sling his hook back to Ireland although I kind of get the feeling he’s not welcome there !!
Leave our country alone !
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Post by vaulksthrowfanclub on Jan 5, 2024 21:24:50 GMT
I’m strongly in favour. “Wales” derives from ‘foreigner’, whilst Cymru derives from ‘countrymen’ (or similar). It makes total sense. A wise decision to change it to Cymru as standard in my opinion. |
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Post by gwernybwch on Jan 6, 2024 7:47:43 GMT
Nothing to do with Mooney He’s Irish , so not even British he can sling his hook back to Ireland although I kind of get the feeling he’s not welcome there !! Leave our country alone !I'M NOT BRITISH EITHER. PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE THE BRIT'S TO LEAVE MY COUNTRY ALONE. Seriously, where does your hatred for Mooney stem from? I'm guessing; he refused to sign your expenses form or something similar? |
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Post by bracklablue72 on Jan 6, 2024 8:20:30 GMT
Nothing to do with Mooney He’s Irish , so not even British he can sling his hook back to Ireland although I kind of get the feeling he’s not welcome there !! Leave our country alone ! ‘He’s not even British’? Wtf does that mean? That you’d prefer a Sais to have an opinion on our future than Mooney? I’m not British either! I’m Welsh/Cymreig, however you want to describe it, whether I speak the language or not |
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Post by turkpower on Jan 6, 2024 11:44:40 GMT
The ancient Welsh were the original British.
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Post by redwall65 on Jan 6, 2024 14:51:23 GMT
Love or hate him you have to love the weave www.advancedhairstudiouae.com/amp/results-before-after-maleIt’s too early for our nation to be known as Cymru, it would be confusing… as 65 year old Welsh Speaker I love our language, history and culture but it would be a mistake for us to change at the moment. www.omniglot.com/countries/europe.htmRespect the local language, but we have to look at the bigger picture and what ‘Wales’ brings in re tourism/commence etc. being easily recognised. |
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Post by ddirpytnop on Jan 7, 2024 11:10:58 GMT
Love or hate him you have to love the weave www.advancedhairstudiouae.com/amp/results-before-after-maleIt’s too early for our nation to be known as Cymru, it would be confusing… as 65 year old Welsh Speaker I love our language, history and culture but it would be a mistake for us to change at the moment. www.omniglot.com/countries/europe.htmRespect the local language, but we have to look at the bigger picture and what ‘Wales’ brings in re tourism/commence etc. being easily recognised. You are missing the point. This isn't about what other people call us - but what we call ourselves. Much of the world doesn't refer to us as Wales anyway - they call us things like Pay de Galles, Gales, Galles, Galler and my favourite, Tara Galilor. The point is that if you go to say, Finland, they refer to their country as Suomi. That others might refer to the country as Finland or y Ffindir is irrelevant to them. And to suggest that it is 'too early' for our nation to be known as Cymru just seems bizzare. We have been calling ourselves that for far,far longer than most of the world's nations have existed. |
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Post by redwall65 on Jan 7, 2024 11:58:33 GMT
You make a really valid point but I think you will be surprised by how many people around the world don’t know what Cymru is… so why confuse when we want to drive commerce and tourism?
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Post by iot on Jan 7, 2024 12:40:02 GMT
You make a really valid point but I think you will be surprised by how many people around the world don’t know what Cymru is… so why confuse when we want to drive commerce and tourism? I don't think you're coming at this from a bad place at all, but with respect I think you have quite an old-fashioned way of thinking about language and its effect on tourism. Cymraeg should be seen as an asset in attracting tourists, not a hindrance - and using the word Cymru in how we promote ourselves is an extension of that. There's been research on the relationship between minority languages and tourism which comes to this same conclusion. I can't profess to have gone through it in any detail, but this looks quite interesting from a quick google search: "Cultural heritage still accounts as one of the main motivations for international tourists; recent research has observed an increasing interest in the living culture of a population... minority languages, i.e. local languages spoken by a minority of the population, have the potential to represent an added value, differentiate the destination, and attract tourists to the area." www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1743873X.2021.2012183 |
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Post by cynonvalley on Jan 7, 2024 17:53:11 GMT
The tracksuit jackets with CYMRU on the back during the World Cup were great.
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Post by ddirpytnop on Jan 7, 2024 20:00:21 GMT
You make a really valid point but I think you will be surprised by how many people around the world don’t know what Cymru is… so why confuse when we want to drive commerce and tourism? Very, very few people around the world will have heard of 'Cymru'. I know that. You would be surprised how few have heard of 'Wales' - and even if they have, they generally couldn't point to it on a map. It has little value as a marketing brand. But in all honesty, that is to completely miss the point. I don't mind 'marketing' our bit of the world to the other bits of the world using the name that is used for our bit of the world in theirs. So 'Walia' when dealing with the Poles, Galler when talking to the Turks. But the name we use when talking to ourselves should be our own name - Cymru - not a perjorative one imposed by others. |
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jan 9, 2024 10:28:55 GMT
The tracksuit jackets with CYMRU on the back during the World Cup were great. I'm so gutted these are not available to buy online! |
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