Any England or Australia Fans Who Don't Enjoy The Ashes?

[Daemon]

It's just been so incredibly predictable.

Johnson aside there's been nothing exciting happening in the Ashes for ages now, not just in terms of series results but also in terms of individual performances.

 

[Burgey]

Agreed. Needs more DLF maximums and the unpredictability they bring

 

[Daemon]

What would be unpredictable is if you made an insightful and original post.

On that note, you have been awarded 5 Nixons for "Repetitive posting".

 

[cnerd123]

What would be unpredictable is if you made an insightful and original post.

On that note, you have been awarded 5 Nixons for "Repetitive posting".

Now this is quality moderation

 

[stephen]

It's just been so incredibly predictable.

Johnson aside there's been nothing exciting happening in the Ashes for ages now, not just in terms of series results but also in terms of individual performances.

Smith?

 

[Daemon]

Smith?

Smith is predictably excellent.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm kind of both, and yes and no.

I enjoy the Ashes outside of CW because suddenly everyone I know is a cricket fan and has watched part of or at least followed the games I watched, and can have a chat about it.

I don't enjoy them for two reasons. Firstly because the group above who usually don't watch the cricket is suddenly not only really invested but also has really **** opinions borne of not watching the previous games, and secondly because CW goes from a place of amusing banter and serious analysis to serious banter and "amusing" analysis. We get random ****s who haven't posted for two years coming back to troll, and some of my favourite posters making fools of themselves. I hate that.

Above all this I do usually enjoy the actual cricket though.

 

[PikeyB]

Before I had the internet I used to enjoy a bit of sledging banter with Australians I met ...But broadband has pretty much blown all that for me . I've trudged round the toxic swamp of the Ashes and I'm bored to tears of it. Sledging is supposed to be sharp and funny and I don't see too much of that in the wider internet discussions, more like childish taunting than anything . I don't think I've seen a decent cricket discussion on the BBC comments for years...not for long anyway .

 

[vcs]

You don't get the casuals on here though. Following the World Cup on here was quite fun.

 

[Prince EWS]

You don't get the casuals on here though.

Sure you do. The Ashes is basically the only time you do get the casuals on here. That's the worst thing about it.

 

[Prince EWS]

To be fair I usually ban them. But still.

 

[cnerd123]

Sure you do. The Ashes is basically the only time you do get the casuals on here. That's the worst thing about it.

Also TJB

 

[Prince EWS]

Also TJB

TJB is the guy casuals voted to represent them here at the 2016 Annual ********s Conference, I believe.

 

[harsh.ag]

TJB is the guy casuals voted to represent them here at the 2016 Annual ********s Conference, I believe.

Little did they realize he was a double agent.

 

[vcs]

Come to think of it, we had them during the World Cup as well. Surely the "only World Cup knockout/finals performances matter" brigade are the ultimate casuals?

 

[GIMH]

It's just been so incredibly predictable.

Johnson aside there's been nothing exciting happening in the Ashes for ages now, not just in terms of series results but also in terms of individual performances.

Stuart Broad at Trent Bridge 2015 says hi

 

[Daemon]

Stuart Broad at Trent Bridge 2015 says hi

Oh yeah that was super fun

 

[Pothas]

2015 had lots of fun things from an England fan point of view and 13/14 was horrible but compellingly so. Suppose it was only the last series that was really poor but we have not had a great one for a while.

 

[GIMH]

The final scoreline makes it seem otherwise but 10-11 at the time was an absolutely great series.

Brisbane - Aussie dominated and then 517-1
Adelaide - England better throughout but went to the last day and if the Aussies had hung on another hour they’d have got a draw thanks to the rain
Perth - Another poor batting display from the Aussies first up got us all excited and then the Perth usual, and Mitchell Johnson, happened

So we went to Boxing Day on an absolute knife edge. Obviously two sessions in that was that and the urn was gone but even then, Sydney had a couple of days where it promised to be close with Oz looking to tie the series before everything went England’s way again

Easy to look back at series like that and think it was a walkover because of the three innings wins etc, but really it had all the ebb and flow you look for in a Test series.

Granted I am astonishingly biased but.

So I’d say that was the last great one.

The 2013 one that was here wasn’t bad mind you. Trent Bridge and Durham both nail biters. & the somewhat manufactured end to The Oval was an absolute thriller.

 

[CarlsbergXpress]

I enjoy the Ashes outside of CW because suddenly everyone I know is a cricket fan and has watched part of or at least followed the games I watched, and can have a chat about it.

This for me also ?