Aussie Aussie Aussie... Oi Oi Oi

[Snoozer]

If this isn't the worst chant in the history of any sport in the world, i'll go he!!! I put this on the cricket site cos it's probably most apt with this great game.

I'm sick to death of wan*ers at sporting events who like to show their patriotism by acting like a bonehead and delivering a chant that collectively drags down the image of this great nation.

My God... surely we can come up with a better war cry than this poor excuse for bogans release their pent up excitement. Take English Premier League matches for example. They spend the whole match virtually in song... all sorts of different banter floating around.... while we have this drivel that sounds like it was coined at a slow developers school for underprivileged ******s.

I went to the tennis last night to see the biggest dud in Australian sport... as if my night wasn't bad enough having to watch the equivalent of a Thursday night local tennis match down at St Theresa's tennis club, I had to put up with coc*rags letting fly with that cringeworthy chant. Don't these people realise that they look the tool?? Don't they realise that at an international sporting event, they drag the overall intelligence level of the regular sports fans down to that of bin juice??

PLEASE discourage people you know, or are sitting near, from delivering this god-awful chant.

Thankyou.

 

[Lonie_from_50]

The chant is an icon to the sport, thanks to a group of Uni students starting it 15 years back at the SCG.

Waking up on the wrong side of the bed is no excuse to say it is "dragging down the image of this great nation"

You clearly stated you are a lover of Australia by calling it great, and a game that is supported (cricket) great, yet you say that a chant that everybody joins in, and the kids absolutely love it, you think it is a disgrace.

Soccer is a sport that has songs going on all the time, and at the A-League it happens. As for Aussie Rules, people actually watch the game and cheer on the sport, not by song, but by a different type of voice. Cricket is a sport of the same and they're are some chants, but you don't even need chants.

And...at the tennis - let's all sing a song for the match, but yet again, you will have 3 seconds between 20-30 second on average intervals to do so while the umpire will be calling "Quiet Please"

 

[Wicked Lester]

I'm inclined to agree somewhat with the first poster.

What annoys me most about the Aussie, Aussie, Aussie chant is that its not even original, but merely an adaption of the quaint Welsh chant "Ogi, Ogi, Ogi", rarely used I suspect these days in British sporting fixures because its too simplistic. Our Welsh PE teacher in the early 1980's taught it to us in the early 1980's.

That it seems to be increasingly defining us as a nation at international sporting fixture is, I agree, rather cringeworthy. Its particularly embarassing at an Ashes test match when the barmy Army go through there extensive repetoire and our comeback is "Ausssie Aussie Aussie".

Still I guess its taken on a life of its own now and the likelihood of it going away is next door to nothing so I don't think I'll spend any more time writing about it. END.

 

[Snoozer]

The chant is an icon to the sport, thanks to a group of Uni students starting it 15 years back at the SCG.

Waking up on the wrong side of the bed is no excuse to say it is "dragging down the image of this great nation"

You clearly stated you are a lover of Australia by calling it great, and a game that is supported (cricket) great, yet you say that a chant that everybody joins in, and the kids absolutely love it, you think it is a disgrace.

Soccer is a sport that has songs going on all the time, and at the A-League it happens. As for Aussie Rules, people actually watch the game and cheer on the sport, not by song, but by a different type of voice. Cricket is a sport of the same and they're are some chants, but you don't even need chants.

And...at the tennis - let's all sing a song for the match, but yet again, you will have 3 seconds between 20-30 second on average intervals to do so while the umpire will be calling "Quiet Please"

So you know the origin of this crap chant?? If you know any of the people involved could you please give them an almighty Liverpool kiss on my behalf.

An icon to the sport?!?! Jeez. People sound like rockapes. I never said there was anything wrong with chanting... just this particular one that is like pulling teeth every time I hear some knuckle-dragger scream out those infernal words. And not everybody joins in... a minority if anything. What sort of chant incorporates the "word" "Oi"??

Great point you make about the footy.... and I love going to the footy. Supporters cheer, boo, sledge, whatever. Chants are pretty few and far between, the only ones you get are from the respective cheer squads. But my issue is not with this, it's with Aussie Aussie Aussie... Oi Oi Oi.

What's this singing songs at the tennis garbage?? The only song I've heard at the tennis is when Cliff Richard belted out a couple during a rain delay at Wimbledon.

Cheer, boo, heckle whatever at any sporting event... just look down upon those who choose to use that chant.

 

[funkyfreo]

Welsh. I always thought it was Italian.

Oggi Oggi Oggi (sp?) - meaning today, today, today. I'm sure the welsh coal miners did borrow it though.

as for the Aussie version being some kids in 1991? Surely it has been around for years longer than that?

It is fine, it is just a pity that it is all the supporters use.

 

[Borry]

I dont like it. It's so irritating. Mainly because theres no other chants they can think of.

I'd take the Balmy Army over any of our fans in a heart beat. They have great variety and originality in all their chants and they don't rehash the same stuff over and over again

 

[Renegade]

it's right up there with "You are a w@nker" chants....not too creative the Aussie yobbos

 

[linger_isgod]

I remember Greg Champion singing a song at the Aus vs Aus A cricket final at the 'G in 95, and it incorporated the "Aussie Aussie etc." into the song, and then everyone was singing it on the way out like that. That was the first time I came across it.

I dont like it. It's so irritating. Mainly because theres no other chants they can think of.

