He is ready to face stronger Asian opponents , even will not hesitate to start with younger players.
We have shipped in 27 goals in 15 matches,so I disagree on this point .On starting with younger players ,national team is not for experiments. Starting with new set of players resulted in UAE trashing. It is our nation's pride at stake in these matches so every match should be played with best possible XI and maybe one or two changes and not with a whole new XI .
We have shipped in 27 goals in 15 matches, so I disagree on this point .On starting with younger players ,national team is not for experiments.
You are counting friendlies & Inter-continental cup. If we consider WCQ qualifiers, we have conceded only 7 goals in 8 games which is less than 1 goal per game. Can't we call it as an improvement ?
Even I don't like the idea of exposing bunch of new/young players against the likes of UAE and be a laughing stock. But NT friendlies are meant for experiments along with game time & readiness. New/Young players will learn only if they get chance.
I think stats are in Stimac's favor and Covid issues, which is why he got an extension. Had we finished bottom of our group like Constantine's team, he would have been booted out by now. I would love to see a good performance from us in the friendlies now and hoping we have our best possible players finally available like Seriton, Ashish Rai etc instead of Bheke,Kotal
Sooner or later, players like Bheke will be expelled from Starting 11 and then 18.
We still need Kotal & Subhasish in NT set-up as players like Seriton , Ashish Rai & Akash Mishra need to improve their defensive skills, else they will be badly exposed against stronger Asian nations.
But I agree with your point, they need to be groomed well and Coach needs to give enough chances to these players in upcoming friendlies and they will get some experience prior to Asian Cup Qualifiers (3rd round).
For arranging friendlies why don't we look beyond asian teams? I mean there are mid-lower level african teams like sudan, Congo, Madagascar, zimbabwe eyc or even low rung european teams like estonia, luxumberg, faroe island, malta etc or the teams from central america like peurto rico, Honduras etc. These are teams who are much lower in the pecking order and thus maybe easily available plus cheaply. Also all of them play better than India. Stimac can use his contacts in europe to get the NT two decent friendlies in europe.
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Even I don't like the idea of exposing bunch of new/young players against the likes of UAE and be a laughing stock. But NT friendlies are meant for experiments along with game time & readiness. New/Young players will learn only if they get chance.
We still need Kotal & Subhasish in NT set-up as players like Seriton , Ashish Rai & Akash Mishra need to improve their defensive skills, else they will be badly exposed against stronger Asian nations.
But I agree with your point, they need to be groomed well and Coach needs to give enough chances to these players in upcoming friendlies and they will get some experience prior to Asian Cup Qualifiers (3rd round).
Congratulations to both the players.
i'm still waiting for india vs croatia which was quite a buzz around 2 years ago.
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