Beoz

Shaun Marsh has done a Shane Warne.

scrubbedexpat098

Had a ludicrous amount of plastic surgery and shagged Liz Hurley??

scrubbedexpat098

not quite the start they needed

OzTennis

The predictable came along. Repeat, 70,000 there day 1 (5 day total in England usually). Been to the cricket, go to the A league, go to the beach, go to the sales, spend time with the family, spend time with friends, spend time in the garden ........... people have a much fuller life than supporting a losing cricket team.

Grayling

So is that why they don't turn up unless they think they are going to win?

As I said....fair weather supporters

Beoz

People only turn up in England because its on SkySports

Time to put the cricket on Foxtel ...........

Actually forget that suggestion

Gordon Barlow

I've never seen a "Great Britain" passport, Oz. What does it actually say on the front?

OzTennis

It says European Union at the top and below - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Colloquially known as a British passport.

OzTennis

As an aside; to me there's nothing sillier than a football crowd (team 3 nil down) singing 'we'll support you evermore, we'll support you evermore' ad infinitum. Sports psychologists would probably say the message to the team is that we'll accept any dross you serve up and still support you. The same mentality would be a supporters group singing the praises of the White Star Line as the Titanic goes down or the Barmy Army bragging about how much they sang as 5-0 was coming along in the last test.

Grayling

SO not turning up when their team is serving up dross is the Aussie way is it?


That's why the grounds have been so empty in the last few years.

Do the Socceroos get any supporters at all?

Good job here are lots of East Europeans living in Australia or the tennis would have no support either

OzTennis

Graylings take bait; I don't. See you at the MCG in February - you will be supporting your team rain, hail or shine of course.

Gordon Barlow

Oh, OK. Here in the colonies it's usually called a UK passport, to distinguish it from "British Overseas Territories" (BOT) ones. I didn't know the UK one was ever called a Great Britain passport; that's why I asked.

OzTennis

You've learned something new mate.

scrubbedexpat098

Forgive me for saying this, but the above shows more eloquently than I could ever put, what is wrong with Australian sporting culture. What you're saying is if you're not winning we'll stay away and you'll go broke..that's a very poor attitude indeed, and if that's what Beoz prefers to English sporting culture then he's welcome to it.

Beoz

Are you sure English supporters turn up to everything in mass numbers despite how their team is doing or who they are playing?

Granted the Barmy Army does but its more of a holiday and a p*** up than anything else. I've sat in the Barmy Army and there is little cricket watched, especially after lunch when the mid strength starts kicking in. Great fun through.

Its far easier to get a ticket for Samoa v England at Twickers than it is for AB's v England. Where are the supporters for the Samoan game?

Same in Oz. In fact its was a lot harder to get a ticket to the French v Wallabies game at the Football Stadium than it was Wallabies v All Blacks at the crap stadium. I mean who wants to travel out to Sydney's deepest darkest western suburbs on a Saturday night when you can pop down to Paddo on a Saturday afternoon.