WHY I CAN’T STAND OUR CRICKETERS >> COLUMN P13
A good, imaginative slogan can really sell a product or idea but Hayley Sorensen believes Australian cricket has failed dismally with its absurd choices
AUSTRALIAN cricket ficially cooked.
The final nail in its cookedness coffin wasn’t sandpaperdown daks, nor our woeful record since (just four wins from 18 matches across all formats, for those who need reminding).
It wasn’t the scathing findings of the redacted 145-page Longstaff review, which laid bare the “arrogant” and “dictatorial” culture in the top ranks of our summer sport.
A photo posted to Twitter by Cricket Australia`s leagues and events manager Anthony Everard did the job.
The picture showed the dressing rooms at Perth’s new stadium.
“PRESSURE,” screamed a slogan wedged between photos is of- of team celebrations from back when we weren’t so cooked.
“WE ARE AUSTRALIA’S CRICKET TEAM,” another declared.
And in the centre of the frame was the curious phrase that cooked Australian cricket. “ELITE HONESTY”. Cricket has been infiltrated by meaningless, mawkish mumbo-jumbo. I’ll be elitely honest. It’s some of the most ON THE CLOSURE OF THE BBC CINEMA COMPLEX ADDING TO A NUMBER OF EMPTY BLOCKS AND BUILDINGS IN MITCHELL ST, DARWIN
Someone build some bloody shade structures or something over the joint and start bringing people back! Anthony Tack Mackay
The city will make a good site for a zombie movie soon. Cameron Renilson
Time for another junket to Singapore to get some ideas. John Retzki soulless, focus-grouped gobbledygook I’ve ever heard. If our bowlers could find spin that strong, we wouldn’t be in this mess.
They may as well have painted “conscious spatula” or “boundless possible” on the wall. ELITE HONESTY’s detailed programmatic specificity would make Kevin Rudd blush. Justin Langer’s hand was certainly in ELITE HON- As long as Monsoons is still there, all is well. Amy Chittick
Have you driven around Winnellie lately? The number of empty premises is amazing. Faye Spiegel
Revamp the cinema, add a Strike Bowling and Holey Moley indoor themed putt putt golf and bring back Electric Dreams! Fun precinct. Sonia Barnes
There needs to be a push to have late night shopping changed to a Thursday night (just like down south) that way Casuarina and Gateway bring the crowds in Thursday and then on Friday the families can go into the city for ESTY`s creation. Who could forget him banging on about “elite mateship” when he was first appointed coach.
Langer was unsurprisingly asked to explain what ELITE HONESTY meant.
“It’s the Australian way as I know it, you look at a bloke or a lady in the face and you tell them the truth and you need to really honest with yourself because if you’re not you’re kidding yourself,” Langer explained.
“The man in the mirror is almost a cliche, but if you want to be successful in life you have got to be able to look yourself in the mirror. You can lie to everyone else, but you can’t lie to yourself.
“So that’s elite honesty to yourself. And also the Aussie dinners. People don’t want to go to a city on a Friday night if they can just take the children to the shops. This way the boutique markets don’t need to compete for customers with big businesses. Maybe consider changing Mindil to a Wednesday night so Darwin has something on every night. Brittney Lovett
Is it just me, or does it look they already have an idea for what they are going to do with this area? Like what’s the coincidence that all of these places close down and they’re all side-by-side? Something smells off and it’s not just the Rubbish Warrior. Jodie Robinson ON THE OWNER OF ‘THE BATTERED WIFE’ FISH AND CHIP SHOP CRITICISED FOR STANDING BY ‘OFFENSIVE’ NAME
Nothing wrong with it. All you oversensitive, offended snowflakes really need to get a life. Donald Law
The unfortunate thing is this woman, a survivor of domestic violence, has now faced more backlash for her sign (which was no doubt made with good intentions) than most actual perpetrators of domestic violence ever will. Sean Muir It’s a great way to keep domestic violence in the conversation without making an off-putting song and dance about it. It’s clever. Tony Graham
The real crime here is using papyrus font for your signage. Haylea Kench
Just nonsense … it’s the Aussie larrikin sense of humour. Kaye Robertson
Good to see someone standing up against political correctness and the sensitive generation. Aaron Hall
Don’t back down. Tomorrow the whingers will have found something new to complain about. Julie Zavattiero