2023 Ashes

Oracle wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: Oracle wrote: Logical reply and a good reply ...what really gets me is not the engerlish or their team , its the welsh supporters ignoring the elephant in the room ...if there is the interest for cricket , lets sort ourselves out and develope cymru and its own side , if you love cricket it would benefit the game by encouraging the growth of the game on a world stage ...we may not be the best but who cares ,and lets not forget how nz have developed over the years ...im sure theres enough people with enough talent to get the ball rolling  There really is no elephant in the room unless, of course, you are anti English/British. Plenty of excellent Welsh players have worn the colours with great pride & I certainly would not be painting them as some sort of deluded turncoats who had no pride in their Welshness. I totally get the anti Westminster feeling but I certainly do not confuse that with being anti English.  It's nothing to do with any anti English feeling , it's all to do with the neediness of some to have such a lack of confidence in themselves , they need to want to pretend that Wales are part of something they are not ...Look at the supporters on the TV , the commentators the impact on the eye when watching the test match , Wales are never ever mentioned ..not in commentary , never by the supporters and I've yet to see a red dragon flag anywhere.....It's like an adopted child that is never invited by the family for food , photos or holidays ..they just stay in their room ... The whole system doesn't it hate us , the truth is that they don't even know we exist ..that's our fault not theirs ... If the past international players got together to form and develope a proper Welsh side , you would see a massive upturn in interest in cricket , which is not there currently ...but unfortunately all I see is the self serving attitude of these Welsh individuals , with no thought for the future development of the game through the Welsh outlet ....it's a massive missed opportunity for all countries especially us in Wales ... The ECB note no w , has only once in the last 5 years mentioned Wales and that was when the system was accused of racism , strange that . If people had money to invest , what a cash cow it would be for all concerned if the above idea was put into place .....

Of course , you could always be a Welsh version of Kerry Packer ...worth thinking about 

All counties get central funding, tbh glamorgan cut their own throats to become so cardiff based and excluding a lot of their west wales fan base. They also binned the colts team that used to develop players. Tbh glamotgan talent devekopment has been dire in recent years. Simon jones last player we brought through who got capped and that was over 15 years ago, as for welsh fire 1 win in 2 years awful stuff you have to ask why glamorgan have failed to tap into  the asian community to get more support and players from that community, i can’t recall any home grown asian players making it at glamorgan

Edited by RR1972 - 23 July 2023 at 12:33pm

reesytheexile wrote: RR1972 wrote: All counties get central funding, tbh glamorgan cut their own throats to become so cardiff based and excluding a lot of their west wales fan base. They also binned the colts team that used to develop players. Tbh glamotgan talent devekopment has been dire in recent years. Simon jones last player we brought through who got capped and that was over 15 years ago, as for welsh fire 1 win in 2 years awful stuff you have to ask why glamorgan have failed to tap into  the asian community to get more support and players from that community, i can’t recall any home grown asian players making it at glamorgan They have become Sophia Gardens CC sadly ! Remember them regularly playing at St Helens . As you say it’s cutting off interest when you can only see your Welsh team in  Cardiff

They used to send them from Swansea prison as extra punishment 

England lose test and struggling if keeper had held that they would be right in the mire

Good first day for our boys in yellow , I think it may be engerland that are now practicing the rain dance 

The Aussies are looking physically & mentally shot. They have had two of the worst first morning sessions I can ever recall from them. No fight, no guts, no leadership they look as if they want to be back on bondi beach.