08-08-2014, 01:06 PM
Stokes
England
Golding, Alex 1752
Moreby, James E 1496
Willow, Jonah B 1810
Ahluwalia, Amardip 1645
Davies, Alexander 1464
Howell, Oliver W 1485
Average: 1608
Ireland
Byrne, Alex 1599
Li, Henry 1884
O`Gorman, Tom 1666
Dwyer, Daniel 1429
Gallagher, Matthew 1319
Haque, Mustakim-Ul 1234
Average: 1522
Scotland
Volland, Ben 1273
Richmond, Liam 1243
Berera, Siddharth 1088
Hartman, James 857
Harper, Sam 974
Campbell, Michael 983
Average: 1070
Our Stokes team were outgraded by more than 400 elo on average against Ireland and England. Sometimes you just have to congratulate your opponents and say that they had the better teams.
I agree that we can learn from what other nations are doing. But I disagree that we need to "look seriously" at our selection procedures. It would not have mattered which team we sent in the Stokes, they would have been heavily outgraded. And, having seen our coaching set up, I am confident that it's heading in the right direction. The rate of improvement of many of our players is highly encouraging. I really don't think we can look at a couple of 6-0 defeats in isolation and suggest everything is a complete disaster. Those matches were closer than the scorelines would suggest. Learn lessons... absolutely. But coaching takes time; so let's give it time.
England
Golding, Alex 1752
Moreby, James E 1496
Willow, Jonah B 1810
Ahluwalia, Amardip 1645
Davies, Alexander 1464
Howell, Oliver W 1485
Average: 1608
Ireland
Byrne, Alex 1599
Li, Henry 1884
O`Gorman, Tom 1666
Dwyer, Daniel 1429
Gallagher, Matthew 1319
Haque, Mustakim-Ul 1234
Average: 1522
Scotland
Volland, Ben 1273
Richmond, Liam 1243
Berera, Siddharth 1088
Hartman, James 857
Harper, Sam 974
Campbell, Michael 983
Average: 1070
Our Stokes team were outgraded by more than 400 elo on average against Ireland and England. Sometimes you just have to congratulate your opponents and say that they had the better teams.
I agree that we can learn from what other nations are doing. But I disagree that we need to "look seriously" at our selection procedures. It would not have mattered which team we sent in the Stokes, they would have been heavily outgraded. And, having seen our coaching set up, I am confident that it's heading in the right direction. The rate of improvement of many of our players is highly encouraging. I really don't think we can look at a couple of 6-0 defeats in isolation and suggest everything is a complete disaster. Those matches were closer than the scorelines would suggest. Learn lessons... absolutely. But coaching takes time; so let's give it time.