last time when fed cup matches were held there was decent crowd...so expect i expect the same....from Nepal's border stadium in Siliguri is 1hrs drive so i expect lots of Nepal supporters..
blimey even baichung says longer camps... camps shouldnt be needed when u have a decent league.. have camps like bob used to do in off season... its a global norm that you get guys like 48hours ahead of the game for friendlies..
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="4"><b>Number of foreign players in the I-League to be trimmed down</b></font><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">The technical committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) were of the opinion to lower the number of foreign players playing for the I-League clubs.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><b>Full Story:</b> http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/11/05/4383885/number-of-foreign-players-in-the-i-league-to-be-trimmed-down</font></div>;
Personally, I agree with many things that were brought up in the article but also disagreed with many things.<div><br></div><div>The foreigners for example. I do not believe the quota should be reduced, however, I agree that we need an increase in the quality of foreigners. Perhaps what the AIFF could do, in a way that the I-League clubs will hopefully agree on, is a "Reviewed Foreign Player" rule. So it would be the same quota, 4 foreigners, 3 being any nationallity with the fourth being only Asian, however for the "RFP" rule you can sign 2 foreigners at random... anyone. Anyone from a random Nigerian to a former A-League player. Then, for the other two foreigners, they must have a "background check" of their CV and past done by the AIFF before being signed.</div><div><br></div><div>Basically, if you want to add a third foreigner, it will not be as easy as you think. You can't just bring in a random Nigerian like Orok Essien or say a regular I-League standard foreigner like Boima Karpeh in but you must bring in a guy with a proven track record at the better leagues like a Matthew Foschini or Calum Angus or John Johnson. These guys have played plenty of games in leagues that are better quality than I-League and would add just that extra bit of quality to the league.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, that is just my suggestion. There are negatives as well like when we signed Carlos Hernandez and he became an overweight, lazy bastard or Rohan Ricketts but overall I believe it would work.</div>
</font><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="4" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>Number of foreign players in the I-League to be trimmed down</b></font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">The technical committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) were of the opinion to lower the number of foreign players playing for the I-League clubs.</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><b>Full Story:</b> http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/11/05/4383885/number-of-foreign-players-in-the-i-league-to-be-trimmed-down</font></div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Rob Baan talking shit again....</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Him and Wim are on 6 figure ( USD ) contracts and feel the need to talk nonsense without checking the facts...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Must be due to their current arrangement of 7 days in India 10 day in Holland cycle..whereby they spend only 14 days/month in India and the rest of the time smoking some fine Dutch ganja !</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">If they try to reduce the number of foreigners from 4 to 3 or 2 or whatever... </div><div><ol><li><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">won't be in line with other AFC teams and thus can't compete at the higher level</font></li><li><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">What will clubs like PFC , BFC, SLFC, Mohun Bagan and a few others who have multiple year contracts with their foreign players do ? They will have release their Yusa's, Eric Brown's et coz Rob Baan says so !!</font></li></ol><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Lets not forget Rob & Wim will be gone in 1 year... so no one will listen to anything they say now...</font></div></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Agree with Rohan that the quality needs to be enforced...but alas if these 2 clowns are on the committee..... then all we can expect is Dutch rejects </font></div>
AIFF will not be able to enforce quality control for the foreigners. The clubs will cite financial non-viability of the I-league as a justification foe their Murandas. And if clubs do so, they are justified. We have seen how AIFF has had to continually postpone the implementation of the AFC guidelines.
</font><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="4" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b>Number of foreign players in the I-League to be trimmed down</b></font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">The technical committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) were of the opinion to lower the number of foreign players playing for the I-League clubs.</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><b>Full Story:</b> http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/11/05/4383885/number-of-foreign-players-in-the-i-league-to-be-trimmed-down</font></div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Rob Baan talking shit again....</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Him and Wim are on 6 figure ( USD ) contracts and feel the need to talk nonsense without checking the facts...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Must be due to their current arrangement of 7 days in India 10 day in Holland cycle..whereby they spend only 14 days/month in India and the rest of the time smoking some fine Dutch ganja !</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">If they try to reduce the number of foreigners from 4 to 3 or 2 or whatever... </div><div><ol><li><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">won't be in line with other AFC teams and thus can't compete at the higher level</font></li><li><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">What will clubs like PFC , BFC, SLFC, Mohun Bagan and a few others who have multiple year contracts with their foreign players do ? They will have release their Yusa's, Eric Brown's et coz Rob Baan says so !!</font></li></ol><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Lets not forget Rob & Wim will be gone in 1 year... so no one will listen to anything they say now...</font></div></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Agree with Rohan that the quality needs to be enforced...but alas if these 2 clowns are on the committee..... then all we can expect is Dutch rejects </font></div>
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<br><br>u expect him to be a good footballer and a technical pro? Dafaq !!!!<br>
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Rob Baan talking shit again....</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Him and Wim are on 6 figure ( USD ) contracts and feel the need to talk nonsense without checking the facts...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Must be due to their current arrangement of 7 days in India 10 day in Holland cycle..whereby they spend only 14 days/month in India and the rest of the time smoking some fine Dutch ganja !</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">If they try to reduce the number of foreigners from 4 to 3 or 2 or whatever... </div><div><ol><li><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">won't be in line with other AFC teams and thus can't compete at the higher level</font></li><li><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">What will clubs like PFC , BFC, SLFC, Mohun Bagan and a few others who have multiple year contracts with their foreign players do ? They will have release their Yusa's, Eric Brown's et coz Rob Baan says so !!</font></li></ol><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Lets not forget Rob & Wim will be gone in 1 year... so no one will listen to anything they say now...</font></div></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Agree with Rohan that the quality needs to be enforced...but alas if these 2 clowns are on the committee..... then all we can expect is Dutch rejects </font></div>