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Post by allezlesrouges on Jul 2, 2021 21:00:40 GMT
all bets are off... Denmark are winning it. knock wales out = winners: 1958 - Brazil 2016 - Portugal 2020/21 - Denmark? Or beat Wales and you win it Brazil Portugal Italy? |
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Post by msjohns on Jul 3, 2021 8:37:25 GMT
I'm sure there will be plenty of them out in full voice tonight to support England! Bunch of sycophants!
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Post by cymruramdcfc on Jul 3, 2021 16:24:17 GMT
Don't give 2 hoots about them... as long as England get knocked out... sooner the better as the coverage for them and its coming home site is really grating my nerves
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Post by fiveattheback on Jul 3, 2021 17:09:35 GMT
Don't give 2 hoots about them... as long as England get knocked out... sooner the better as the coverage for them and its coming home site is really grating my nerves The lack of self awareness is what gets me. Whinging about bias toward Wales earlier in the tournament, but constant coverage even when other teams are playing is absolutely fine |
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Post by cynonvalley on Jul 5, 2021 19:53:51 GMT
"It's different in rugby"
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Post by vaulksthrowfanclub on Jul 6, 2021 13:18:03 GMT
Waleshire Online another absoloute Dic Sion Dafydd rag. Published “ All Welsh people should now be supporting England in Euro 2020” piece. Utter jokers of a ‘national’ press.
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Post by toshfan on Jul 8, 2021 9:29:04 GMT
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Post by dai on Jul 8, 2021 16:35:48 GMT
Wales Online have once again posted some shite asking who would we rather see win the final between England or Italy.
Sad the amount of 'Welsh' people who are saying England, with some people even saying 'Obviously wouldn't in rugby.....'. What is it with this country and such strange sporting mentalities?
I'm going to start supporting England in rugby, fuck it.
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Post by quetzal on Jul 8, 2021 17:23:12 GMT
Classic Mark Williams. The valleys are full of these types. |
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Post by dlwilliams on Jul 8, 2021 17:25:00 GMT
Wales Online have once again posted some shite asking who would we rather see win the final between England or Italy. Sad the amount of 'Welsh' people who are saying England, with some people even saying 'Obviously wouldn't in rugby.....'. What is it with this country and such strange mentalities? I'm going to start supporting England in rugby, fuck it. Wales Online is interesting. I stopped following them on both Twitter and Facebook a while ago, for obvious reasons. But during the Euros (or rather, while Wales were still in them), I'd go on their Facebook page from time to time to see what stories were on their general page (not the football/sport-specific one) about the team. The answer? Basically nothing, apart from a story immediately following each game. If it was Wales rugby, you can bet your bottom dollar that there'd be a load of articles about every element of the team, like you get during the Six Nations or the World Cup. |
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Post by caeboy on Jul 8, 2021 18:26:40 GMT
Wales Online have once again posted some shite asking who would we rather see win the final between England or Italy. Sad the amount of 'Welsh' people who are saying England, with some people even saying 'Obviously wouldn't in rugby.....'. What is it with this country and such strange mentalities? I'm going to start supporting England in rugby, fuck it. Wales Online is interesting. I stopped following them on both Twitter and Facebook a while ago, for obvious reasons. But during the Euros (or rather, while Wales were still in them), I'd go on their Facebook page from time to time to see what stories were on their general page (not the football/sport-specific one) about the team. The answer? Basically nothing, apart from a story immediately following each game. If it was Wales rugby, you can bet your bottom dollar that there'd be a load of articles about every element of the team, like you get during the Six Nations or the World Cup. How do you know they are Welsh? The number of hate filled English people calling themselves Dai and Taffy etc on the Wales On-line message boards is something else. They'd be delighted that you aren't supporting the Welsh rugby team too. |
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Post by foxmulder on Jul 9, 2021 10:48:47 GMT
Of course Welsh people are supporting England... they only just bothered casually supporting Wales in 2015.
