[Closed] Any Welsh football fans in today?

Wales are shorter odds to qualify vs Portugal than they were against Belgium.

Which is a shame, as I made all my losses in the tourney back on that bet...

Excited, happy and nervous...

And while we're asking questions, whats it like to not to have to watch your national team through the gaps in your fingers while hurling thoroughly deserved expletives at the bunch of lazy, insipid, tactically clueless, overpaid donkey's? 😉

Why not pop along to [url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/euro-2016-has-begun/page/57 ]this thread[/url] and ask them?

Currently, we're all pretending to have Welsh grandmothers.

No, this thread deserves it's own space - it is a particular question posed at just the Welsh.

And well done by the way - as an Englishman and England fan, I shall be shouting you on all the way*

*Remember that the next time England play will you 😉

When I drew Wales in the work sweepstake I wasn't a Wales fan.

Now I bleed the water of the Taff.

I must say it's really wonderful to be supported by English fans! It's a lovely sentiment 🙂

Currently, we're all pretending to have Welsh grandmothers.

My grandmother was called Dilys, no need for pretence here!

Full discloser, I usually cannot stand football. I’ve seen 2 games in my life – Wales v England the other week (well, maybe 60 mins of it) and one back in the 90s, I think Everton were playing someone as my flat mate followed them.

Anyway, I'm really loving the atmosphere at the moment, I don't even watch the games (see above) I follow them on the BBC news app whilst watching Game of Thrones or something, but it's been great to follow their progress on the news, the team spirit, the relaxed determination and lack of ego - the opposite of the things that made football such a turn off for me.

Can't mention it on FB though without suffering the odd scream of "bandwagon jumper" or "where were you when we were losing to Albania in 2003 or whoever and whenever" I guess if your sport is one of the biggest in the world you don't need to worry too much about turning away new fans, maybe it's just my mates don't like me much 😉

It been fantastic the way that the whole of the UK media (certain sections with sour grapes over English Welsh players aside) have been so positive about it, little snippets of Welsh here and there, etc. - I have to say it's shamed us a bit too, I know a few of my football mates will cheer (quietly) for England and a bit louder for Scotland or NI - but never publicly, usually it's more a case of "anyone playing England".

Whatever happens this evening, they're going to get a Hero’s welcome when they get back.

Im English but Im a wales fan today - God knows ive spent enough time and money there on my bike to claim citizenship right !!!

100% Welsh but not a footy fan at all so feel like I am bandwagon jumping. For the boys that have followed it through thin and thinner (yes Joe Jordan I am looking at you) it is great, exciting, wonderful, bewildering and you dont want it to stop.

So I am just looking forward to it, nervous as hell but whatever Wales has done itself proud.

They've been doing me well so far this tournament!

I keep betting on them and they keep winning. Hoping for a goal fest this evening, wales to win and 4+ goals scored 😀

makkag - Member

Im English but Im a wales fan today - God knows ive spent enough time and money there on my bike to claim citizenship right !!!

Doesn't matter if you've never set foot in Wales, if you want to be a Wales fan you can be - come one, come all.

(Not you Farage)

Excitement reminds me a lot of Italia 90 and Euro 96, but this time I can support the right team 😀

My only worry is I still have nightmares about Bodins penalty miss against Romania in 93, so we missed out on the USA World Cup. Hopefully this time we will get it right and the rub of the green.

One of the good things to come out of this is that finally, Wales is being accepted as a country when you talk to people in mainland Europe. I always had to explain that Wales was not England to everyone who asked where I was from.
I will be in Vienna city hall public viewing getting very drunk should anyone care to join me.

im a fan of welsh football but not a welsh football fan.

I keep betting on them and they keep winning. Hoping for a goal fest this evening, wales to win and 4+ goals scored

Good luck with that Scaled! 😀 (hopefully all Wales goals!)

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Been waiting to see us in a tournament for 30 odd years. I went to Bordeaux for the first game and to a man we just wanted us to score one goal in the group stage, something to celebrate (Welsh pessimism at its best). Out in Lille on Friday and there was just a feeling of incredulity after the final whistle. To come as far as we have, playing the way we have is the stuff of dreams. No idea what'll happen tonight but I haven't slept for two nights and can't wait for a pint and kick-off. The whole country has taken to it and it's nice to see rugby out of the limelight for a bit and the fans who have followed them through thick and thin getting their moment in the sun.
C'mon Wales!!!!

