Remember how we were being labelled...

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...as having the worst supporters in the world?

(I'm gonna repeat what I wrote on BigFooty:)
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And what for? Supposed racist comments? Calling out "no-ball" when Murali was bowling?

And yet Pakistan and India fans have been well know over the years to do their effigy burning rituals and ransacking players houses and so on. Now we have had Pakistani supporters calling for the death of their own coach and now it has happened, they (well some) are rejoicing it.

Whatever antics they have done in the past seem to have been deemed "the norm" and you got the notion that it was "just what they did". But it's not normal human behaviour. It's downright childish.

And to think that we were being labelled as having the worst fans in the world; that some people were worried about Monty Panesar coming here for fear of being the victim of racial taunts. Which never happened.

Are our own fans worse than that? Absolutely not.

[bayman]

...as having the worst supporters in the world?

(I'm gonna repeat what I wrote on BigFooty:)
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And what for? Supposed racist comments? Calling out "no-ball" when Murali was bowling?

And yet Pakistan and India fans have been well know over the years to do their effigy burning rituals and ransacking players houses and so on. Now we have had Pakistani supporters calling for the death of their own coach and now it has happened, they (well some) are rejoicing it.

Whatever antics they have done in the past seem to have been deemed "the norm" and you got the notion that it was "just what they did". But it's not normal human behaviour. It's downright childish.

And to think that we were being labelled as having the worst fans in the world; that some people were worried about Monty Panesar coming here for fear of being the victim of racial taunts. Which never happened.

Are our own fans worse than that? Absolutely not.

ditto

[magpie in the 80's]

its well known spelly that the people of both india and pakistan are far worse supporters than anyone in the world.

i can understand this due to they are bloody hopless in all other sports other than perhaps hockey.

thank god we appreciate other sports in this world than having to just support one.

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its well known spelly that the people of both india and pakistan are far worse supporters than anyone in the world.

i can understand this due to they are bloody hopless in all other sports other than perhaps hockey.

thank god we appreciate other sports in this world than having to just support one.

Yes, but it was basically considered the norm and we were made out to be criminal like.