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Post by msjohns on Jul 9, 2021 11:12:16 GMT
Of course Welsh people are supporting England... they only just bothered casually supporting Wales in 2015. Sadly, there is a lot of truth to that. |
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Post by marsvolta on Jul 9, 2021 11:16:33 GMT
Wales Online have once again posted some shite asking who would we rather see win the final between England or Italy. Sad the amount of 'Welsh' people who are saying England, with some people even saying 'Obviously wouldn't in rugby.....'. What is it with this country and such strange mentalities? I'm going to start supporting England in rugby, fuck it. Wales Online is interesting. I stopped following them on both Twitter and Facebook a while ago, for obvious reasons. But during the Euros (or rather, while Wales were still in them), I'd go on their Facebook page from time to time to see what stories were on their general page (not the football/sport-specific one) about the team. The answer? Basically nothing, apart from a story immediately following each game. If it was Wales rugby, you can bet your bottom dollar that there'd be a load of articles about every element of the team, like you get during the Six Nations or the World Cup. This one made me laugh, one of the people who are listed as supporting England says that he ‘doesn’t follow football and probably won’t be watching the final’ www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/what-welsh-people-told-asked-21002438 |
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Post by kevincarter on Jul 9, 2021 11:47:28 GMT
Of course Welsh people are supporting England... they only just bothered casually supporting Wales in 2015. Sadly, there is a lot of truth to that. That gets my back up. How can anyone call themselves a "fan" if they change their tune at the drop of a hat to support a country they have no connection to? |
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Post by dai on Jul 9, 2021 11:49:54 GMT
I really can't get over the WalesOnline nonsense, they would NEVER do this if it was England in rugby.
Welsh rugby culture and English football culture seems like a marriage made in heaven.
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Post by marsvolta on Jul 9, 2021 13:26:43 GMT
I really can't get over the WalesOnline nonsense, they would NEVER do this if it was England in rugby. Welsh rugby culture and English football culture seems like a marriage made in heaven. BBC Wales just as bad, love some of the answers to this- |
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Post by caeboy on Jul 9, 2021 15:43:43 GMT
I really can't get over the WalesOnline nonsense, they would NEVER do this if it was England in rugby. Welsh rugby culture and English football culture seems like a marriage made in heaven. More to the point, I really can't get over that a supposed Welsh National Newspaper is English owned. If Wales has it's own media and media was devolved this wouldn't be an issue. Maybe try The National instead. |
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Post by dai on Jul 9, 2021 16:08:17 GMT
Got into an argument with some guy on the BBC FB page about the whole supporting England thing. Go in his profile, likes the WRU and England football team. Wtf is it with these 'Welsh' people?
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Post by bale-droed on Jul 9, 2021 16:37:09 GMT
Got into an argument with some guy on the BBC FB page about the whole supporting England thing. Go in his profile, likes the WRU and England football team. Wtf is it with these 'Welsh' people? I love Wales so much. You literally won’t find a guy who knows more Welsh trivia , Welsh history or who watches more Welsh sport than me. ...... but these fucking Stockholm syndrome morons are why I can’t live there anymore. Millions of people around the world fighting for independence and then we have Wales (Cymru) the only dying country on the planet. |
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Post by dai on Jul 9, 2021 16:41:00 GMT
Got into an argument with some guy on the BBC FB page about the whole supporting England thing. Go in his profile, likes the WRU and England football team. Wtf is it with these 'Welsh' people? I love Wales so much. You literally won’t find a guy who knows more Welsh trivia , Welsh history or who watches more Welsh sport than me. ...... but these fucking Stockholm syndrome morons are why I can’t live there anymore. Millions of people around the world fighting for independence and then we have Wales (Cymru) the only dying country on the planet. It's fucking dire. I've always been doubtful in the success of Independence, but now I can see it will never happen with so many England/ British sympathisers in the country. These people are desperate to beat England every single bloody time in a minority sporting event, yet will be against Independence and support England, our main oppressors in one of the worlds biggest sporting events. We're fucked. Cymry am ddiwrnod is well and truly true. |
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Post by msjohns on Jul 9, 2021 17:01:59 GMT
The shallowness of these Rugby loving plastics makes me dislike Welsh Rugby, with their three feathers emblem and Prince William as their cheerleader! Fuck them all.
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Post by cynonvalley on Jul 9, 2021 17:07:41 GMT
100%.