I keep betting on them and they keep winning. Hoping for a goal fest this evening, wales to win and 4+ goals scored

You are the yin to my yang.

it's nice to see rugby out of the limelight for a bit

I don't get this sentiment, both can co-exist together.

The following comment on the BBC live TDF feed amused me

[b]Welsh wizardry[/b]
Posted at
14:34
We heard from Welshman Geraint Thomas earlier. He and Sky team-mate Luke Rowe will have events later this evening on their mind.

Wales play Portugal in a Euro 2016 semi-final at 20:00 BST.

The quicker you get finished boys, the quicker you can be on a bar stool dressed as a dragon.

And... Budwieshererisher, Bud have given us all a free 4 pack today (if you're quick) and there's even a little bit of MTB action on the "do your best boys" offical video:

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iolo - Member

One of the good things to come out of this is that finally, Wales is being accepted as a country when you talk to people in mainland Europe. I always had to explain that Wales was not England to everyone who asked where I was from.

It's a bit like when Scottish banks destroyed the world's economy, suddenly everyone knew who we were.

I'm a bit Welsh 🙂

I think we should play 'Things you won't hear Christiano Ronaldo say after Wales beat Portugal'

Like: 'We were beaten by the better team today'
😀

I wont be supporting them, they are shite, and lets face it have played crap teams to get there (other than a freak result against Belgium)

it says it all that Englands only win was against them, that's how crap they are

not a chance of beating Portugal, and even if they fluke that, not a chance of beating france or Germany

Oscillate - so what you are saying is that they are shite apart from the times they aren't shite?

🙄

no I'm saying they are shite, the fact they lost to England shows they are shite as England are the biggest pile of shite I have ever seen kick a ball

the time they beat Belgium was freakish, and all the other games have been shite too regardless of result

they are just shite, like Iceland were.

Oscillate Wildly - Member

no I'm saying they are shite, the fact they lost to England shows they are shite as England are the biggest pile of shite I have ever seen kick a ball

the time they beat Belgium was freakish, and all the other games have been shite too regardless of result

they are just shite, like Iceland were.

U Ok Hun?

Why was it freakish?

Give the troll a cwtch

I'm not Welsh, and won't be supporting Wales.

I find it pathetic that the welsh are giving it all the 'come one, come all' bollocks, but can't stop England bashing at every opportunity. The video of the wales players cheering England's loss to Iceland was pathetic and if it was the other way round would have been in the news for weeks.

I remember being stood at a bar in Cardiff after Leicester Tigers beat Munster in the Heineken cup years ago and the manager telling bar staff not to serve people in green shirts, Leicester play in green for those who don't know. Thick ****, loads of the Munster fans were wearing Ireland jersey as well!!

Although I do think Wales out played Belgium and have generally played pretty well so far.

ads678 - Member

I remember being stood at a bar in Cardiff after Leicester Tigers beat Munster in the Heineken cup years ago and the manager telling bar staff not to serve people in green shirts, Leicester play in green for those who don't know. Thick ****, loads of the Munster fans were wearing Ireland jersey as well!!

Were you with your 96 year old Mum?

jondoh -

do I need to explain?? seriously?

you don't think beating Belgium 3-1 was freakish?

go through the starting 11 of both teams and tell me which ones OTHER than bale (and possibly ramsey when he bothers to turn up for arsenal) would get into any of the top teams in the world?

then go through belgiums and do the same, its not rocket science really is it?!

Oh FORGOT ROBSON KANU now world class and wanted by REAL MADRID even though released from a crap championship side

the fact English mongo's are getting on the bandwagon of wales makes it even more embarrassing, infact just tragic.

no I'm saying they are shite, the fact they lost to England shows they are shite as England are the biggest pile of shite I have ever seen kick a ball

They're in the semi-final. England aren't. Wales are better than England.

Oscillate, you misunderstand the aim of a game of football. It isn't to have the best players on the planet, just the best team of players.

And the way they prove they have the best team is by getting the ball in the netty thing more times than the other side.

Does that help?

Were you with your 96 year old Mum?

johndoh - Member

Oscillate, you misunderstand the aim of a game of football. It isn't to have the best players on the planet, just the best team of players.

And the way they prove they have the best team is by getting the ball in the netty thing more times than the other side.

Does that help?

