We play rubbish hockey nowadays. ach year other countries progress and we go backwards. That's the reason we are not going to the Olympics. Forget 80 years of history etc.. Some of the quotes in this article make me laugh. Gagan Ajit is angling for a recall. How can Kanwalpreet and a good player be mentioned in the same sentence. The guy is awful.Sandeep's outfield play is horrible.There is no future at the highest level for Indian hockey any more.Our players are second rate and our coaches have zero tactics. What would qualifying for the Olympics have achieved? 6 more months for Carvalho, 1-2 month long camps and meaningless foreign trips for the team (playing provincial Australian sides!!) and then 6 defeats and maybe a draw in the actual competition. Now we will be spared the ebarrassment. The furore will die down in a short while and we will then prepare for the next disastrous competition with renewed hope because their will another idiotic coach in charge who will claim to have rectified the few 'grey areas' of this team!! Nothing will change in the way we play the game. Some former players will advocate reverting to the old style of play with 5 forwards etc...All of this is nonsense.
