shes at two successive FIH events – bronze in the World League and silver in the Champions Trophy. Some of the others present, which included Oltmans himself, have been part of his coaching and support staff, or have worked with him as selectors or government observers. “Just look at the nutmeg in the second half, he’s in the middle of two players and he does that, it shows he is a truly great player. Sharing the group lead with Ireland before the game, Serbia went top outright after victory in Belgrade while its rival was held to a 1-1 draw at Georgia. My expertise will be in physical preparation, mental preparation, nutritional and I will look at all. But Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the 2018 World Cup _ for the first time since 2002 _ were damaged a half-hour later when Valeri Qazaishvili equalized from close range. In one nifty move, he rolled the ball between the legs of an opponent. But he too suffered the same fate as his predecessors. Roelant Oltmans was the high performance director when Terry Walsh got the boot in November 2014. He played only eight minutes in Spain’s shambolic 2014 World Cup campaign and did not make the starting line-up in their run to the last 16 at Euro 2016.