Australians taking defeat well as always

[sydney]

at work the other morning ,the only announcement about the cricket was that australia had won the third place play -off...........they take parochialism to a new level here ,i can't wait for the world cup,nowhere to hide there boys. all in all the commentary on sport in this country is f***ing amateur.

 

[alan partridge]

no , its a discussion on aussies and sport ,and a worthy tosser like you has to get on his high horse and start moralising about casual racism, shut up you f***ing bore.

f***ing hell you trawl the boards looking for stuff like this don't you? Change the record YOU f***ing bore. And piss off to a Chelsea site.


I enjoyed mentioning this to my Ausiie colleagues today. I hardly even know what 20-20 cricket is

And for the record they took it very well and didn't mention the SA thing.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Two of our most successful county players EVER are not entirely English. It's always been the way with cricket. No need to get worked up about it.

Cricketers born abroad – what's the fuss? | Observer Sport | Sport | The Observer

 

[sydney]

it's not yer average man in the street's viewpoint,only the head up eachothers' arses commentators........they are expressing their idiotic opinions ,where as at the end of the day the players being mentioned are legally qualified to play for england..end of.

and this from the fuckers who tried to introduce under-arm bowling into the one day game..

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Get your facts right, he is half aboriginal half Greek

Get your facts right.

If you are 1/16th aboriginal here you are entitled to aboriginal benefits.

Meaning you are considered aboriginal.

So he being half means he's considered an aboriginal.

 

[Chicken Run]

Get your facts right.

If you are 1/16th aboriginal here you are entitled to aboriginal benefits.

Meaning you are considered aboriginal.

So he being half means he's considered an aboriginal.

That might be so, but in England when he's fielding down at deep fine leg, he is still known as "stavros"

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

So at least 25% were born outside of the UK, What's your problem?

He said that the majority were born in the UK.

So statistically very wrong.

I wasn't disputing that they felt some ties to the UK, just that they were mostly Australian born.

That was my problem.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

That might be so, but in England when he's fielding down at deep fine leg, he is still known as "stavros"

His Aboriginal sportsman of the year award means more than anything some punter in the stands thinks

 

[The Wizard]

How many binfest's are we going to have this summer? Will we beat the previous record?

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

at work the other morning ,the only announcement about the cricket was that australia had won the third place play -off...........they take parochialism to a new level here ,i can't wait for the world cup,nowhere to hide there boys. all in all the commentary on sport in this country is f***ing amateur.

Are you in Sydney?

Because here in Melbourne and Victoria its all just AFL, AFL and more AFL.

Same goes for SA and WA.

Football rules over cricket for attendances and interest. It's just the way it is.

 

[Common as Mook]

Are you in Sydney?

Because here in Melbourne and Victoria its all just AFL, AFL and more AFL.

Same goes for SA and WA.

Football rules over cricket for attendances and interest. It's just the way it is.

Considering that form of 'football' is nit played anywhere else and cricket is a worldwide game, says more about the Aussies IMHO

 

[User removed 4]

f***ing hell you trawl the boards looking for stuff like this don't you? Change the record YOU f***ing bore. And piss off to a Chelsea site.

No i dont, i was enjoying the thread until one of your f***ing BORE contemporares decided to flaunt his right on credentials by bringing up the old ' casual racism ' chestnut on a thread about 20/20 cricket, why dont you get a life instead of trawling this board looking for opportunities to make spurious attacks on me , you cock.

 

[Yoda]

If you are 1/16th aboriginal here you are entitled to aboriginal benefits.

That's worse than Jack Charlton's 1990 Irish World Cup Squad.

At least they were 1/4 Irish.

 

[eastlondonseagull]

God bless em. And when was the last time a true native of Australia turned out for them I wonder?

 

[Chicken Run]

His Aboriginal sportsman of the year award means more than anything some punter in the stands thinks

When did he win that?

 

[Pavilionaire]

England Dream XI:

Strauss
Lumb
Trott
Pietersen
Morgan
Kieswetter
Prior
S Jones
Pattinson
Caddick
Panesar

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Considering that form of 'football' is nit played anywhere else and cricket is a worldwide game, says more about the Aussies IMHO

Not true.

There are other football leagues around the world.

Only small at the moment but growing. There's a world cup of football held each year in Mellbourne with these nations national teams.

They (the AFL) are actually spending alot of money to develop a league in South Africa as it was once widely played there around the times of the Boer Wars.

And cricket isnt a world wide game.

Its a Commonwealth game.

 

[Common as Mook]

Not true.

There are other football leagues around the world.

Only small at the moment but growing. There's a world cup of football held each year in Mellbourne with these nations national teams.

They (the AFL) are actually spending alot of money to develop a league in South Africa as it was once widely played there around the times of the Boer Wars.

And cricket isnt a world wide game.

Its a Commonwealth game.

Cricket - 4 continents and 2 world cups
AFL - 1 country and 0 World Cups.

Je reste, mon sac.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

When did he win that?

In 2001.

8th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards


Event Date: 11-09-2001

Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman, Test cricketer Jason Gillespie, and AFL star Andrew McLeod were among the athletes honoured in Sydney at the 8th National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sports Awards. Cathy Freeman was named National Sportswoman of the Year for a record fourth consecutive time while Jason Gillespie and Andrew McLeod were voted joint winners of the National Sportsman award. They were among more than 20 recipients of National, State and Territory Awards presented at a gala dinner at Darling Harbour Convention Centre.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

That's worse than Jack Charlton's 1990 Irish World Cup Squad.

At least they were 1/4 Irish.

Haha too true.

You do get blonde haired blue eyed people saying they are aboriginal