Rugby is irrelevant in Europe outside of 5 places anyway.
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Post by bale-droed on Jul 9, 2021 17:21:50 GMT
100%. Rugby is irrelevant in Europe outside of 5 places anyway. I love rugby union but or fans are like Newcastle United fans when it comes to delusion. We are not a big team in eyes of Southern Hemisphere and how people can go with the “as long as we beat the English” but then cheer the lions is bewildering. It’s not our national sport and it’s not even lose regional rugby is a joke and 90% of the fans watching the six nations only do it because it’s an excuse to drink in the afternoon you literally can’t have an intelligent discussion about anything involving rugby because people don’t know. They think cheering Wales on 4 times a year for 320 minutes in total is patriotism. Pathetic P.s I’d take losing to England if it means advancing in a football group stage just like 2016 and I’d take losing to them in rugby if it means winning the 6 nations! |
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Post by insertname on Jul 9, 2021 17:27:01 GMT
100%. Rugby is irrelevant in Europe outside of 5 places anyway. I love rugby union but or fans are like Newcastle United fans when it comes to delusion. We are not a big team in eyes of Southern Hemisphere and how people can go with the “as long as we beat the English” but then cheer the lions is bewildering. It’s not our national sport and it’s not even lose regional rugby is a joke and 90% of the fans watching the six nations only do it because it’s an excuse to drink in the afternoon you literally can’t have an intelligent discussion about anything involving rugby because people don’t know. They think cheering Wales on 4 times a year for 320 minutes in total is patriotism. Pathetic P.s I’d take losing to England if it means advancing in a football group stage just like 2016 and I’d take losing to them in rugby if it means winning the 6 nations! I find it reasonably easy to support the lions, well, it’s been very hard in the past when the selection was usually mostly English. But the last 10 years or so has seen Wales make up the bulk of the squad, including that memorable 3rd test against Australia where O’Driscoll was dropped in favour of Davies and Garland shut the critics up. The main reason though is that the SH sides are fêted by world rugby in the same way the top sides are by UEFA and fifa. Some of the refereeing Wales have had to put up with when on a tour in the Southern Hemisphere is scandalous, it’s like a completely different rule book so every chance a Welsh player gets to put one on that lot I’ll support. |
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Post by llan123 on Jul 9, 2021 20:38:28 GMT
The only reason WalesOnline do these ridiculous articles is because gets Welsh football fans spitting feathers, generates discussion and as a result increased clicks and traffic. That's all they care about, that's why I cant bare it. It truly is the worst news site in the UK by far.
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Post by allezlesrouges on Jul 9, 2021 21:56:26 GMT
Would it be okay to change the name of this thread to the Dic Siôn Dafydd thread instead? Seeing as there is actually a well-known Welsh equivalent term why not use it? Avoids appropriating "uncle Tom" given the racial connotations as well
Re: the pessimism for independence. I have to say as someone in their 20s the question of independence certainly comes up a lot among my peers. A lot of my older relatives go in for the whole support the "British teams" thing. They are 2 generations removed from the war generation which saw a boom in British/UK identity. The majority of my friends don't identify as British, and even the ones who aren't really "pro-Wales" to the same extent as I am have all recently become sick of the pro-English London-centric media, and they're all aware of the corruption of the British state. It's not weird to talk about independence anymore, there really has been a shift. Once devolution of media happens (which surprisingly all parties seem to be on board with), this shift will only solidify - just look at Scotland
Bit of a side note, I just don't think there needs to be pessism re: independence, we're closer than ever. Still a long way to go, but closer than ever for sure. I read the other day that 30% of under 16s in Sir Benfro can speak Welsh now - positive things are happening
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Post by cynonvalley on Jul 12, 2021 0:52:11 GMT
Catherine Zeta-Jones supporting England, lol.
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Post by CrackityJones on Jul 12, 2021 0:56:02 GMT
Spare a thought for James Collins, Jiffy and BBC Sport Wales. Poor dabs.
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Post by 1gwaunview on Jul 12, 2021 18:42:40 GMT
Alex Jones - The One Show 12-07-21, sorry to say.
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