Hockey

[T-Boon]

Exactly.

Are people really complaining that the Olympians are just happy to be there? We will never be USA or China.
We generally over perform but massively overperformed in the pools in the 90s and 2000s.

Proud of the Aussie swimmers, but the men's and women's hockey...well that's a different story.

Are we gone in the hockey?

 

[Shorty]

Are we gone in the hockey?

Not yet but the girls would want to pick it up, and they've got a game against the netherlands at some point that I'm doubtful they'll win (considering they struggled against the USA).

The guys it's just the one loss at the moment but they looked very sluggish against Spain.

 

[lockyno1]

Not yet but the girls would want to pick it up, and they've got a game against the netherlands at some point that I'm doubtful they'll win (considering they struggled against the USA).

The guys it's just the one loss at the moment but they looked very sluggish against Spain.

They have no chance in women's hockey anyway as we left out our best player for some ridiculous reason!

The men are fine they do this all the time easing into championships

 

[T-Boon]

Not yet but the girls would want to pick it up, and they've got a game against the netherlands at some point that I'm doubtful they'll win (considering they struggled against the USA).

The guys it's just the one loss at the moment but they looked very sluggish against Spain.

I had low expectations for the girls hockey as I think they are rebuilding (whilst all being smoking hot which is the main thing from my perverted view). Where as if the men don't at least get in the final it will be a disappointment.

 

[Twizzle]

Our women's hockey team has had 8 players retire from the team that has been rated in the top 3 in the world in the last few years. we have a lot of debutantes and this is a developing squad.

The men are current world champs and world No 1 but for some reason we always get off to a very slow start and we lost our fist game to Spain who are ranked No 9

 

[Shorty]

Good point about the girls, Twiz.
Still their games are frustrating to watch as they are capable but don't seem to have the composure just yet.

 

[Twizzle]

Men's team down 1 zip to Belgium early in the second quarter

 

[JJ]

just seen that, early in the game but back-to-back losses would be a pretty epic fail for the gold medal favourites (or close)

 

[BuffaloRules]

just seen that, early in the game but back-to-back losses would be a pretty epic fail for the gold medal favourites (or close)

But certainly not unusual...

They have been favourites many times but won it only once...

 

[no name]

These merkins are f**king hopeless.

 

[T-Boon]

I think it is fair to say we are not favourites in mens hockey anymore.

 

[Rabbits20]

Useless.

 

[Twizzle]

Bigger chokers than our swimmers but they have been doing this for about 20 years, yet we will win the next Hockey WC.

 

[Pommy]

Why did they get their uniform from the AFL?

 

[alien]

beating the poms 2 nil at the moment with 4 mins until fulltime

 

[Twizzle]

about time we hit the back of the net, we made the poms look pretty good

 

[Valheru]

Shocking result for the men.

They are far better than that but they were ordinary throughout the tournament and didn't deserve to be anywhere close to the medals.

 

[JJ]

pretty sad end for the NZ men's team too...

 

[JJ]

But the NZ women dispatch Australia

 

[Evil_Mush]

Damn, NZ lose the women's quarter, why do they always lose when I watch them live (did the same for the men's, flicked on about 5 min before Germany made that horrible comeback). Totally not watching the bronze match on Sat!