15-09-2016, 12:43 PM
It seems to me that selection criteria such as a certain numbers of games in the previous period of time are not really necessary. If there is a selection panel then their job is to use their judgment. No sensible selector would ignore a factor such as how active a candidate player had been. I think most selectors would consider a players age as well and how their selection might impact on the team at future events. This can be very tricky. I would love to select younger, more active players for the Olympiad team, but actually I think if you look at the data it is very very difficult to justify this.