dont you just hate it when......

Mweelrea

dont you just hate it when people say they dont like cricket because its too english...

eh so's football,rugby,tennis,golf,hockey and pertty much every sport bar a few ie: gaa

even the american sports are english...after all they were origiallly brittish colonisers!

so when ever someone says they dont like cricket ignore the petty excuse and tell them the only reason they said it is because they dont understand the rules.

delta_bravo

Mweelrea wrote: »

dont you just hate it when people say they dont like cricket because its too english...

eh so's football,rugby,tennis,golf,hockey and pertty much every sport bar a few ie: gaa

even the american sports are english...after all they were origiallly brittish colonisers!

You think GAA has never been influenced by other sports?

Also I dont think people regard it as being 'too english', whatever that means, but rather a sport of the wealthy protestant elite in Ireland in the early 20th century which gave it a negative image for some years

Mweelrea

delta_bravo wrote: »

Also I dont think people regard it as being 'too english', whatever that means, but rather a sport of the wealthy protestant elite in Ireland in the early 20th century which gave it a negative image for some years

True when i mentioned others calling it too english i was refering to friends of mine disliking the sport simply because they felt it was english,but they are fine with rugby/football etc

KIVES

I've been a closset cricket junkie for years and always tried to avoid discussions with mates about the game basically because the same reasons get trotted out by them as to why they despise the Sport ie...Protestant game, Foreign Sport, most boring field game in the world blah blahdyblah...Then, having conquered this hurdle you get the exaggerated revulsion when you quietly admit that you support England..bad enough watching the game but cheering on the auld enemy,yawnnn - Came to a point where I just thought what the hell, if I'm asked I'll just say 'yea, great sport' or something along those nonchalent lines and it has transpired that given a group of 5/6 people - there'll always be someboby in the group who 'knows somebody with a fanatic like passion for the game' or has an Uncle who stays up all night while 'The Ashes' are on Down Under - that eases the awkwardness somewhat, that given that you may be thought of as esoteric/electic or one of those words with more negative connotations than positive, at least somebody in the group knows somebody with similar mysterious passions/allegiances...Lastly, if your in a debating humour, always drop a couple of Famous Cricket lovers into the equation (makes you look less isolated and the positive vibes emmanating from these successful people may even prompt people to silently wonder 'J'es he may be on to something' (That may be clutching at straws though)...leave out the geeks though!
Michael Parkinson..Mick Jagger...Hugh Cornwell (The Stranglers, may have spelt the name wrong)...Mitchell McLoughlin (Sinn Fein MLA - Always a shock for 'dyed in the wool' Republicans in the group)...Liam Mulvihall (Ex-GAA Director General)...Con Houlihan (Supreme Kerry Sports Journalist and all round wiseguy on just about every subject known to man)...Declan Lynch (Irish Novelist+Sunday Indo journalist)...the list goes on, tis just I can't think of any more at this stage...
Con Houlihan on Cricket - "If there is a more intelligent fieldgame in the world today, I've yet to see it"

Mweelrea

what bugs me the most is that such a large pecentage of people who can't stand the sport have never actualy sat down and watched a proper game,
its a pity such a strategic game is left to stumble behind in the shadow of sports like soccer and rugby

gillyfromlyre

My Uncle Fritz loves cricket, hes a bit old for it now but he sometimes plays it with my sisters kids using a hurley, which resulted in a nasty accident 2 weeks ago but I won't go into that. My hubby thinks he must be a bit of a "Proddy loving pilchard", but personally I think a sport is a sport once nobody gets hurt, as in mentally scarred.

Mweelrea

gillyfromlyre wrote: »

My Uncle Fritz loves cricket, hes a bit old for it now but he sometimes plays it with my sisters kids using a hurley, which resulted in a nasty accident 2 weeks ago but I won't go into that. My hubby thinks he must be a bit of a "Proddy loving pilchard", but personally I think a sport is a sport once nobody gets hurt, as in mentally scarred.

"Proddy loving pilchard" is exactly the kind of thing i'm talking about,your dead right a sport is a sport and cricket can't be hated just because its english when nearly every other popular sport is too.
I'm gonna have to start a campaign to stop people thinking cricket is too english,who knows what i'll achieve!lol:D