Why the english people and tabloids so arrogant and stupid?

Question

Do you honestly reckon that the english are better at sport than Australia? It is the first time in twenty years or so that the English have beaten Australia in the medal tally at the summer olympics or commonwealth games. Now the english think they own the bloody world. I heard that they want Australia to admit that we suck at sport! That is ludicrous! The only sports that england have the edge over Australia in are Rugby Union and cycling! We destroy them in basically every other sport, yet they lots more money in there sporting portfolio. What do you think about this?

Answer 1

Let's see.

Cycling, Sailing, Rowing and Boxing all sports where the UK gained more medals than Australia. Athletics was honours even.

As far as the Olympics and Commonwealth games goes it's only Swimming where Australia are far better than the UK. Swimming is of course the sport where the most medals are up for grabs.

Answer 2

It goes back years and years they are angry cause Australia has the better country more pommys come down under then aussies go there that's y they made a british team having 4 countries in one..Its more england not the other britain countries..Commonwealth games is another story its just england on there own then once again australia will win. I have a feeling that london wont be so good for them anyway i wouldn't worry about it..

Answer 3

Seriously you sound like an American. People from a Commonwealth country shouldn't attack another one. We were all British at one point. I'm Canadian. I love all of the commonwealth countries, especially the UK and Australia. If a Canadian isn't in an event, I always cheer for those two countries.

I think you forgot football on your list of what England is better at.

Answer 4

jeez I'm an aussie, it really does not bother me that the Brits thrashed us at these games, which they did fair and square.. get over it....

its clear that at the moment they are way better than us at some sports... so what and good on them for doing so well these games... little rants like this just make Aussies as a whole look like bad losers when really its just a couple of belligerent individuals such as yourself and a few poms letting the rivalry take on a nasty edge...

and remember tabloids do not necessarily reflect the view of a nation... particularly not British tabloids with their long reputation for sensationalism which should only ever be taken with a grain of salt...

Answer 5

I've been reading English papers and I haven't read anything where they say they are better than the Aussies.

In fact they have admitted that they can't believe they won as many medals as they did. They may have said yea we beat the Aussies but really I haven't read an article about them boasting that they are better at sports (most English will tell you that they know they suck at sports). In fact a few journalists were saying it sucks they ended up being so good because they used to pride themselves on being terrible.

Wounded much? I'm sure Australia will regain it's strength next Olympics. After all unlike other countries England does not pay it's athletes to train (although that may be false since the gold medal kayaker said he receives 23,000 annually from the lottery) or win. There's no incentive to want to give up a high paying job in order to train.

Answer 6

Look at the medal table mate

AUSTRALIA SUCKS

We have the edge over you in cycling, sailing, rowing, rugby union, football, boxing etc. What sports do you destroy us at? Swimming? anything else????????????????????????????????????...

RULE BRITANNIA

are you seriously suggesting australia are better than england at football because you got lucky one time? You're ranked 38th in the world. And yes we do have a basketball team. Loul Deng is better than any australian player. What about Darts? The Power would beat any australian blind folded. As for triatlon, Tim Don is ranked 4th in the world. The highest australian is ranked 7th. We have 9 in the top 100, you have 7. Your women are stronger yes, but then its even.

Answer 7

Ok, I'm British (not English, but close enough -:P). Here's how I see it:

The English invented cricket. Then everybody in the British Empire followed suit and beat the c**p out of them at their own game (including of course Australia).

Some weird English bloke decided to run with a ball and made rugby. Now, the English are ok at it, the Welsh are better, and Scotland unfortunately has to practice playing uphill all the time. Only about 8 countries in the world are interested in rugby, and four of them are us. You lot are tough competition, but it's nice for them to know that they didn't spend a lot of time in the mud for nothing.

The only reason the English are good at cycling is because university cities like Oxford and Cambridge are impossible to get around if you're wider than two feet, and they love fining cars. The English get good practice at tearing away from psychotic cab drivers on bikes.

Basically, after all that abuse from Oxford car drivers and getting beaten at their own games, the English are pleased to be able to show that a small, wet, cramped little country can do well in the Olympics, and not just the Commonwealth Games (which were invented so that the British would always win). As far as I know, everyone is complaining and panicking too much about 2012 to worry about where they came in the Olympics or whether we're 'better' than you. I doubt half the country knows what position we were in the medal table, so I wouldn't worry too much.

Answer 8

Didn't the English use to say the "sun never sets on the British Empire?"

What did they expect sending convicts to thier own island? That they would lie around feeling sorry for themselves.

Let them bask in their little glory.

Answer 9

Someone sounds jeeelouuus......

GOOOOOOOO TEAM GB!!

Answer 10

You shouldn't say that about the Brits, especially since you are Australian coz your ancestors are British......(prisoners)...... and most prob you'd still have blood relatives there..