Gollum Posted June 12, 2025 Author Posted June 12, 2025 Late goal against Arg sinks us. Third straight narrow loss. Hope Fulton is just experimenting here, with eyes on the WC next year.
Gollum Posted June 13, 2025 Author Posted June 13, 2025 (edited) On 6/11/2025 at 1:34 PM, deathmonger said: Yeah. He was a wall. Let's see how the rest of the matches go. Not good, 4th straight defeat this leg, again lost to Argentina. Jugraj missed a penalty stroke at the end, and horrible keeping display once again, these guys used to do much better under the shadow of Sreejesh, when the spotlight wasn't on them. Generally we dominate Arg. Edited June 13, 2025 by Gollum
deathmonger Posted June 13, 2025 Posted June 13, 2025 2 hours ago, Gollum said: Not good, 4th straight defeat this leg, again lost to Argentina. Jugraj missed a penalty stroke at the end, and horrible keeping display once again, these guys used to do much better under the shadow of Sreejesh, when the spotlight wasn't on them. Generally we dominate Arg. Yeah, Netherlands is okay. Argentina isn't. Shouldn't be losing to them.
Gollum Posted June 16, 2025 Author Posted June 16, 2025 6 straight losses, all close ones where we even held lead for large portions of the games. Losing is a habit, just like winning. Now awaits the Belgian test. Don't understand why we go into a shell every time we take a lead.
Gollum Posted June 22, 2025 Author Posted June 22, 2025 7th straight defeat. Go down 3-6 to Belgium. Need big overhaul, 5-6 players deserve to be permanently axed. Though 37, Sreejesh may need to take back retirement for next year's WC. Our longest losing streak now, we had lost 6 straight games in 2012 London Olympics. All eyes on Fulton, he is being too stubborn with his 'defend to win' tactics and team selection.
Gollum Posted June 22, 2025 Author Posted June 22, 2025 No place to hide in FIH Pro League. 8 consecutive games in a fortnight against Netherlands, Argentina, Australia, Belgium is hell. Harmanpreet also with his injury woes.
Gollum Posted June 23, 2025 Author Posted June 23, 2025 Lalit Kumar Upadhyay announces retirement. Good career, but he wouldn't have been picked for the WC. Thank you for your services.
deathmonger Posted July 14, 2025 Posted July 14, 2025 On 6/22/2025 at 9:53 PM, Gollum said: Finally won
deathmonger Posted September 18, 2025 Posted September 18, 2025 Realized one thing. We hold all of the Asian trophies now. @Gollum Last it happened was 2017-2018. Our hold should be perpetual.
Gollum Posted September 18, 2025 Author Posted September 18, 2025 9 minutes ago, deathmonger said: Realized one thing. We hold all of the Asian trophies now. @Gollum Last it happened was 2017-2018. Our hold should be perpetual. Yes man. We should have held it before also but treated previous Asia Cup as a selection trial for rookies, we played so many debutantes against Pak and still held them to a draw....we could do that because being 23 WC hosts,we got automatic qualification. If we take these events even a little bit seriously, no one is touching us. Just check the victory margins we have over these other Asian sides the last 6-7 years.
Gollum Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 On 9/18/2025 at 10:29 PM, deathmonger said: Realized one thing. We hold all of the Asian trophies now. @Gollum Last it happened was 2017-2018. Our hold should be perpetual. FIH Pro League on. Rourkela last 2 days, Belgium beat us 3-1, Argentina beat us 8-0.
Gollum Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 Arg were 7-0 after 1st 2 quarters, took it easy after that. One of the worst ever days in Indian hockey, defensive lapses were like that Brazil-Germany 2014 FIFA WC SF.
deathmonger Posted February 12 Posted February 12 23 minutes ago, Gollum said: FIH Pro League on. Rourkela last 2 days, Belgium beat us 3-1, Argentina beat us 8-0. 21 minutes ago, Gollum said: Arg were 7-0 after 1st 2 quarters, took it easy after that. One of the worst ever days in Indian hockey, defensive lapses were like that Brazil-Germany 2014 FIFA WC SF. Yeah saw that. How does India **** the bed in FIH pro league but kick ass in Olympics? In Olympics it seems like only Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Australia can defeat us. But in Pro League we keep losing to the likes of England and Argentina?
Gollum Posted February 12 Author Posted February 12 16 minutes ago, deathmonger said: Yeah saw that. How does India **** the bed in FIH pro league but kick ass in Olympics? In Olympics it seems like only Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Australia can defeat us. But in Pro League we keep losing to the likes of England and Argentina? Maybe we don't take it seriously. But still losing isn't the big problem here, when you get folded like this before your home fans, interest in the sport dies. We have 2 more games against these same 2 sides tomorrow and day after, there better be some redemption.
youngindia Posted March 2 Posted March 2 In Pro League matches, India often: Rotate goalkeepers Try new defensive pairings Test midfield structures Give fringe players minutes in pressure roles England and Argentina? They often: Play close to first-choice XIs Treat Pro League points as résumé builders Need wins to stay relevant internationally So when India lose to England or Argentina, it’s often: “India learning vs others auditioning”
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