Confused Clarity Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) These tweets are doing the rounds on Welsh sporting social media. He didn't name the station in the original tweet. But yeah, after people asked him to name and shame, he did indeed confirm it was TalkSport, as if there was any doubt. I mean, read that whole thing. What an absolute load of jingoistic, xenophobic nonsense. If any Welsh person actually takes the money to say all that, they ought to be ashamed of themselves and excommunicated. Edited June 3, 2021 by Confused Clarity 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Cartman Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Absolute flanel, not once did it mention the inbreeding. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxeyN17 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 At work so can't see the tweet - what did they want him to say? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pukey Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 4 minutes ago, MaxeyN17 said: At work so can't see the tweet - what did they want him to say? Basically "lol sheep, lol Welsh language" All spectacularly unfunny, and clearly pisses off Welsh people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decapitated Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Is this supposed to encourage Welsh people to listen to Talksport? I imagine it would do the opposite. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 1 hour ago, sc91 said: Absolute flanel, not once did it mention the inbreeding. Going on about the 1958 World Cup as well, and not pointing out that they had been knocked out once and then only stumbled in because other eliminated teams refused to play a repechage game against Israel. Total amateur hour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestbrother Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) Now im a well known Scot' im wondering if ill get a gig like this on the radio? Its our first tourney in ages for one, haggis for two. Edited May 27, 2021 by bestbrother 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Nicely written. I like it, especially Catherine Zeta Jones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 12 hours ago, Barry Cartman said: TBF Rodri's one was justified and well done. The only person getting mocked in that ad was Ryan and we know he deserved that. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Pukey said: Basically "lol sheep, lol Welsh language" All spectacularly unfunny, and clearly pisses off Welsh people. Don't forget also implying welsh people are uneducated morons as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebs Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 Doesn't mention flags...they have flags everywhere...nearly as many flags as sheep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeafParrot Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 I see no issues here. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggins Top Boys Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) Really lazy, no mention of the 3 most famous symbols of wales: leek, daffodils and general bitterness towards the English. Should have just said "we'd rather be watching Rugby but as long as England get beat we'll be happy" Edited June 1, 2021 by Wiggins Top Boys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameuss Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 15 hours ago, DeafParrot said: I see no issues here. Glad I'm not the only one not feeling the outrage. Granted, I'm not Welsh, so that probably feeds into it. But given it's TalkSport it seems remarkably restrained from the usual jingoistic output. Reads more like being utterly pointless and irrelevant than malicious. I assume they've got a Scottish one somewhere too. Wonder what that'll be like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Are we making this the general "Patronising English coverage of Scotland and Wales" thread? Noticed Lee Dixon chortling away when Scotland shipped a late equaliser last night... "I don't really care!" or whatever he said. Just no need for it. Not sure when he became such an authority on international football after making precisely zero England squads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 On 27/05/2021 at 23:32, G-Man11 said: Don't forget also implying welsh people are uneducated morons as well. Yeah, so unnecessary to keep shoving common facts down peoples throats. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Clarity Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Rob1981 said: Are we making this the general "Patronising English coverage of Scotland and Wales" thread? Noticed Lee Dixon chortling away when Scotland shipped a late equaliser last night... "I don't really care!" or whatever he said. Just no need for it. Not sure when he became such an authority on international football after making precisely zero England squads. Done. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man11 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 29 minutes ago, sc91 said: Yeah, so unnecessary to keep shoving common facts down peoples throats. Certainly an interesting response considering how much you (rightly) get annoyed at bigotry directed towards the traveller community. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sc91 Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 12 minutes ago, G-Man11 said: Certainly an interesting response considering how much you (rightly) get annoyed at bigotry directed towards the traveller community. I really need to add emotes to emphasize the tongue in cheek. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggressive minor Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 21 hours ago, Rob1981 said: Are we making this the general "Patronising English coverage of Scotland and Wales" thread? Noticed Lee Dixon chortling away when Scotland shipped a late equaliser last night... "I don't really care!" or whatever he said. Just no need for it. Not sure when he became such an authority on international football after making precisely zero England squads. 22 caps for England 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikka Mezzala Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 I enjoy the arrogance and ignorance in the English sporting media. It makes it all the sweeter when things go wrong. When England get beat, Scottish media outlets have to give a 'sexually explicit content' warning before revealing the result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1981 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) 38 minutes ago, aggressive minor said: 22 caps for England Yeah, never went to a tournament though. Injured for Euro 92, failed to qualify 94, not in contention for the others. Edited June 4, 2021 by Rob1981 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggressive minor Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 23 minutes ago, Rob1981 said: Yeah, never went to a tournament though. Injured for Euro 92, failed to qualify 94, not in contention for the others. Should have specified then Rob1981! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
enigmatic Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 On 01/06/2021 at 10:44, forameuss said: Glad I'm not the only one not feeling the outrage. Granted, I'm not Welsh, so that probably feeds into it. But given it's TalkSport it seems remarkably restrained from the usual jingoistic output. Reads more like being utterly pointless and irrelevant than malicious. I assume they've got a Scottish one somewhere too. Wonder what that'll be like. Yeah. I mean, the paragraph about Llanfairpwll... is spectacularly pointless and unfunny and any competent editor would cut it, and the rest is a generic football stuff with a lame Bale joke and a "sheep jokes are boring" sheep joke thrown it but the whole thing is so bland it could be in a tourist brochure - except that would probably have more boring stereotypes (no voice choirs or rugby or leeks or rain mentioned in this!) Even the vanilla "As long as we beat the English" prematch buildups for TV rugby are trying harder for antagonism What exactly were people expecting, a serious exploration of Welsh culture or a reinvention of Wales as a footballing powerhouse? And yeah, Lee Dixon joking about not caring about Scotland's result is just as unfunny and insignificant as half the pundit class from the rest of the UK casually not caring or "go Opposition"ing every English game (or indeed the same top bantz at club level). Now when the English media wants to do actual xenophobia around football... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 It's clearly not funny, boomer humour if you will, but are people genuinely outraged by it? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggressive minor Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Yeah I don’t see the big issue with it myself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughthom Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 15 minutes ago, Weezer said: It's clearly not funny, boomer humour if you will, but are people genuinely outraged by it? It's more embarrassing than offensive to be fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
decapitated Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Its less offensive than utterly counter-productive if the aim to attract Wales fans to listen to their coverage. Would someone listing a list of 'lol English' cliches so beloved by Americans make you want to watch their England coverage? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, decapitated said: Would someone listing a list of 'lol English' cliches so beloved by Americans make you want to watch their England coverage? The Welsh would probably love it tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiggins Top Boys Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Weezer said: It's clearly not funny, boomer humour if you will, but are people genuinely outraged by it? Only if you're a true nationalist dragon flag shagger. Just an excuse for another #ABE thread with a dodgy pretense really Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 On 04/06/2021 at 03:35, sc91 said: I really need to add emotes to emphasize the tongue in cheek. Or just be funny On 05/06/2021 at 00:56, Weezer said: It's clearly not funny, boomer humour if you will, but are people genuinely outraged by it? Is anyone genuinely outraged? Is crap though. On 05/06/2021 at 02:50, Wiggins Top Boys said: Only if you're a true nationalist dragon flag shagger. Just an excuse for another #ABE thread with a dodgy pretense really No need any pretense for ABE. Donut understand how English people fail to grasp ABE. ABE is more normal of human nature. In particular, AB Harry Maguire. Hope he is fit to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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