Gollum Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) Our boys eviscerate Japan 5-1. Sealed Olympic spot, joining Aussies, Dutch and the hosts. Results the last couple of months. 3 August 20232023 Asian Champions Trophy GS India 7–2 China showChennai, India 4 August 20232023 Asian Champions Trophy GS India 1–1 Japan showChennai, India 6 August 20232023 Asian Champions Trophy GS Malaysia 0–5 India showChennai, India 7 August 20232023 Asian Champions Trophy GS South Korea 2–3 India showChennai, India 9 August 20232023 Asian Champions Trophy GS India 4–0 Pakistan showChennai, India 11 August 20232023 Asian Champions Trophy SF India 5–0 Japan showChennai, India 12 August 20232023 Asian Champions Trophy F Malaysia 3–4 India showChennai, India 24 September 20232022 Asian Games PR India 16–0 Uzbekistan showHangzhou, China 26 September 20232022 Asian Games PR India 16–1 Singapore showHangzhou, China 28 September 20232022 Asian Games PR Japan 2–4 India showHangzhou, China 30 September 20232022 Asian Games PR Pakistan 2–10 India showHangzhou, China 2 October 20232022 Asian Games PR India 12-0 Bangladesh showHangzhou, China Then beat Koreans in SF, the final today. Edited October 6, 2023 by Gollum Mariyam, bharathh, BacktoCricaddict and 2 others 5
coffee_rules Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 Mera Bharat Mahaan Mariyam, BacktoCricaddict and Vickydev 3
Gollum Posted October 6, 2023 Author Posted October 6, 2023 Beat Aussies twice in this year's pro-league, no draw/loss Beat Dutch once, drew once, lost twice Beat Germans 2/2 times Beat Belgians once, lost once Beat Arg 2/2 times Hope we upgrade the medal in Paris. randomGuy, Khota, Vickydev and 3 others 2 4
Gollum Posted October 6, 2023 Author Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, coffee_rules said: Mera Bharat Mahaan Jewel of Indian sport. Cricket may have the money and fan following, but hockey has given us 8 Olympic gold medals. No other team in any sport has seen that sort of success, not even from USA, Russia, Germany, Australia. We will reach double digits in coming years, my hunch. Edited October 6, 2023 by Gollum coffee_rules 1
deathmonger Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, Gollum said: Jewel of Indian sport. Cricket may have the money and fan following, but hockey has given us 8 Olympic gold medals. No other team in any sport has seen that sort of success, not even from USA, Russia, Germany, Australia. We will reach double digits in coming years, my hunch. eventually yes. coupled with india's economic rise, i see us becoming perennial gold medal contenders. hockey league also coming back next year. Gollum and coffee_rules 2
Popular Post coffee_rules Posted October 6, 2023 Popular Post Posted October 6, 2023 (edited) Orissa and Patnaik should be credited for the rise of Hockey in India. Astro-turfs, training and sponsoring the team. They hosted the Youth and Men's World Cup as well. Kudos to him Edited October 6, 2023 by coffee_rules bharathh, sandeep, Mariyam and 10 others 3 1 9
Khota Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 It is one thing to win and other to totally dominate. This was domination. coffee_rules 1
Number Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 Great domination. Just don't understand how we fluffed the world cup so badly. Otherwise we are a top top hockey side.
Gollum Posted October 6, 2023 Author Posted October 6, 2023 3 minutes ago, Number said: Great domination. Just don't understand how we fluffed the world cup so badly. Otherwise we are a top top hockey side. Harmanpreet forgot how to play. We were damn poor in PCs.
