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And you all secretly love it too. Wait until there's a tight match and they start acting like a pack of animals, suddenly this thread will fill up with "yesssss the cunts are back  " or whatever.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:41
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Lionel Richie posted:Australia are unashamedly worse than everyone for it, it's hilarious that people even argue that.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:42
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Shmoses posted:I imagine England players are handed a dossier of their pitch maps after every match I hope they at least have the decency to look ashamed when they get it.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:43
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Burn Down Canberra posted:The Ashes squad is announced in 25 minutes. Already? We have a couple of tests against the West Indies before then in June. And why the hell are we playing the Ashes again already? It's been only two years since the last time it was in England. Don't answer, I know it's because of 
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Mar 30, 2015 23:43
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Do you think James Anderson somehow invalidates the point?
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Mar 30, 2015 23:43
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Doctor Cave posted:Already? We have a couple of tests against the West Indies before then in June.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:44
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Lionel Richie posted:Do you think James Anderson somehow invalidates the point? No but he is as big a dickhead as anyone in world cricket. I like Australian cricket playing aggressive. I have no problem with sledging. I don't care for send offs but it doesn't turn me off the game or anything. I also think England have no room to criticise Australian cricket when they play James Anderson.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:47
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Australia is like a vicious paedophile who comes to court with a defence of "C'mon mate, EVERYONE enjoys having a little bit'a sex. Have you seen James Anderson shag?"
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Mar 30, 2015 23:48
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goatface posted:The first England test will be fun because the Windies are really poo poo right now. If England don't win comfortably, there will be frowny faces all round and proper witch hunting might begin accompanied by "recall KP" demands and lots of sad Cook faces. The sole hope for English cricket is that they poo poo the bed in the Windies so hard that Graves loses his rag and fires everyone like he did in Yorkshire. We can then fulfil our manifest destiny and import the entire South Africa team on dodgy passports.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:49
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April the 13th for the first Test, at the Viv Richards, Antigua. Did they ever fix the outfield drainage issues?
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Mar 30, 2015 23:50
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runoverbobby posted:Australia is like a vicious paedophile who comes to court with a defence of "C'mon mate, EVERYONE enjoys having a little bit'a sex. Have you seen James Anderson shag?" I am not sure if sledging should be compared to paedophilia but it is more like a paedophile being judged by another paedophile no ? I am not excusing Australian cricket. I don't think Australian cricket has anything to excuse. It is the way cricket should be played. What I am saying is that we are no worse than nations like England and India.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:50
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Burn Down Canberra posted:No but he is as big a dickhead as anyone in world cricket. Imagine if everyone in the England team was like James Anderson.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:51
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 "It is the way cricket should be played."
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Mar 30, 2015 23:52
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Everyone should make an IPL fantasy team https://fantasy.iplt20.com/
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Mar 30, 2015 23:53
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Wandle Cax posted:Imagine if everyone in the England team was like James Anderson. Not everyone in the Australian side is like David Warner either. I like Warner doing what he does on the field. Just as the English should like Anderson. Every side needs a bloke who won't take a backwards step. If Warner started sulking like a little baby like Anderson did at Adelaide last ashes series it would have an impact on the team.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:54
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Scylo posted:Everyone should make an IPL fantasy team https://fantasy.iplt20.com/ Can someone make a fantasy league, where you get points on how good your team name is?
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Mar 30, 2015 23:58
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Lionel Richie posted:
Again it is no worse than James Anderson threatening to punch George Bailey ? Some cricketers walk a fine line. It was an ugly incident. I said at the time he should have probably been suspended for it. I think 99 percent of the time David Warner is fine. That to me was crossing the line between fine and not fine. He got punished but maybe not adequately.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:58
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Burn Down Canberra posted:Again it is no worse than James Anderson threatening to punch George Bailey ? I don't know, I suppose it comes down to personal preference as to where you rank racially aggravated abuse in the scheme of things.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:02
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Ahmed, Voges and Nevill are all in the Ashes/West Indies squad. All good choices, surprised they went with Voges tbh given his age.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:03
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Scylo posted:Ahmed, Voges and Nevill are all in the Ashes/West Indies squad. All good choices, surprised they went with Voges tbh given his age. He has had a really ridiculous first class season and even though he probably won't play its a nice honor for him to be picked
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Mar 31, 2015 00:05
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Scylo posted:Everyone should make an IPL fantasy team https://fantasy.iplt20.com/ Started to, got bored, stopped. Much like my normal IPL watching journey.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:06
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Shmoses posted:To be fair Haddin was drunk during that interview and I think he was having a laugh. Haddin has always been a oval office and doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt. The core of the Australian team has always been rotten as gently caress and I feel sorry for the players that are actually not like that but get dragged into that poo poo. Mitchell Johnson actually doesn't seem like a oval office at all but it's pretty much expected that if you're an Australian fast bowler then you need to be a total cock. That behaviour has been instilled in them for a long time now and there has never been any conscious effort to behave like adults. Nothing will ever change. Australia will continue to win at all costs and everyone will hate them. They're obviously happy with that trade off so why defend them?
