The second innings of Stephen Constantine

Carbon_14

Yeah. Play couple of friendlies with decent teams and then decide his future

samiam

Spot on @munna21977 if Ashley wants to prove he can manage the NT he should try u19 n u23 that way we will find out how good he can scout 

munna219777

Coaching a National Team is different then coaching a Club. Some people have done that successfully but they are different tracks altogether. A successful Club coach is not always a right recipe for success at National Team. Club level has that leverage of the salaries which National Team do not possess. A very interesting article

https://newrepublic.com/article/118225/fabio-capello-and-evolution-national-team-coach

mohammed_87hassan

Well i do agree Stephen brought many Changes to Indian Football Team

He brought youn blood gave some unforgettable wins 

During Wim Koveermans era we used to have a team full of oldies who have disappeared after him leaving

we no more get to see likes Mehtab,Clifford etc 

i do admit they were good but at that time never deserved a NT spot

they were no changes in his Team and we were meh against Nepal,Bangladesh when he was manager

Stephen made a lot of changes gave a lot of youngesters debut gave us some really good wins

specially the Win against Afghanistan full of Europeans Sunil Chhetri giving an assist scoring the winner after we were 1 down one of my favourite football matches

But beyond those SAFF teams nd Teams like Guam,Puerto rico we actually never impressed

Loss against Guam away nd Turkmenistan home we played really shit he never impressed against Higher ranked nations 

also his decision of Having Venketesh as Assistant, Yadav etc as scouts were poor 

Lee Jhonson was another shit decision(remember him deleting his Twitter account after me nd Soumesh tweeted to him after his lame excuse on losses)

Ashley will bring much more professionalism to football 

we can expect good technical team,scouts youth system etc

And this guy has very good insight about our football and good record to show

someone we must not miss

Stephen leaving and Ashley taking over will actually be good 

Also we after a long time will have a coach wo has good experience in Indian football(Armando and Savio stints were small)

mohammed_87hassan

I don't think Ashley needs to prove anything to become Indian coach

Someone like Wim hardly had any coaching experience
And neither Stephen has achieved anything great as a NT coach 

I Feel Ashley will be the best man to take India to Asian Cup 2019
With Stephen we can play well against a Maldives,Laos or Puerto rico but can we challenge Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Vietnam etc 
I doubt that 

With Asia cup expanding to 24 teams this is our best chance to qualify we musnt let this go to

I know managing a NT and club is different but Ashley is our best bet

BrainFallINDIA

65-35 in favour of AW.

7negi

Ashley westwood take all credit BFC success after he gets full freedom which you cant get with national team.

Credit of BFC success should also go equally to reddy which many people does not give

shubham_northeastern

All that I know is that if a coach with full-INDIAN lineup can win an AFC Cup match...think what he can do when he will have the free choice to pick up any Indian player from the country!!!

karenesudhakar2050

pradyum reddy is better scout then  as a coach .his selection of indian  discard players played a key role in bfc success

mohammed_87hassan

@negi i agree Ashley had a strong support staff Pradhyum Did a very good job that's how football works scouts etc who get players for u But Ashley approach was way to professional probably only guy whom we can call a manager in Indian football