England Hockey Crisis - Part 2 - International Setup
Back again with another installment of the series about England Hockey and we fix it. This is slightly later than expected but with good reason, I wanted to see how the EuroHockey Championship II played out and didn't they work out well for the home nations. So let's get into it... The Issues Think this will be short, the issues? A distinct lack of success on the international stage, both seniors and juniors. Let's look at the World Cup results for the last 2 editions, starting with the men. 2018, a semi final run, seems good right? Well the semis was a 6-0 loss to Belgium and then an 8-1 loss to Australia in the Bronze medal match. Hardly good when you consider we got 4 points in a group of Ireland, China and Australia. 2023, better right? Well we won our pool, but a SO loss to Germany after being 2-0 up isn't great. Now the women's team...2018, a home cup, a 2-0 loss to the Dutch in the quarter finals. Respectable if not underwhelming. 2022 was again quarter fina...