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Post by oscardelta on Aug 29, 2018 16:24:19 GMT
Interesting development regarding Declan Rice & he has played through the age groups for the ROI It would not suprise me if the English try the same tactic with Ethan Ampadu. But the ROI have been poaching players from NI & Scotland especially for many years and they did it with our Kevin Sheedy. Ethan's father played for Ireland. Ampadu will play for Wales................. even were the option of England touted to him.
His Welsh mother has made it plain what would happen, if rumours I have heard are true.
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Post by ae15 on Aug 29, 2018 17:46:10 GMT
If England do well, it will be a great new competition.
If they do badly, it'll be a set of glorified friendlies.
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Post by Griff105 on Aug 29, 2018 19:23:31 GMT
yes but you got to remember that network rail and sorting timetable paths are in a mess i.e thameslink/northern and advance tickets not on sale usual for 12 weeks but less depending on which franchise Also lucky arriva are doing it as they hand over the reins in October keilos/Amey so why no details for denmark i assume but should be easier in future as Welsh Government will be able to tell them just run service and we may get others hopefully So once they take over getting writing to your AM for improved services after sports events A mess is an understatement. One good thing to come out of this is Arriva losing their contract (apologies to supporters of Arriva but I just don't rate their services). Hey I'm on arriva train right now. Apart from the fact that it is filthy dirty, running late, has no refreshment cart, has no working toilet and part of the journey is bus replacement you really can't fault it. (5.30am Aber to Birm Int then 18.09 return in case you think I'm exaggerating)
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Post by rushlegend on Aug 29, 2018 20:58:37 GMT
If only there was a train from Aber to Carmarthen ๐ค
Hold that thought - it's in the pipeline but whether it comes to fruition is another matter!!!
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Post by Albert on Aug 29, 2018 21:29:59 GMT
If only there was a train from Aber to Carmarthen ๐ค Hold that thought - it's in the pipeline but whether it comes to fruition is another matter!!! It'll never happen in my lifetime , 97% of the route is free from buildings but the way out of Aber has been heavily built on with houses. Costs too much and not enough return!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2018 7:47:37 GMT
How are tickets doing on this one? I have a spare in the Canton if anyone needs. I fly out for Denmark on the Friday so I can't make it.
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Post by 1gwaunview on Aug 30, 2018 10:18:52 GMT
If only there was a train from Aber to Carmarthen ๐ค Hold that thought - it's in the pipeline but whether it comes to fruition is another matter!!! It'll never happen in my lifetime , 97% of the route is free from buildings but the way out of Aber has been heavily built on with houses. Costs too much and not enough return!! Where there's a wil there's a wal.
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Post by pendragon on Aug 30, 2018 13:12:31 GMT
No Declan Rice for them. Looks like Southgate is trying to claw him from the boys in green. Interesting development regarding Declan Rice & he has played through the age groups for the ROI It would not suprise me if the English try the same tactic with Ethan Ampadu. But the ROI have been poaching players from NI & Scotland especially for many years and they did it with our Kevin Sheedy. Not if he's capped next weekend I personally think Rice is gone. How would he go about rebuilding the relationship with his team mates and the supporters? He's a young man and the pressure from England will be relentless now they know they have a chance.
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Post by oscardelta on Aug 30, 2018 17:18:10 GMT
Interesting development regarding Declan Rice & he has played through the age groups for the ROI It would not suprise me if the English try the same tactic with Ethan Ampadu. But the ROI have been poaching players from NI & Scotland especially for many years and they did it with our Kevin Sheedy. Not if he's capped next weekend I personally think Rice is gone. How would he go about rebuilding the relationship with his team mates and the supporters? He's a young man and the pressure from England will be relentless now they know they have a chance. Not as convinced and feel he is assuaging pressure from David Gold at WHU to reconsider.
Least he can say he took time over making the decision even if he already knows what it will be. Remember he is club player first and Chairman can have him left on bench.
At least he knows if decent performances then can get 60-70 in a green shirt where as with England a change of manager and its 6 and will never change.
Jack Grealish decided in Sept 2015 that he would change, still awaiting a call up to the senior squad after 3 years.......
England have played 39 games in that time, ROI have played 31 games.
Giving MO'N a clear option in 2015 of pick me for 1st team or I go would have got him some caps. Given the dearth of midfield players we have then he could be heading for 20 caps by now.
