Australia & England were ruling cricket long time ago. When Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan entered the field, they made rigid rules while bowling, which were not in the original manuals. Still Sri Lankans and Pakistan bowlers made their way and sidelined them. India with Sachin's calibre, made the Europeans a laughing stock.
From Cricket, there was a fall from the grace.
In the field of athletics, the fiefdom goes to Africans... What next????
Badminton... Paes... Saina...Sania.. the list is just coming up!!!!
Any amount of infrastructure or any amount of money will not help India. We have to just question a basic question. what makes a 9 year old to play soccer? Just keep things simple. Just keep the fun part. How do you think all the poor South American nations produced such a great players. It is the LOVE for the game.We have to just keep that point in mind and the sport will itself
Re: Re: Shame!
by Indian on Jun 26, 2010 08:03 AM
@swetambar
And the difference betwn cricket chess and football is that football is more athletic game which one requires good fneutrients in the diet and that comes from money with Population And It is only recently that the country is getting more financially better off Blame this on the policies of the govt which has been ruling us for so many years
The man who brought US Soccer from dying bed is not anyone other than our own desi Sunil Gulati. He introduced lot of innovative ideas to improve the game in US. He was allowed to do even though he is not native of US. When Indians are soo talented then why India is not able to produce that kind of administrator? There is some wicked elements in our system which is stopping India's growth.
'West Bengal, of course, is obsessed by the Cup. Nowhere else in the world will you find such avid support for a game whose skills seem so hopelessly out of reach!'
So last 50 years they are supporting but failed to create a single international player. & its not possible in other 50 years
Re: ????
by manali thomas on Jun 26, 2010 09:36 AM
In Kerala's Kozhikode district, every nook and corner is decorated with different football teams flags. There is total addiction than that of W Bengal. This is for your info...
Pls stop to wrt commetns and article abt Football. I don know y u r folloing Football. there is no presence of our Inida... if u want to watch football then watch I league and support ur fav club.. pls dont send any articels and commets abt this match fixing games..
Re: Stop this
by Me on Jun 25, 2010 04:11 PM
Match fixing? haha...To avoid any match fixing, which is possible only in the first round since from second round onwards its knockout, the last two games in every group is played simultaneously. Can you claim such a thing in cricket? Cricket is where all the matches are fixed my friend.
Also, if there is no following in our country, why are the news papers are putting in extra sheets for this? And did you notice that India winning the Asia cup was not the major news in any of the news websites of India? Why my friend??
Re: Re: Stop this
by arun kumar on Jun 25, 2010 04:20 PM
hahhaha wat a joke... there are 4 matches/day... still the covereage n only one page... but for only one match news papers use one full page....
Re: Stop this
by Me on Jun 25, 2010 04:15 PM
And stop comparing a 10-country game with a 200-country game for popularity and world coverage. Even among these 10 regular cricket playing countries, except in India and Pakistan, football is more popular than cricket. In England, even cricket world cup matches are eclipsed by football league major matches.
Re: Re: Stop this
by Arijit Kar on Jun 25, 2010 09:33 PM
Mr. Arun Kumar: Are you crazy??? comparing football with cricket?? ha ha ha ha ...you are the joker of the day.....Do you know how many people are watching this FIFA WC? Hundreds of broadcasters, representing about 70 countries, are transmitting the Cup to a cumulative TV audience that will reach more than 26 billion people. What abt ur cricket? please don't google!!! I know you are a big fan of cricket but please don't compare w/ this event!!!! Are you a Bihari??? :)
Re: Re: Re: Stop this
by Nehru Rahul on Jun 26, 2010 05:35 AM
who are you? 26 billion.. get your facts correct.. and why are you bashing Arun Kumar, you donot even know how to read and understand. He is only talking about soccer.. and now to which region of India should I relate you to? you decide please.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Stop this
by Crazy Indian on Jun 26, 2010 01:08 PM
Arijit's number of 26 billion is correct. This has been reported in the papers as well. Note that it is the cumulative viewership expected across all the matches. However, by always comparing cricket and soccer/football, we tend to confuse the issue and never end up giving any constructive solutions as to how our standards in other games can be improved. Perhaps now that Lalit Modi has been kicked out of the BCCI, he can be recruited by the Indian football federation to market the game successfully!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stop this
by bobbygaria on Jun 26, 2010 10:59 AM
why indians talk about soccer. they cant even walk after eating that gas-ful Daal and roti.
