We will miss you Viren. We Indians must realize that what we were undisputed champions of Hockey. What we are trying to be in Cricket today we achieved much more in hockey. If Hockey gets just 50% of attention, money sponsors and love from we Indian, we can get much more laurels and recognition as Hockey super powers. After all with greats like Dhanraj, Turkey, Viren, GaganAjit, Prabhjot etc..etc..from the present generations (last 5 years) were never supported and welcomed like cricket. JUST RECALL ASIA GOLD MEDALISTS HAD TO SIT ON FLOORS AT MUMBAI AIRPORT AFTER 1998 WIN AND HOW DHANRAJ BRUSTED AND TURKEY WEPT- NO MEDIA, NO FANS. VIREN WAS ALSO A TEAM MEMBER. He scored 1 goal in 1998 final Asian games gold medal winning moment. India defeated pakistan 7-5, like this 1 goal Viren, 1 deepak Thakur, 1 Dhanraj, 1 goal Prabhjot and 3 by GananAjit - that famous revese flick of GaganAjit..many of us cann't forget. And Viren was just 19 or 20 years old then. Viren was also a part of some excellent Hockey moments of India like Asian Gold medal, Asia Championship, Commonwealth Silvers .....VIREN YOU TOOK A RIGHT DECISION. I FEEL ASHAMED AT TREATMENT OF HOCKEY PLAYERS WHO PLAY FOR COUNTRY NOT MONEY....JUST COMPARE YOUR TREATMENT WITH CRICKET T20 CHAMPIONS WELCOME IN MUMBAI....
RE:WE WILL MISS YOU BOY......
by Duke on Jan 15, 2008 09:35 PM
bhaiya ,its tirkey not turkey. How can we improve when you are always thinking about the dining table.
RE:RE:WE WILL MISS YOU BOY......
by rexberry on Jan 15, 2008 09:43 PM
@RKT if you can send a message to rajiv mishra the one man show of milton keynes world cup which is still hoverin in my mind.... then plzz tell him that there are many fans of his game.... shame on indian hockey
RE:WE WILL MISS YOU BOY......
by RKT on Jan 15, 2008 09:47 PM
I will do man, I travle a lot in Indian Railways and I will again colloid with him on a NR route. RAJIV MISHRA'S CAREER IS BRUTALLY MURDERED BY IHF AND GILL.
RE:WE WILL MISS YOU BOY......
by rexberry on Jan 15, 2008 10:14 PM
ridiculous.... i hope u have seen his game.... he was so brilliant in forward runnin wid rapid pace even europeans cudnt defend him... sameer dad was also in that team... he had played for indian team... but rajiv mishra was never seen after milton keynes....the person who was alone responsible for the junior world cup never played for senior team..strange
RE:WE WILL MISS YOU BOY......
by rexberry on Jan 15, 2008 10:21 PM
@RKT but then atleast u know him.... was a stylish hockey player ... sportin a bandana during 1997 ...was the top goal scorer in that world cup....now that guy is workin as TTE...i still cant believe this...
RE:WE WILL MISS YOU BOY......
by RKT on Jan 15, 2008 10:21 PM
Rajiv Mishra had a small knee injury and he was not supported by IHF for treatment. he accepted job at railways and got treatment. he played domestic hockey for railways and won them for railways, buy he was not given a chance in PHL and Indian Team
RE:Replace Gill with Viren
by RKT on Jan 15, 2008 09:36 PM
Not Possible with the type of clout the Politi tians & Beureucrats have on sports...Greats like Ashok Kumar, Mukesh Kumar, Shahid, Iqbal, Dhanraj could do nothing with so much ho halla....For that matter since Indian fans support cricket otherwise this Pawar, Shukla, Modi, Shah will kill cricket too
Utterly sad to see a talented midfielder like Viren quit the sport to pursue that dreadful 3 letter bullshit. Can't blame him though. Its not just a reflection of how hockey is run in this country and the state of the game currently but also speaks volumes about our society's treatment of non cricketing sportsmen. This is Viren's way of ensuring that in a cricket mad country he doesn't have to pawn off his medals to eke out a living when the game is done with him....
