****Official Hockey Discussion Thread**** - Page 5

Spark · 07-08-2012, 04:28 AM

Bit of a clinic here.

flibbertyjibber · 07-08-2012, 07:05 AM

Be an Australia v Holland final won't it in the mens.

GB for bronze possibly.

Burgey · 07-08-2012, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flibbertyjibber

Be an Australia v Holland final won't it in the mens.

GB for bronze possibly.

Think Germany for us in the semis may be tough tbh.

Hockeyroos finished right where their ranking suggested they should. Lacked any sort of goal scoring ability it seems these days.

flibbertyjibber · 07-08-2012, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Burgey

Think Germany for us in the semis may be tough tbh.

Hockeyroos finished right where their ranking suggested they should. Lacked any sort of goal scoring ability it seems these days.

Looked wide open in the womens and you had the tougher group anyway by the looks of it. GB may well have failed to qualify if we had swapped groups with you lot.

Meridio · 07-08-2012, 03:02 PM

GB through to the semis courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Spain.

Meanwhile, we're up 4-2 at halftime against Germany. Frustrating that it's taken us until our last game to play the way we can, though it could be argued that Germany aren't particularly fussed seeing as they've already qualified.

Meridio · 07-08-2012, 03:49 PM

And we bomb a 5-2 lead to draw 5-5. FFS. Last German goal was bs though, was clear obstruction on our defender. But even then we had a simple chance to snatch it at the end, but missed twice.

dontcloseyoureyes · 07-08-2012, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by benchmark00

Joe's handy tips one of the great Republic threads.

Arguably the greatest.

_Ed_ · 08-08-2012, 09:35 AM

NZ up 2-1! Hope they can hold strong now for these last 20 mins.

_Ed_ · 08-08-2012, 09:41 AM

2-2.

Come on, NZ.

_Ed_ · 08-08-2012, 09:50 AM

Whoa! Glynn back on the pitch - she had a pretty horrible head injury only about 20 min ago. Amazing to see her come back on.

Meridio · 08-08-2012, 09:57 AM

Was a rubbish decision on the Dutch equaliser - their attacker took an air swing, therefore it's dangerous play.

Come on NZ!!

Meridio · 08-08-2012, 09:58 AM

Penalty corner!! Come on, put it in.

Meridio · 08-08-2012, 10:04 AM

Extra time then. Our PCs have been poor today (except the first one, obviously), haven't looked particularly dangerous from them.

Please win.

Meridio · 08-08-2012, 10:26 AM

Brilliant defence - thought we were stuffed when Flynn got yellow carded. Down to penalties now, and it's the new format of dribbling from the 25. Have to back the Dutch here unfortunately, their skills are superb.

Meridio · 08-08-2012, 10:41 AM

Noooooooo. Was always on the cards sadly, Dutch had a huge advantage there, for a start they play those penalties in the Euro League so they've had practice at it.

Michelsen was the only one of ours I was confident about tbh, she has amazing skills. Would have backed Sharland too, but unfortunately she made a meal of it.

Dutch the better team, but still feel a bit robbed - their second goal was horse****.

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07-08-2012, 07:05 AM	#62 (permalink)
flibbertyjibber Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 7,943	Be an Australia v Holland final won't it in the mens. GB for bronze possibly.

07-08-2012, 03:02 PM	#65 (permalink)
Meridio State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, West New Zealand Posts: 1,038	GB through to the semis courtesy of a 1-1 draw with Spain. Meanwhile, we're up 4-2 at halftime against Germany. Frustrating that it's taken us until our last game to play the way we can, though it could be argued that Germany aren't particularly fussed seeing as they've already qualified.

07-08-2012, 03:49 PM	#66 (permalink)
Meridio State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, West New Zealand Posts: 1,038	And we bomb a 5-2 lead to draw 5-5. FFS. Last German goal was bs though, was clear obstruction on our defender. But even then we had a simple chance to snatch it at the end, but missed twice.

08-08-2012, 09:35 AM	#68 (permalink)
_Ed_ Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 19,111	NZ up 2-1! Hope they can hold strong now for these last 20 mins.

08-08-2012, 09:41 AM	#69 (permalink)
_Ed_ Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 19,111	2-2. Come on, NZ.

08-08-2012, 09:50 AM	#70 (permalink)
_Ed_ Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 19,111	Whoa! Glynn back on the pitch - she had a pretty horrible head injury only about 20 min ago. Amazing to see her come back on.

08-08-2012, 09:57 AM	#71 (permalink)
Meridio State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, West New Zealand Posts: 1,038	Was a rubbish decision on the Dutch equaliser - their attacker took an air swing, therefore it's dangerous play. Come on NZ!!

08-08-2012, 09:58 AM	#72 (permalink)
Meridio State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, West New Zealand Posts: 1,038	Penalty corner!! Come on, put it in.

08-08-2012, 10:04 AM	#73 (permalink)
Meridio State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, West New Zealand Posts: 1,038	Extra time then. Our PCs have been poor today (except the first one, obviously), haven't looked particularly dangerous from them. Please win.

08-08-2012, 10:26 AM	#74 (permalink)
Meridio State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, West New Zealand Posts: 1,038	Brilliant defence - thought we were stuffed when Flynn got yellow carded. Down to penalties now, and it's the new format of dribbling from the 25. Have to back the Dutch here unfortunately, their skills are superb.

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08-08-2012, 10:41 AM	#75 (permalink)
Meridio State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London, West New Zealand Posts: 1,038	Noooooooo. Was always on the cards sadly, Dutch had a huge advantage there, for a start they play those penalties in the Euro League so they've had practice at it. Michelsen was the only one of ours I was confident about tbh, she has amazing skills. Would have backed Sharland too, but unfortunately she made a meal of it. Dutch the better team, but still feel a bit robbed - their second goal was horse****.