BacktoCricaddict Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Gollum said: Beat Aussies twice in this year's pro-league, no draw/loss Beat Dutch once, drew once, lost twice Beat Germans 2/2 times Beat Belgians once, lost once Beat Arg 2/2 times Hope we upgrade the medal in Paris. Just want that Olympics gold. As much as I am a cricket fan, if it means sacrificing WC2023 for a hockey gold in Paris 2024, I would do it in a heartbeat. Gollum 1
BacktoCricaddict Posted October 6, 2023 Posted October 6, 2023 2 hours ago, coffee_rules said: Orissa and Patnaik should be credited for the rise of Hockey in India. Astro-turfs, training and sponsoring the team. They hosted the Youth and Men's World Cup as well. Kudos to him Investment and intentional effort to train the players in the correct way is all it took. Everything else we heard over the decades - genetics, mental weakness etc etc - was total bogus. So gratifying to see this!! Gollum, coffee_rules and Mariyam 1 2
Khota Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 12 hours ago, Gollum said: Beat Aussies twice in this year's pro-league, no draw/loss Beat Dutch once, drew once, lost twice Beat Germans 2/2 times Beat Belgians once, lost once Beat Arg 2/2 times Hope we upgrade the medal in Paris. Look at this picture. They all look perfect like real athletes. Unlike some of the cricket players who are overweight. randomGuy 1
randomGuy Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 Congrats everyone, congrats Gollumpreet Singh bro!! ;) Lord and Gollum 2
poyzzplaidwell Posted October 7, 2023 Posted October 7, 2023 13 hours ago, Khota said: Look at this picture. They all look perfect like real athletes. Unlike some of the cricket players who are overweight. some paxtani tool on PadPassion was saying that Indians are shorter and weaker as compared to Pakistanis.. lol. Bheekaris have too much delusion.
Khota Posted October 8, 2023 Posted October 8, 2023 9 hours ago, poyzzplaidwell said: some paxtani tool on PadPassion was saying that Indians are shorter and weaker as compared to Pakistanis.. lol. Bheekaris have too much delusion. 10-2 was not enough. Pakistanis have no height/physique advantage over Indians. None whatsoever.
LordPrabhzy Posted June 5, 2024 Posted June 5, 2024 On 10/6/2023 at 2:38 PM, coffee_rules said: Orissa and Patnaik should be credited for the rise of Hockey in India. Astro-turfs, training and sponsoring the team. They hosted the Youth and Men's World Cup as well. Kudos to him Now that BJP is the ruling state party in Odisha, will they continue to sponsor the Indian hockey team? If not would corporate sponsors step up? We dont want Indian hockey to go backwards simply due to lack of money and support. @Gollum coffee_rules 1
bharathh Posted June 5, 2024 Posted June 5, 2024 3 hours ago, LordPrabhzy said: Now that BJP is the ruling state party in Odisha, will they continue to sponsor the Indian hockey team? If not would corporate sponsors step up? We dont want Indian hockey to go backwards simply due to lack of money and support. @Gollum The IHC has not gone anywhere since Tokyo. They still are extremely fragile and can lose upto the last minute against any team. They are patsies against Australia. Not sure what all this investment has done. The women have regressed remarkably.
Gollum Posted June 6, 2024 Author Posted June 6, 2024 18 hours ago, LordPrabhzy said: Now that BJP is the ruling state party in Odisha, will they continue to sponsor the Indian hockey team? If not would corporate sponsors step up? We dont want Indian hockey to go backwards simply due to lack of money and support. @Gollum They'll probably relocate it to Gujarat. Or stop funding, dunno. Patnaik was a genuine hockey enthusiast who played the sport in his youth at a decent level, hence the passion and personal involvement. He backed Indian hockey when others had lost faith. If our team medals in Paris, Modi/BJP may like to glory hunt, but doubt they'll support the sport in case of poor results.
Gollum Posted June 6, 2024 Author Posted June 6, 2024 14 hours ago, bharathh said: The IHC has not gone anywhere since Tokyo. They still are extremely fragile and can lose upto the last minute against any team. They are patsies against Australia. Not sure what all this investment has done. The women have regressed remarkably. Done ok after the WC disaster. Only go missing against Aussies. Won ACT and Asian Games convincingly and ruthlessly which earlier Indian teams struggled to do. We will finish 4th in the Pro League, still a medal contender in Paris like 3 years back.
bharathh Posted June 6, 2024 Posted June 6, 2024 Just now, Gollum said: Done ok after the WC disaster. Only go missing against Aussies. Won ACT and Asian Games convincingly and ruthlessly which earlier Indian teams struggled to do. We will finish 4th in the Pro League, still a medal contender in Paris like 3 years back. Doubtful contender to even get out of the group stage IMO. We have a guaranteed loss against the Aussies and lots of banana peels in the way.
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