The Aussies are getting worried !
Aug 19th 2008, 10:48 pm
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
Anyone see the front cover of the Daily Telegraph (the Australian 'newspaper' that is - not the UK one) ?
Aug 20th 2008, 1:26 am
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
And what soothed my outrage? I followed a link elsewhere to a Daily Mail story and discovered that their headline story was (and I quote) "Team GB adds another silver and two bronze... despite some dirty tricks from German rival." Apparently the German in question had 'tugged their leg' during an ocean swim (who in their right ****ing mind would swim in Chinese seas?). But in their horror at this knobbling, they seem to have got their wires crossed because later they have a headline that says, "British pair accuse Russian who took gold of dirty tricks." So which is she, kraut or sputnik?
Anyway - it reinforced what I always knew, which is that you can't blame the attitudes of the media on the people of a country. Just because some shitty Australian rag throws the rattle out of the pram - doesn't mean all aussies have - any more than the Daily Fail's similar story reflects on the Brits.
Aug 20th 2008, 8:46 am
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
Anyway - it reinforced what I always knew, which is that you can't blame the attitudes of the media on the people of a country. Just because some shitty Australian rag throws the rattle out of the pram - doesn't mean all aussies have - any more than the Daily Fail's similar story reflects on the Brits.
Aug 20th 2008, 9:20 am
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Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!!!, 2nd, 2nd, 2nd!!!
Wasn't it the Sydney Daily Telegraph that sneered 'is that all you've got' about Johnny Wilkinson before we won the Rugby World Cup?
Aug 20th 2008, 4:25 pm
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
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 
Aug 20th 2008, 5:48 pm
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
No, she's terribly English dahling. I had a cuppa with her the other week and not a hint of the ocker accent whatsoever.
I'm informed by a good Aussie mate that there's now a 'by-head-of-population' count done on medals - some newspaper or TV, and this proves the Aussies are the best ever and the pommies have lost.
Love it.
I'm informed by a good Aussie mate that there's now a 'by-head-of-population' count done on medals - some newspaper or TV, and this proves the Aussies are the best ever and the pommies have lost.
Love it.
Aug 20th 2008, 5:54 pm
#72
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
No, she's terribly English dahling. I had a cuppa with her the other week and not a hint of the ocker accent whatsoever.
I'm informed by a good Aussie mate that there's now a 'by-head-of-population' count done on medals - some newspaper or TV, and this proves the Aussies are the best ever and the pommies have lost.
Love it.
I'm informed by a good Aussie mate that there's now a 'by-head-of-population' count done on medals - some newspaper or TV, and this proves the Aussies are the best ever and the pommies have lost.
Love it.
I read about that, but surely you have to go by how many athletes actually went to the games, which of course is alot more in the aussies case?
Aug 20th 2008, 6:38 pm
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
The team's performance has Australia contesting third spot on the medal tally with Britain, and Coates said the friendly rivalry helps the Australian team as well.
He said he would not be giving up the prospect of finishing better than Britain until the final event is over.
"Never," he said. "My sense of pride says we can't let them beat us.
"They may well beat us this time but let's use that as the incentive to get the planning right for our high performance (program) and our attack on London in 2012 - our friendly attack."
Coates does concede that Britain has good prospects for more medals in the final week of the Games.
He said he would not be giving up the prospect of finishing better than Britain until the final event is over.
"Never," he said. "My sense of pride says we can't let them beat us.
"They may well beat us this time but let's use that as the incentive to get the planning right for our high performance (program) and our attack on London in 2012 - our friendly attack."
Coates does concede that Britain has good prospects for more medals in the final week of the Games.
Aug 20th 2008, 6:49 pm
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Re: The Aussies are getting worried !
Another gold in the sailing
