Quote Originally Posted by SunderlandBluebird View Post
You said you find it amusing someone may think that way when the top clubs in Wales play in the English league as if something that was set up a hundred years ago makes it ironic to support Welsh independence in the present day.

Or the FAW doing what several countries in Europe are doing at the moment and utilising players with Welsh links that weren’t born here (see Callum Styles at Hungary, Matty Cash for Poland etc). I don’t really think either of the points you mentioned have any bearing on whether it’s ironic or not for supporters to be a ‘Welsh nationalist’, just seemed a lazy dig at those who are.
I do indeed find it amusing that the tub-thumping Welsh nationalist element of the team’s support want political independence on the one hand, but don’t want football independence on the other. It’s something that has always tickled me. Sorry about that.

As for players qualifying for national teams through grandparents, I think it’s a farcical situation and something that greatly devalues international football in general. It’s one of the reasons I’ve largely lost interest in it. But hey, if all those fiercely patriotic Welsh nationalists are happy to cheer on Englishmen wearing Welsh shirts, then that’s entirely up to them.