LordPrabhzy Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 3 minutes ago, Vickydev said: Yeah even that league isnt going on anymore I think. "The goal is to have a strong club competition in this area and improve the quality of the players for international level,” said David John who has been roped in as the Director of Odisha Hockey." “India doesn’t have a strong club system. The problem with the domestic players is that they don’t play enough competitive matches to keep themselves ready for the big stage. The aim is to provide them a proper platform where they will play competitive hockey and hone the subtle nuances of the game,” said John. Vickydev and singhprakash72 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singhprakash72 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 They had a golden chance to make an impression here at Home but the preparation was poor...no back up PC specialist once Harmanpreet was off color. The only one decent striker was lost to injury and they could not just convert Penalty Corners. After the first game despite winning 4-2 it looked like this was at best good Asian games team but no where world class. Aus/Dutch/Beg would have anyways butchered them in later stage. nitinbwj and rollingstoned 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesky99 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Some of these Punjab players are massively overrated and should be no where near the squad, Jarmanpreet shouldn't be in the squad, manjeet, sukhjeet, shamsher should not be playing, they left possibly the best young talent in the country out of the squad selvam Karthik Frustrated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordPrabhzy Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 Hockey players need to understand that everything works in reverse in India.. as there is no sports culture, a sports can only be popular in the country only IF you WIN the World Cup or the pinnacle of the sport, THEN people start to follow it. Same thing happened with cricket.. only when we won a WC then the popularity increased. Frustrated, nitinbwj, Khota and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 14 minutes ago, Mesky99 said: Some of these Punjab players are massively overrated and should be no where near the squad, Jarmanpreet shouldn't be in the squad, manjeet, sukhjeet, shamsher should not be playing, they left possibly the best young talent in the country out of the squad selvam Karthik Bhai baaki b koi khaas nhi hai. Neelam Xess was making school boy errors in defence. Abhishek Prasad looked deer caught in headlight as soon as he was under pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MultiB48 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 The Olympic team was pretty good,they were at their peak,but those guys have since retired.This current team is like any other Indian team I have seen over the years,I won't be too harsh on them ,we have a long history of producing such teams. rollingstoned and nitinbwj 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BacktoCricaddict Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 32 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said: Hockey players need to understand that everything works in reverse in India.. as there is no sports culture, a sports can only be popular in the country only IF you WIN the World Cup or the pinnacle of the sport, THEN people start to follow it. Same thing happened with cricket.. only when we won a WC then the popularity increased. This is so true!! We tend to totally undermine anyone who doesnt reach the top and deify whoever does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollingstoned Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 1 hour ago, nitinbwj said: That Olympic bronze was the best hockey that we played. Haven't seen any good hockey after that. Sreejesh the freak saved his best for that Olympic glory. He could have saved a few today if not for that injury but the attempt at goals was shocking. We did okay in the Cwg. **** opposition mostly but at least we looked convincing. This team has choked or just not managed to turn up in a home world cup sadly. I needed 2 hours to calm down after the way we lost it and shat the bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Koi nai jee we will beat NZ 3-0 in paytm series. After that many losses in icc events even icc understood not to put kiwis in our group but still we couldn't win worldcup. Stan AF and raki05 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mesky99 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 2 hours ago, Number said: Bhai baaki b koi khaas nhi hai. Neelam Xess was making school boy errors in defence. Abhishek Prasad looked deer caught in headlight as soon as he was under pressure. Most of them are average players, bar sreejesh, Hardik and maybe rohidas the rest just make up numbers, Indian hockey team is doing nothing great despite massive funding, dipsan should have been in the squad, midfield not creative enough Number 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putrevus Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 India was never going to get past all the heavyweights even if they had won this match. They to me were never the top four team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khota Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Unfortunately, Indias is a single sport nation. Hockey is not one of it. In any case let us thank the CM of Odisha for at least trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordPrabhzy Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 9 minutes ago, Khota said: Unfortunately, Indias is a single sport nation. Hockey is not one of it. In any case let us thank the CM of Odisha for at least trying. Even then we haven’t won a ICC trophy for 10 years.. India is a money/fame chasing nation- once you get that there’s no personal pride left to perform. Frustrated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khota Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 43 minutes ago, LordPrabhzy said: Even then we haven’t won a ICC trophy for 10 years.. India is a money/fame chasing nation- once you get that there’s no personal pride left to perform. That can be blamed on the culture. Look at Rohit, he has put on weight. Not one football player in your premier league looks so pathetic as he does. speedracer, Stan AF and Frustrated 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Lol nz again. We need to develop a sports culture. Not good enough. Nothing to do with physical ability. There are plenty of players with physical ability but if we are going to play domestic games on grass then how would that help us perform on astro in WCs? Belgium Aussies and nedtherlands are a level above. England is on a similar level to us at the moment. Then Germany is around there too. Argentina can surprise teams but aren't consistent. Rest are just well below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedracer Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 24 minutes ago, Khota said: That can be blamed on the culture. Look at Rohit, he has put on weight. Not one football player in your premier league looks so pathetic as he does. Correct. As soon as we attain a bit of fame, it's like they stop trying. Target achieved so now they feel entitled to do as the please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordPrabhzy Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 32 minutes ago, speedracer said: Lol nz again. We need to develop a sports culture. Not good enough. Nothing to do with physical ability. There are plenty of players with physical ability but if we are going to play domestic games on grass then how would that help us perform on astro in WCs? Belgium Aussies and nedtherlands are a level above. England is on a similar level to us at the moment. Then Germany is around there too. Argentina can surprise teams but aren't consistent. Rest are just well below. Profoundly disagree- there are hundreds of hockey clubs in the communities and universities with astro turfs everywhere in UK. Same with Germany. They have a better sporting culture than us We are at best 8/9th best in the world when it comes to consistent results. winning some fluke games against 2nd string Dutch/Belgium/Aus sides in the Pro League doesnt mean jack shite speedracer and Khota 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek04 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 We as a land of yoga and meditation, always crumbles when there are pressure situations be it in big icc match or in other sports like today. Talent is not enough to win but cool and calm un tough situations is equally important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordPrabhzy Posted January 22 Author Share Posted January 22 I fear what will happen if hypothetically if Patnaik's party loses in Odisha.. the hockey team can overnight lose all its sponsorships.. has the Indian Gov thought about this eventuality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frustrated Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 hours ago, LordPrabhzy said: I fear what will happen if hypothetically if Patnaik's party loses in Odisha.. the hockey team can overnight lose all its sponsorships.. has the Indian Gov thought about this eventuality? Can't say what will happen if patnaik's party(BJD) loses. But i dont see that happening anytime soon. Niether Bjp nor congress has any presence here in odisha, as of now. Coming to hockey, i think it's high time our govt takes this seriously. Afterall, it's our national game. We saw considerable improvements in many events of the 2021 olympics (No one would hv thought about securing the gold and overall decent medals tally, by our standard). So, it's not all doom and gloom. As fans, we can only hope though. rollingstoned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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