Are Aussie crowds really just a bunch of w

ankers?

Discuss.

No more so than English crowds. There's always a fair share of dickheads, wags, clowns and jokers, but in the main, fairly reserved and well behaved, but very passionate about their cricket. The odd VB Warrior will give a player a pretty mean gobful occasionally, but I think English crowds probably outdo Aus crowds in this area of barracking.

I don't think there's any doubt that English and Aus crowds are far fairer watchers (in terms of applauding both sides) than subcontinental crowds, who go apeshit when a home player does something good, but you can hear crickets chirping when a home wicket is lost or an away player bats well.

Well, they are pretty passionate, especially when the Poms come to town. The imperialist folk memory still rankles with a good number.

And English crowds are often infected and vitiated by elements of footballing verbal yobbery.

By the third session, beeeeer liberally lubricates minorities in both countries, on the big occasions.


But at least we generally approve and applaud fours, good overs, and hundreds, by the opposition players. Unlike in some countries, spang. We have some style.

The booing of Clarke by the English crowd at Lords was pretty boorish during the last series.

But I don't think it's "the English crowd". I think it's those given to yobbery (see above).

Obviously ex-pats

PeterCS wrote:But I don't think it's "the English crowd". I think it's those given to yobbery (see above).

Agreed, a smallish group of football thugs.

So it was the small minority booing KP to the wicket?

Aussie crowds always become more parochial when the poms come to town. Maybe something to do with the fact that the pommy press never misses the opportunity to have a joke at our expense and when we go there we're always referred to as convicts.

Convicts  - now there's a word. . . .

Frankly, the crowds by and large - whether Aussie or English - are no different from each other.
They both respect each others teams, they are both knowledgeable and both very sporting when it comes to applauding something special on-field.  

The banter, however, is something quite different.
It is meant to rile the oppos but more often than not, creates an entirely different scenario . . . with the oppos relishing it.

Clarke was the villain in England, Broad is in this series.

No biggie.

Merlin wrote:Convicts  - now there's a word. . . .

Frankly, the crowds by and large - whether Aussie or English - are no different from each other.
They both respect each others teams, they are both knowledgeable and both very sporting when it comes to applauding something special on-field.  

The banter, however, is something quite different.
It is meant to rile the oppos but more often than not, creates an entirely different scenario . . . with the oppos relishing it.

Clarke was the villain in England, Broad is in this series.

No biggie.

Why?

Merlin wrote:Convicts  - now there's a word. . . .

Frankly, the crowds by and large - whether Aussie or English - are no different from each other.
They both respect each others teams, they are both knowledgeable and both very sporting when it comes to applauding something special on-field.  

The banter, however, is something quite different.
It is meant to rile the oppos but more often than not, creates an entirely different scenario . . . with the oppos relishing it.

Clarke was the villain in England, Broad is in this series.

No biggie.

I thought it was Warner.

Warner became the villain of the piece later. . . after his wee spat with the Rootball.

Clarke already was with his constant sniping and barbing at just about everything English . . . the weather, the press, the players, the facilities . . . plus the fact that he'd arrived in England having lost the previous 4 tests and was captain of the visiting Aussies.

A ready made target for the vociferous bunch of fans . . yobs.

Merlin wrote:Convicts  - now there's a word. . . .

Frankly, the crowds by and large - whether Aussie or English - are no different from each other.
They both respect each others teams, they are both knowledgeable and both very sporting when it comes to applauding something special on-field.  

The banter, however, is something quite different.
It is meant to rile the oppos but more often than not, creates an entirely different scenario . . . with the oppos relishing it.

Clarke was the villain in England, Broad is in this series.

No biggie.

Clearly Merls wasn't paying attention during Ashes 2013.

And you DO realise that Aussies see "Convicts" as a term of endearment, don't you? There were many Aussies in arrows and stripes at the Gabba today.

And you DO realise that Aussies see "Convicts" as a term of endearment, don't you? There were many Aussies in arrows and stripes at the Gabba today.

Perfect.
No problems there then!
 

Yeah, they're a bunch of wankers. Most of the world are wankers.

I think you might be taking the term a bit too literally, you softcock.

Maybe. Or I've got an inherent hatred for mankind.

Is that because without mankind there would be no clowns?

Mankind invented blumpy. That's all you need to say.

If wankerism is pantomime booing, light hearted piss-taking songs and beer snakes, I don't know what you would call what goes on in certain other sports, with flares, missiles, racist chants, vile tasteless abuse (e.g. Munich/Hillsborough exchanges) and so on.

Cricket crowds generally have the right balance, it nearly all seems to be done in good humour.

beamer wrote:If wankerism is pantomime booing, light hearted piss-taking songs and beer snakes, I don't know what you would call what goes on in certain other sports, with flares, missiles, racist chants, vile tasteless abuse (e.g. Munich/Hillsborough exchanges) and so on.

Acts of c**titude

beamer wrote:If wankerism is pantomime booing, light hearted piss-taking songs and beer snakes, I don't know what you would call what goes on in certain other sports, with flares, missiles, racist chants, vile tasteless abuse (e.g. Munich/Hillsborough exchanges) and so on.

Cricket crowds generally have the right balance, it nearly all seems to be done in good humour.

Nice summation, beams.