Headline of the week

In the Sydney Morning Herald today, referring to France repeating their 1999 upset win over New Zealand-

'What's French for Deja Vu?'

Idiots.

Maybe they were being ironic, Henry?

Or quoting the Kiwi fans after the game.

I choose to believe that they werent.

Henry, what is it about Aussies that you really dislike?

C'mon, fess up - let the anger go

I don't know how anyone can be angry with them at the moment. I'm still too busy laughing!

Rather a clever headline from the SMH there, I thought...

Have you read the papers in Aus before a big England v Australia rugby match, JKL? Some of it is downright offensive.

Henry wrote:Have you read the papers in Aus before a big England v Australia rugby match, JKL? Some of it is downright offensive.

It's not so bad for the small England v Australia rugby matches.

Henry wrote:Have you read the papers in Aus before a big England v Australia rugby match, JKL? Some of it is downright offensive.

Do you not think some australians might be a little embarrased by the headlines too?

Henry wrote:Have you read the papers in Aus before a big England v Australia rugby match, JKL? Some of it is downright offensive.

Have you read them since? There's loads of coverage in them slagging off stupid disrespectful journos and ARU officials for what they said. Be fair, if you're going to mention one, mention the other.

In fact, go the rugby thread on here and watch the rant of epic proportions that Alan Jones dishes out to those journalists. The link's on the latest page, you can't miss it.

The theme in the SMH was,"What a disgrace that Australia lost to such a piss poor England team". The fact that England played out of their skins to beat them wasnt mentioned much.

Im not slagging off Australia, anyway. Just 1 newspaper.

Henry wrote:The theme in the SMH was,"What a disgrace that Australia lost to such a piss poor England team". The fact that England played out of their skins to beat them wasnt mentioned much.

And how is that different to the common theme in 2003 - how on earth did England get run so close by such a piss-poor Australian team?

Yes, it's a bit ungracious, but they're serving their market, not ours. And so they speak from a partisan perspective, same as ours do.

Some of the coverage did go over the top, definitely. But it does here sometimes too.

Henry wrote:The theme in the SMH was,"What a disgrace that Australia lost to such a piss poor England team". The fact that England played out of their skins to beat them wasnt mentioned much.

Turn it up - there is plenty of recognition of how well England played. Crowden goes on about how just about all the England tight 5 can bench press more than any of the Aust tight 5.

But as an Australian paper, of course they are going to concentrate on the Aust performance.

And of course, no English paper ever said anything bad about an Australian side.

Well of course, the English papers come up with some complete shite as well. But, in keeping with the spirit of things on this forum, all of a sudden im being accused of having a go at everything Australian because I take a swipe at 1 newspaper headline.

Come on!

You do have a how shall we call it? An anti-australian outlook much the same as roy the boy, captin had in reverse....

Whatever did happen to that half-wit Vawnophobic dairy farmer who claimed to own half of NSW? :?:

Merlin wrote:Whatever did happen to that half-wit Vawnophobic dairy farmer who claimed to own half of NSW? :?:

Rob hasn't visited for a while.

Robs a strange guy if he got his kicks that way...

JKLever wrote:Robs a strange guy if he got his kicks that way...

**cough** You've done it.

Eh?

JKLever wrote:Eh?

Ah, the old innocence trick. We both know I know.

Best headline of the week was in the local Sunday paper:

AUSSIES AND KIWIS OUT OF RWC

Sure, no wit or originality about it, but none was needed. :laule:

Henry wrote:In the Sydney Morning Herald today, referring to France repeating their 1999 upset win over New Zealand-

'What's French for Deja Vu?'

Idiots.

Surely you must recognise the irony?

Batfink Begins wrote:

JKLever wrote:Eh?

Ah, the old innocence trick. We both know I know.

I may be falling for the old NSR trick but who was I supposed to be?

Henry wrote:Have you read the papers in Aus before a big England v Australia rugby match, JKL? Some of it is downright offensive.

Once again I ask Trev... If you hate it so much, why don't you piss off home you dickhead?