Ponting is King
Banned
Poms due for a wash, whitewash that is.
Tall poppy syndrome. Ugly you might say, but true.Ok, here's the thing I just don't comprehend....I'll probably get accused of warmongering here but it is a genuine observation after living here for 20 years.
When your team wins or does well the first instinct for most Australians is not to celebrate your own success but to take the piss out of the beaten opposition.....I don't get it at all. A good example was the Adelaide test which I went to, every 50 and 100 the Aussies brought up in their innings was done so with a boundary (remarkable feat considering there was 11 such milestones in their 1st innings).......almost every Aussie around me greeted these boundaries with jeers and smart arse comments about the bowlers deliveries.........almost no recognition was given to bringing up another milestone in the innings.
Hookseys repeated posting of Englands stats for the series.......why the **** wouldn't he be more focused on what Australia did well than what we did badly??
Now don't get me wrong, I get into the banter side of things as much as the next person and a bit of taking the piss is certainly not out of order, the Ashes really are largely about bragging rights for the supporters after all........but it just seems strangely sad to me that for so many the belittling of the opposition is more important than the bigging up of your own mob???
Anyway, would be interested to hear others opinions on this......genuinely am not trying to start a fight here just sharing an observation.
It deserved at least three likes from Hooksey in my opinion.Wtf @ hooksey apparently liking this post 3 times?
I genuinely think it's because some people are way too touchy when the joke's on the other foot. I had people having a crack at me about the rugby World Cup was in Edinburgh in '03. Luckily, I didn't give a **** about the rugby. Was happy to talk cricket with them though.Ok, here's the thing I just don't comprehend....I'll probably get accused of warmongering here but it is a genuine observation after living here for 20 years.
When your team wins or does well the first instinct for most Australians is not to celebrate your own success but to take the piss out of the beaten opposition.....I don't get it at all. A good example was the Adelaide test which I went to, every 50 and 100 the Aussies brought up in their innings was done so with a boundary (remarkable feat considering there was 11 such milestones in their 1st innings).......almost every Aussie around me greeted these boundaries with jeers and smart arse comments about the bowlers deliveries.........almost no recognition was given to bringing up another milestone in the innings.
Hookseys repeated posting of Englands stats for the series.......why the **** wouldn't he be more focused on what Australia did well than what we did badly??
Now don't get me wrong, I get into the banter side of things as much as the next person and a bit of taking the piss is certainly not out of order, the Ashes really are largely about bragging rights for the supporters after all........but it just seems strangely sad to me that for so many the belittling of the opposition is more important than the bigging up of your own mob???
Anyway, would be interested to hear others opinions on this......genuinely am not trying to start a fight here just sharing an observation.
Don't know about that. There were people would would perhaps want a contest more than what they were getting, as it got bored just battering teams. Sure some thought they were arrogant etc. but I don't really agree that "loads" didn't like that team.If you get too good, you attract tall poppy attention regardless. Loads, and I mean loads of Australians didn't like the "great" Aussie cricket team, and actively supported against them. They're ****y, they're arrogant, they don't respect their opposition etc etc.. It wasn't a unified public behind them - you probably noticed this over the years.
Stokes has definite possibilities as a kind of minor Freddie if he develops his bowling. At present i think he is 4th change as a seamer but England should stick with him as a batsman for the moment. Who else scored a century on tour?Even Australia didn't persist with **** bowlers like Beer, Doherty, Agar, etc. England have, with someone as horribly pedestrian as Tim Bresnan for almost three years and that alone is reason sufficient for them to deserve to lose. You know that feeling you got from the old Australian sides, especially when they were batting, that they didn't particularly rank the opposition? It's back, at least against England, and I'm not sure it's going away anytime soon. You can pick Hughes and Khawaja to play against this rabble and they'll get going too.
There is absolutely nothing for England to take away from this series. No, not even Stokes. He's an honest cricketer and that's it. Root has technical issues and the old guard is past its sell-by. Darker days ahead.