nicki
16th April 2006, 09:29
Having followed the trials and jubliations of the England Squad this season...the poor results at the Europeans have highlighted a need for a major re-think for the England team management. OK....so Blair, Clarke and Emms have done us proud and hopefully the girls can carry a winning flag for us...but no wonder Tracey, Amir , Emms & Robertson have not performed they must be exhausted. Our commonwealth heroes (and that does not include Amir) have performed poorly and that must be down in reason to poor selections by England bosses and not giving their players chance to recover and re-motivate themselves.
Only two singles players to the Commonwealths....perhaps we could have won gold in the team event. The same can be said for the European Team event, if our players had been rested then perhaps we would have won the vital rubbers to get us into the final.... Tracey should have beaten Tine but she must be on her last legs !
Surely this long season has to be a wake up call for England staff to bring in more depth into the singles squad and give them more experience. Kidd, Smith and Ouseph need to play more games at top level, cause you have to admit it all three stand the same chance as having the same results as Amir. Cann will take over the reigns from Hallam soon...but is that it ? Time and money is being wasted on Pittard, who never has any decent results, is part time and getting on, do we not have a top junior who should be going in Pittard's plcae ...this will pay more divends to Team England in years to come than Pittard will ever achieve.
Come on Ian (wright)...this is your chance to do something positive. You left MK years ago because you didn't like being stiffled by the BAof E and the old regime of Jake Downey and Ciro...now you are back let's have some major changes. Like Man United did but your younger ones out and reap the rewards in a few years to come........otherwise apart from the results of Emms & Robertson (& Emms & Kellog) nothing else is being achieved.
Only two singles players to the Commonwealths....perhaps we could have won gold in the team event. The same can be said for the European Team event, if our players had been rested then perhaps we would have won the vital rubbers to get us into the final.... Tracey should have beaten Tine but she must be on her last legs !
Surely this long season has to be a wake up call for England staff to bring in more depth into the singles squad and give them more experience. Kidd, Smith and Ouseph need to play more games at top level, cause you have to admit it all three stand the same chance as having the same results as Amir. Cann will take over the reigns from Hallam soon...but is that it ? Time and money is being wasted on Pittard, who never has any decent results, is part time and getting on, do we not have a top junior who should be going in Pittard's plcae ...this will pay more divends to Team England in years to come than Pittard will ever achieve.
Come on Ian (wright)...this is your chance to do something positive. You left MK years ago because you didn't like being stiffled by the BAof E and the old regime of Jake Downey and Ciro...now you are back let's have some major changes. Like Man United did but your younger ones out and reap the rewards in a few years to come........otherwise apart from the results of Emms & Robertson (& Emms & Kellog) nothing else is being achieved.