> hadfadkar said:
> Does anyone remember under Savio Medeira Azerbaijan had thrashed us 5-0 at Dubai.
It was 3-0 which is actually quite respectable against a team like Azerbaijan. However I can not verify whether Azerbaijan had their best players and/or if they played to their best ability.
> Arsenalkid700 said:
> Now based on that... I am confused. I am confused on where we will go. No one does.
Lets look at it like this. We have 12 clubs in the I-League (Not counting Air India or ONGC). 4 in Kolkata. 4 in Goa. 2 in Maharashtra. 1 in Sikkim. 1 in Shillong. 3 or more ofthese teams can not even pay the player salaries on time. 10 of these clubs can not even get a regular, paying attendance of 10,000. 3 can not even past 3,000-5,000 per game. Most clubs have publicly stated that they are failing to run the club well, having little expenses and financial strength to connect with the community, create a good base in youth development, and sometimes to even travel.
So how would promotion/relegation stop this? I don't think it can. South Korea and Japan had clubs that were able to reform and concentrate to become that top league. A-League adopted 5 clubs from the old NSL during the first season back in 2004-05 but these clubs were reformed already and/or new. The MLS started with 10 brand new teams.
There has never been a time in sports history where a sports league has not had promotion/relegation, has had the failings that the current I-League has, and survived to tell the story. I can name many sports leagues which had not been pro/rel or franchise and had/adopted failing clubs but all of them failed eventually.
And going back to the I-League. We also have the I-League 2nd Division and the Direct-entry clubs. At this moment it seems that we could be seeing the number of Kolkata clubs in I-League increase from the 2nd Division from more abominably ran clubs and then Mumbai Tigers and DSK coming in as direct-entry clubs and practically killing Pune FC and Mumbai FC off.
Is this really how the All India Football Federation, IMG-Reliance, and the I-League clubs think they can run a professionally ran sports league? I hope not.
I have been viewing this forum for awhile without an account and right now I find your posts confusing. Why are you citing the J.LEague, K-League, MLS, and Aussie League? Those leagues suck and no one watches them.
The European leagues like La Liga and Premier League are the top leagues. They are the leagues that get the money, get the fans, get the players, and get the quality.
We should be copying leagues from these Euro countries. They are successful... MLS is not.
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> hadfadkar said:
> Baichung Bhutia has been appointed chairman of the AIFF's technical committee.
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> http://feverpitch.in/SiteWeb/Newsdesc.aspx?SID=0F5E413E-1CC6-4C8B-BFAA-F9A5DD9DE21C
Every time we hear about this technical committee we have seen sacking of NT coaches ! Wim must be worried
Luxembourg and Azerbaijan Set To play International Friendy v/s India in Europe in June.
one wild guess about luxembourg is correct
Luxembourg and Azerbaijan Set To play International Friendy v/s India in Europe in June.
Too tough a task for team India...
> jees_jose said:
> Luxembourg and Azerbaijan Set To play International Friendy v/s India in Europe in June.
Too tough a task for team India...
Does anyone remember under Savio Medeira Azerbaijan had thrashed us 5-0 at Dubai.
> hadfadkar said:
> Does anyone remember under Savio Medeira Azerbaijan had thrashed us 5-0 at Dubai.
> hadfadkar said: > Luxembourg and Azerbaijan Set To play International Friendy v/s India in Europe in June.
Whats the Source?... hasAIFF officially confirmed these countries?
AIFF invites top European clubs ahead of Dubai meet
http://m.ibnlive.com/news/aiff-invites-top-european-clubs-ahead-of-dubai-meet/380252-5.html
> Arsenalkid700 said:
> Now based on that... I am confused. I am confused on where we will go. No one does.
We should be copying leagues from these Euro countries. They are successful... MLS is not.