It's not really the bottom line. The Duke of Kent goes to (or used to go to, up until a couple of years ago) the Australian Open every year. The TV cameras would always show him right at the front.

Plus the Queen has been to the AFL Grand Final, the cricket, maybe even the Australian Open, so on and so forth.

99.99% of Americans arent funny.

the bottom line is: Wimbledon is an event that has been attended by the Queen of England, the QUEEN FFS

Whats that got to do with anything? Well Australia is technically and will remain a subject of the Queen as it stays a British subject

If Australia wants to do away with being a subject, then it should consider that subject of becoming a Republic. On the other hand, the US Open (a place which gained independence from Britain) is notorious for its lack of sportsmanship and boorish crowds (worse than Australia), ie 'here batter batter batter batter...', and thats just the beginning, on the other side of the scale they have people who open fire at cinemas :-k ...

Double post

Edited by Harrison84: 7/7/2015 10:56:20 AM

Yeah don't get me wrong I don't hate them or anything. And watching them last night they did appear to show restraint at times so kudos for that...
I just wish they came up with some better material. As a player I would not ever want to hear "Aussie Aussie Aussie... Oi oi oi"...

Almost all hoi poloi sports fans are pretty one-eyed. Listen to when Murray plays at Wimbledon. I haven't scrutinised the Fanatics properly, and it would be neigh on impossible to do so without being there, but at one point I saw them clapping Gasquet when he won a point (or at least, Gasquet had won the point and they were clapping politely). This seems to me the level of respect you'd hope for.

Agreed they need to be a bit wittier though.

Edited by quickflick: 7/7/2015 03:22:12 AM

It is. Unfortunately they don't see it as their role to be witty and interesting. Just happy, dumb, and one-eyed.

Well said. I'd be embarrassed even as the player.

Yeah I think that might be an exaggeration no matter how shit they are.

acting like a bunch of convicts

There are places where these tennis fans belong

the 2011 london riots

Same reason why the barmy army are banned from Lords but not the Oval.

Why?

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE

Get into it lads

Time and a place for everything. They add to the atmosphere at the Australian Open. I'm in two minds. On the one hand, I get fed up with hearing their chants and they make us all look like bogans. On the other hand, it's kind of funny seeing people in England get pissed off by them. I was especially happy to see that Mrs Federer was pissed off by them and apparently asked security to tell them to shut up.

And would it be such a bad thing if Wimbledon took on a Happy Gilmore kind of vibe?

i tend to think that its the fact that the Fanatics resort to old material that is way past its useby date.
...shit theyve been chanting since John newcombe was around

Unless it's the den. :lol:

Its the goddamn illuminati that goes to the tennis, they dont need to resort to coarse language and name calling to destroy bogans/ put them in their place, the elite's idea of wit is a group of incisive observations, humourously phrased, and delivered with impeccable timing

Although I agree the Aussie Oi chant is shit, what else can they chant?

Forza Tomic? :lol:

I think I have a new favourite chant after watching the Kygrios match the other night, "We love you cause you're Australian"

umm bout that . But agree .
Seriously the fanatics are a stain . I love chanting and all but going ozzie ozzie ozzie is embarssing. Hell when they were beautifying st mary mackillop you could hear bogans yelling ozzie ozzie ozzie

Yep. It's the tennis. You know the culture when you go there.

No-one goes to the football and asks the North terrace to keep the noise down.

Kind of agree. It's not as simple as 'making noise = good' vs 'making noise = bad'.

If the noise being made is cringe-worthy Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi chants, then I'm not supportive regardless of what the sport is. I feel embarrassed as an Australian when I hear that bogan drool on TV.

Other words football chanting is okay.
AFL and NRL mocked for not having active support
Tennis fans are bogans due to chanting

Are you guys ever happy?

End them violently.

stupid Australians

Chanting and being parochially one-eyed isnt going to make Sam Groth beat Roger Federer

wtf no

No they should be taking out back with a shotgun. They are a guarantee to ruin any Australian sports event played overseas.

How come we cant have some elite Australians represent Australia in the crowd? Like everyone else at the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open

These bozos stand no chance with this attendee at the US Open->

Would rather the fanatics than a bunch of boring cunts who sit there quietly

i agree partly with what you say. there has to be crow involvement