profster Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Yeah post hai thoda senti and thoda soch vicahar :-) In terms of the Cricketing World, I feel that we are like Germany in FIFA World Cups. Very similar tournament history and quite comparable current political economy. We bring our best game to ICC tournaments, play as a team in the sense that our players relish each others success and we deal with pressure like it is all in a day's work section in the good old Reader's Digest magazine. It doesn't matter if we have a bad game in the Quarters and/or the other team outplays us. Team India has already done us fans and fanatics proud! Dhoni, you will be remembered fondly in the Indian cricketing history as being a leader extraordinaire. May the Indian ICC juggernaut roll on for 6 more games! Sent from a mobile device on the interwebs
Number Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 We are more like Argentina. Too much talent in one area and short of it in another. Germany is more like Sri Lanka. Mostly there in SF/Finals with not much success.
bulbul Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 We are more like Argentina. Too much talent in one area and short of it in another. Germany is more like Sri Lanka. Mostly there in SF/Finals with not much success. Germany won 4 world cups & 3 Euro...its more like OZ.
BeautifulGame Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 We are more like Argentina. Too much talent in one area and short of it in another. Germany is more like Sri Lanka. Mostly there in SF/Finals with not much success. Germany is the 2nd most successful team behind Brazil lol
BlueBee Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Germany won 4 world cups & 3 Euro...its more like OZ. Brazil=Aus I'd say. I've said this before also
profster Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 Germany : India :: FIFA : ICC analogy only holds if you consider both sports and political economy together. Sri Lanka is not a political powerhouse nor it is an economic heavyweight like India :-) I am considering Euros as being equivalent to the Asia Cup. I know this is not defensible but this is sports discussion, not pure logic ;-) I realize that the analogy breaks down at the club level. That said, Germany: India :: Bundesliga : IPL can still hold if India manages to retain the World Cup with Bayern Munich = Chennai Super Kings :-) Of course, IPL is more like EPL in terms of financial power.
BeautifulGame Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 England are like England :cantstop: Too much hype before world cup and crash spectacularly in the world cup
profster Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 England are like England :cantstop: Too much hype before world cup and crash spectacularly in the world cup Exactly! Kick and Rush in football & Block and Slog in cricket :-)
bulbul Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 England are like England :cantstop: Too much hype before world cup and crash spectacularly in the world cup I don't think any one hype ODI WC in England.Football is different story though.
bulbul Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Germany : India :: FIFA : ICC analogy only holds if you consider both sports and political economy together. Sri Lanka is not a political powerhouse nor it is an economic heavyweight like India :-) I am considering Euros as being equivalent to the Asia Cup. I know this is not defensible but this is sports discussion, not pure logic ;-) I realize that the analogy breaks down at the club level. That said, Germany: India :: Bundesliga : IPL can still hold if India manages to retain the World Cup with Bayern Munich = Chennai Super Kings :-) Of course, IPL is more like EPL in terms of financial power. Germany is Football powerhouse for decades,we are good/very good only from last decade.
BlueBee Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 I don't think any one hype ODI WC in England.Football is different story though. They do. Check some of the English forums, they are whining like anything. Still Football craze is different
bulbul Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 They do. Check some of the English forums' date=' they are whining like anything.[/quote'] 50 to 60 people whining is not hyping....i doubt they can even watch the matches as its night time for them.
profster Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 Germany is Football powerhouse for decades' date='we are good/very good only from last decade.[/quote'] Agree. It could either be a false dawn or a glorious sunrise in terms of how India does in this World Cup and the ICC tournaments coming up. As cricket becomes increasingly a batsman's game, I think that India has good prospects of being a perennial contender in tournaments.
YCCC Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 They do. Check some of the English forums, they are whining like anything. Still Football craze is different There are forums for England cricket team? This is news a to me. The are few county forums including a couple for Yorkshire, but they tend to be less interested in England (especially the Yorkshire ones where there has always been suspicion and animosity with the ECB for various reasons). I've never come across a comprehensive forum for England llike this place and pak passion It's true there has been a lot of chuntering on media platforms like the BBC but only because it's an English pasttime to ridicule our 'best' sportsmen and in no way an indicator of expectations and hype I agree with the German comparison to a certain extent, except they don't have these dramatic slumps in performance and apparent disinterest in some less significant games like India in their recent Aussie tour
BeautifulGame Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 There are forums for England cricket team? This is news a to me. The are few county forums including a couple for Yorkshire, but they tend to be less interested in England (especially the Yorkshire ones where there has always been suspicion and animosity with the ECB for various reasons). I've never come across a comprehensive forum for England llike this place and pak passion It's true there has been a lot of chuntering on media platforms like the BBC but only because it's an English pasttime to ridicule our 'best' sportsmen and in no way an indicator of expectations and hype I agree with the German comparison to a certain extent, except they don't have these dramatic slumps in performance and apparent disinterest in some less significant games like India in their recent Aussie tour He is probably referring to the likes Guardian blogs Germany do have a tendency to struggle in friendlies dont they?
YCCC Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 He is probably referring to the likes Guardian blogs Germany do have a tendency to struggle in friendlies dont they? Possibly although I don't really follow them outside major tournaments. I thought that 'zey alvays vant to vin every match ja because zey are German'. They certainly didn't struggle when they played a friendly at Wembley last year anyway!
mancalledsting Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 India are brazil- large population, vibrant economy, diverse cultural mix, flare and style with success Pakistan are Argentina- always comparing themselves to big brother, on their day unstoppable and everyone's favourites, rarely produce and often dissapoint Aus are Germany- multiple winners, due to discipline, traditionally White only team- now trying to Introduce an ethnic flavour Sri Lanka are Uruguay- small population, perform well in tournaments, always in shadows of two bigger brothers England are england- lol South Africa are the Spain of old- star studied line ups- flop in big tourneys
div Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Pakistan-every one's favourites .. too many trolls here.
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