The_Brown_Hornet
John Eales (66)
Pretty sure he was talking about the depth of the field.
It's likely the top 5 this year will be top 5 in four years.
But the teams that finished 6th to 12th will be much more competitive.
Which will put much more strain on the weaker parts of our squad,making it a tougher event than this years.
Or at least,that's how I interprated his comments.
Is Hockey any different though?
In the men's game, the gold medal winners since 1908 are:
The Netherlands (2)
India (9)
Great Britain (3)
Pakistan (3)
Germany, both as FRG and unified (4)
Australia and NZ 1 each
In the women's, since 1984 [1980 doesn't count for mine]:
The Netherlands (3)
Australia (3)
Spain (1)
Germany (1)
I think his comments are ordinary.