General Chat

Hi Emma.

I quite agree. Can't imagine some of the players we have in football today going into a scrum. Some maybe but not those who go down as if they've been shot when an opposition player breathed near them.

I don't see Gareth Edwards, just one of many wonderful players in the 70s acting as they say 'like a big girl's blouse'.

Remember Rory and Tony Underwood's mom? She'd soon sort out any wimpish behaviour if we let her run football :-D

I like the rugby too because the ref is mike'd. And sure it can get unpleasant out there but I like the attitudes of all involved much better.

For many years I have believed that attitudes in football are wrong. Not all footballers should be tarred with the same brush and I've got personal experience to know this.

Non-league and lower league players work a 'real job' and play football too and find a balance to do both.

I'm afraid that if I was put in charge of footballers towards the top of the game, I would send them to work in a factory or foundary or a mine or to work on the roads or a building site for a couple of weeks so that they might appreciate just how lucky they are to make their very good living kicking a big bag of wind about.

LOL, Jill some of them would never recover if she was in charge.

I think hearing what football ref is saying would help a lot, no back-
chatting a rugby ref, players adhere to what he is saying and get on
with the game. :-)

Emma

It would but not until a footballer understands that he is not the most important person in the world, that he is part of a team and that what the ref says goes.

So long as money talks to the people who run the game, they aren't going to get tough.

They should bring in a new regime from the start of a season based upon rugby rules behaviour on the pitch.

I won't worry about ducking from those flying pigs any time soon though :-)

Yep you and me both.

That ref who was accused,it would not have gotten off the ground
if he could have been heard by the rest of us. It's a shame that
the so called 'beautiful game' is spoiled by these primadonna's.

Emma

Perhaps, today, the following will apply :

Men of Harlech, march to glory,
Victory is hov'ring o'er ye,
Bright-eyed freedom stands before ye,
Hear ye not her call?
At your sloth she seems to wonder;
Rend the sluggish bonds asunder,
Let the war-cry's deaf'ning thunder
Every foe appall.
Echoes loudly waking,
Hill and valley shaking;
'Till the sound spreads wide around,
The Saxon's courage breaking;
Your foes on every side assailing,
Forward press with heart unfailing,
'Till invaders learn with quailing,
Cambria ne'er can yield!

I can but hope.....and dream.....

Mr D.

Mr D. Just keep thinking of Max Boyce and the Reverend Goronwy Roberts and anything can happen :-D

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 I LOVE RUGBY, I CANT STAND FOOTBALL. I could sing you a Rugby song, but I don't want to lower the tone :-D

When was a kid the male parent had a reel to reel tape recorder he bought second hand from a colleague. A mass of tapes came with it. The title which fascinated me was 'Rugby Songs'. I knew if I was caught, the consequences would be serious so I held out for a few years. One day I couldn't resist any longer and played it. How disappointing. All the bad words had been 'beeped' out :-D

lol Jill............. I could teach you but I am a good girl ;-)

I can believe that Paula. Shame I'm not though :-D

I lived in London for a time in my 20's. There is a thriving Welsh community there and, on a Sunday night we used to go down to the Prince of Wales in (I think) Leicester Square and sing hymns and arias interspersed with "hairs on her ****" and similar.

The combination of "Tydi a Roddaist" (Thou who gavest) with Sospan Fach (Little saucepan) followed by the Engineers song followed by Men of Harlech was a bit surreal. But a fabulous evening completed by the Welsh national anthem :-D :-D

And plenty of draft Brains and Wrexham Lager :-D

Happy days John. I am from a strong Rugby background, my son is now the Presedent of the Rugby Club which was founded by his Grandfather. Lots of happy memories and so many funny stories. I always feel safe and much loved when I am with the "lads" old and young.

Wales 10 New Zealand 33. :-( :-( :-(

All Blacks were awesome. But Wales were better in the final 20 minutes and really finished strongly. And lots of hwyl (spirit). So plenty more to hope for in teh next few months :-D :-D

Oh, and I heard you singing. Quite tuneful - and VERY LOUD :-D

hubby loves rugby(wales)and has gone for a rare afternoon drink with his friends to watch the rugby in the pub(hes not home yet,did they win?) :-D

hes going down to cardiff next wkend to watch them play.

my daughter is friends with George North,they were in school together,dont think hes playing today though :-)

Jill...'Personally I will stick with the football'


Me too :-D........Up The Blades



Although my husband is an ex Welsh player (Rugby that is!)

I now know that wales lost as did scotland,but ireland won,what did england do?? :-)

I thought England did Tonga.

Football is p*s*ing me off, Merlin. Haven;t been foloowing Blades but will now. But have taken an interest in Crystal Palace, and they are winning every da*ned thing. My team Wolves were winning 1-0 today at Milineux and then lost 2-1 (didn't even seem that good an opposing team, something like Oakengates Dynamo) :-( :-(

Manager is stale already ;-)

"Sweet" Haka:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pfe_sXBrU5c



:-D

a bad day for Wales :-(

if they're doing well I turn OHs photograph to the TV screen, but really today I should have taken him out of the room altogether, it would have broken his heart