At least we did better than India: Pakistan coach

[KRAIT]

These are all political appointments. they save their *** by making chauvinistic statements. Its foolish of them as they dont realize such statements have no value in today's Pakistan.

If the appointments in hockey and in sports in general are merit based, we can see much better results. And the benchmark should always be the highest achiever in that field. India does not fall in that category.

Congratulations,...you successfully brought India into picture.

 

[American Pakistani]

How old is the Pak coach ?

Can't say about his physical age but his mental age surely is not more than 7-8 years.

 

[arp2041]

This shows pschye of not just Pakistanis but all of us south Asians, we are always trying to make a defence for ourselves, even if we had performed the worst ever, until & unless we think why we aren't getting at the place where US or China currently is we are in no way gonna change the mess we are currently in, people commented in olympics thread after India won it's first medal that if now Pakistan doesn't win any medal, this will be a good olympics for India . If educated people with internet access are thinking like this u can imagine the thinking of crores of illiterate people all over south Asia. I call this a Pathetic state of affairs. So the Pakistani coach is no different. Pakistanis currently are saving themselves from the allegations of why no medals & Indians are saving themselves from the allegations of why only 4 medals & that to 3 bronzes. Also Bangladesh is the most populated country in world that has never won an olympic medal. So it's a time we seriously introspect.

 

[ChennaiDude]

if you play world champions it is a worst defeat, if india had played, it would have been 0-10

No If's and Buts...You lost 0-7...we did not thats a fact....anyways...Pakistan is a good team...just need to re-focus and have a stratergy for each team they play(That includes for India as well)..We dont have a game plan at all...we dont play as per Match- ups..each team has their weaknesses..but we dont do the analysis or dont have the right people in place to do the Video analysis and come out with a Team specific game plan..all the information is available...but no Plan of Action in place..thats the problem..Talent wise..India and Pakistan is right up ther with the best...My 2 Cents.

 

[ANPP]

Its bad, twice of south asian power are out of medal race. So instead of comparing each other we need to go improve ourself.

 

[MandarK]

In our subcontinent, these statements are expected as most of the appointments in sports are politically influenced. Good example can be sharad pawar heading BCCI.

 

[Shoaib Rathore]

We played better than 5 teams and now placed at 7 and will be playing champions Trophy. I am happy with this result, we cannot compare ourself with the nations having hundreds of synthetic surfaces, we just having a dozen, plus they invest millions in hockey. We cant get our player a decent job!
Our players done an excellent job and played at their full potential, apart from one match we played competitive hockey.

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Can't say about his physical age but his mental age surely is not more than 7-8 years.

I think you are being too hard on him. He was in a tight spot already, trying to explain away his team's performance; so he may have used those specific words. Coupled with the fact that were no other good news for any of the other Pakistanis participating in other disciplines.

But I do wish at least one of the two S. Asian teams had performed well.

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Well indians said same thing when they were out from recent asia cup which pakistan won. They said cup dont matter because they won against pakistan but for me its stupid statement. We have not performed well either and he is just giving excuse..

 

[Machoman]

No wonder we lose....if a target is to just do better than India, than you will never win Gold. What a shame, this coach should be fired.

 

[Pride]

This is called a$$- saving tactics and ego-satisfaction which is very important for subcontinent

This also proves one point that we only dont "Troll"

 

[Emmie]

Is this fellow mad? This is the most pathetic and lamest excuse!

We were expecting you to perform good not India to perform bad. Hell, you can't get away with your under-performance by using such cheap face saving tactics. Improve your skills than solacing nation with stupid justifications.

 

[RazPaK]

The coach was being immature.