LOL

clearly never kicked a ball eh? like most welsh people 😉

YEH that's the point, just get a team that wins, real madrid and Barcelona win nothing buy having the worlds best players do they 🙄

BREAKING NEWS - REAL MADRID SIGN THE OTHER 10 SHITE PLAYERS FROM WALES STARTING 11 COZZZZ ITZZZ THE BEST TEAM INNIT

And if Oscillate is with his 96 year old mum right now, I reckon he's about 84.

Perhaps his 96 year old mum can explain tournament football to him, because he doesn't seem to understand how it works.

clearly never kicked a ball eh? like most welsh people

YEH that's the point, just get a team that wins, real madrid and Barcelona win nothing buy having the worlds best players do they

Were you with your 96 year old Mum?

Sorry must be being thick as I've no idea what you're on about?!?

if you believe wales are a top 4 team in Europe (given theres 4 teams left) then you really know nothing about football

😆 😆 😆 😆 😆

its like saying Iceland are a good team, seriously france showed just how shit Iceland are, and a good team will show just how shit wales are when they play one

This is why I've never been a football fan.

johndoh - Member

clearly never kicked a ball eh? like most welsh people

I am not Welsh.

YEH that's the point, just get a team that wins, real madrid and Barcelona win nothing buy having the worlds best players do they

Look up Greece, Euro 2004. It'll be on Google

you've hit the nail on the head, Greece were absolute shit!!! they played terrible boring football, but won, I don't see your point?! they are still a shite team regardless!

you've hit the nail on the head, Greece were absolute shit!!! they played terrible boring football, but won, I don't see your point?! they are still a shite team regardless!

if you believe wales are a top 4 team in Europe (given theres 4 teams left) then you really know nothing about football

Blimey, I thought it was an act, but it seems that you really don't understand how tournament football works.

100% band wagon jumper here, don't like football, immigrant to Wales, but it's great. On train home today dozens of people in Newport station with football shirts, Welsh flags etc. Just nice to see positivity at the moment given recent events.

I reckon if we didn't have such a messed up country at the moment there'd be less English supporting Wales. I know of well over a dozen English fans who admitted to supporting Iceland as they were so irritated with the nationalistic ranting surrounding referendum.

Just hope it's a good game and everyone has a good night regardless of the score (a.k.a even when Wales loose)

if you believe wales are a top 4 team in Europe (given theres 4 teams left) then you really know nothing about football

How else do you think they should score a game? By some kind of Top Trumps method?

ransos - being the semi's doesn't mean jack shite, other than you've had an easy route to get there

your telling me Iceland are a good team? had they beaten france and been here in the semi's you'd still think Iceland were good??? at what point have they been good?

and wales have played crap teams (lost to England who are crap) and beat Belgium with a flukey result 🙂

ransos - being the semi's doesn't mean jack shite, other than you've had an easy route to get there

It means you're in the semi-finals. It's a tournament.

your telling me Iceland are a good team? had they beaten france and been here in the semi's you'd still think Iceland were good??? at what point have they been good?

and wales have played crap teams (lost to England who are crap) and beat Belgium with a flukey result

OW - If France or Germany lose the final to wales, do you think they'll say "oh we didn't win but at least we're a better team than Wales".

Will they buggery, it all about winning and nothing else.

I think Wales would be happy to be considered 'shite' by OW if they fluke their way into the final. 😀

I take it he's not been watching Portugal much. If they turn up and play for a change, fine, but they've not actually won a game yet.

other than you've had an easy route to get there

i never said anything other than wales are shite! why are you bringing up the tournament standings?

belgium arent shite, they are out, spain arent shite, they are out, italy arent shite, they are out. get the picture?

england are out , they are shite. wales are in, they are shite. iceland are out, they are shite

there are good teams in still, ie germany, france and portugal and wales a shite team thats still in.

belgium arent shite, they are out, spain arent shite, they are out, italy arent shite, they are out. get the picture?

ransos - i understand how a tournament works, all im stating is wales are shite, why so hard to understand?! 😆

the 3 teams that are left in are good consistent teams that are there or there abouts every tournament, then theres wales 😆

ransos - i understand how a tournament works, all im stating it wales are shite, why so hard to understand?!

Wales are in the semi-final. HTH.

OW so have you actually watched any matches? Portugal are the only team in the semis to qualify for your 'shite' label on the showing in this tournament so far.

My grandmother was called Dilys, no need for pretence here!

I'm not Welsh, and won't be supporting Wales.

I understand your position completely as I would give the English the steam off my pee either.
EDIT: OW, you come into a thread titled " Any Welsh football fans in today?", you're clearly not Welsh and have poor understanding of the english language. Why should anyone respect your football pundrity as being anything other than shite?

