The Welsh star delivered an incredibly powerful and emotional speech which brought him to close to tears ahead of Wales' crunch European Championship playoff semi-final against Finland
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The Welsh star delivered an incredibly powerful and emotional speech which brought him to close to tears ahead of Wales' crunch European Championship playoff semi-final against Finland
https://nation.cymru/sport/watch-rhy...wales-players/
I'm a massive welsh nash but that felt a bit cringey.Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfcbluebird
....he could've mentioned women and girls too instead of men and boys the whole time.
You know he’s an actor, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by ccfcbluebird
Yeah and not a football fan reallyQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
Gordon Bennett hope they knock this stuff on the head now, couldn’t watch it all, absolute twaddleQuote:
Originally Posted by Divine Wright
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Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue
Aye innit. They all want a go - They'll be having Dai Hunt in there next. I sware the players sit there during it thinking about what they're having for tea for all the good it does to indulge these thesps to reel off all the fanciest words about collieries they can think of.
Cringe city. These pre game speeches come across as self pitying codswallop.
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I thought it was a bit boring and cringy
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Originally Posted by poc
The constant need to tell everyone how Welsh and proud we are is nauseating.
Can't we be proud and happy without having to have these braveheart style speeches.
Also he just cut our already tiny population by a third ffs.
Not for me, didn't hit the spot.
Sort of bugged me right at the start when he said 'There's 2 million people in wales'.
He about a million out and I think quite important if you're trying to educate and inspire people on behalf of that nation :shrug:
Its all very well talking about this nation stuff but what about the Taffy man united and Liverpool fans supporting ENGLISH football teams every weekend
It's all bollocks
That's all very romantic Mr Ifans, but don't come that one with me.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I am not having Ian Ap Dafyydd waving his Welsh flag and talking about saes oppression......whilst wearing an Arsenal topQuote:
Originally Posted by gabbsthenewt
It's all cobblers
Here we go...Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I wonder who Ian Rush, Gareth Bale, Mark Hughes look for results wise?
Leave it go...
Don't think Wales are the only team to have Celebs trying to inspire the players. Bit of armless motivation never hurt anyone.
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Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
No chance
It's taffia nonsense
I don't disagree with the 'taffia' nonsense.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
That said some of the stuff you spout is more parochial than anyone. It's just the irony.
For what's it's worth, Rhys Ifans or anyone including Michael Sheen needed to motivate footballers playing for their country in a massive game is ****ing questionable.
First people I would question are the ****ing players.
That's me.
Pity one of the players didn't say to him.
"Get your own glue..."
I am not having Mike Peters from the alarm waving the welsh dragon but tuning into the latest score from old TraffordQuote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
Bloody nonsense
Sod them all
Agree this should stop now, starting to feel a little manufactured.
We’re an odd bunch us Welsh, fiercely passionate about who we are yet get shit on by the U.K. government/monarchy and we lap it up all day. All the while being extremely pessimistic about Wales ever doing anything mildly successful and having 0 ambition
On your opinion...Who should Mike Peters support?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Out of interest?
Not that I give a ****.
I give a fkkkQuote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
Wrexham , Caernarfon, Bangor City etc
Certainly not an English football team as nationalists make such a fuss about their pride in being Welsh
So either embrace it properly and support the teams that represent your area , country etc
Or piss off with it all and flush the flag down the toilet
It's all fake otherwise
What league do we play in Sludge?Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
We play in the football league which is now called the English Football LeagueQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
We are a Welsh team though , without a shadow of a doubt
I just think we need to be careful re.hypocrisy. I would argue that we’re a Welsh football club playing in the English football pyramid and receiving all the benefits of that. We’re not a Welsh team. We’re a Welsh club.
Well I think the most fervent and vociferous anti English types are those that one week will cheer the defeat of the English rugby team then a few days later talk about Liverpool as if they were born half a mile from AnfieldQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
Which is of course a district in a city in England that flooded a part of Wales for a reservoir
There's a quote from a Welsh football fan site .....as in fans of the national team .....and a poster asked what people thought of Welsh fans who supported English football teams when there were plenty of Welsh teams to follow ?
One of the moderators said ..... I think they are all complete wankers 😂
I laugh my head off whenever I remember that, it killed the debate stone dead
Of course we know that youngsters will support success and the big clubs so yes it's a bit ott but the arguement is a fair one
I mean if these grown adults just happened to end up supporting these clubs why is it always Liverpool or United etc and not Barnet or Rochdale ?
I could deal with that I 🤔
Aren't you a Unionist? Can't he support anywhere in the unionQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I watched a small amount of it and had to stop.
Utter BS.
It’s not rousing, neither was Michael Sheen when he did his Yma O’Hyd stuff, then said that only Welsh actors should play Welsh parts after making a career playing characters who mainly weren’t Welsh.
It’s small time and it’s embarrassing.
The Welsh FA, IMO are going down a political road which I’m not keen on.
Just **** Off and leave football to the fans who have always been there (granted many North Wales, who may have a different view).
I agree Wash. We used to get all this kind of bollox with rugby. It's actually put me off international football tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
A couple of mates come from Barrow and Stockport respectively and they are massive fans of those clubs and still go to occasional matches even though they haven't lived there for years. But they also support their local teams and attend matches there too. Coventry and Leeds. We're all different. When I lived in London I used to go to Highbury regularly and loved watching Arsenal. Since moving back to Cardiff we've been ST holders for the last decade. Everyone's story is different.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I don't fall into the anti-English group. I don't hate other clubs or supporters.
The anti-English thing, to me, is stupid considering the league we're in and just how many English players we have in the side at any one time. There are a lot of English people in Cardiff who support City. Not surprising considering it's such a cosmopolitan city.
The anti English / Welsh stuff is just puerile nonsense. I guess it's merely banter for the unimaginative.Quote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trigger
.... there are also a proportion of Cardiff City fans and Cardiffians who are completely out of touch with what happens in the rest of the country. They don't follow the national team and turn their antenas to pick up bbc bristol. They "hates welsh" and think the assembly is a waste of money.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
That kind of attitude strikes me as odd too. Maybe , even more so ... as club football is more incidental in my eyes than following your national team.
With that being said, considering the history and demogrphic make of South East Wales , we are far more "welsh....anti-union" than swansea fans. It's all very confusing.
I doubt that the players actually need motivating, but it gives the FAW something to post on social media for their cheerleaders to lap up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
Of course he can support who he likes , it's a free countryQuote:
Originally Posted by Jordi Culé
But if Welsh nationalists are going to bang the patriotic drum then I am free to rip the piss out of them if instead of supporting a Welsh sporting team........like Wrexham , Bangor , Cardiff or Swansea they latch onto the success of English ones
It makes a mockery of their own principles
You can understand 10 year old kids but grown adults it's pathetic
Gethin Jones , Welsh speaking Cardiff born tv presenter ......Everton fan ......get out of here
Apparently Cardiff has more first language Welsh speakers than Swansea which surprised me ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Divine Wright
There are a lot working at the BBC, Senedd and museum (inc St Fagans).Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Yes relocating here for workQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
👍I missed out a whole load of civil service jobs and corporate HQ positions too. Massive influx of Welsh speakers now in Cardiff.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY