The Australian Discussion Thread featuring 7 years

[capriccioso 2,545]

That's like me saying your football teams would disagree with you saying Austrailia doesn't take the sport seriously.

But they would. The majority view still held here is that football is a sport for ''poofters, sheilas and wogs''. Only immigrant's play football. Just look at the latest Socceroo squad:

Mark Schwarzer (son of German immigrants)

Lucas Neill (convict/settler)

Tim Cahill (son of a Pacific Islander)

Sasa Ognenovski (son of Croat immigrants)

David Carney (convict/settler)

Jade North (Aboriginal Australian)

Carl Valeri (son of Italian immigrants)

Matthew McKay (son of Irish immigrants)

Alex Brosque (convict/settler)

Marco Bresciano (son of Italian immigrants)

Mark Milligan (convict/settler)

Rhys Williams (Aboriginal Australian)

Archie Thompson (son of Pacific Islanders)

Robbie Kruse (son of German immigrants)

Mile Jedinak (son of Croat immigrants)

Nikita Rukavytsya (born in Ukraine)

Matthew Spiranovic (son of Croat immigrants)

We had 4 out of 18 players that were ethnically Australian. The percentage of Anglo-Saxon's in Australia is roughly 89% of the entire population. The rest is made up by white/non-white immigrants, and it's that 11% that we get to choose from. Basically we have a football pool of about 1.25 million to choose from, only some 400 of which are even professionals in the sport, and only 50 of which that are anywhere near good enough to earn a cap. That's how small football is in Australia, other countries may have 10 times that number to choose from. Now I don't know that much about the UK's demographics but I bet there are a lot more rugby/swimming/whatever professionals than 400...

[capriccioso 2,545]

Best of both worlds? if you say so...

Also what be an example of going over the line?

Hate speech, inciting racial violence, etc. For example, websites like Stormfront are legal in the USA because of some amendment or another, but they are not here.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

[capriccioso 2,545]

Those Red Guard people are awesome! How dare you mock them!

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

[capriccioso 2,545]

Anyway I am surprised you aren't defending Australia. I thought you were a Queenslander?

[uzairblue 22]

hey aussies welcome to this forum

great to see ft in training ---> [ Images ] ---> http://www.footballhighlight.net/?p=35573

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

hey aussies welcome to this forum

great to see ft in training ---> [ Images ] ---> http://www.footballhighlight.net/?p=35573

Why are you going on every thread showing us pictures of Torres training...we get it you're a big fan and you're excited...

[bababoom 4,478]

He's just welcoming all the Australians to the forum

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Why are you going on every thread showing us pictures of Torres training...we get it you're a big fan and you're excited...

He knows you're all gay, so is getting the blood pressure rising.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

He knows you're all gay, so is getting the blood pressure rising.

Damn, he's on to us.

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

No organised crime in Australia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-18968229

[Ollie 4,400]

That's actually quite epic.

[bababoom 4,478]

Who would actually reply back to them though? i would just delete it and carry on, but you never know Australians...

[capriccioso 2,545]

No organised crime in Australia

http://www.bbc.co.uk...nology-18968229

Small time Chinese/Viets, which might, at best have about 50 members across the nation. The only 'large' gangs we have are international bikie gangs, and they don't count as they're just franchises of the big ones in the USA.

Nothing on the scale of the Jamaican gangs in England.