RE:RE:there is no good faclities for hockey
by saurabh kulkarni on May 08, 2007 10:34 AM
Indians have 16 astroturf grounds while pakistan have only four. But still Pakistan is way ahead of India. Indians lack killing instinct man.
RE:there is no good faclities for hockey
by Dev on May 08, 2007 11:52 AM
India have 28 Synthentic turf ground in good condition.But countries like Australia (375)Holland (600) and Germany (400) are in forefront of having infrastructure in Hockey.
a 1-0 loss against australia, well, good but we lost, and a 5-4 win against china who we would have never considered a strong hockey nation a year ago and you are happy ?
The real mettle of this indian team will be when we play against the likes of germany, spain, argentina, england,holland and in real competition.
when it comes to real hockey like the WC or the champions, we get the worst trashing of our lives.
With the crappy defense against china, JC, you have a lot of homework to do.
we will wait and see, JC. and good luck against argentina
last year INdia won broze at AZlan in KL and we were 11th in WC . Except for AUST no team is worth beating . So we have to win gold or it got no meaning -- Carvalho please grow up U said chinese have no skill in half time but they have , they caught india with pants down with indirect conversion ,SO watch before what u say
RE:intestesting
by saurabh kulkarni on May 08, 2007 10:37 AM
My friend team participating in this tournament includes pakistan & korea, which already given us tough time. Winning this tournament is not a joke & also India has entered with inexperience players so it's really tough time ahead for India.
RE:intestesting
by chandergupt on May 08, 2007 03:13 PM
how come Aust forward with 8 new players and goal score is playiing only 8th match.
IN 2002 in mumbia when germany beat india in mumbai - goal scoree was playing his first match . come on get it right the first time we play and we can do it if we want . WANT is aquestion
the team has definitely improved. They defeated the team that beat them in the Asian games. Question is, is that enough to be satisfied. There was a time when games against teams like China was meant for experimentation and general timepass. Now we are getting narrow victories over them. So has Indian hockey's standard fallen or have China and Japan improved so much????
Its been the pessimistic thought that drives us indian fans down again. But I am pretty sure that we will beat argentina to set the tone for the tournament.
..And we are going to loose to argentina next game, but we learnt a lot, boys did well, gained lots of exposure. Come next tournament and story repeats again !
RE:Same old story...
by Arun Nayar on May 08, 2007 03:45 AM
why are you guys getting worked up. he is just stating the truth. India has not won against Argentina recently and there is no indication that they will do so this time. After all Argentina defeated Australia and India lost.
RE:RE:Same old story...
by saurabh kulkarni on May 08, 2007 10:40 AM
Be pessimistic my friend now scene will change. Let's hope for the best after all we all r Indians. Our well wishes & support will definately boost their moral.
RE:Same old story...
by Prashanth Reddy on May 08, 2007 05:06 AM
Yeah...that's what we r good at..hoping against hope, expecting miracles without any hard work and preparation. Even if we win this tournament ours is not a great Hockey Team.
