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“Do the stats show QPR should have won? Were QPR’s xGs better?
Or is it another case that the only stats that matter are BINs?

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/63339674

 

WBA 0-2 Sheff U
Corberán out!

 

Brighton 3-0 Chelsea
Brighton fans singing Sacked In The Morning to Potter

 

Wilks has managed to score for Wednesday and as it stands WBA bottom of the Championship

 

Charlton 4-4 Ipswich
Four goals in second half stoppage time!

 

Liverpool 1-2 Leeds
Klopp out!
Eight year syndrome is striking!

 

Cymru am bith
Wales' national football teams could change their name to Cymru - the Welsh name for Wales - after this year's World Cup in Qatar.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) already uses Cymru at its headquarters and in communications and documents.

Informal discussions have taken place with European football's ruling body Uefa about a possible change.

"The team should always be called Cymru, that's what we call it here," said FAW chief executive Noel Mooney.

"Our view at the moment is that domestically we're clearly called Cymru. That's what we call our national teams.

"If you look at our website, how we talk about ourselves, we are very much Cymru.

"Internationally we feel we have a bit more work to do yet. So we are going to this World Cup as Wales.

"But I think 2023 will be a year when we have a good discussion with all the different stakeholders - whether that's governments, our own boards, councils and decision-making bodies, staff, club and players.

"We're a very open democratic organisation and we don't just unilaterally decide today to do something like that.

"I would say it's the direction of travel, but there's no firm decisions on it. It's more almost by osmosis that we're heading towards it."

Wales' participation in Qatar is only their second ever appearance at the World Cup finals - the other was 1958 in Sweden - but they have qualified for the last two European Championships.

In qualifying for Euro 2024 they have been drawn in a group alongside Turkiye, whose governing body has successfully requested its country's official name on the international stage be changed from the anglicised Turkey.

"You've seen countries like Azerbaijan, Turkey and others use their own language," said Mooney.

"They're quite strong on it and we spoke to the Turkish at the Euro 2024 draw about it.

"We've also had unofficial discussions with Uefa over coffees at different events. Asking how Turkey did this, how other countries did that.

"We've asked what their direction of travel is, for example is there a movement towards people using their indigenous language?

"What I do know is there's a renaissance of the Welsh language and a sense of great pride in what we do with the culture and the heritage."

 

Jolly good, just need their league clubs to **** off to the League of Wales now.



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You mean Cynghrair Cymru

 

Noel Mooney is.....Irish.

 

Nope, I mean **** off to the League of Wales.


The views expressed in my posts are not necessarily mine.

 

Plymouth came from 1-2 down to Exeter, to win 4-2. Plymouth's 2nd was a belter!

 

Fantastic game. I suspect we wouldn't find league one to be the breeze it was last time if we ended up in it again next season

 

I see DC United have been fined $25,000 because when they appointed Wayne Rooney they didn’t interview 2 people from under represented groups one of which must be black or African American so they were in breach of the Rooney rule.

 

Is there a difference?

 

Yes.

 

is seri an african american?

 

No, he is African.
Happy to help.

 

well why ask if is there a difference