India crashes out of Asia Cup 2009

Yeah, it's sad, unbelieveable and highly unfortunate.
That is all it is, I feel.
But one disease that haunts Indian Hockey is that of severe criticism from Hockey fraternity.
People who were shown the door at one time, are eveready to comment how the current defeat could have been avoided by doing something in the past.
Guess what Joaquim Carvalho has to say about Asia Cup 2009 loss? - An unfit team, espacially, senior players, is the culprit.
It perpeptually looks like people are waiting for the current coach to fail.
This is what I remember about Carvalho. People kept mum till the time India won under his coaching. No one kept quiet when India lost Olympics Qualifier, Chile 2008.
I am sure Mr. Carvalho would have felt bad about the loss and would have felt further sad about
the criticism that followed.
But how better Mr. Carvalho is from anyone else who ripped him apart after that disastrous tour, is anyone's guess!

There is another fact that needs attention:
China are no more minnows. Doha Asiad 2006 Gold Medal was not a fluke.
Pakistan will not always be as weak they used to be when India met them last time.

When India crashed out in Chile qualifier, there was a conspiracy theory that FIH had framed the Qualifier in such a way that it became difficult for India.
I am wondering there must be another conspiracy theory that this time, in Asia Cup, too, India was placed in a more competitive pool. Hence, the conspired outcome!