its to convenient to say Sandeep and Sardara were dropped coz they dint report for practice..but who will understand the players perspective?? being paid peanuts when compared to other leagues..whats the incentive in playing for india..anyways they wont get any endorsements like our "talented world cup winning" cricket team :-(
First you need to create enough talent and only then you can discard as you like. And to create talent first ensure that Hockey is seen and liked by all. To do that you have to telecast all matches that the nation plays. BUt you seldom find matches played by India telecast in any channel. I love hockey but I search for all channels and end up disappointed because you don't get to see the sport.
Rajiv Mishra who was touted at that time to be the most promising junior player in the world.... got an injury and then God knows what happened after that ....
the only problem wd him was that he was playing the National Game Hockey in stead of cricket....
Re: I remember
by bango tango on Apr 06, 2011 07:27 PM
when I had personally met wd Mukesh Kumar during the 2002 National Games at Hyderabad , he had told me that he would never ever ask his son to play hockey...
Wish you all the best.. not easy to play under rotten administration, without money and without any popular support (especially from media) .. still you play for the nation.. I hope in spite of all this negative treatment, you will emerge winners..hats off to you
Re: It time for sandeep.
by veerapuram dharan on Apr 06, 2011 05:36 PM
even the rising jugraj singh was not considered inspite of fully recovering from his accident..
Re: Re: It time for sandeep.
by Ramkishore S on Apr 06, 2011 11:24 PM
I am sorry, Jugraj has not recovered to the standards required....the one world class drag flicker India produced in a long time and he can't play at this level :-(
It seems that HI has the uncanny knack of taking hockey back for few more years,after the success of CWG and moderate success in Asian Games,instead of promoting and striving to put forward the best team,they are back to old tricks.Surely,both the players are only one call away and can give all the documents they require to satisfy their bureaucratic ego's.
.Under the captaincy of Rajpal Singh,India was joint winner with South Korea in 2010 edition,and was champion defeating Pakistan in 2009 edition.Will Hockey India clarify why is Rajpal sacked from captaincy?
.HI has no principle in releasing player's dues and salaries on time whereas for their ego problem they can easily sack Sandeep Singh and Sardara Singh.These players are getting peanuts and their earnings are hand to mouth,if they got the chance to play in foreign league,should they be victimised on disciplinary ground? Where does discipline disappear when you have to clear their dues.
Is it not that Sunil Chetri and Gourmangi Singh also went to play in American and Australian leagues but did the foreign coach not esure that they are in the team for the AFC cup? There is so much co-operation and cordial relation between Footbal federation and players then why not Hockey federation and hockey players?
.Why is not Dhanraj Pillai involved as coach cum manager?
I hope in spite of all these politics,the team will perform well in Malaysia.
I really feel that our corporates are shameless,they just pump money into cricket,if they have little national pride,they will start financing hockey as well so the players can overcome poverty stricken condition and play for the nation holding their heads high.
Re: Azlan Shah cup squad
by bango tango on Apr 06, 2011 07:28 PM
media n corporates r A H , MC, B C, B T D 'S ....they can sell their M 0 M n S I S 4 money...