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Frustration for Britain's hockey teams 11:14pm on 19 Aug 2008 I too think that Alistair has summed up the GB hockey teams performances well. I can't pass much comment on the men's team as I only watched one of their games but women have exceeded their expectations.

I found the women's performances frustrating as they have come close to the semi finals, the scoreline was disappointing against the Germans, that cannot be argued but there has been a few notable performances by players in the team. There are some key players in the team that are still young, Cullen is still only 22 and has been part of the world XI for the past two years. Craddock also impressed me - I can't wait to see her perform at 2012.

As a summary to the women's performances I feel that with a greater PC conversion rate and the ability to take more of the chances in open play that were created we would have made it to those semis. What they have proved is their ability to fight to the end and still get results when they haven't been on top of their game for example the fight back against the World no.2s Argentina and the last gasp winner against Japan.

I am most frustrated by the comments on this blog, the national governing body have not been 'EHA' for a long time now. As for coaching and player development you've got to look no further than the work the centrally contracted coaches are embarking on to create an elite coaching pathway which will aid player development also. EH are beginning to put a great coaching, playing and umpiring/officiating structure into practice that I feel will begin to really shine in time for 2012

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