Tom Lockyer

[G rangetown Blue]

Great news that Tom is in the Welsh squad now, following the withdrawal of James Lawrence.

Tom was born in Cardiff, went to school here, a big City fan, and a proud Welshman.

Lawrence, on the other hand, had never even actually been to Wales in his life before he got ‘selected’, and had already had several rejections from England.....so his father mailed the Welsh FA to say he was “available”.

:wales:

[BlueArmy 86]

Re: Tom Lockyer

He’s no Ashley Williams

[blue matt]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Great news that Tom is in the Welsh squad now, following the withdrawal of James Lawrence.

Tom was born in Cardiff, went to school here, a big City fan, and a proud Welshman.

Lawrence, on the other hand, had never even actually been to Wales in his life before he got ‘selected’, and had already had several rejections from England.....so his father mailed the Welsh FA to say he was “available”.

:wales:

Phew i was worried about you when " Our " Ash retired, I thought " whats G randtown blue going to do now ? , great news you have James Lawrence in your sights

Im just happy for you :wales:

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Re: Tom Lockyer

[QUOTE=G rangetown Blue;5195565]Great news that Tom is in the Welsh squad now, following the withdrawal of James Lawrence.

Tom was born in Cardiff, went to school here, a big City fan, and a proud Welshman.

Lawrence, on the other hand, had never even actually been to Wales in his life before he got ‘selected’, and had already had several rejections from England.....so his father mailed the Welsh FA to say he was “available”. :shrug

:wales:[/QUOT

[G rangetown Blue]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Phew i was worried about you when " Our " Ash retired, I thought " whats G randtown blue going to do now ? , great news you have James Lawrence in your sights

Im just happy for you :wales:

I’m still around, and still not happy with English rejects playing for Wales....hopefully I’ll never change.

[G rangetown Blue]

Re: Tom Lockyer

He’s no Ashley Williams

Thankfully not many are .

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Pleased for Lockyer, he's never let Wales down and I thought he was unlucky to miss out in the first place - I understand he's been injured for much of the season though.

[Des Parrot]

Re: Tom Lockyer

You’ll be pleased to know that 9 of the 26 are English born, with 15 Welsh born, you’ll be spoilt for choice. A German born & Saudi born make up the full amount.

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Of my three kids, one was born in Newport, one in Cardiff and one in Kampala.

Just because one was born in Uganda doesn't mean he is any less Welsh or qualified to play for Wales than the other two.
The one born in Cardiff has only lived in Wales for 18 months (from 0 to 18 months and now 12 years in Africa) - the least time of any of the others spent in Wales - does this make her less Welsh? and yet, despite her lack of living in Wales she feels more of a connection with Cardiff than my other daughter who lived in Wales for a lot longer. My son, who was born in Kampala, is a massive city fan and season ticket holder.

Point is, it's ridiculous to only base someones eligibility and Welshness on where they were born.

Time to put aside these silly parochial 'more welsh than others etc'.

[Hilts]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Of my three kids, one was born in Newport, one in Cardiff and one in Kampala.

Just because one was born in Uganda doesn't mean he is any less Welsh or qualified to play for Wales than the other two.
The one born in Cardiff has only lived in Wales for 18 months (from 0 to 18 months and now 12 years in Africa) - the least time of any of the others spent in Wales - does this make her less Welsh? and yet, despite her lack of living in Wales she feels more of a connection with Cardiff than my other daughter who lived in Wales for a lot longer. My son, who was born in Kampala, is a massive city fan and season ticket holder.

Point is, it's ridiculous to only base someones eligibility and Welshness on where they were born.

Time to put aside these silly parochial 'more welsh than others etc'.

You have some fair points.

Joe Calzaghe was born in London. Hes Welsh.

However the likes of Vinnie Jones........?
.

[surge]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Of my three kids, one was born in Newport, one in Cardiff and one in Kampala.

Just because one was born in Uganda doesn't mean he is any less Welsh or qualified to play for Wales than the other two.
The one born in Cardiff has only lived in Wales for 18 months (from 0 to 18 months and now 12 years in Africa) - the least time of any of the others spent in Wales - does this make her less Welsh? and yet, despite her lack of living in Wales she feels more of a connection with Cardiff than my other daughter who lived in Wales for a lot longer. My son, who was born in Kampala, is a massive city fan and season ticket holder.

Point is, it's ridiculous to only base someones eligibility and Welshness on where they were born.

Time to put aside these silly parochial 'more welsh than others etc'.

Without speaking to the individual it's almost impossible to know how Welsh they are. Unless they make it obvious of course through a series of statements...

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Tom Lockyer

You have some fair points.

Joe Calzaghe was born in London. Hes Welsh.

However the likes of Vinnie Jones........?
.

Fair point about Vinnie Jones, there are some exceptions but until you know the ins and outs of families, which by nature are becoming more diverse, it's impossible to know and pass judgement.

[AfricanBluebird]

Re: Tom Lockyer

You have some fair points.

Joe Calzaghe was born in London. Hes Welsh.

However the likes of Vinnie Jones........?
.

Of my three kids, one was born in Newport, one in Cardiff and one in Kampala.

Just because one was born in Uganda doesn't mean he is any less Welsh or qualified to play for Wales than the other two.
The one born in Cardiff has only lived in Wales for 18 months (from 0 to 18 months and now 12 years in Africa) - the least time of any of the others spent in Wales - does this make her less Welsh? and yet, despite her lack of living in Wales she feels more of a connection with Cardiff than my other daughter who lived in Wales for a lot longer. My son, who was born in Kampala, is a massive city fan and season ticket holder.

Point is, it's ridiculous to only base someones eligibility and Welshness on where they were born.

Time to put aside these silly parochial 'more welsh than others etc'.

As an aside - a family joke is one of my kids was born in a third world city, the other two were born in Cardiff and Kampala respectively.

[Rjk]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Fair point about Vinnie Jones, there are some exceptions but until you know the ins and outs of families, which by nature are becoming more diverse, it's impossible to know and pass judgement.

to be fair to Vinnie, he took it seriously and can still sing the Welsh national anthem off by heart.

[Toadstool]

Re: Tom Lockyer

Radyr Boy