The poor marking of Spanish forwards & ridiculous drag flicks by sandip Singh were mainly responsible for debacle against spain.Australia is far better team & losing against them was no disgrace.
Re: Defence & sandip singh let down the team
by S Shrikanth on Mar 06, 2010 12:34 AM
Spain is No. 3 in the world and captain leads from front. Just look at the goals scored by Amat. Simply Great!
Re: Re: what is hockey in india
by Bharani on Mar 05, 2010 11:50 PM
Nova. Nothing wrong in what he said. Hockey sucks. We cant live anymore in history.
Its IHF who is responsible for this performance.Hockey India formed this team only 6 months back. And to the suprise this team did not play even a single International match prior to World cup while other teams had formed their World cup teams 2 years back. The players had to take a strong stance as their salaries were not paid for a long time.
Lets talk about Cricket now. Can ysomebody tell which major championship Indian team has won in last 7 years? Indian Cricket team lost against minnows Bangladesh and Srilanka in last World cup and crashed out in first round. And what about their first round defeats in T20WC 2008, ICC CT 2005 and recently ICC CT 2009? Our cricket team is good only in bi-lateral series played on home soil which is heavily manipulated.
Otherwise Indian cricket team is a big DUD in spite of being huge money earner and corporate support.
Re: Hockey or Cricket - No difference in Competitive sport
by slayer slayer on Mar 05, 2010 05:54 PM
this is the core of the issue that plagues most sports in India...but no one would talk about these.
Re: Hockey or Cricket - No difference in Competitive sport
by bak bak on Mar 05, 2010 05:57 PM
go home guys....no one is blaming u....indians are not cut out for it....we love to chat, discuss, argue, beat our chest with pride and prejudice!!! with great difficulty, indian cricket team is struggling to maintain its no.1 ranking while almost losing it!!! we can understand the pain of the indian sportsmen!!! we we were smarter and realised it long long back and never made any sports as our profession!!! it is better late than never to come out smarter!!! atleast being gud chatterboxes, please get into commentary and make some moolah than trying to compete in global sports!!!! and please take this as a lesson and dont misguuide ur children in making them believe they can achieve anything by having sheer determination and hard work!!!!! please clearly point it out to them that we are not genetically built that way!!! cut off all international sports channels in ur TV so that the children dont get carried away unless u r commenting in that match!!! give them loads of books to improve india's literacy and teach them this: "PARTICIPATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING" but also be clear to them "DONT EVEN PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS" if they wish to retain their self-respect!!!
Re: change the coach!
by S Shrikanth on Mar 05, 2010 05:42 PM
No . Brasa is doing good. Let him continue for next 4 years. This young team needs Brasa.
go home guys....no one is blaming u....indians are not cut out for it....we love to chat, discuss, argue, beat our chest with pride and prejudice!!! with great difficulty, indian cricket team is struggling to maintain its no.1 ranking while almost losing it!!! we can understand the pain of the indian sportsmen!!! we we were smarter and realised it long long back and never made any sports as our profession!!! it is better late than never to come out smarter!!! atleast being gud chatterboxes, please get into commentary and make some moolah than trying to compete in global sports!!!! and please take this as a lesson and dont misguuide ur children in making them believe they can achieve anything by having sheer determination and hard work!!!!! please clearly point it out to them that we are not genetically built that way!!! cut off all international sports channels in ur TV so that the children dont get carried away unless u r commenting in that match!!! give them loads of books to improve india's literacy and teach them this: "PARTICIPATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING" but also be clear to them "DONT EVEN PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS" if they wish to retain their self-respect!!!
with the dismal performance against australia and spain, the team india have no right/no face to complain about IHF. The praise showered on the players and the reward announced by Sahara should be pulled back. Now Hockey team knows better why cricketers in India are patronized and handsomely rewarded. Danraj Pillai should read this and start searching his soul as to whether his unwanted comments on the team management is right?
Re: IHF is right
by ANIL SINGH on Mar 05, 2010 10:33 PM
Beating pakistan is no more achievement as they are not far behind us in all sports. Korea is best asian team now and probably china will become no. 2 is asia soon. already they have beaten india and pak in asian games
Re: IHF is right
by S Shrikanth on Mar 05, 2010 05:39 PM
Its IHF who is responsible for this performance.
Hockey India formed this team only 6 months back. And to your suprise this team did not play even a single International match prior to World cup while other teams had formed their World cup teams 2 years back.
You are talking about Cricket. Can you tell which major championship Indian team has won in last 7 years? It seems you do not know that Indian Criccket team lost against Bangladesh and Srilanka in last World cup and crashed out in first round.
And what about their first round defeats in T20WC 2008, ICC CT 2005 and recently ICC CT 2009? Our cricket team is good only in bi-lateral series played on home soil which is heavily manipulated.
Re: IHF is right
by pradeep agarwal on Mar 05, 2010 06:18 PM
We are a countery of emotional people & always build castle in the air.Did coach ever projected India for a chance in Semi? he was very clear about our abilities & it was media that created unnecessary hype without substance.We have a good coach & some youngsters who if allowed time & resources will certainly show good results before next olympics.
go home guys....no one is blaming u....indians are not cut out for it....we love to chat, discuss, argue, beat our chest with pride and prejudice!!! with great difficulty, indian cricket team is struggling to maintain its no.1 ranking while almost losing it!!! we can understand the pain of the indian sportsmen!!! atleast being gud chatterboxes, please get into commentary and make some moolah than trying to compete in global sports.....the national games, ranji trophies, santosh trophies, etc etc are more than enough to keep ourselves fit....remember, indians are always groomed both practically and genetically to play any sport for fun and not as a career!!! education is important...remember always the indian mantra: "PARTICIPATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING"!!!! relax and chill out....make punjab, kerala, bengal, maharasthra, etc etc proud cos there is more rivalry within the country than outsiders!!! u will be more happy in local games and working in govt banks or railways!!!! last but not least, dont ever tell ur children to think abt international level and cut off all the international sports channels in ur television sets....and give them loads of books to read...atleast, the indian literacy rate will improve!!!! welcome back to INDIA!!!!
Re: SPORTS IS NOT FOR US...
by R Balasubramanian on Mar 05, 2010 05:29 PM
dance in pub, drive on road over drunk, beat up cops who apprehend, rape innocent school girls returning home, damage public properties without knowing the reason,go on snap strike without knowing the cause and demand quota/reservation when it is not deserving. Pakistan will be laughing in closed doors.