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Mar 31, 2015 00:17
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Lionel Richie posted:I don't know, I suppose it comes down to personal preference as to where you rank racially aggravated abuse in the scheme of things. Where do you personally rank threats of physical violence? I'd guess it would depend on whether it was an Aussie making the threat or receiving it 
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Mar 31, 2015 00:17
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I'd rate them lower than racial abuse tbh, especially for a country like Australia. For instance, I'd rank Michael Clarke threatening Anderson with a broken arm lower than what Warner did.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:20
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Lionel Richie posted:I'd rate them lower than racial abuse tbh, especially for a country like Australia. For instance, I'd rank Michael Clarke threatening Anderson with a broken arm lower than what Warner did. u wot m8, australia doesn't have a race problem 
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Mar 31, 2015 00:23
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monkeu posted:Where do you personally rank threats of physical violence? I'd guess it would depend on whether it was an Aussie making the threat or receiving it Yeah the threat of violence is not as bad as racist abuse.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:25
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Lionel Richie posted:I'd rate them lower than racial abuse tbh, especially for a country like Australia. For instance, I'd rank Michael Clarke threatening Anderson with a broken arm lower than what Warner did. Hahah yeah threatening to bowl a ball at someone fast enough that it breaks their arm during a game that involves bowling balls fast at people sure is similar to theatening to punch someone after a match.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:25
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http://yourfriendshouse.com/opinion/dont-ever-stop-sledging-australia/ "Sure, there is a definite line in the sand. You don’t say anything personally offensive, you don’t say anything culturally offensive, questions about sexual orientation, religion, gender and family have no place in modern sledging. But to simply stay silent, while your opponent makes a complete dick of themselves or worse, snatches victory out of your hands, is un-Australian." Not that I agree entirely with the article, but they have a point.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:26
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EMC posted:He has had a really ridiculous first class season and even though he probably won't play its a nice honor for him to be picked There's a good chance he will play, Australia's middle order can be fragile, and I'd much rather him in their than Marsh.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:27
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Wandle Cax posted:Yeah the threat of violence is not as bad as racist abuse. Remind me of the horrible racist comment again. It was a pretty terrible thing he said about him! Certainly worse than threatening to punch someone! 
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Mar 31, 2015 00:28
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Burn Down Canberra posted:I don't think Australian cricket has anything to excuse. It is the way cricket should be played. What I am saying is that we are no worse than nations like England and India. This is now a Sincere Post: I don't think Australian cricket should be apologetic about anything, either. There isn't anything wrong about the way they play. It's within the rules and the onus is on the other teams to deal with their intensity. But I think Australian cricket should be self-aware and acknowledge that their on-field mannerisms will lead to some amount of criticism, much of it being fair criticism. This will tend to be louder when Australia win things because of the nature of human envy and jealousy. The best response to such criticism is to shrug and acknowledge that it's the way Australia play the international game, perhaps with a pointed comment about how their style wins World Cups and Ashes Series 5-0. The only thing people hate worse than an obnoxiously successful team is an obnoxiously successful team that is concerned about its public perception and that wants other people to like and admire them. On these last few pages I think we have seen a lot of false equivalencies, along with the odd idea that One James Anderson has the same effect on a cricket match as Eleven Australians. Embrace being the villains of the cricket world who antagonize Englishmen with your mere presence. There are a lot of trophies in it.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:28
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monkeu posted:Hahah yeah threatening to bowl a ball at someone fast enough that it breaks their arm during a game that involves bowling balls fast at people sure is similar to theatening to punch someone after a match. Okay so that's not physical violence, I'll make a note. I'm just trying to negotiate this maze of what is and isn't acceptable to fans of the Australian cricket team here mate.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:28
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You can either be a pack of loving dickheads; or you can justifiably complain when people call you a pack of loving dickheads.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:30
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Next person to talk about the Australian cricket team in a negative or positive light officially likes Shane Warne and wants to buy him a beer.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:30
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Stop the
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Mar 31, 2015 00:33
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I don't know what you lot expect out of a bunch of people who make their money playing cricket. If they had half a brain they'd be working in a law firm or being some kind of useful professional out in some other career path. As it is they have enough of a brain stem to succeed in hitting a ball to all parts or hurling it down a pitch at 140kph+ and that's about the extent of it. Just look at the brains on offer from the likes of Warne etc. That said the Australian cricket team is the worst of a bad bunch of people - great at what they do on the field but in terms of personality, any cricket player on any team can't be held to the high intellectual levels of members of the something awful forums :P But if any of you think the Australians are miles worse than every other outfit you're absolutely kidding yourselves - they're worse but the gap isn't as large as you think.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:34
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I'd have a drink with Shane Warne. By the end of the night he'd have picked us up some filthy slappers and you'd feel vile the day after, but it would be a laugh at the time and it'd be some great banter.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:34
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Lionel Richie posted:I'd have a drink with Shane Warne. By the end of the night he'd have picked us up some filthy slappers and you'd feel vile the day after, but it would be a laugh at the time and it'd be some great banter. Would you taste his dirty rotten?
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Mar 31, 2015 00:35
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runoverbobby posted:This is now a Sincere Post: I think you'll find for most of the time the Australian team couldn't give a rats about what people think of them because it's honestly working a treat and why would they stop now. Being the nicest doesn't get you 5 WC trophys to sit in the governing bodys trophy room.
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Mar 31, 2015 00:36
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lotharr posted:I think you'll find for most of the time the Australian team couldn't give a rats about what people think of them because it's honestly working a treat and why would they stop now. Being the nicest doesn't get you 5 WC trophys to sit in the governing bodys trophy room. Their fans sure as gently caress seem to care a lot though.
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