I know you’ve got personal insight into this

That generational descent thing does (still) surprise me - I know lots of people who emigrated to Oz, for example, and ALL their (male!) children support Australia in the Ashes. That’s where they were born avd brought up. They like their UK heritage in some ways, but sporting allegiance well and truly transferred.

I kind of approve of that. Their dads moan to me about it, but it represents a real “buy-in” to their country.

Anyway, there we go. It is what it is. Some of it, I suspect, is the UK failing to secure the loyalties of immigrants by being insufficiently welcoming.

Posted By: Old Git on July 4th 2022 at 16:20:01

Message Thread

I know it’s Birmingham (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 4, 15:37:18
- No further questions y'honour. (n/m) (Other Sports) - tudders, Jul 4, 21:51:12
- To be fair to OG, I'd probably feel the same if it wasn't for being educated (n/m) (Other Sports) - LeftSide, Jul 4, 21:16:01
  - 😂 (n/m) (Other Sports) - DH Yellow, Jul 4, 21:47:48
- Comments like this are equally as shocking tbf. I think you’ll find that (Other Sports) - DH Yellow, Jul 4, 20:22:57
- Wow! (n/m) (Other Sports) - MonkeyPuzzle, Jul 4, 18:48:16
- thats it. Im unfollowing (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 4, 18:17:35
- i particularly enjoy the drunken singing of god save the queen at the cricket (Other Sports) - Tombs, Jul 4, 17:23:16
- You need to watch Back in time for Birmingham. It’s still on iplayer (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Jul 4, 17:16:27
- Growing up in the Midlands I'm always surprised (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Jul 4, 16:31:21
  - Ahhh just read jamesward's reply (Other Sports) - Cardiff Canary, Jul 4, 17:04:33
- God I despise Kohli. Such a classless little pr*ck. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Jim, Jul 4, 16:18:15
  - yep he's a nasty sod (n/m) (Other Sports) - shoddy, Jul 4, 18:24:19
  - Vmt. (n/m) (Other Sports) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Jul 4, 17:08:54
  - Ha ha (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 4, 16:21:00
- i would pay good money (to charity) to bop one on virat's mush (n/m) (Other Sports) - Chris Peacock, Jul 4, 16:15:53
- The support for Indian cricket will be (Other Sports) - jamesward, Jul 4, 16:13:43
  - I know you’ve got personal insight into this (Other Sports) - Old Git, Jul 4, 16:20:01
    - some cracking false equivalence there (n/m) (Other Sports) - CWC, Jul 4, 22:07:32
    - Different culture I think (Other Sports) - jamesward, Jul 4, 16:46:39
- Why? I've been watching raucous Indian, Pakistani and Caribbean support at English test (Other Sports) - norwaay, Jul 4, 16:06:17
  - Are you shocked that OG is shocked? (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Jul 4, 16:18:04
    - When it old my wife I’d rewired the whole house, she was shocked. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Jul 4, 16:38:53
- Crikey 🥺. So would you cheer for the Aussies against England (Other Sports) - CB41, Jul 4, 15:59:10
- Isn’t it just that they’re being a bit noisier? (Other Sports) - APB, Jul 4, 15:52:48
- Norman Tebbiits cricket test (Other Sports) - DiscoDale, Jul 4, 15:43:53

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