Lately, Lin Dan has been saying he's feeling a bit lost with no sense of direction and not even making any short-term plans for his badminton career. Now I'm glad he has something to work towards for the next six months or so, that is, the World Championship in August followed by the China National Games in September (am I right about the date?). These two events should keep him sufficiently motivated for the time being.
While his physical fitness is reported to be 80-90 % according to his personal trainer, his match fitness or form isn't up to the mark in the eyes of LYB and XXZ, which explains why he was pulled out of the All-England last minute and then now excluded from the Sudirman Cup. In the last BAC at Taipei, I read that MAS coach Rashid (and Tay Seu Bok ?) only gave Lin Dan about 80% back to his best.
Well,we shall see how well he prepares himself the next three months for the world championship after such a long layoff of six months (actually eight months if you count lack of tournament competition).
Lastly, just a thought - maybe in order to be fair to all the seeded players, BWF might consider seeding Lin Dan. Anyway, this time I wholeheartedly applaud BWF for making such a sensible and correct move on wild card entry - I read that it was a closed-door unanimous decision by the BWF COM, a healthy sign of being people-oriented and valuing human capital.