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] Date Posted: 01:16:20 11/28/04 Sun Well done Australia! England has been humbled at Twickenham in a match which was eerily similar to the World Cup final this time last year.. except this time the result went the other way. Still, just you guys wait for the Ashes...Honestly, I don't know why the Aussie team bothers to turn up: you lose almost a quarter of the time! [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Author: Ian (Australia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 11:36:31 11/28/04 Sun I didn't get to see the game, of course (Brazil has yet to understand the wonders of Rugby, but I did see the usual photos in the Sydney Morning Herald, with a handful of burly guys in yellow and green doing their best to pretend that they are a race of war gods, rather than a bunch of blokes who make a living kicking a ball around. As to the cricket, perhaps it is worth remembering that 20 years ago Australia (under Kim Hughes) was absolutely humiliated by the unequalled grace and power of the West Indians, leading to a change of leadership and a slow rise back to the top. These things are cyclical, and I can't wait for the day when we face a team that demands our respect the way Clive Lloyd's men did. I also can't wait for the day when Australia produces a poet of the stature of John Milton, but that's another story. [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |
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Author: Ed Harris (Venezia) [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:49:09 11/28/04 Sun There's an old song about how great the English are, and one of the stanze is as follows: "And all the world over each nation's the same, They've simply no notion of Playing The Game; The argue with umpires, they cheer when they've won, And they practise beforehand, which ruins the fun!" Noble sentiments indeed. But, alas, I fear that it is now not only Celts, Colonials and foreigners who who take it too seriously: those English blokes in Sydney last year actually seemed PLEASED that they had won the World Cup. Shocking! Hardly the spirit which built the Empire, what? And, what's more, I have a hideous suspicion that the blighters actually trained for their matches! As if they were actually TRYING to win! Frankly, I think that the law should interfere. Seriously, though, I think a little bit of euphoria on the part of the Australian side was excusable: they had, after all, beaten the English, and everyone knows that the English are low, cunning, domineering, arrogant b*stards, who like nothing better than to grind innocent, god-fearing people under their heels, and after the USA England is certainly top of the Most Hated Nation League. So bravo for putting the blighters in their place! [ Post a Reply to This Message ] |