Aussie Press

[pork pie]

Oh well, I stand corrected, you've obviously spoken to the reporter concerned and he's clued you in as to exactly why he wrote that.

That's all we need, a bloody Aussie apologist; if it wasn't bad enough with half the threads on NSC infested with Palarse trolls!

It is pushbike riding for Christ sake! Not a real sport! Get over it.

 

[leigull]

I've not seen the Cavendish interview, but have seen split opinions on it. Some people say he's been overly rude, others agree with him that the reporter was asking stupid questions and deserved to be put into place. Really need to find said interview and see it myself

 

[BadFish]

My comments weren't ridiculous. They were backed up with flat out statistical truth. You can't comment on the game of cricket out here because you don't live out here or see local cricket clubs struggling for numbers.

Participation rates of cricket have been dropping for a few years now over here. Nothing like as popular as it once was. Other sports have over taken it.

When it comes to the Olympics most people would want to beat the Yanks first and foremost.

It's been like that for a while now.

Is there even a sport at the Olympics that the our two nations have a fierce rivalry with?

All of them from my perception.

As a Pom I can accurately state that my Aussie mates love to put on over on us and love to rub my nose in it when they do.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Of course I can, and I am. Participation rates here ebb and flow too, but it doesn't mean we don't want the Ashes back as a nation.

As a nation we are very diverse in our multiculturalism. Britain has a lot of Indian/Pakistani/Carribean immigrants. They naturally share an interest in cricket. So they follow the national team.

We have a lot of Europeans from the Balkans(Croats, Serbs etc), lots of Italians and Greeks, Chinese, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Turks etc. All of which come from non-cricket backgrounds.
This has meant as our demographics have changed through immigration so has the popularity of cricket as a spectator sport.

Within the workplace the interest in the sport as a topic of conversation has dropped off significantly over the last 10 years. Soccer has on the other hand increased in it's popularity greatly.

Everyone wants to beat them FFS, and that is because they win the most medals. I'm fairly sure the Americans are more concerned with staying ahead of China and Russia overall, than beating little old Australia. You have ONE sporting rivalry with them as far as I can see - swimming. But the Aussies are fairly strong in the velodrome and in the rowing, which also happen to be our strengths. I'm struggling to believe most Aussies are more concerned with beating America overall than beating GB - especially as we finished above you in Beijing in the medals table, for the first time in 4 Olympics...

Struggle as you may, it's not just about sport when it comes to peoples thoughts on a nation.

A lot of Aussies don't like the US and its culture. That influences why they love beating them.

There's nothing like that bad feeling towards the UK amongst the general populous of Australia these days.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

All of them from my perception.

As a Pom I can accurately state that my Aussie mates love to put on over on us and love to rub my nose in it when they do.

I don't know one person who cares about how GB goes at the Olympics.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

The suggestion that the Aussies are 'concerned' with competing with the US (overall) is one of the most laughable things I've ever read.

Who said "competing", it's about beating them when possible.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Oh well, I stand corrected, you've obviously spoken to the reporter concerned and he's clued you in as to exactly why he wrote that.

That's all we need, a bloody Aussie apologist; if it wasn't bad enough with half the threads on NSC infested with Palarse trolls!

Actually I pasted what Cav said. Nobody made Cav say what he did but himself.

 

[BadFish]

I don't know one person who cares about how GB goes at the Olympics.

I guess neither of our circle of friends and associates represents the whole nation.

 

[Diego Napier]

It is pushbike riding for Christ sake! Not a real sport! Get over it.

You've misconstrued my post, I'm not whinging about the cycling, rather the response from the Aussie troll.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

You've misconstrued my post, I'm not whinging about the cycling, rather the response from the Aussie troll.

Troll?

Been around here longer than you have old chap.

 

[BadFish]

I don't know one person who cares about how GB goes at the Olympics.

There are plenty of Herald Sun Journalists that do for a start.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I guess neither of our circle of friends and associates represents the whole nation.

True enough.

My group of friends is culturally quite diverse so none of them have any reason to have any care for a rivalry of days gone by.

 

[Simster]

We have a lot of Europeans from the Balkans(Croats, Serbs etc), lots of Italians and Greeks, Chinese, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Turks etc. All of which come from non-cricket backgrounds.
This has meant as our demographics have changed through immigration so has the popularity of cricket as a spectator sport.

It does make me chuckle how some Australians labour under this misapprehension that you are incredibly multicultural when the fact is that London on its own is far more of a melting pot than Australia has ever been. You have lots of Europeans and East Asians, but not a lot of other ethnicities.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

There are plenty of Herald Sun Journalists that do for a start.

I read todays paper, the AFL dominated most of the sport coverage still.

 

[BadFish]

True enough.

My group of friends is culturally quite diverse so none of them have any reason to have any care for a rivalry of days gone by.

Mine are all true blue bogans who f***ing hate the poms!

 

[Simster]

I read todays paper, the AFL dominated most of the sport coverage still.

It always does in Victoria. Have a biscuit.

 

[BadFish]

It always does in Victoria. Have a biscuit.

On a monday during the AFL season......of course it does.

 

[Diego Napier]

Troll?

Been around here longer than you have old chap.

Not on the terraces though!

 

[BadFish]

It does make me chuckle how some Australians labour under this misapprehension that you are incredibly multicultural when the fact is that London on its own is far more of a melting pot than Australia has ever been. You have lots of Europeans and East Asians, but not a lot of other ethnicities.

Our multiculturalism is more multicultural than your multiculturalism!

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

It does make me chuckle how Australians labour under this misapprehension that you are incredibly multicultural when the fact is that London on its own is far more of a melting pot than Australia has ever been. You have lots of Europeans and East Asians, but not a lot of other ethnicities.

You really should stop commenting on Australia, you appear to know nothing about it going by your comments.

We have large Middle eastern communities. We've rapidly growing African communities. Large communities of Islanders from the Pacific. Communities from most South American nations in all major cities.

Not a lot of other Ethnicities? That's the bit to make someone chuckle.