Monday, December 05, 2005

Solution to Cricket Hooliganism: Number 1939

I am New Zealand cricket's number one fan. I will never allow an ill word to be said about any of the players, coaches, support staff, or administration, past, present, and future. Cricket is the game of the Gods, and all those who play and spectate are worthy of a place in Heaven. Even the non-Catholics.

Which is why I am surprised at recent reports of ill-mannered behaviour at Eden Park on Saturday.

There is a simple solution to New Zealand Cricket's crowd control problems. It is not in enforcing tighter security. It is not in serving all the booze in plastic cups, or reducing alcohol consumption at the ground.

Cricket crowds do not behave badly. There are no cricket hooligans. There are merely supportive supporters, who are doing their best to even the playing field. The answer to New Zealand cricket's crowd control problems lies among the players themselves:

STOP PLAYING LIKE A BUNCH OF FUCKING GIRLS, AND THEN THE CROWD WON'T HAVE TO HELP YOU!

5 comments:

Bomber said...

As someone who was at that match I totally concur with your analysis.

Anonymous said...

Agree 100% - if the Oz team had played that bad they would of had to assume false identities before being allowed back into Australia.

Go the rain in Wgtn - it will save us from another humilation.

Insolent Prick said...

Cathy,

Where do you get these brilliant ideas from, to link to your post on my blog?

Neil said...

IP - your inspirational post lifted the team to great heights.

But they still lost.

You prick.

Insolent Prick said...

It was a brilliant game.

A loss is still a loss, but they didn't play like girls.