Quote Originally Posted by Cardiff-Cal View Post
There were some incredible highs under Page, but yeah not enough of them, and some pretty terrible lows as well, and that’s why he’s no longer in charge… it can’t always be perfect, but the possibility is always there.

I don’t know if you’re actually Welsh or not, but have you ever done a Wales away?

I’m not saying you personally would enjoy it, but many thousands of people love the experience, god forbid people enjoy themselves eh?

Yes I have watched city plenty recently, why do you ask?
I consider myself Welsh, as I was born in Cardiff and have lived here all my life. However, I was adopted at birth (or at least a few days afterwards). By blood I’m apparently three quarters English and a quarter Indian. By adoption, I’m a quarter English, a quarter Welsh, a quarter Polish and a quarter either Russian or Ukrainian (nobody in the family is quite sure). So a bit of a mix, to be fair.

The only Wales away games I ever did were England at the old Wembley in the 70’s and 80’s (three times in total I think) and the England game in France at the Euros.

I was very keen on international football as a youngster, but the older I’ve got the less it has meant to me and the dafter the whole thing has become in my opinion due to the ludicrous qualifying criteria for players and the continued expansion of finals tournaments, which has seriously devalued them in my view.

I have a number of good friends who travel away with Wales regularly and they absolutely love it. Ironically, one of those friends is English. But the whole scene is not for me. The increased levels of nationalism makes me uncomfortable, but more importantly I just don’t care enough to bother with it. Having been to a great many Wales games at various levels over the years, I only watch matches on TV now. Still want Wales to do well in every game, but not really bothered when they don’t.

I mentioned watching City as you talked of sucking the pleasure out football - something Bulut had been doing a grand job of since he arrived.