ScottMc77 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 That's as good a draw as Wales could have hoped for. They must be favourites to get to the Euros now. And a decent chance for Georgia too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 I'm shocked - SHOCKED - to learn that Wales got a spawny draw including two home ties. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoonsYouthTeam Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Look up "spawny drawers" in the dictionary and you'd get a picture of the Welsh football team 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPAFKA Jersey 2 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, LoonsYouthTeam said: Look up "spawny drawers" in the dictionary and you'd get a picture of the Welsh football team Aye, just underneath the picture of the England team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Dont worry, Big Dick as got this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Wales facing Pukki then potentially Lewandowski and you can pretty much guarantee they'll will qualify without conceding a goal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BucksburnDandy Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 There's literally no more spawny a team in Europe than West England. They seem to have inherited the luck that Martin O'Neill's South Ireland had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, TheScarf said: Wales facing Pukki then potentially Lewandowski and you can pretty much guarantee they'll will qualify without conceding a goal. Aye, it’ll be Celtic-era Teemu Pukki that turns up in Cardiff, unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRR Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Getting such a diddy draw rather proves that Wales are English. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 The Wales stuff in this neck of the woods is quite strange. Obviously I don't like them as they're one of our closest rivals, but all the "jammy b*****ds" chat is similar to the stuff last year when folk were trying to convince themselves that the Republic of Ireland were some dirty, hammer-throwing mob when in reality they were on an even keel with us across the two games. It's like people are trying to convince themselves of reasons to dislike a team rather than just simply disliking them. I suppose Wales got lucky in that they had one of the best British players in a generation (that's no luckier than Norway or Slovenia who have been horseshit despite having their own world class player), but they've also done a lot of work over the years to build squads that perform beyond what you might think they're capable of on paper. There's not been much variance from Coleman to Giggs to Page, so unless there have been eight years of luck as opposed to that just being nature of international football, my take is that you're all just talking shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Just now, accies1874 said: The Wales stuff in this neck of the woods is quite strange. Obviously I don't like them as they're one of our closest rivals, but all the "jammy b*****ds" chat is similar to the stuff last year when folk were trying to convince themselves that the Republic of Ireland were some dirty, hammer-throwing mob when in reality they were on an even keel with us across the two games. It's like people are trying to convince themselves of reasons to dislike a team rather than just simply disliking them. I suppose Wales got lucky in that they had one of the best British players in a generation (that's no luckier than Norway or Slovenia who have been horseshit despite having their own world class player), but they've also done a lot of work over the years to build squads that perform beyond what you might think they're capable of on paper. There's not been much variance from Coleman to Giggs to Page, so unless there have been eight years of luck as opposed to that just being nature of international football, my take is that you're all just talking shite. Hiya Gareth, hiya Pal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 What hecking world class player did Slovenia have? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, TheScarf said: What hecking world class player did Slovenia have? Jan Oblak, presumably 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Just now, oneteaminglasgow said: Jan Oblak, presumably That's a reach if so. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Perhaps mistaking Slovenia for Slovakia (or autocorrect) and Hamsik. I'm in agreement with the Wales and Ireland stuff tbh. I've always felt that it was an entirely understandable jealous projection given how successful they both were relative to us. It does seem a bit tinpot, but I don't see playing Poland as lucky. Wales looked very decent against Turkey and would have won but for a terrible penalty decision against them. Anyway, 'mon the home diddy nations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 5 hours ago, TheScarf said: What hecking world class player did Slovenia have? Zlatko Zahovic? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 (edited) I think it’s more that Wales reached the semi finals of a Euros, and qualified for multiple other tournaments and I think I’ve seen them play well about once in all that time. I honestly hope all the other ‘home nations’ lose every game they ever play, unless it’s against England. If Islamic State get a team together and play Wales, I’m cheering for the boys from the Levant. Edit: with Ireland, it’s largely because they have been utter hammerthrowers for fucking ages, and because of the aftermath of Thierry Henry’s totally legitimate assist against them. Edited November 23, 2023 by oneteaminglasgow 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accies1874 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 5 hours ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Jan Oblak, presumably Yes correct 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 Iran's first against Wales last year was one of the biggest celebrations of a goal not involving Morton or Scotland I've ever had. Tore through the house like Tardelli. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 (edited) For me, part of it is the condescending "but we always support you" shite we get from the media and fans of the other UK nations. Like we need our hair ruffled and the contentment of knowing that a load of folk who otherwise couldn't give a f**k about Scotland, or are happy to make xenophobic quips and trot out ridiculous stereotypes of Scots when it's any circumstance aside from football, are cheering for "plucky wee Scotland". I couldn't give a single shiny shite about the other UK nations teams, but I actively want them to fail as quickly and comprehensively as possible so the media that mistakenly believes I simply must care purely because I live in the UK gets their "disaster for the UK teams" pish out of the way and I can enjoy the remaining football in peace. Sick of wall to wall "what Gareth Bale ate for breakfast"/"John Stones is wearing blue underpants" pish getting passed off as "team news" at major tournaments, so the sooner it's over the better. I have no idea why the media presumes everyone in the UK feels they live in some sort of brotherhood of nations, because I certainly don't, and the others are just as much foreign to me as any other random nation. "But it's close by, and we have a lot in common culturally", well aye, Norway is also close by, and we have a fair bit in common culturally and historically with Scandis, but I couldn't care less if Haaland is banging them in or they fail to qualify entirely, because I don't get subjected to endless Norway pish by my own indigenous terrestrial broadcaster at major tournaments, and I don't feel any particular "brotherhood" with Norwegians either. Edited November 24, 2023 by Boo Khaki 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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