Australian Open 2015 - Day 2

[Hawkas1988]

94 eagles just wow...it's 2015 mate, just because our 3 great young AUSSIES have european surnames doesn't mean they're any less Australian than you and whoever else you are implying that are supposedly traditional.

 

[getthefooty]

I used that word for lack of a better term. Sorry.

Na, you've posted absolutely disgracefully in this thread. It's embarrassing. Kokkinakis, Kyrgios and Tomic are Australian and proud to be representing their country. Stop undermining this by being ignorant.

 

[Xtreme]

What's a traditional Australian?

Actually don't even bother responding. This discussion does not belong here.

Someone with the Merv Hughes or David Boon body shape, cracking open a VB at the sit down breaks after games ?

 

[randyzany]

94 eagles just wow...it's 2015 mate, just because our 3 great young AUSSIES have european surnames doesn't mean they're any less Australian than you and whoever else you are implying that are supposedly traditional.

Being 'ethnic' myself I don't have an issue with the up and coming young aussie players having non skippy anglo surnames. That said with all the greek/other wog flags carried by supposed aussies in the crowds showing support for these lads, I can't help at times feel that I'm supporting a non-aussie/foreigner and I won't pretend that it isn't a little bit off putting to say the least.

It's what stopped many Australians from fully embracing the old NSL teams of a few decades ago, with most of the clubs being more or less an extension of a particular ethnic group (croats, italians etc).