The Ashes 2009 thread

who called you that? I certainly didn't, and wouldn't, it's not justified,

agreed, i didn't say it was you, but MrSmyth has had a big crack above, and if you go and read the cricket blogs on any of the English newspapers you'll see a fuckton of it. it builds up, man! i don't care if he thinks he's joking, he's still being a fucking cunt.

but I can see how a few people might suggest poor sportsmanship when all we seem to be hearing is how aus were the "better" team "on paper" and the stats this the stats that, the toss, the pitches blah blah. Maybe it's harder for you because losses are not something you are used to, but it happens, 5 test series is enough to find out the best team.

pointing out that australia had more century-makers etc etc isn't being a sore loser, it's noticing that this is a pretty unusual thing, and that you would've expected us to win (ie "how did we fuck that up?"). Post-event analysis is not necessarily complaining (i think perhaps this is something of a cultural difference - Aussies look at losses and try to explain them).
the nature of Test cricket is that small things can make HUGE impacts on a series. I still think we should've won, but we fucked up at crucial times and had a bit of bad luck (with rain and Rudi Koertzen). we dominated for 14 years because we rarely missed those opportunities, but this time we missed a few of them. we didn't lose by much though. I don't think we need to make massive changes, just get a few more games into our players.

I don't mind losing (we have an inexperienced team, we're going to lose more series). I didn't mind losing to South Africa or India, they are good sides and their supporters don't use cricket as an excuse to belittle me or my country. I hate losing to England though, because some of the bullshit i've heard from people has been unbelievable. It's not the cricket that I mind, it's the crap that goes with it from people that only watch every four years and don't have a clue what they're talking about, they just pick up on the "Aussie bashing" vibe. Fuck that for a joke.

so shut up, you useless convict prick and sore loser ;)

fuck off back your can of wife-beater, you toothless fucking chav.

Australia 5-0 in 10/11, then.