I'd take the Balmy Army over any of our fans in a heart beat. They have great variety and originality in all their chants and they don't rehash the same stuff over and over again

One of the best days of cricket I ever had was the last time England were here, and we sat down right in the middle of the Barmy Army. Rarely laughed so hard in my life.

 

[jagx00]

Yes

Aussie Aussie Aussie... Oi Oi Oi
x is a wnker
no ball

That seems to be the repertoire.

Pretty awful and unimaginative.

 

[peternorth]

is there an awkward silence after the last "oi oi oi" chant? kinda like everyone looks around and thinks to themselves..."now what?"

 

[MUFC442]

w00t.

Another opportunity to slam soccer yet again, while still saying its inferior.

 

[hirthy]

Aussie Aussie Aussie! (OI OI OI!!!)
Aussie Aussie Aussie! (OI OI OI!!!)
Aussie! (OI!)
Aussie! (OI!)
Aussie Aussie Aussie! (OI OI OI!!!)

The Crowd Rooaaarrrrssss! (Roaaaaaarrrrsssss!!!)
The Crowd Cheeeeeerrrss! (Cheeeeeerrrsss!!!)
The Crowd is happy! (You ffffffkin BEAUTY!!!)

That is the bloody best, sitting in bay 13!!

 

[beatnik]

yes...hate the damn thing...I first heard it as "sydney, sydney, sydney...oi, oi, oi" in 1990 at the Sydney Kings matches and became very sad when it caught on at national fixtures

havin said that - I read all the way through the thread hoping there would be some suggestions of new chants/songs...it must be harder to come up with a good one than first thought

as for the barmy army, most of there stuff are rip-offs of the Premier League...good on 'em but I wouldn't start holding English fans up as icons or role models

peace

 

[Freo Big Fella]

it's right up there with "You are a w@nker" chants....not too creative the Aussie yobbos

I suppose 16 years watching a crap cricket team gave you a fair bit of time to write up a song book.

 

[crownie]

not as sad as the people obsessed with Australia on the Bigfooty Cricket board.

 

[Freo Big Fella]

havin said that - I read all the way through the thread hoping there would be some suggestions of new chants/songs...it must be harder to come up with a good one than first thought

as for the barmy army, most of there stuff are rip-offs of the Premier League...good on 'em but I wouldn't start holding English fans up as icons or role models

peace

Yep. The Barmy Army are the cricketing worlds biggest fraudsters. They're entertaining but they're hardly as original as they proclaim themselves to be.

 

[Renegade]

Yep. The Barmy Army are the cricketing worlds biggest fraudsters. They're entertaining but they're hardly as original as they proclaim themselves to be.

Where have the Barmy Army claimed that all their songs are original?
Aussies can't even rip off songs. They think the 'Aussie Aussie Aussie' crap is a masterpiece

 

[Heisenberg_]

Where have the Barmy Army claimed that all their songs are original?
Aussies can't even rip off songs. They think the 'Aussie Aussie Aussie' crap is a masterpiece

although i agree "Aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi" is very bad, its no worse the "Barmy Army, Barmy Army, Barmy Army, Barmy Army, Barmy Army, Barmy Army etc, etc etc."

 

[Freo Big Fella]

Where have the Barmy Army claimed that all their songs are original?
Aussies can't even rip off songs. They think the 'Aussie Aussie Aussie' crap is a masterpiece

Minimalist chants are a force of habit. Most Australians are used to watching their team win rather than singing while they lose.

 

[Aritro]

Give the original poster a Toohey's New ( and a bucket to tip it into).

What a spot on post.

 

[eddiesmith]

The no ball chant may be annoying by Aussie fans, but its awesome from the Barmy Army to Lee because he bowls no balls so often, nothing was better than Boxing Day a few years back with the Barmy Army in full voice and the

"ohhhhhhhh NO BALL" Then the arm is stuck out and the big roar from the Barmy Army

Barmy Army >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aussie supporters

Aussie Oi crap aint as bad as some people say, but it does show the lack of creativity by Aussie fans

 

[Cassius_Clay]

The no ball chant may be annoying by Aussie fans, but its awesome from the Barmy Army to Lee because he bowls no balls so often, nothing was better than Boxing Day a few years back with the Barmy Army in full voice and the

"ohhhhhhhh NO BALL" Then the arm is stuck out and the big roar from the Barmy Army

Barmy Army >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aussie supporters

Aussie Oi crap aint as bad as some people say, but it does show the lack of creativity by Aussie fans

Shame you haven't realised Lee doesn't chuck the ball.

I suppose you have to make something up

 

[eddiesmith]

Shame you haven't realised Lee doesn't chuck the ball.

I suppose you have to make something up

Yet Lee gets called for a no ball reguarly whilst Muralia and Botha rarely do Which makes the Barmy Army chant more realistic

Lee is as big of a chucker as Murali

 

[kosi_23]

Yet Lee gets called for a no ball reguarly whilst Muralia and Botha rarely do Which makes the Barmy Army chant more realistic

Lee is as big of a chucker as Murali

No Way

 

[Richo83]

Yet Lee gets called for a no ball reguarly whilst Muralia and Botha rarely do Which makes the Barmy Army chant more realistic

Lee is as big of a chucker as Murali

Lee gets no-balled (Wierd phrase, BTW, sounds like he is being castrated or something) because he oversteps. Murali has been no-balled because he chucks, big difference.

Like their chants, it's just... they're English.

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie chant is pointless. What does it mean? Nothing. What does it do? Means bogans scream out at the cricket. What does it prove? That the average Australian male is a bogan.