London 2012 - Field Hockey

[Santana]

Is starting tonight. The Australian women's team are about to play their first game against the Kiwis in a few minutes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics

 

[mattys123]

Kick some Kiwi arse.

 

[Caesar]

Hockeyroos will have to play pretty well to be a look-in for a medal, I'm afraid. At the moment the women's competition looks like a two horse race between Argentina and the Netherlands, with Great Britain and New Zealand as the biggest dark horses. If they can get a win tonight, I'll get on the bandwagon.

Kookaburras are red hot favourites to knock over Germany in the men's final, with the Dutch and the Spanish the other teams most likely to cause an upset. Australia has won every major tournament in the last 4 years.

 

[djrossie16]

By the way there's always a few hotties in the hockey

 

[Shade]

By the way there's always a few hotties in the hockey

 

[Cousin Jed]

blue pitch + sun + white ball = can barely see the ball.

 

[brendan84]

She can handle my stick, if you know what I mean.

 

[Santana]

blue pitch + sun + white ball = can barely see the ball.

The balls are yellow But yeah, it's a bit hard to see sometimes this early in the day.

 

[mattys123]

blue pitch + sun + white ball = can barely see the ball.

Oh cmon, it's pretty clear the pitch was designed for an English Summer, meaning no sun/glare.

 

[Geelong_Bisons_#36]

Field Hockey is such a crap sport.

Has anyone ever scored a goal in this sport that hasn't come from a penalty corner?

Ice hockey >>>> Inline Hockey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a pile of steaming dog crap >>>>> Field Hockey

 

[Igloo]

I love Casey Eastham.

Looked like a pretty clear trip too.

 

[The_Todd07]

Video referral system provided by the AFL

 

[prankmonkey]

pitch is terrible colour

edit:
and suck on that cheesy single

 

[Cousin Jed]

So were these our gold medallists or was that the men?

 

[prankmonkey]

men
won everything in the last 2-3 years
and that ump was terrible. never seen someone so picky about free hits

 

[Unstable]

Field Hockey is such a crap sport.

Has anyone ever scored a goal in this sport that hasn't come from a penalty corner?

Ice hockey >>>> Inline Hockey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a pile of steaming dog crap >>>>> Field Hockey

Who the hell cares about Ice hockey, field hockey is much better.

 

[Santana]

Field Hockey is such a crap sport.

Has anyone ever scored a goal in this sport that hasn't come from a penalty corner?

Ice hockey >>>> Inline Hockey >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a pile of steaming dog crap >>>>> Field Hockey

It's times like this I wish there was a thumbs down button for rating posts.

GTFO

 

[alfy!]

Some good looking girls in that game. Number 20 for NZ was top notch.

 

[Santana]

Sucks about the girls.

The Men's team (the Kookaburras) play their first game tomorrow night at 7.35pm against South Africa. Hopefully they get off to a good start.

http://www.hockey.org.au/index.php?...]=1046&tx_ttnews[backPid]=88&cHash=881b0ecad4

 

[Caesar]

Please don't feed the trolls.

 

[Unstable]

Where did my posts go?

 

[Falchoon]

blue pitch + sun + white ball = can barely see the ball.

That pitch is horrible, even the Dutch women are unwatchable on it

 

[Dangas]

That pitch is horrible, even the Dutch women are unwatchable on it

If watching on HD it makes it a bit easier, although when the sun glares down...

 

[entourage]

Nice.

Couple of sisters from the 'enemy'..

 

[rocker_oz33]

The NZ girls play some nice hockey real attacking style and get back fast to defend.