At 36, he knows he is nowhere close to his prime as a player. So I think players pick themselves with their performances and I haven’t seen a player getting dropped after performing well for their side. “If the SC order had intended to give the players a voice in administration, this SCA move had promptly managed to stifle it. “If we keep on training in camps and do not take part in competitions, then we will never be able to do well in big tournaments. When I was there, I got to know the team was uncomfortable. And if anything like last year happens, we will handle as and when the situation arises,” Madan Lal said. But a cursory glance at India’s preparations reveal a different story. Bedia has signed a two-year-deal with the Goan club, after revoking his contract with Real Zaragoza in Spain. Continuing their fine form in the tournament, the Chandigarh Hockey Academy girls maintained their supremacy in the final. We have given everything to the players now and there shouldn’t be an excuse that ‘we didn’t get this, we didn’t get that’.