maybe you can answer thiswhen the Aussies come here and solidly beat us, we don't start calling you all sorts of names.
Why when for once the English can give you a game, does your press turn quite so childish and pathetic?
Would it hurt for England to win, just once, in one sport
(Why when for once the English can give you a game, does your press turn quite so childish and pathetic?
Would it hurt for England to win, just once, in one sport
Pootle,
Wed 19 Nov 2003, 10:46,
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I don't knowas I've never been to England, let alone during the RWC/Ashes/whatever sporting comp you care to name.
So I can't compare.
But I do remember what it was like to be an Australian cricket fan during the mid-80s (and yes that hurt like root canal), so if the English win the Rugby... um, well-played. Really. (I don't care much for the game myself, so personally it'd be a bit like the Kiwis beating us at netball a few months ago - sad for a couple of seconds, but no biggie.)
And as for our press being jingoistic bastards - I give you two words.
RUPERT MURDOCH.
He knows it'll sell papers with the drooling masses (sound familiar?), so he ups the childish/pathetic factor.
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Wed 19 Nov 2003, 10:57,
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So I can't compare.
But I do remember what it was like to be an Australian cricket fan during the mid-80s (and yes that hurt like root canal), so if the English win the Rugby... um, well-played. Really. (I don't care much for the game myself, so personally it'd be a bit like the Kiwis beating us at netball a few months ago - sad for a couple of seconds, but no biggie.)
And as for our press being jingoistic bastards - I give you two words.
RUPERT MURDOCH.
He knows it'll sell papers with the drooling masses (sound familiar?), so he ups the childish/pathetic factor.