'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach
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@Billy-Tell But isn't it arrogant to assume that you're arrogant? Oh I don't know, this is all too difficult to conceive. I'm so used to being an arrogant Pom now that I get a bit arsey when some upstarts claim that they are arrogant. Easier to stick with the tried and tested.
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@mariner4life said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Modest is for those who have reason to be
-M4L circa 1998
What kind of arrogant shunt quotes himself?
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@NTA said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@mariner4life said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Modest is for those who have reason to be
-M4L circa 1998
What kind of arrogant shunt quotes himself?
Reminds me in a funny way of the quote from some faintly famous Englishman (forget who). "The only real fault we English have is that we are too modest at times".
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Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
That certainly seems to equate with rugby but conversely you all appear to cope with not being No1 in say cricket. I really think it is a lot to do with the place rugby has in NZ.
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@Catogrande or rugby is held that high because we are no.1
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
This touches on the point I was about to make.
We are only satisfied when the ABs win (and sometimes we even complain about that). Our pass level is very high.
A bit of the tone I am seeing in the UK is that we don't give enough credit to the BIL. That is probably true but we only give credit to our own team when they play really well. I have yet to see the BIL play really well except for a short period against a second/third string Chiefs.
Yes we are hard judges but we apply it to our own as well.On the flip side, if the BIL were to lose a close game this weekend they would still probably get lauded in the UK for showing us that the NH style can compete.
Gotta win before we hand out the plaudits.
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@booboo said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande or rugby is held that high because we are no.1
Could be but we don't get like that with croquet
Someone else on here somewhere has mentioned a doco called (I think) Beyond the Black. Was a pretty good watch and tried to explain the place rugby has in NZ.
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@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
That certainly seems to equate with rugby but conversely you all appear to cope with not being No1 in say cricket. I really think it is a lot to do with the place rugby has in NZ.
Well we are talking about rugby here aren't we
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
That certainly seems to equate with rugby but conversely you all appear to cope with not being No1 in say cricket. I really think it is a lot to do with the place rugby has in NZ.
Well we are talking about rugby here aren't we
Ah! That makes sense now. You lot are only arrogant in relation to rugby. Thank God, this means us Poms are still the most arrogant. Glad that's cleared up.
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@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@booboo said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande or rugby is held that high because we are no.1
Could be but we don't get like that with croquet
Someone else on here somewhere has mentioned a doco called (I think) Beyond the Black. Was a pretty good watch and tried to explain the place rugby has in NZ.
One thing that doco tried to explain to an overseas audience was how Haka has become a big part of both our rugby culture and our national identity. Explained it in context.
I know this is all a bit of recent history when viewed alongside an old world country but it does annoy me a bit to hear the pre-game referred to over here as 'song and dance' when those times have long gone. -
@mariner4life said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Modest is for those who have reason to be
-M4L circa 1998
I'm the most modest person in the world. No one is better at modesty.
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@Crucial said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
This touches on the point I was about to make.
We are only satisfied when the ABs win (and sometimes we even complain about that). Our pass level is very high.
A bit of the tone I am seeing in the UK is that we don't give enough credit to the BIL. That is probably true but we only give credit to our own team when they play really well. I have yet to see the BIL play really well except for a short period against a second/third string Chiefs.
Yes we are hard judges but we apply it to our own as well.On the flip side, if the BIL were to lose a close game this weekend they would still probably get lauded in the UK for showing us that the NH style can compete.
Gotta win before we hand out the plaudits
Great point. People here hyperventilate when we only beat Japan or Namibia by 50. Players who would be stars anywhere else are often referred to as shit. When we are so ridiculously tough on our own, we're hardly going to readily hand out compliments to dirty foreigners.
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@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
That certainly seems to equate with rugby but conversely you all appear to cope with not being No1 in say cricket. I really think it is a lot to do with the place rugby has in NZ.
Well we are talking about rugby here aren't we
Ah! That makes sense now. You lot are only arrogant in relation to rugby. Thank God, this means us Poms are still the most arrogant. Glad that's cleared up.
Some say arrogant, others would say delusional....
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@antipodean said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@mariner4life said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Modest is for those who have reason to be
-M4L circa 1998
I'm the most modest person in the world. No one is better at modesty.
You've got the best modesty...
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@antipodean said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@mariner4life said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Modest is for those who have reason to be
-M4L circa 1998
I'm the most modest person in the world. No one is better at modesty.
Plenty to be modest about...
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
That certainly seems to equate with rugby but conversely you all appear to cope with not being No1 in say cricket. I really think it is a lot to do with the place rugby has in NZ.
Well we are talking about rugby here aren't we
Ah! That makes sense now. You lot are only arrogant in relation to rugby. Thank God, this means us Poms are still the most arrogant. Glad that's cleared up.
Some say arrogant, others would say delusional....
Good point. Perhaps the mods could put a fluffybunny type filter that changes arrogant poms to delusional poms.
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@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
That certainly seems to equate with rugby but conversely you all appear to cope with not being No1 in say cricket. I really think it is a lot to do with the place rugby has in NZ.
Well we are talking about rugby here aren't we
Ah! That makes sense now. You lot are only arrogant in relation to rugby. Thank God, this means us Poms are still the most arrogant. Glad that's cleared up.
Some say arrogant, others would say delusional....
Good point. Perhaps the mods could put a fluffybunny type filter that changes arrogant poms to delusional poms.
Not necessary. Both terms are tautologies.
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@booboo said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Catogrande said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in 'NZ fans are arrogant' is fast becoming the new poach:
Hmmm. We have very high expectations and every loss is like a knife to the heart. The very thought of not being best hurts like hell. I don't know if that is arrogance or just a pathological fear of being 2nd best.
That certainly seems to equate with rugby but conversely you all appear to cope with not being No1 in say cricket. I really think it is a lot to do with the place rugby has in NZ.
Well we are talking about rugby here aren't we
Ah! That makes sense now. You lot are only arrogant in relation to rugby. Thank God, this means us Poms are still the most arrogant. Glad that's cleared up.
Some say arrogant, others would say delusional....
Good point. Perhaps the mods could put a fluffybunny type filter that changes arrogant poms to delusional poms.
Not necessary. Both terms are tautologies.
What? You mean like sheep-shagging Kiwis? I think I understand.