 

[PakShah]

At least we did better than India: Pakistan coach

One of the most experienced members of the Pakistan side Shakeel Abbasi had a poor tournament, unable to contribute substantially to the team’s cause. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
Pakistan edged out South Korea 3-2 to finish seventh in the hockey event of the London Olympics – an improvement on Beijing 2008 by one place – and coach Khawaja Junaid saw consolation in India’s misery who will be fighting for the 11th spot.
The win also brought Pakistan’s participation in the Olympics to an end after its shooting, swimming and athletics campaign ended at the first hurdle.
Meanwhile, in the hockey event, Pakistan beat Argentina and South Africa besides drawing against Spain. However, heavy losses against GB and Australia cost the team dearly and it failed to progress to the knockouts.
Coach happy with Asian domination
Meanwhile, while Pakistan coach Khwaja Junaid lamented the team’s failure to qualify for the semi-finals, he remained satisfied after it maintained its continental domination.
“At least we return as the best-ranked Asians,” Junaid told The Express Tribune from London. “Korea finished eighth, while India will be avoiding a bottom-place finish. This has proved our Asian supremacy which we gained with a gold medal at the Asian Games two year ago.”
Junaid was especially pleased after Pakistan finished ahead of traditional rivals India.
“There’s always a sort of competition against India and finishing ahead of them is a respite. We were going well before the match against GB. Australians were favourites but we had a chance of winning against Britain. But there are no excuses for the huge loss against Australia as the players totally failed against them.”
He added that the team deserved to play the fifth-sixth position match. However, he said he was satisfied with the team’s performance. “We did well and our future is bright in the game.” The Greenshirts are scheduled to return home on August 14.
Stage comeback against Korea
Meanwhile, in the classification match, Pakistan conceded two goals as South Koreans dominated the proceedings early in the first half.
However, the Greenshirts kept their cool and scored three successive goals to win the match. Mohammad Waqas reduced the lead before Abdul Haseem Khan equalised. Former captain Mohammad Imran then scored the decisive goal through a brilliant flick on a penalty-corner to seal the 3-2 win.
More Olympians join chorus of revamp
Back home, Olympians have lamented Pakistan’s seventh finish, calling for a complete overhaul in the team.
“We cannot progress under this set up,” said Shahnaz Sheikh. “This federation got enough time and now they should give other people a chance.”
Olympian Manzoor junior said major changes were required to improve Pakistan’s world rankings.
“Finishing seventh does not make much difference. We have not shown any improvement in four years. There should be a complete overhaul.”
New Zealand finish ninth
In another play-off, New Zealand beat Argentina 3-1 to finish ninth. South Africa and India will play the 11th-place play-off, while Spain and Belgium will compete for fifth place tomorrow.
DECISION
Abbas not to retire, says agent
Pakistan hockey captain Sohail Abbas will not be retiring anytime soon, confirmed his agent following the team’s seventh-place finish in the London Olympics.
Abbas, who was appointed captain for the Azlan Shah Cup and then the Olympics, proved to a major disappointment in London and currently stands at 348 goals, a world record. While Abbas vowed to carry on, Pakistan’s Waseem Ahmed confirmed his decision to retire with immediate effect.
Khwaja Junaid
“We were going well before the match against Great Britain. We had a chance of beating them as well. But there are no excuses for the loss against Australia. There’s always a sort of competition against India and finishing ahead of them is a respite. We did well and our future is bright.”
Shahnaz Sheikh
“We cannot progress under the current PHF set up. This federation has gotten enough time to improve Pakistan hockey and they’ve failed to do so. It is time that they step down and other competent people be given a chance so that the country can regain its lost glory.”
Islahuddin
“Pakistan only won two matches in their group games and these victories came against lower-ranked competitors — Argentina and South Africa. We failed to perform against major teams – Great Britain and Australia – and that showed there’s no progress.”
Samiullah
“This team finished eighth in Beijing and it finished seventh in London. It’s time for the team management to step down. A team, under a new set up, should be prepared for the 2014 World Cup and Asian Games. Seniors should be honoured for their achievements and then be shown the door.”

Its good to know the we did better than our "eastern neighbor", but seriously why should India be a standard for anything.

If anything we should forget India.

 

[karan.1970]

go easy on him.. he just spoke what most of Pakistanis were thinking