Australia's plan to neutralise Barmy Army
A home series is always a big advantage but just how much advantage will Australia have if 40,000 Barmy Army fans are invading our grounds this year? Cricket Australia have devised a cunning new plan to neutralise the huge numbers of English fans... colour! They're encouraging Aussies to turn up in green and gold (which I never really understood considering neither colour is on our flag). And yes, they'll be launching replicas of the team's one day uniform and selling bucketloads of green and gold merchandise at the grounds. But let's not be cynical - it's not about money, it's about patriotism! But why do they need to come up with a strategy anyway? Wasn't that whole "Australian Cricket Family" supposed to limit the number of Poms getting through the gates?
Personally, I'm more concerned about the singing. The Barmy Army have a wide repertoire of stirring anthems. Who will forget Jerusalem at the Oval? How do we counter that? "Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi" will get pretty old after the 100th time. I know by the end of the Sydney Olympics, I was nearly bleeding from the ears everytime the crowd started the chant. What Cricket Australia need to do is hire John Williamson to pen a few iconic folk songs. Or that bloke who sang "C'mon Aussie C'mon" (not Shannon Noll, anything but that!)
| Posted by JC on Tue 5 Sep |  1 comments |
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