Viva Gareth Bale........ He must come home in the Summer if we manage to qualify..... C'mon Gaz.... Wales, Cardiff, Golf.... Then maybe getting your teeth pulled without anesthetic and then Madrid (especially their media).
Back to the game. A good win but we made it hard for ourselves after their lucky goal. We could easily have got 4 or more but a combination of a lack of finish from James and some good goal keeping stopped us from making the game safe. Also we had a number of very tired players with injuries towards the end. Extra time would have been a nightmare. Nevertheless, good performances all round. Apart from Hennesey who should get his 100th cap , I think a completely different outfield team will start, regardless of who we play.
The postponement of the Scots v Ukraine match may well be a blessing in disguise as one has to question if Bale would be 100% fit for a final next week.
On last night's showing, a Bale at 50% and just playing half an hour could turn a game. But as you say, the extra rest could make a difference.
After last night's euphoria its back to earth with a bump time. Wales Under 21's losing 5.1 in Switzerland after 56 minutes. Ouch!!!
Sorry to say I'm not a fan of that. Love the anthem and Men of Harlech but not a dirge from a former Plaid leader and proponent of an independent Wales. For me it's down there with Flower of Scotland, yawn!!! Okay, got my tin hat on, give me your best!!!
I'm no nationalist but agree on the Thatcher dislike but overall the song is about surviving as a nation and it also fires up the crowd with the 'We are still here' chorus (despite all the cr@p we've had to take)
BfB you need to learn the words for the next match Dwyt ti'm yn cofio Macsen, does neb yn ei nabod o. Mae mil a chwe chant o flynyddoedd, yn amser rhy hir i'r co'. Pan aeth Magnus Maximus o Gymru, yn y flwyddyn tri-chant-wyth-tri, a'n gadael yn genedl gyfan, a heddiw - wele ni! Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth. Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth. Ry'n ni yma o hyd. Chwythed y gwynt o'r Dwyrain, rhued y storm o'r môr, hollted y mellt yr wybren, a gwaedded y daran "encôr"! Llifed dagrau'r gwangalon, a llyfed y taeog y llawr. Er dued yw'r ***ddu o'n cwmpas, ry'n ni'n barod am doriad y wawr! Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth. Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth. Ry'n ni yma o hyd. Cofiwn i Facsen Wledig adael ein gwlad yn un darn A bloeddiwn gerbron y gwledydd, "Mi fyddwn yma tan Ddydd y Farn!" Er gwaetha pob Dic Siôn Dafydd, er gwaetha 'rhen ***i a'i chriw, byddwn yma hyd ddiwedd amser, a bydd yr iaith Gymraeg yn fyw! Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth. Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth. Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd,58 er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth. Ry'n ni yma o hyd, ry'n ni yma o hyd, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth, er gwaetha pawb a phopeth... https://lyricstranslate.com/en/yma-o-hyd-still-here.html
Nope. Not got a scooby and no intension of learning the words of a dirge or a language that has no meaning in the real world. 300,000 maybe 500,000 speak it or some of it in Wales. It is in decline in the other part of the world where it, or a version of it, is spoken - the great metropolis of Patagonia. As I have said before, through syllabus dictats my daughter had to give up French as Welsh was compulsory up to GCSE level. Real forward, international thinking - NOT!!! Another reason not to bother, Dopey Drakeford speaks it. Probably his first language. That says a lot. I have no problem in people learning it and speaking it amongst themselves - unless it is to exclude a non Welsh speaker - but it shouldn't be imposed or forced. Rant over. Still got my tin hat on. Welsh wokes will probably want to cancel me now. P.S. BT now you have gone to the time and trouble of copying and pasting the words, I will be listening to and watching you carefully next time it is played at a game. No mumbling or just moving your lips allowed. You will have to train hard as you don't really sing the anthem.
If people want to gabble in a private language amongst themselves in their own company then that’s their business but IMO it should have no part in Welsh society as a whole, as there is no reason or need for an alien and unintelligible language to be used given the vast majority of people living in Wales have no idea what it means, whereas everyone knows what the same thing spoken in English means.
I'm surprised of this opinion. Ignorance on my part is bliss I suppose but I shed a tear listening to this as I do every time I hear Land of my Fathers. My mother brought us up with a feeling/faith deep inside of a love of music and to understand what, her view, is to be Welsh. I was born this side of the water but happy and proud knowing my Mam was Welsh.
Of the six living Celtic languages (including two revived), Welsh has the most number of native speakers who use the language on a daily basis, and it is the only Celtic language which is not considered to be endangered by UNESCO. Nothing wrong with protecting our history and culture by protecting the language that makes us special. Not sure if that makes me woke as I still don't know what that means However, you can legitimately call me a hypocrite as I don't speak Welsh. A huge embarrassment and regret of mine which belatedly, I'm seeking to fix. Let's use everything to hold on to our Welsh identity.
What, the native tongue? English is the alien language, a right bastardisation. The Celtic languages of Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Cornwall are the non-alien languages. I grew up speaking English but enjoy hearing Welsh spoken. Should we ban the National Anthem as well? Or translate it into English?
No, it is the National Anthem. I have no problem with that in Welsh. However, many Welsh speakers have an inherent snobbery and often a sense of precious self entitlement. Between 75 and 80% of the Welsh population don't speak it or just use chosen snippets. Like it or not virtually 100% speak and understand English so why Welsh is forced when public organisations answer phones in Welsh first of all or use Welsh in the first half of e-mails totally defeats me. And don't get me started on the 100% use of Welsh (every other one or more) in motorway warning signs. Dopey Drakeford and his new friends in Plaid will push this issue from what I call stealth Welsh to something more rigorous.
It is these and other actions which have prevented, as clingo points out, the Welsh language from being UNESCO endangered. Long may that continue.
You don't need to speak the language to be considered Welsh Clingo. However, if you or anyone else wants to learn it and converse in that medium with other like minded people, that is a personal choice and I have no issue with that. What I disagree with, is it being forced upon the vast majority, myself included, who have no interest in it.