Doubt he will ever get 20 caps with England.
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Post by oscardelta on Aug 30, 2018 17:25:49 GMT
No Declan Rice for them. Looks like Southgate is trying to claw him from the boys in green. Interesting development regarding Declan Rice & he has played through the age groups for the ROI It would not suprise me if the English try the same tactic with Ethan Ampadu. But the ROI have been poaching players from NI & Scotland especially for many years and they did it with our Kevin Sheedy. ROI never poached Kevin Sheedy as he was never Welsh to begin with.
He has held Irish citizenship from birth, never saw himself as Welsh and still doesn't.
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Post by gwernybwch on Aug 30, 2018 17:31:48 GMT
Interesting development regarding Declan Rice & he has played through the age groups for the ROI It would not suprise me if the English try the same tactic with Ethan Ampadu. But the ROI have been poaching players from NI & Scotland especially for many years and they did it with our Kevin Sheedy. ROI never poached Kevin Sheedy as he was never Welsh to begin with.
He has held Irish citizenship from birth, never saw himself as Welsh and still doesn't.
If he never saw himself as Welsh, why did he phone up the FAW and ask whether they were going to pick him for Wales?
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Post by idj68 on Aug 30, 2018 17:33:44 GMT
Almost exactly a week away ..,feeling very confident ( unusually) 3-1 win Bale Hatrick !! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
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Post by Griff105 on Aug 30, 2018 17:44:53 GMT
ROI never poached Kevin Sheedy as he was never Welsh to begin with.
He has held Irish citizenship from birth, never saw himself as Welsh and still doesn't.
If he never saw himself as Welsh, why did he phone up the FAW and ask whether they were going to pick him for Wales? Because, like everybody else, he wished he was Welsh.๐ช
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Post by oscardelta on Aug 30, 2018 17:50:45 GMT
ROI never poached Kevin Sheedy as he was never Welsh to begin with.
He has held Irish citizenship from birth, never saw himself as Welsh and still doesn't.
If he never saw himself as Welsh, why did he phone up the FAW and ask whether they were going to pick him for Wales? He was playing U21 with ROI at 18.................. kind of telling that.
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Post by gwernybwch on Aug 30, 2018 18:02:30 GMT
If he never saw himself as Welsh, why did he phone up the FAW and ask whether they were going to pick him for Wales? He was playing U21 with ROI at 18.................. kind of telling that. Or telling from the man himself; "The phone rang. It was an Irish voice and they said Iโd been selected for an upcoming U-18 game......After putting the phone down he immediately began to consider his options. โWales also had an underage fixture coming up. I decided to ring the Welsh FA and tell them Ireland had been in touch. I wanted to know if they were planning on including me in their squad.โ His request was greeted with disdain. โWe arenโt in the business of telling people before itโs announcedโ was the short answer Sheedy received. โThat made my mind up. I rang the FAI back and told them Iโd be delighted to play. If Iโd had loads of time to pick a country I honestly donโt know which way I would have gone.So yeah, the boy that was born and raised (until his teens) in Mid Wales, with him Welsh mother was never saw himself as Welsh.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2018 18:38:43 GMT
Youโre from where you feel youโre from. I have a love hate relationship with Wales at times. My dadโs side are quite difficult and I knew one or two special characters back in the day!
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Post by pendragon on Aug 30, 2018 19:14:24 GMT
A mess is an understatement. One good thing to come out of this is Arriva losing their contract (apologies to supporters of Arriva but I just don't rate their services). Hey I'm on arriva train right now. Apart from the fact that it is filthy dirty, running late, has no refreshment cart, has no working toilet and part of the journey is bus replacement you really can't fault it. (5.30am Aber to Birm Int then 18.09 return in case you think I'm exaggerating) Wow. Sounds like a 5 Star service. Lucky you. I'm very jealous... ๐
Another thing that gets my goat about Arriva is their prices. Bangor to Cardiff Central return for ยฃ83.50 for a fixed schedule. Compare that to a Virgin service to London (provided Euston station isn't closed) for ยฃ64 (with railcard) and you gan go on any route at any time provided it's within one month of purchase. I'm actually concerned that I've purchased train tickets for this game now and am worried about missing the match ๐ฎ I'll be driving down for the November fixture. Why they didn't lose their contract sooner, I'll never know. Perhaps they have "friends" in high places...