I'll be happy whatever the score is, the boys have done us proud and even if we get thumped 10-0 I'll still be a proud Welshman tomorrow.

yep ive watched all thanks Johndoh - theyve had an easy route through

russia = awful , england = woeful (and lost LOL), slovakia (almost as bad as russia), northern ireland - (again awful & own goal from a cross)

and then a freak result against belgium, who are a far far far superior team in every way shape and form (bar that one game)

im not disputing they are in the semi's as they are, but they are still shite and have had an easy road to get there bar one fluke result again belgium

byeeeeeeeee, off to watch ronny score a hat-trick now

Wales are well coached, and playing very well. However let's be honest - they don't have the depth of world class players that other teams have. Bearing that in mind, adjusted for player market value, they've already won the tournament 🙂

A well organised team of world class players playing well will beat them, I reckon. Not sure Portugal are that, though - hence the hope 🙂

I'll be happy whatever the score is, the boys have done us proud and even if we get thumped 10-0 I'll still be a proud Welshman tomorrow.

Abso bloody lutely. Da iawn lads.

Blimey! 😯

Do you think he's gone for good? He sure is having a bad day! 😕

the fact English mongo's are getting on the bandwagon of wales makes it even more embarrassing, infact just tragic

That made me lol though! 😀

and then a freak result against belgium,

Hardly as the last three results of Wales v Belgium are that Wales have won 2 and drawn 1.

Blimey!

Do you think he's gone for good? He sure is having a bad day!

What happened?

Edit: I learned how to read. Someone's chips have been well and truly pissed on it seems. It's ok to not support a team, but no need to be a dick about it. Between Wales and Portugal, I would like to see Wales win. However, if they come up against Germany I want to see Germany flatten them due to being half German. But I won't be a monumental asshat about it.....well, maybe a little.

😆

Belgium, good players, shite manager, average team.
Portugal, good players, average team.
Wales, average players, good team.
Whales, big players, don't play football.

Cardiff castle have taken down their flags of all nations:

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the fact English mongo's are getting on the bandwagon of wales makes it even more embarrassing, infact just tragic

Met loads of Welsh wannabes this week!
There all at it know! 🙄
Prince William's heartfelt letter to the Wales squad...
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/prince-williams-heartfelt-letter-wales-11576008

I'm Welsh and shall be supporting them heartily.

And as a double bonus (and to reiterate my boast from a few weeks ago in the other euros thread), I also designed the stadium* they are playing in. GO ME! 8)

*I promise I'll stop boasting soon

Which stadium, huws?

Which stadium, huws?

Olympique Lyonnais. Been working on it since 2007.

As usual, etc

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/welsh-fan-miming-very-poorly-to-land-of-my-fathers-20160706110198

I'll be hoping you win. Mainly because I want to see Ronaldo crying.

go through the starting 11 of both teams and tell me which ones OTHER than bale (and possibly ramsey when he bothers to turn up for arsenal) would get into any of the top teams in the world?

Watch any premier league football this year? Learn anything?

As a Spurs fan... Would love for Bale to beat Ronaldo.

"Bale, Bale will tear you apart again"

Now, I don't claim to know much about football, but....

and then a freak result against belgium, who are a far far far superior team in every way shape and form (bar that one game)

And the last three times we played them before that, dating back to 2013?

As a Spurs fan......

Ah C'mon, let's not spoil the thread! 😉

I'm still Welsh.
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And still proud to be Welsh.

as predicted - shite...

ahhhh that's better 3 decent teams left in now 8) 😆

The mourning (deliberate) after the night before.
Gutted but still immensely proud.
Tried hard to resist reacting to a certain poster on here....but what a total bellend WUM just above me.
Quick now boyo or you'll be late for school.

Well it seems to me that all the support Wales received from the English had the unfortunate effect of turning them into England.

don't really get the anger rascal - wales aren't good, they aren't good to watch

they were better than any other british (inc Ireland) team in the tournament, but what exactly does that say?! not a lot given the rest are crap too

knew they'd get beaten easily in the end by a 'good' team you cant have half a team of championship (some cases premiership rejects) and expect to win tournaments

they are lucky they didn't play Germany, or it would have just been embarrasing

I only said what a lot are thinking.
So what logic says Portugal are good, whereas Belgium are not good?
Just for the record, we didn't 'expect' to win anything.