Who was the cretin trying to get the Ukrainian fella sent off in injury time?
Good call on Wales Cheasty.
Noel Mooney has dond very well for himself
Might be âa safe pair of handsâ. Almost sure I saw him play once or twice towards the end of his career when he went back to Limerick.
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Welsh fans. The new best fans in the wuddldd. If only they could find a nun with a puncture.
Itâs so bad.
On paper ours is up there with that. Iâm not taking the piss. Just that they have Bale.
Ah I think it is better to be fair. The likes of Dan James and Harry Wilson would walk into our team very easily. David Brooks doesnât appear to be in the squad after his battle with cancer. He was absolutely flying it in the Premier League back around 2019. I suppose our defence would match Wales and probably even better it.
Likes of Joe Allen and Aaron Ramsey are great technicians in midfield. Yer man Brennan Johnson seems to be doing well at Forest too.
Bazunu (International form) and Collins would walk into theirs tbf.
They were set up nicely with a very inspired Bale, who Iâm after reading hasnât played a full 90 minutes since September. And that of course is with LAFC. Heâd be type of player it seems that could play with a league of Ireland side and still turn it on for Wales.
Big Mick or MON would have loved to have Big Kieffer Moore up front. Heâs got a goal in him to be fair.
Thereâs a lot of quality in that Welsh team.
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Clinical penalty from Gareth Frank.
Thatâs a great read.
A reduced repetoire for the choirs at the Arms Park this afternoon.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/delilah-song-lyrics-its-controversial-26130763
Sir Tom Jonesâ hit song and Welsh rugby anthem Delilah will no longer be a formal fixture at the Principality Stadium, not being played at the stadium or sung by choirs.
While the Welsh Rugby Union removed Delilah from its half-time entertainment and music playlist during international matches in 2015, while also requesting guest choirs not to sing it more recently, the ballad has now been officially removed from choirsâ playlists.
The song, released in 1968 when it reached No. 2 in the charts, is about a jealous lover stabbing his unfaithful partner. One line reads: âI crossed the street to her house and she opened the door; she stood there laughing, I felt the knife in my hand and she laughed no more.â
The ban of the song, one of Sir Tomâs best-known hits, comes at a time of great change of review at the WRU in the wake of damning sexism, misogyny and racism allegations, which prompted the resignation of chief executive Steve Phillips and the promise of an external taskforce to review the governing bodyâs culture and behaviours.
A Principality Stadium spokesperson said: âDelilah will not feature on the playlist for choirs for rugby internationals at Principality Stadium. The WRU removed the song from its half-time entertainment and music play list during international matches in 2015. Guest choirs have also more recently been requested not to feature the song during their pre-match performances and throughout games.
âThe WRU condemns domestic violence of any kind. We have previously sought advice from subject matter experts on the issue of censoring the song and we are respectfully aware that it is problematic and upsetting to some supporters because of its subject matter.â
Delilah was recorded by Sir Tom in 1968 and reached No. 2 in the charts before going on to become a Welsh favourite among the rugby-loving public. Written by Barry Mason and Sylvan Whittingham, with music by Les Reed, the song earned Reed and Mason the 1968 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.
Sir Tom performed the song at his summer 2022 gig at the Principality Stadium in his joint gig with Stereophonics.
There has long been a debate about the use of Delilah in modern society due to its portrayal, and some would argue âtrivialisingâ, of domestic violence.
Dafydd Iwan, whose Yma O Hyd ballad on the survival of the Welsh language and culture has become an anthem among Wales football fans, previously said, in 2014, that it was âa song about murder and it does tend to trivialise the idea of murdering a woman. Itâs a pity these words now have been elevated to the status of a secondary national anthem.â
However, Delilah songwriter Whittingham defended it in 2015, saying: "Delilah is no more likely to cause domestic violence than listening to Mack the Knife would cause you to stab a prostitute. And what about all those great Shakespearean tragedies?â
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant also added to the chorus of disapproval in 2016. âIt is a simple fact that when there are big international rugby matches on, and sometimes football matches as well, the number of domestic violence incidents rises dramatically,â he said. âI know that some people will say, âOh, here we go, heâs a terrible spoilsport,â but the truth is that that song is about the murder of a prostitute.â Adding that there were many other songs that could be sung instead, he said: âI have sung Delilah as well, everybody loves doing the âShe stood there laughingâ moment, but if we are really going to take this issue seriously in Wales we have to change how we do things.â
There has long been a debate about the use of Delilah in modern society due to its portrayal, and some would argue âtrivialisingâ, of domestic violence.
Dafydd Iwan, whose Yma O Hyd ballad on the survival of the Welsh language and culture has become an anthem among Wales football fans, previously said, in 2014, that it was âa song about murder and it does tend to trivialise the idea of murdering a woman. Itâs a pity these words now have been elevated to the status of a secondary national anthem.â
However, Delilah songwriter Whittingham defended it in 2015, saying: "Delilah is no more likely to cause domestic violence than listening to Mack the Knife would cause you to stab a prostitute. And what about all those great Shakespearean tragedies?â
Rhondda MP Chris Bryant also added to the chorus of disapproval in 2016. âIt is a simple fact that when there are big international rugby matches on, and sometimes football matches as well, the number of domestic violence incidents rises dramatically,â he said. âI know that some people will say, âOh, here we go, heâs a terrible spoilsport,â but the truth is that that song is about the murder of a prostitute.â Adding that there were many other songs that could be sung instead, he said: âI have sung Delilah as well, everybody loves doing the âShe stood there laughingâ moment, but if we are really going to take this issue seriously in Wales we have to change how we do things.â
Almost a decade ago, Sir Tom spoke of his pride in the song being sung at rugby matches, and argued that people donât really think about the lyrics in a 2014 interview with The Independent.
âI love to hear it sung at rugby games," he is quoted as saying. "It makes me very proud to be Welsh. I think if theyâre looking into the lyric about a man killing a woman, itâs not a political statement. Itâs just something that happens in life [and] he just loses it.
âThe great thing about the song that everyone picks up on is the chorus. I donât think that they are really thinking about it. I wasnât thinking that I was the man that was killing the girl when I was singing the song, I was acting out the part and thatâs what the song is. If itâs going to be taken literally like that then I think it takes the fun out of it. I think it takes the spirit out why itâs being sung.â
In 2020, Englandâs Rugby Football Union reviewed the context of Englandâs rugby anthem â âSwing Low, Sweet Chariotâ â amid the Black Lives Matter protests. The song is believed to have its roots in American slavery, with its credited author being Wallace Willis â a freed slave from Oklahoma. The RFU didnât ban the singing of the song but said it would âproactivelyâ educate fans on the songâs history.
More recently, Gallagher Premiership side Exeter Chiefs dropped the use of the Tomahawk Chop following the clubâs rebrand away from Native American imagery but the tune has made a return over the Tannoy in games at Sandy Park in 2023.
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Weâd have won a World Cup if we hadnât fucked over Gats
The Choirs no longer permitted to sing Delilah, a song with biblical references. Theyâre currently bellowing out a song for the visitors, The Fields of Athenry, a song which glorifies thievery and criminality.
Finally, condemnation of the tans 