Hi viveksharma,
I totally agree with you. It is the very dose of discouragement that put off a lot of people and made them believe that there would not be any FSW program in 2014! Many so-called "experts" discouraged people with their strong words and compelled them to believe that it would be a waste of time to pursue FSW 2014. Those who unfortunately believed so have now fallen behind in the race to make it to the cap limits. I feel quite outraged when I know that the same "experts" who doubted, and made others doubt, the existence of FSW 2014, now continue to tell people it is too late to apply if they have not applied already!
I also request everyone to practice common sense. It is your life and your decision. At the end of the day, you cannot charge the person who asked you not to apply. That person can simply vanish in thin air without taking accountability. You were wrong in the first place to believe.