I am also delighted to see the vast wave of players emerging from Indonesia. There is so much talent coming through. I think Setiawan is a very underestimated player. He has the ability to pull out the most amazing placement in his shots rather than full on power.

The combination with Ahsan is working so well and it is truly wonderful to watch. That said, I am disappointed in the performance of LYD and KSY in the finals against these pairs.

World Badminton is also seeing the emergence of Japan, Thailand, Chinese Taipai and India. We now need to see Malaysia pick up the gauntlet and find a fer more stars as we're pretty certain LCW will be retiring in 2014, possibly after Commonwealth Games.

I think the Danes are suffering at the moment and we are seeing the emergence of the Germans and Russians and the potential dominant forces in Europe.

As for England. We can't hold onto a coch for more than two years. Why? I've no idea but I can see so many of the international coaches that have found success abroad, and yet didn't really achieve it here. Is it our system, the lack of talent, the lack of desire? I really don't know.

When looking at the England squad, we do have some good players. However, there's very little challenge to Ouseph, poor fella. Nothing to shout out about in ladies singles. There's an hint of maybe in ladies doubles, more possibilities in Adcock/Ellis combination and also Adcock/White in mixed.

Langridge is showing signs of becoming a good player but his behaviour at UK Nationals has completely put me off him. That said he is looking quite good doubles but whether he goes beyond this, time will tell.

Will England ever become a dominant force again? I really can't see us doing anything in world team events. There is no strength in depth. There again, you could argue the same about Denmark at the moment, except for mens singles. Personally I cannot see us having a world-beating side for the next 5 years but I do wish to see our young players do well on the circuit.

I'm not here to slate England, I'll leave that to others, but it would be nice to have a team that is feared in Europe. At the moment we are too far away from seriously hurting other European teams, mainly due to the weakness in our ladies.

We all expect China to bounce back with another set of amazing players. They have the system, an abundance of players to choose from and a coaching team that is feared. Whether China can continue to rule by fear in the next decade remains to be seen.

What we don't know of course are the statistics regarding how many players go through the schools, how many leave injured and are unfit to play sport again, how many don't make it and return to lives of poverty. We also don't know what the Chinese coaches put the players through.

This year we've seen the emergence of Chen Long, who from nowhere has already established his place as No 2 in the world and Du Pengyu is close on his heels. With wins over LCW China do not need to bring Lin Dan off the bench. I do wonder whether we will actually see this great player in action again at his best.

To close, let's celebrate the return of Indonesia to the winners podium and hope they continue to develop more pairs to challenge the worlds best in every event. It would be nice to find a true successor to Taufik but I haven't seen that player yet.

Paul