no one mention the Ashes
Jan 5th 2007, 10:52 pm
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Re: no one mention the Ashes
When Freddie was making his speech and talking about Warne McGrath and Langer he should have said..............Thankyou for retiring, Its going to make our job a little bit easier next time.
Jan 5th 2007, 11:09 pm
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Re: no one mention the Ashes
There`s a cricket quiz on at the moment at http://www.therealaustralia.com/
You can win a Hol to WA, but competition not open to the UK.
In response to the question "Who currently holds the Ashes?" I answered Australia..........Apparently the right answer is England
It needs updating methinks!
My best score so far about 12,700,000)
You can win a Hol to WA, but competition not open to the UK.
In response to the question "Who currently holds the Ashes?" I answered Australia..........Apparently the right answer is England
It needs updating methinks!
My best score so far about 12,700,000)
Jan 5th 2007, 11:59 pm
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Re: no one mention the Ashes
Maybe the press up your way has too many hoon stories to cover and not enough space for the cricket
PS: the spell checker tried to change "namby pamby" to "namby pommie". LOL
Jan 6th 2007, 12:41 am
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Re: no one mention the Ashes
I guess this depends on your Aussie media. The media down here gave the team a right going over last time (and we didn't get namby pamby excuses about the weather, etc. being the reason they lost). However I'll admit that after a couple of weeks they moved on, instead of banging on about it again and again and again.
Maybe the press up your way has too many hoon stories to cover and not enough space for the cricket
Maybe the press up your way has too many hoon stories to cover and not enough space for the cricket
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Jan 6th 2007, 12:56 am
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Jan 6th 2007, 12:59 am
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Re: no one mention the Ashes
It was quite a noticeable difference from last time - the press which did slate the Aussies last time, but I'm talking about the difference among people's reactions. I work in the same place as when England took the Ashes, and then there was a complete lack of interest once it became clear England were on top. Noone would talk cricket, no radios, no internet follwing it. This time nearly every senior manager brought a TV in and stuck it in their office, internet screens showed the progress, radios were on by people's desks, and at the conclusion yesterday the Reception area (which has a good TV) was full of people either watching or wandering in every so often to check the progress of the game. People kept trying to take the mickey out of me (and failing when they realised I wasn't supporting England) - totally different to last time when the word "cricket" wasn't heard for weeks.
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Jan 6th 2007, 1:07 am
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Re: no one mention the Ashes
18 County teams still gives places for over 200 full time professionals to pick from; 6 states gives 70 or 80. Actually the Australian team of recent decades has been Warnie plus NSW, WA and Q'l so they're picking from less than 40!
Still RWC Champions basically because it hasn't been played again since you won it so luckily (last gasp kick from Wilko). Memory tells me that England have lost 8 of their last 9 RU internationals (almost like the cricket), some World Champions! Rugby, like cricket, hasn't learned to absorb success and continue it rather than dwell on it and glorify it.
Still RWC Champions basically because it hasn't been played again since you won it so luckily (last gasp kick from Wilko).
Memory tells me that England have lost 8 of their last 9 RU internationals (almost like the cricket), some World Champions! Rugby, like cricket, hasn't learned to absorb success and continue it rather than dwell on it and glorify it. Now England are crap and deserve to lose it. There's no point in crowing about being title holders - most other title holder nations continued to defend and play like champions.