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Really bitter Aussies
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Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Funny thing is, human urine is a really good fertilizer for grass.
How bitter do you have to be, to be a REALLY bitter Aussie?
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
Shameful piece, nice to see thier gutter press is a shit as ours.
Haha. What a prick. Preparing dry pitches (not that they even were especially, in most of the tests) is 'doctoring them' and 'cheating', is it? lolz
Tyrone Biggums
Well-known member
Shit sport, wish it would "piss" off and never spoil our summer televsion.
I love the way tha the article implies that but for the weather, the Aussies would have won at the Oval. That's the Test when Engand needed 20 to win with five wickets in hand, when the stupid rules forced the umpires to bring them off.
Is it really possible to "spoil" Australian television?
I love the way tha the article implies that but for the weather, the Aussies would have won at the Oval. That's the Test when Engand needed 20 to win with five wickets in hand, when the stupid rules forced the umpires to bring them off.
To be fair, if it wasn't for the weather we wouldn't have had the sporting declaration from Clarke. How a non-weather affected game would've panned out is open for debate.
There were almost 900 runs in the first innings - a draw was always the most likely result, without the carrot of a sporting declaration. If anything, it was the series situation (3-0 down) that forced Clarke into a gamble. He really had nothing to lose.
brakespear
Doctor Worm
That article was written in ink made of electronic tears.
Brian Fantana
Well-known member
There seems to be fairly stringent criteria in place in order to gain a job as an Australian sports journalist: you need to be a bellend.
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
I'm not sure it's that different - it's just in the UK version they employ the myopic writers as online 'columnists' rather than print journalists!
Kumquat
New member
- Mar 2, 2009
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It's one of the great pot/kettle ones, the aussies calling us whingers. I remember the 1985 series when after going to 35-5 Australia were hanging on gamely until Wayne Phillips was out caught off short leg's boot heel. It was definitely out, unfortunate, but definitely out and they knew it, but they moaned and moaned and moaned. I mentioned it to Allan Border when I saw him once and he just laughed. But every time they have been on the receiving end they have moaned. Ponting in 2005. Warne and McGragh in the media this recent series. To his credit I think Michael Clarke has taken defeat better than any aussie captain i've seen. But their history shows them to be thw whingers.
It is quite amusing, I was over there when the 2006/7 series was on and they had this huge advert on Oxford Street in Sydney with a continuously incrementing count of the number of "whinging poms". Imagine if we'd done that to them, they would be up in arms and kick up a huge stink.
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
I was in Australia in 2004 and lost no opportunity to Lord Mayor it over them about England beating them in the RWC final. I don't think I met anyone that, after a bit of banter didn't magnanimously concede that England were the better side all the way through and thoroughly outplayed them in the final (they also agreed that the ref for that match was a useless nob and that we should have won by more).
I've also found the average Australian to be similarly honest about cricket; they absolutely loved crushing us and hate getting beaten but will take a licking with good grace.
I've also found the average Australian to be similarly honest about cricket; they absolutely loved crushing us and hate getting beaten but will take a licking with good grace.
nicko31
Well-known member
Another Murdoc rag, what do you expect? A lot of Ozzies are pretty knowledgeable about cricket and will cringe when they will this article..