moneypenny20

Agreed. It was nice to see Grant Hackett standing up for the Tunisian guy who beat him, saying the guy had done his time for the drug offence, it was over, history and that he had simply swum better than him on the day, whilst certain sections of the media were gung ho about how the Tunisian shouldn't have been swimming at all.

NKSK version 2

His dad wasn't so supportive though.

moneypenny20

Didn't hear about him. Just Grant and his coach. Parents are supposed to be 100% behind their children Just look at Nick Darcy's Dad

Cheetah7

Australian athletes are not sore losers at all, it is a few of the 'armchair' aussie athletes that appear to be.

MartinLuther

Given the wide spectrum of different types of Aussie you could mix with, why do so many expats choose the sore loser, arrogant bogan types?

moneypenny20

Because they think it funny and clever and possibly makes them feel superior.

(just my perception. Could be wrong. Someone will tell me if I am )

jond

No you are right and it gives me a warm little glow in my belly when I do it

formula

They conveniently forget that they threw money at their sports after a disastrous olympic games.

The ozzies also seem to forget that when Cathy Freeman won their gold in the 400 metres in Sydney, that she lived and trained in London. Their cricketers, footballers and rugby players also come to Britain to learn their trade and their equestrian riders also live and train in England or Germany.

NKSK version 2

Never one for impartiality eh Moneypen?

Could it be that it's a reaction against the popular media - esp radio over here in Perth - which seems obsessed with Australia's superiority in so many ways (and that all immigrants (esp Muslims) should be eternally grateful that Gods Own Country has allowed them in).....?

Clearly not to you but to many people the obsessiveness of pro-Australia coverage and commentary does get a bit cloying sometimes.

renth

And so they should be grateful. I know I am.

moneypenny20

You may be right. I've never heard the Gods Own comment anywhere but on here by disgruntled expats. No one has ever told me how lucky I am to be here, nor have I seen in real life any obsession with so called superiority. To be honest, I'm not aware of it in the media but maybe I listen and watch the wrong channels For this I am extremely grateful Oh and before anyone says it, neither have I had anyone wonder why I chose to live here

NKSK version 2

Bull. (pardon my French (I took the suffix off)). Isn't it a quid pro quo relationship?

MartinLuther

I thought Northern Ireland was Gods Own Country?

moneypenny20

No, it's all bow locks. There is no god so there can be no country that belongs to god.

formula

Really? Yet when Shane Warne got caught taking banned substances and Oz should have given him at least a 2 year ban or a lifetime ban, they only gave him a 1 year ban.

I didn't realise just how much sport meant to Oz until my sister went there. She wanted something like a science after school club for her two young children, but all they offered was sport.