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Australian cricket supporters seem to be getting very nervous and ducking and diving before the Barmy Army even turns up in Australia. To a chorus of "it's not fair mate, they shout and everything and they sing and stuff, they sing much better songs than we do, we've only got one song and that's boring and they dress up and they're funny and everybody likes them. Strewth, I'm going to cry into me Foster's."
To try and help the depressed metrosexual ockers and larrikins an Australian politician has called for a list of Barmy Army hooligans who might be coming to Australia in an attempt to thin the ranks a bit. The Barmy Army has never had a similar reputation to Engerland fans and therefore this will hardly have an effect.
The whining is very much in the same vein as when England fans actually bought tickets to the Test Matchs, "Strewth it's not fair dinkum, those poms 'ave gone and bought tickets, it shouldn't be allowed."
Maybe they should have a look at their own behaviour as this discussion from abc in Australia shows
Loutish cricket crowd behaviour prompts action
AM - Saturday, 11 February , 2006 08:28:00
Reporter: Nance Haxton
ELIZABETH JACKSON: The normally genteel game of cricket has revealed a disturbing underbelly this season.Loutish crowd behaviour at cricket matches has become such a concern for cricket authorities that they have enlisted the help of Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting to condemn racist heckling from patrons.Queensland Cricket has now banned alcoholic spirits from the game at the Gabba, and the South Australian Cricket Association brought in unprecedented levels of crowd control for the one-day international final at the Adelaide Oval last night, as Nance Haxton reports from Adelaide.(sound of crowds cheering) there's more.
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