I am surprised by the senior players performance in this series so far.Arjun Halapa missed two penalty corner chances in today's match.Not only now.Indian team failed to convert penalties in to goal.This one has to be taken seriously.
India played well in patches in all matches and scored at least two goals against all opponents and all the goals were good. Despite the lack of support system and infrastructure, the players did their best to match the best in the world. At least the show was much better than how India fared in the last ODI and T20 cricket world cups.
If genuine effort is made by the government we can start getting better in sports and games. A total revamp of the sports administration in the country is required and detailed planning has to be in place for that.
Re: Well played India
by Sukhwinder Singh on Mar 08, 2010 11:19 PM
Exactly. Now worst they can do is finish 8th which is going to be better position than last 3 world cups where their best effort was 9th position in 1998.
After a fantastic win against Pakistan, i think our players were complasance.But the team can improve under Brasa,because we see in every match they scored. But politics should be stop with our national game if we are to survive
Re: Indian Hockey
by S Shrikanth on Mar 08, 2010 11:27 PM
I think Shivendra's absence in 2 matches after victory against Pak was a big loss which India could never recover.
Today also Shivendra made a difference as he scored a goal in the last minutes.
Sandeep Singh,Prabjoth Singh and Deepak Thakur are certainly to be put out of the team. I wonder coach Brasa found captaincy potential in Prabjoth? Certain deserves for the commonwealth games are Gurbax, Shivendra, Chandi, Vikram Pillai, Arjun, sarwan and GKs. What the Indian players lack the most is ball control and trapping of ball. These seniors cannot be trained for that. Hence do it at subjunior level and junior level. And aim next junior world cup and not the commonwealth. With the present set of players we can aim only for the Asian level be it Asia cup or Asian Games. As Rick Charlesworth pointed out total infrastructure and the system of hockey in India is to be revamped.Start Hockey academies in each state and provide Astroturf to each district.
Re: Dear Mr. Brasa
by Sukhwinder Singh on Mar 08, 2010 10:59 PM
Rajpal Singh was Captain. I really don't think captaincy makes much difference in Hockey though
Re: Re: Re: Dear Mr. Brasa
by jinu george on Mar 09, 2010 12:28 AM
Brasa was vying for Prabjoth as Captain and even conducted an unofficial voting among players against the selector,s choice of Rajpal. And what I basically challenged was the slot of Prabjoth in the team itself not captaincy. When Brasa selected him as the captain he will become certain in the team
Indian HOCKEY iS similar current status of West indies Cricket team.Both of them have past glory present there are talented players to fill the shoes but due to lack of payment & bad political administration we are unable to sponsor team players & motivate them.There are politicians who spend lot of money in making their idols for fame but doesnt have money to sponsor for players who represent NATIONAL GAME ............................ BE TO BE A PROUD INDIAN
Indian HOCKEY iS similar current status of West indies Cricket team.Both of them have past glory present there are talented players to fill the shoes but due to lack of payment & bad political administration we are unable to sponsor team players & motivate them.There are politicians who spend lot of money in making their idols for fame but doesnt have money to sponsor for players who represent NATIONAL GAME ............................ BE TO BE A PROUD INDIAN
Indian HOCKEY iS similar current status of West indies Cricket team.Both of them have past glory present there are talented players to fill the shoes but due to lack of payment & bad political administration we are unable to sponsor team players & motivate them.There are politicians who spend lot of money in making their idols for fame but doesnt have money to sponsor for players who represent NATIONAL GAME ............................ BE TO BE A PROUD INDIAN
hi,please see IPL not hockey....indian hockey is grounded with lots of politics and money problems.All the players are money minded and west.....just like dust and rust.
Re: please see IPL NOT hockey
by vipul saxena on Mar 08, 2010 11:02 PM
IPL is manoranjan kaa baap, a TV show with manipulated pathetic pitch and old old substandard players who just play for TV Ads. As all the teams r below par, that is not cricket, just ad platform and medium for indian businessman to convert black money to white.
Re: please see IPL NOT hockey
by preetam singh on Mar 08, 2010 10:53 PM
then what is use of seeng IPL, where only money is playing. Hockey is very tough game and we have not playyed so bad. hockey needs our consistent support to get it's glory back.
