***Official*** Australia in New Zealand 2016

[Burgey]

So much internecine fighting amongst our little brothers here atm. ****ing glorious.

 

[TheJediBrah]

So much internecine fighting amongst our little brothers here atm. ****ing glorious.

the little battlers will be alright

 

[Burgey]

They always punch above their weight. I'm just not used to them punching each other.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nah if anything the likes of CM Punk and jonbrooks get pack-bullied for doing exactly that.

The key is to not be either pessimistically one-eyed or optimistically one-eyed, and most importantly not to be a knee-jerker. Balanced, rational analysis is valued, as is good-natured humour. What a horrible culture we have here at CW.

well as long as someone is getting pack-bullied it's ok in my books

 

[Flem274*]

They always punch above their weight. I'm just not used to them punching each other.

you're a bit too fat for us little kiwis to take on tbf

yes i did just stoop that low

 

[Burgey]

From the pov of this game, if NZ cobble together a 180-200 run lead I reckon they're a decent show. Williamson needs to bat through and get some cameos from the other blokes along the way. That sort of total will make Australia nervous given their propensity to lolapse.

Backing a tie.

 

[Flem274*]

most importantly not to be a knee-jerker.

unless you're me, then you can

the trent boult forward defense of the kiwi posters.

 

[Flem274*]

Backing a tie.

a tied test in this day and age where you can follow the emotions of both sets of fans would be a pretty funny read

 

[Burgey]

you're a bit too fat for us little kiwis to take on tbf

yes i did just stoop that low

That's probably a tad out of date reference these days mate.

 

[Burgey]

a tied test in this day and age where you can follow the emotions of both sets of fans would be a pretty funny read

It would be so good. Every time there's a reasonably tight test after three days I try to remember to post a tie prediction so when it comes off once in a thousand matches I look very clever.

And by tie prediction, I don't mean "Jono will wear a **** tie", because that's self evident.

 

[Zinzan]

at least ian smith is temporarily quietening down

Can't Smithy retire from commentary with Bmac? He's so far past his expiry date it's not funny. Doesn't even manage to keep up with basic rules and how cricket actually works these days.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

* thinks up witty insult *

Fem!

 

[Spark]

Hazlewood is pretty much the best bowler in the world atm

Clearly the best in Australia at least

Nah. Stuart Broad is.

 

[Prince EWS]

* thinks up witty insult *

Fem!

It's such a non-insult that I actually just assumed it was a typo until he'd done it five times, and then I suspected he'd misread his username.

 

[Prince EWS]

It would be so good. Every time there's a reasonably tight test after three days I try to remember to post a tie prediction so when it comes off once in a thousand matches I look very clever.

And by tie prediction, I don't mean "Jono will wear a **** tie", because that's self evident.

Just wait until you see my LDP tie. I fully intend on wearing it if I ever meet up with you, and I fully expect to never live it down.

Good times ahead.

 

[Adgey]

So will Kane take over the captaincy staight away you reckon?

 

[Burgey]

Just wait until you see my LDP tie. I fully intend on wearing it if I ever meet up with you, and I fully expect to never live it down.

Good times ahead.

We should have a beer actually. Marcus is in Sydney atm as you know, and I think Social is about a bit too. We should get Jono along and shame him into buying steaks*






*This will never actually happen

 

[Zinzan]

So will Kane take over the captaincy staight away you reckon?

Absolutely he is, that there is no doubt.

 

[Jord]

The fact that you will be rejected and pack-bullied by the Kiwi clique on here, unless you frequently state that any and every Kiwi player is utter **** and that the Kiwi team is utter **** and that they both will always be utter ****, is one of the stranger things I've ever seen on the Internet.

I find it pretty normal for the internet, especially established communities. You should try Reddit and see how that is.

Basically; you have a well established community where for the most part people are reasonable, with exception to a bunch of bullhead posters but ultimately they're the accepted bullhead posters that the moderators don't mind and even endorse at times. In that bunch of bullhead posters there are inferiority complexes which mean any new person with new views must be attacked and anyone who dares to post regularly inside the community without first building up a respectful base of approval posts and lurking forever rather than posting instantly will be targeted. The moderators won't do anything about this because it's the usual bullhead posters who probably do this every few weeks as new posters join the community. The new posters finally have enough, like the guy who lashed out earlier about it and ultimately they're probably moderated from the community because how dare the new people rise up against the old established tyrants who do their crap posting every day but ultimately are accepted for being crap posters and again endorsed.

That's the internet. It's wonderful and delightful. The best thing you can do is laugh at the cyclical nature of the internet community. Just don't do it in emoticon format because apparently that angers moderators too.

Also; this post will get the tl;dr response and/or people saying I'm wrong and/or people still claiming Lyon is GOAT!

 

[Hurricane]

Haha some top draw rants going on.