When you consider the skill levels of our athletes and their achievements, we have a lot to be proud of.
At the Beijing olympics Australia came 6th on the medal table - a fantastic effort.
We bested it with countries such as the U.S and the hosts China, but each have 15 and 67 times our population respectively.
But are we truly respectful to the efforts that our athletes put in?
Outside of the Olympics, it's easy to see that more negative criticism is on display by the Australian media.
But it seems like all we have time to do is criticize our position in the sporting world when either the Olympics aren't on/they are nearly here/they just finished/we are beating England or New Zealand in something/we win something worth being arrogant about.
This isn't far from the truth, let me tell you.
Where's the gratitude?
The A-League season started on Thursday night.
New club Melbourne Heart played their first ever regular season match, but the focus wasn't really on that.
All I read about was debates on why the A-League is apparently an underperforming tournament that could never achieve international recognition and that once World Cup fever wore away that the competition would have lesser of a following.
It didn't state this directly in all cases, but it's not hard to miss.
Yes, lets not focus on the franchise expansion and growing popularity of the competition or the serious leaps forward this sport has taken in the country since the inaugural 2005 season.
Patience is not a word I would associate with mass media, but perhaps a dose of it might help a little bit.
Perhaps another example that is more openly criticised is the Wallabies.
I remember the good old days - think the John Eales era - when the Aussies were a true force in the world of Rugby Union.
John Eales with some unknown collectable cup. We could win it if the media thinks ahead. SOURCE: http://news.bbc.co.uk
It is undeniable that this old form will be hard to match in the near future.
Every journalist on the matter has their head in the past it would seem with all this talk of the "9 in a row" against New Zealand.
They are better than us at this present time, so deal with it. Stop hyping the public up!
The case is pretty clear to see:
Every time our team loses it is always a case of what we did wrong, and never what the other team did right.
State of Origin ring a bell for New South Wales fans?
Before I become labelled a hypocrite by anyone who read my old blog, at least I acknowledged the invincibility of the Queensland team in that case.
Speaking of which, the Winter season has now brought on the moment where all four football codes are playing at once, and has perhaps been fodder for negative talk.
They have their own competitions, but apparently they are competing with each other as well. God knows why.
Are people scared by the rising popularity of the A-League?
Shouldn't we be celebrating our efforts in establishing a name for ourselves in football?
We are such a compeitive nation that we've now decided to pick on our own compeititions along with our international teams. Lovely.
I need the Olympics back. Where did all the love go?
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