Crashed and burnt. (Hockey - General)

Member Name: andycharger

Product:	Hockey - General
Date:	25/09/00 (30 review reads)
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Advantages: None

Disadvantages: Left us behind

I would just like to say how badly I think the National Field Hockey team have done at the olymics this year. In Seoul in 1988, great Britain Men picked up the Gold Medal. Yet 12 years later they do not even qualify for the next round. How can a team deteriorate so quickly?
The answer may be the lottery funding. With all of the extra money going into a varient of sports, some of our potential hockey players may have decided to take up other sports instead. This reduces the quality of player coming through. i do not think that Hockey as a national game is that well recognised any more.
The players that won in Seoul were ageing even when they won the medal and have mostly retired. The new players cannot cut the mustard.
The hockey teams from around the world have now advanced and left Britain standing.

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