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Post by pendragon on Aug 30, 2018 19:18:17 GMT
Almost exactly a week away ..,feeling very confident ( unusually) 3-1 win Bale Hatrick !! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Spooky... I've predicted the same score (in my head anyway) ๐ I must remind myself NOT to get carried away before the game has even been played. Incidentally, it'll be very interesting to see which referee we get ๐ค
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Post by holmesdaleultra on Aug 30, 2018 19:36:17 GMT
Im going for a 1-0 win for Wales.
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Post by cymru98 on Aug 30, 2018 20:17:49 GMT
2-0 they will be a hard team to crack. But after the first fancy us getting another.
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Post by idj68 on Aug 30, 2018 21:48:11 GMT
Almost exactly a week away ..,feeling very confident ( unusually) 3-1 win Bale Hatrick !! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ Spooky... I've predicted the same score (in my head anyway) ๐ I must remind myself NOT to get carried away before the game has even been played.ย Incidentally, it'll be very interesting to see which referee we get ๐ค Letโs hope for A fussy Mediterranean that takes an immediate dislike to their bully boy tactics , partial to giving free kicks a plenty 25 yards out from goal and has a man crush on our Gareth !!
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Post by idj68 on Aug 30, 2018 21:50:47 GMT
As said on other thread - unusually confident for Bale fest ..,reckon heโll be unplayable 3-1 Bale Hatrick !๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
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Post by dai on Aug 30, 2018 22:09:52 GMT
Not feeling the confidence myself, I think a 0-0 draw.
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Post by erasedcitizen on Aug 30, 2018 22:38:18 GMT
4-0.
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Post by pendragon on Aug 30, 2018 22:50:14 GMT
Spooky... I've predicted the same score (in my head anyway) ๐ I must remind myself NOT to get carried away before the game has even been played. Incidentally, it'll be very interesting to see which referee we get ๐ค Letโs hope for A fussy Mediterranean that takes an immediate dislike to their bully boy tactics , partial to giving free kicks a plenty 25 yards out from goal and has a man crush on our Gareth !! Are we pimping our Gareth out now?? ๐ As for referees, I nominate Jorge Sousa or Nicola Rizzoli ๐
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Post by bale-droed on Aug 30, 2018 22:53:11 GMT
2 2
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Post by allezlesrouges on Aug 30, 2018 23:24:04 GMT
3-0 win, and some catharsis for the last time we played Ireland.
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Post by ae15 on Aug 30, 2018 23:25:46 GMT
2-0 Wales.
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Post by Gary Williams on Aug 30, 2018 23:32:45 GMT
2-1 Wales
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Post by pendragon on Aug 31, 2018 0:06:46 GMT
Not if he's capped next weekend I personally think Rice is gone. How would he go about rebuilding the relationship with his team mates and the supporters? He's a young man and the pressure from England will be relentless now they know they have a chance. Not as convinced and feel he is assuaging pressure from David Gold at WHU to reconsider.
Least he can say he took time over making the decision even if he already knows what it will be. Remember he is club player first and Chairman can have him left on bench.
At least he knows if decent performances then can get 60-70 in a green shirt where as with England a change of manager and its 6 and will never change.
Jack Grealish decided in Sept 2015 that he would change, still awaiting a call up to the senior squad after 3 years.......
England have played 39 games in that time, ROI have played 31 games.
Giving MO'N a clear option in 2015 of pick me for 1st team or I go would have got him some caps. Given the dearth of midfield players we have then he could be heading for 20 caps by now.
Doubt he will ever get 20 caps with England.
I agree he'd get more caps with Ireland. However I read somewhere (can't for the life of me remember where) that the England management feel that they have identified a gap in defensive midfield and are looking to strengthen this area of the team, where it has been speculated that Rice could fit in. Of course, he will still be jostling for position with the likes of Dier. By now, he also has Manuel Pellegrini breathing down his neck. He and Gold (along with others) have created a wave of expectation that he could play for England and comments about him "burning bridges" isn't helping - though who wouldn't appreciate the frustration (I know that we would be hugely disappointed if we were in the same position). I think Sam Allardyce has given him the best piece of advice so far. Nonetheless, he has a difficult decision ahead but I suspect (though I could be wrong) that the pendulum will swing to England (partly on the basis that he may find it too difficult to go back now).
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