Wales now 'planet’s most unpopular team' as they face Ukraine says Daily Mail

Show them all the respect due any opposition nation, do the cards thing to create their flag before kick-off then beat them comprehensively.

Very narrow view of welshness you have I'm 100% behind them and I'm a rugby fan and that includes Wales in all sports getting to the Word Cup would give our country massive recognition

We're not doing it for Russia it's for ourselves idiot

Er i must have imagined it when ive watched ben davies and aaron ramsey being interviewed in welsh after Wales games 😉. But please let's have none of norman tebbit's odious - and racist - 'cricket test' nonsense being dragged into discussions about Welsh sports teams thanks. When anyone puts the wales shirt on (wherever they were born) they are representing the Welsh nation on the sports field - and they are obviously proud to do so. And If you cant get behind a Wales team playing for the chance to take us to our first world cup in 64 years then im afraid youre no friend of the welsh nation

Don't you have friends who have moved to England? Are their children not also Welsh? Everyone in our football team knows what Wales is and is proud to play for the nation - that should be enough.

Scotland lost on wednesday because they were comprehensively outplayed by their opponents - not because they were weighed down by being 'the most umpopular team in the planet' or any other pseudo psychological claptrap. And it will be the same on sunday - the best football team will win not the team most people watching on their tv screens around the world may be supporting. Ive been following the Wales football team for nearly 50 years and in all that time i can say with some certainty that probably the only people rooting for wales when theyve played have been the 3 million in our own country and the small welsh expatriate community dotted around the world. It will be the same on sunday - so what?

Then you have no right to call yourself a patriot. Don't go on here lecturing if something isn't Welsh enough for you when you're not even prepared to support your own country. Remember many players who could have been eligible for England chose to play for us knowing that at the time they may never get to play in a major tournament. Gareth Bale is very passionate about playing for his country. You know there are plenty in the Welsh rugby team who are English born or even New Zealand born who don't speak with a Welsh accent let alone speak Welsh. Do you feel the same way towards the rugby team?

Just imagine Ukraine winning against us on Sunday (I hope not!) and qualifying for the World Cup. They will then be in the same group as Iran, USA and ... erm ... England. That being the case, will the assorted Fleet Street hacks (Craig Hopeless et al.) be writing screeds when the Ukraine v England match comes around of England being the most unpopular team on the planet and root for an Ukrainean victory? Will the Prime Minister ask Gareth Southgate's men to step aside and allow the men in yellow and blue to progress to the next stage? In both cases - I think not. Rather - and the metaphor is disconcerting at the best of times, the more so now - headlines will read about 'our [sic.] boys' taking it to the Ukrainians in some sort of 'fight'. Indeed, the three-lioned hordes will do battle for the glory of the nation [viz. Ingerlund]. An appalling vista - but all too predictable.

It's a game. The Ukrainians want to get there by merit so, regardless of our emotions, the Welsh team should cast aside the surposed view of them (the DM was always going to bash us - it's hardly a Welsh loving paper!) and just concentrate on winning.

Aside from the match on Sunday, We stand with Ukraine 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🤝🇺🇦

So if Ukraine qualify by being allowed to beat Wales then the Daily Mail would obviously expect England to do the same in the finals. And pigs might fly.

The Daily Mail will stop at nothing to spread hatred against us. I can't believe why anybody in Wales would buy this anti-Welsh, racist, disgraceful paper!

Oh dear. The Daily Poisoner at it again. The game itself is a straightforward competition but that doesn't preclude expressing the support and friendship we all feel. If you're going to watch in person, take a second, Ukraine, flag with you. Get on Duolingo to learn the Ukrainian national anthem as well as our own. Painting a dragon on your cheek? Then paint the Ukrainian flag on the other.

I'm sorry that Ukraine is suffering greatly due to Russian attacks, and it's admirable to see their resolve as a nation, but I'm fed up that we as Wales are made to feel ashamed of winning a match that might eliminate them from appearing at the World Cup. The last European Championships Wales was treated appallingly by UEFA. We did a 6,000 mile round trip where England & Scotland played all but one matches at their home stadia. Worst still. Our fans were prohibited from travelling to support Wales due to Covid restrictions. And when we played against Denmark in Holland, had the world & media supporting Denmark because of their striker's heart attack. Our fans were barred from the stadia where 30,000 hostile Danish fans were allowed to attend. Truly a joke. And now this emotive crap regarding Ukraine? Wales is on the verge of qualifing for the World Cup since 1958. We are where we are on merit not charity. And if we win will deserve our place at Qatar 2022.

Never mind what The Daily Fail says.As for Wales being the most unpopular team on the planet, what Planet is the columnist exactly taking about! Probably the Western Hemisphere alliance of NATO and Eu Member States who have imposed sanctions on Russia which only makes up 15% of The World's Population.Its heartening to know that Wales will not be unpopular with 85% of The World's Population.

https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/health-and-safety/qatar-migrant-death-rate-revealed-more-than-6500-workers-die-since-world-cup-win-23-02- 2021/ Ond peidiwch â gadael i hawliau dynol amharu ar eich mwynhad.

The boys have a good chance tomorrow. I'll be celebrating hopefully a Welsh victory and then q few drinks for the queen's jubilllee. Happy times!

I have nothing but solidarity with Ukraine 🇺🇦. But on Sunday. COME ON WALES Cymru am Byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Trust the Daily Mail to stir up such hatred! This is designed to intimidate the Wales team and to put them off on Sunday. The war in Ukraine should not overshadow this match. It is still just a game after all.