India out of World Cup

i hate to admit it.. but it looks like Aussies all the way.. unless there is a major upset.

So much for all that built up expectations.... Yes, give them beef!

Now that India is out of WC, I heard, the kids who had to take final exams are the only happy lot.

y'all dont know anything... this whole thing is a conspiracy - (government of india)....

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1807196.cms

A billion indians could not produce a team that could advance beyond the first round.

That compares with (population)

Australia - 20million
New zealand 4million
Bangladesh 147 million
UK (not england) 60 million
Ireland 4million -
South africa 44 million
West indies (guess) 10 million
Sri Lanka 20 million
-- in many of these countries cricket is not even the most popular sport.

Sum total of population of all qualifiers = (about) 300 million

When arguably the indian players are the best paid and supposedly have stellar records.

What's amiss?

Dont even begin to talk about pressure..
Brazillians and italians seem to win soccer cups quite regularly regardless of the 'pressure' of their fans

I completely agree with this writer.

Men In White

I can see many positives for India with this early exit.

#24 - Good article

#23 - I agree.Since when have quantity really mattered over quality?

#22 - This line of thinking has gone through a well beaten path.It has always appeared in one form or other especially when India takes a thrashing in cricket!! Bunch of sour grapes.

STRANGLE THE COACH

not only was that tried before, damn, an earlier poster beat me to it

don't burn effiges
HOW ABOUT----

Transfer the coach to the Pakistani team?????????

Italy won the soccer world cup in 2006 after a gap of 24 years.....that's a gap of SIX world cups.....and in the interim, didn't even make it to the semi finals once!!! And YET, their fans continued to support them quite avidly. May be Indian cricket fans should take a lesson out of this?

lawgone saar,
You are back!!!

I dont know about you guys but I have started enjoying the matches now....no tension.....just enjoying the game........

Do you think there will be a " mother-of-all-upsets" or have we finished with all that?

Who cares? Yawn...yawn....