nah mate nothings changed for the defenders, well not at the level I hack around at.... but yeah I would be wearing gloves and a mask too, the speed and power they get on the drag flicks is dangerous.Originally Posted by q-money
Saw the result of my cousin getting his head in the road of one and wasn't a pretty sight, fractured eye socket and shit and I have copped a broken hand from a ball, gloves and mask ftw.
15+ years ago I got dragged into the school hockey team at the last minute to play keeper. I knew ZERO about hockey.
Coach got me to stand in goals while the guys practiced set moves from short corners, with only me in goals. I thought "**** this shit" and asked the coach if this was a joke...or if this short corner thing was like a penalty in soccer and the chances of having to face one in a game were pretty slim so I should just suck it up... I got told there was very little chance of it happening and that I should stop fretting. (****ing liar)
5minutes in, we conceded a short corner, and the defenders came running back into the goal, I thought to wish me luck.
I actually laughed all the way through the corner... The shot went wide... I was laughing cos I couldn't believe anyone would be so ****ing dumb as to elect to play a position in a sport where you have to defend in such a situation without any protection.
Hockey defenders are either the dumbest or bravest sportsmen in the world.
actually the most dangerous position in a short corner is the player on the attacking team who traps it
as a defender, your job is to run at them and hit the ball if you can get there
they lose fingers quite often
go knights
The setting s different, the result the same. Poms lose a penalty shoot out again.
Interesting that two Asian teams in the final four of the football.
Alex Morgan:
Cute as a button, has some mad skills
and hates Kiwi's.
Whats not to love?
**** funny how we were talking about it, this week J.F lost part of a finger and nearly the whole thing thanks to a wayward ball, and another guy not wearing a mask got his head in the way of a drag flick got a pretty bad concussion.
and how the **** do they kookaburras draw with England and Argentina, it seems once a team outs a bit of pressure on and nicks a goal they are choking it
what's johnny doing trapping balls on short corners?
he once scored 11 goals or something ridiculous against me off shorts in a game. funny thing is i don't even think that's his record
he got 17 or something against Norah Head, nah some forum members deranged brother belted one into the circle and came up off an entrance stick and crushed his finger against the stick
Great play from the Boomers finally hitting some form. A shame they didn't play the easier teams first up or they may have won the group!
drained it, what a champ
Should be a good game against the US. Disappointed that they couldn't get a higher place to make it further in the tournament but would prefer to watch them play the "Dream Team". Very unlikely to beat them obviously, but they have been beaten before so you never know.
About time they showed some soléball
Tom Slingsby wins Gold in the men's Laser sailing. **** yes!!!
the eternal battle between australia and cyprus rages on
slingsbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
on an unrelated note: has anyone managed to catch a game of men's handball yet?
Swimming is so 2004.
Aussies showing the world sailings where it's at.
Chix football. USA v Canada 3-3 with a couple of mins left.
Exciting!!!
to all you referees out there - should that be a red card to the keeper & edge-of-box-free-kick to usa in that situation?
i ask this question without actually knowing what game it was from or what actually happened from the incident
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