I can’t believe that they have left oli off the team. He’s the world no.1 and has had brilliant results this year on 3 different horses.
Feels like a massive snub and insult from BE imo.
It's not BE, it's the BEF selectors. Ollie's past form in team comps isn't the best though.
It's not BE, it's the BEF selectors. Ollie's past form in team comps isn't the best though.
If it was behaviour related I'd almost prefer it if the selectors came out and said it, to remind future potential riders what's expected of them.
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Ok, BEF have snubbed him.
No one can even improve their form in team comps if they aren’t in that team - he produced the results this year and has reliable form individually
Personally I think this is too important to play games with, the team need to finish top 7 to qualify for the olympics and if they don't the whole sport will lose funding.
Personally I think this is too important to play games with, the team need to finish top 7 to qualify for the olympics and if they don't the whole sport will lose funding.
If he isn't perceived to be a team player then give him the individual place.
11.1 of the selection criteria states that except in exceptional circumstances then this section will outweigh any other criteria
I am not sure it is a case of whether or not they needed Olly, for me it is more a case of should selection to a team be based on results or should it be selectors gut feeling as to who should be selected.
I have not seen Eventing selection policy but I presume it must be worded in a way that allowed them to leave out one of Britains most successful riders.
I am not an Olly fan after Badminton but I am not comfortable that it is right to be able to ignore rider results in selection.
the winners were best in the competition, the fact the germans did not win says they were not the best, its a competition not a prediction.
to suggest he may have won individual silver, is fantasy, its in the past, its his own fault he was not there, no one made him hit the horses, the winners made the choice to not get yellow cards by controlling their attitude and horsemanship and got selected, sportsmanship,but more than that, love of horses, consideration that they are feeling beings that can vary and are not machines.
how would it have looked if he lost his rag at weg?, and made fools out of the selectors and shamed his country.