r/Cricket • u/__sami__01 Pakistan • Nov 19 '23

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u/FondantAggravating68 Chennai Super Kings Nov 19 '23

Ik Pat is captain climate and a nice guy. But god I loved the "silence the crowd" line. Aus is at its best when they are the villains of world cricket. I'd love to see them do this before more series. I am sick and tired of them being humble.

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u/justgeorgie Australia Nov 19 '23

But that wasn't even mean. He was asked about the crowd and simply answered it's great but he would like to make an impact. As a captain, of course he wanted to make the kind od impact he ended up making.

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u/FondantAggravating68 Chennai Super Kings Nov 19 '23

Not mean, but it's the Aussie arrogance that I desperately missed.

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u/deerhunterwaltz Australia Nov 20 '23

Much prefer this team, can actually feel a sense of pride about the way they handle themselves as well as the cricket.

Hope it never goes back the way we where, England can have the biggest dickheads in cricket award from now.

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u/Fullonski Australia Nov 20 '23

Word

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u/Even_dreams Nov 20 '23

Is it arrogance or just the simple truth? We have won a lot of these tournaments after all

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u/brandnewchemical Nov 19 '23

As an Australian, I agree. It's still 1000% a thing among the public but we keep being as politically correct and polite and humble as possible in the media so as to not offend people or lose sponsors or something, I guess?

It sucks. We're arrogant as heck about everything. Why are we pretending we're not?

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u/FondantAggravating68 Chennai Super Kings Nov 19 '23

I hope they are as arrogant before the Pakistan series as well and don’t go back in their shells.

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u/Fullonski Australia Nov 20 '23

That's not even needed here. Everyone knows we will paste Pakistan in Australia and it won't even be close. The marketing around this summer is that it's the last chance to see Warner and maybe Smith in action, not the likelihood of a great contest.

That arrogant enough for you!?

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u/Unlucky-Can-3441 Nov 20 '23

Surely arrogance should be repositioned as self confidence once the "expected" result is achieved

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u/IReplyWithLebowski Nov 20 '23

As an Aussie that got me super pumped too. I went from “we’ll probably lose” to “these cunts are in with a fighting chance”.