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Yes, based on rankings and investment, we should be winning everything in Asia. Which we have been for the past few years, but sometimes not convincingly. That's ok, so long as we win. Apart from Araijit, I didn't see too many players that are ready for a run in the senior team. He looks a great pro...

We hold on to our 5-3 lead. Some nice controlled play in Q4. We totally dominated this match. In patches we played really well. I expected more from Pakistan, but they only had Hannan Shahid as a real threat. He looks a class player. Araijit is our best prospect. Ankit Pal also impressed. Both keepe...

We're 3-2 up V Pakistan at half time. We have dominated the match but poor finishing has restricted us to just 3 goals. At the other end, Pakistan have made the most of their chances. Playing much better than yesterday so far. Q3 not going so well. Gurjot has picked up a needless green card and with...

3rd PC given away for not retreating 5m. These guys are comical. At the other end, so many misses and poor decision making means we have had 1 PC only. Now a runner broke too early. So only 3 defenders. We survive. We need another 2-3 goals to guard against the lunacy at the back. 1-0 to us after 23...

by arjun2761 » Mon Dec 02, 2024 6:38 pm

What is the age limit for this tournament?

The Pakistan PC expert Sufyan Khan looks like a fully grown man in his pictures.

Sufyan Khan is listed as aged 19 for this tournament, but was 20 yrs old for the recent senior team at the Asian Champions Trophy!

India have started very poorly v Malaysia. Gifted away 2 PCs for not retreating 5m. Just idiotic.

Pool games finished yesterday. We will play Malaysia in one semifinal and Pakistan play Japan in the other. Apart from India, Pakistan and Japan, the field is weak. Malaysia struggled against China and Bangladesh. Korea were surprisingly poor. We beat them 8-1 yesterday. It should have been double f...

After 1st 2 matches, it seems we are no better than the Sultan Johor Cup level of performance. Today we beat Japan 3-2. We gave away 16 PCs and won only 5! Usual lack of composure in both Ds. Our defenders just can not tackle cleanly and the forwards can't trap the ball or manufacture a PC when ther...

Junior Men's Asia Cup has started today. Here's the link to watch the matches live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOXjhuN ... Federation

Hoping for an improved show from us compared to the recently concluded Sultan Johor Cup

Good to see so many clean sheets. The team looks fitter and some good play but finishing and PC conversions were both very poor. It will be interesting what progress we have made under Harendra's coaching when we play in the Pro League. To get results against the better teams, we need to develop 2-3...

by sameerph » Sat Nov 16, 2024 4:32 pm

India won 3-0 against China. That is pretty good result for our team. Not quite sure if China has at least some part of the sqaud which won silver at Paris Olympics though.

China have only 3 players from the Paris Olympics team.

Korea, Japan and China have come with experimental squads. India has their main team with a few new players. Mumtaz isn't being given a chance and as usual, there no PC specialist, with the predictable conversion rate. Our main competition will be China. So far, we've been wasting lots of chances in...

Needed a last minute goal to get a 3-3 draw v NZ. That probably means we won't make the final as GB need need a 2 goal win v Japan. This is very likely. Or Malaysia to prevent Australia winning, which is extremely unlikely.

Sameer, it's only 2 tests matches. The series was decided on a PS shoot out which we lost.

Germany gained more out of this series than we did because they tried out 9-10 new players.

Lost 4-0 to Australia today. I watched the 1st half and then decided it was better to have an afternoon nap rather than watch this match. PCs gifted away, video referrals burned in the first 10-15 mins and then the 2 umpires were just punishing us at every opportunity- including a PS for 5m infringe...