soulfulofunk
Cricket Spectator
I have followed the Aussie cricket team very closely since 84/5 - through the bad years and into the good. But for some reason I find myself barracking for India in this test? Am I un-Australian?
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Am I Un-Australian?
- Thread starter soulfulofunk
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sideshowtim
Banned
Quite simply, yes. A true supporter never wants to see his team lose. End of story.
duffer
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
No such thing as being un-Australian. I hate the term and what some people try to imply by using it.
jalaj4you
Cricket Spectator
Definitely not mate......you should be barracking the game....even i am all for the aussie team when it plays against pak or eng or SA for that matter...
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Doesn't sound very Australian to me. You're lucky you haven't been deported with an attitude like that.
Debris
International 12th Man
Yes, you are.
sideshowtim
Banned
I agree that un-Australian is a silly term, you're not 'un-Australian', but you're not a true fan of your team if you ever wish to see them lose. It's as simple as that.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Days of Grace
International Captain
Really? Yes, at 84/5 it was looking dodgy and I was following them closely too, esp. when Symonds and Gilly really started to counter-attack. Don't know how you feel now though at 50/1.
Andrew Pollock
School Boy/Girl Captain
No.
But when AUS start playing in the sprit of the game rather then the win at all cost you might need to rethink it.
But when AUS start playing in the sprit of the game rather then the win at all cost you might need to rethink it.
irfan
State Captain
Na mate. You're an Australian who supports the underdog. It's all right to jump ship
Welcome on board.
Captain Cricket
State Vice-Captain
Well I'm as a big fan as you can get but nah mate you're not un-Australian. As much as I want them to win this match, I wouldn't be upset whatsoever if they lost. You just can't keep winning. It's a fact of life.
Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
Yes, yes you are.
at what I suspect is the lack of irony in that response.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
TBH, I don't think this is a comment completely devoid of merit, if a little blunt. I cannot, ever, see there being a circumstance where I'll be outright happy to see England lose (or, more accurately perhaps, play sufficiently poorly to deserve to lose) a Test-match. Now, lots can change, and maybe things will be different should the unlikely event of England dominating World cricket for 15 years come to pass in, say, 2027 (I'll be 41!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAARRRRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!).But wanting to see a good standard of competition is different to wanting your team to lose a match.
Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
I find this comment to be unAustralian. Have some capsicum spray hippie.
