I am slightly bewildered by current targeted results funded sports.  So if a sport does not acheive a level of succes, decided by people in High Office, then the sport gets funding reduced. So the British Winter Sports Team missed the 3 medals expcted, so despite a wonderful Gold by a brave young woman, funding might be cut. That makes sense only to the accountants who must now populate Sport admin, running a slide ruler (for the younger of you the thing we used before calculators were invented). Performance required success is irrational, as a society we either beleive sport is relevant to the Nation and invest funds, or we let the administrators target the sports that they think will bring glory to their managing of finances.

Investmet of cash does not mean sporting success in the short term-look at the dismal England Rugby team, though I rather liked the formr England coach saying "Martin Johnson knows everything from a second row perspective". My neighbour who played 2nd row said when asked what went on in a game,  he would say "what do I know, my head is up some-ones arse most of the time, and my arse was up in the air".Realism.

So coming back to the plot of this blog, if we are going to only fund success, then we might as will give up now. Success in Number one, but in Athletics they have already said 4 would be good at London Olymics. But to-day they want 10 medals at Euro Champs, else funding might be cut as I read it. That makes sense.

Having wasted Milions on the London bid, and I do feel it would be better if Paris had won, let the French take the pain, we need to know use this opportunity to develop gass root sport- the opportunity that the slide-rulers seems to have missed.

This is the biggest opportunity to get the minority sports going in the UK- (Olympic sports are minor sports compared to football,cricket and rugby). Most of what I read is going to have the reverse effect.

Some of the comments made by National Coaches are not helpful. Sport is about individuals, not a coaching regime that smacks of bullying. Encouragementand development is the way forward, and lets get rid of the accountants.

My fav athletics comment this week is by a talented young Welshman , who training with a rather cocky, young but talented male athlete who was boasting about his expensive blocks and spikes said along these lines "Its not what you have it's what you have in your f****g body".