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well i wasn't in any of the crowds at the athletics or cricket so i wasn't doing my country a disservice. i certainly wouldn't boo anyone unless it was for not walking, backchat to the umpire, moaning about a substitute fielder or bowling the last ball underarm.
what i do is meaningless, it's the behavior of sportmen, politicians and celebrities that reflect on a country.
all this thread is doing now is proving how easy it is to wind up australians. if england had lost we would have been a bit pissed off, moaned about selection and players doing that Atherton staring into space method of playing cricket.
Not a collective finger pointing at everything but being beaten by the better team.
shifting blame just reinforces the whinging stereotype. if we had lost there would have been a picture of the team with turnips for heads in the sun and we would be saying "fuck we are so shit at cricket" not fishing for excuses instead of facing facts and having an introspective look at the failure, that is something the English psyche has had a fair bit of practice at and are are very good at navel gazing after the event.
something the australians could learn from us, after all we learned how to win from you.