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New Delhi: Ten days after Savio Medeira raised a storm by questioning the commitment of the Indian players in the recently concluded AFC Challenge Cup, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has summoned the national coach for a meeting on April 3.
Confirming the development, an AIFF official on Friday said that technical director Robert Bann and general secretary Kushal Das would also attend the meeting. “The meeting is basically to get a first hand report from the coach on what exactly went wrong in Kathmandu. The coach could also be asked what prompted him to go public against the footballers at the end of India’s group league matches,” the official said.
Champions in 2008, India suffered humiliating defeats at Kathmandu and ended up losing three matches without scoring a goal.
Later, Medeira said he was disappointed with his boys, who, according to him, were more focused on finalising their next season’s contracts with the clubs than playing for the national team.
The chief coach went on to claim that players had no commitment and were looking to avoid injuries on the pitch. He also said that there was no leader in the team, clearly questioning at some of the senior footballers’ commitment.
Though Medeira’s outburst has caused huge embarrassment, there could be some takers for his theory in the federation. The former Salgaocar player and coach, however, is unlikely to be retained as the national coach but can be accommodated in some other capacity.
Sources said the AIFF is now looking for a foreign coach for the under-22 team that will play in the inaugural Asian meet in June. The same coach is also likely to be given the responsibility to look after the Arrows team in the I-League.
A section in the AIFF now firmly believe that little success can be achieved with the current national team and more emphasis should be given to build up a squad for the future.
Four academies are coming up in Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore this year and Bann has been given a free hand in selecting the boys.
“We have big plans, but money remains our biggest problem,” one official said. “Talks are on with several corporate houses for financing our projects. If everything goes well, an elite academy would also come up in the next couple of years,” he said.
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi: Ten days after Savio Medeira raised a storm by questioning the commitment of the Indian players in the recently concluded AFC Challenge Cup, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has summoned the national coach for a meeting on April 3.
Confirming the development, an AIFF official on Friday said that technical director Robert Bann and general secretary Kushal Das would also attend the meeting. “The meeting is basically to get a first hand report from the coach on what exactly went wrong in Kathmandu. The coach could also be asked what prompted him to go public against the footballers at the end of India’s group league matches,” the official said.
Champions in 2008, India suffered humiliating defeats at Kathmandu and ended up losing three matches without scoring a goal.
Later, Medeira said he was disappointed with his boys, who, according to him, were more focused on finalising their next season’s contracts with the clubs than playing for the national team.
The chief coach went on to claim that players had no commitment and were looking to avoid injuries on the pitch. He also said that there was no leader in the team, clearly questioning at some of the senior footballers’ commitment.
Though Medeira’s outburst has caused huge embarrassment, there could be some takers for his theory in the federation. The former Salgaocar player and coach, however, is unlikely to be retained as the national coach but can be accommodated in some other capacity.
Sources said the AIFF is now looking for a foreign coach for the under-22 team that will play in the inaugural Asian meet in June. The same coach is also likely to be given the responsibility to look after the Arrows team in the I-League.
A section in the AIFF now firmly believe that little success can be achieved with the current national team and more emphasis should be given to build up a squad for the future.
Four academies are coming up in Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore this year and Bann has been given a free hand in selecting the boys.
“We have big plans, but money remains our biggest problem,” one official said. “Talks are on with several corporate houses for financing our projects. If everything goes well, an elite academy would also come up in the next couple of years,” he said.
They need money for facilities. Why spend a lot on a foreign coach when Santosh would cost nothing!
Exactly! whe you can get a guy who can play a team filled with unknown players and gives you the countries top 2(indian) strikers in league...and also had the best result among the low budget teams..then why look for someone who dont have much idea about the football in our country and mainly the youth and league quality
on any day i would say guy like santosh would provide us decent result and even if we want a good foreign coach then we should look for a guy who experienced in similar footballing condition to that of india
They need money for facilities. Why spend a lot on a foreign coach when Santosh would cost nothing!
Exactly! whe you can get a guy who can play a team filled with unknown players and gives you the countries top 2(indian) strikers in league...and also had the best result among the low budget teams..then why look for someone who dont have much idea about the football in our country and mainly the youth and league quality
on any day i would say guy like santosh would provide us decent result and even if we want a good foreign coach then we should look for a guy who experienced in similar footballing condition to that of india
A foreign coach is a foreign coach,AIFF obviously doesn't want to see its work go waste so better appoint a good coach for U-22 team and then groom them for future tournaments.
I think that's because the coach will be also u22 coach, so AIFF wants someone with international experience....don't think thats a bad experience given they choose the right person...and having an Indian always brings in the regional politics... Bulpin era may not have been fantastic but it was clean and disciplined...
Not saying Santosh Kashyap doesn't deserve it, he does..but AIFF's decision also not bad
<b>Originally posted by @arsenalfan<;/b><div><span style="font-family: Geneva, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); ">With the departure of Sukki Singh from Pailan Arrows not only has he left Pailan but he has left the India U23 team as well which was to play in the soon to be AFC U22 Championship qualifiers this summer. Now India has been given the usual low seeding so expect us to have a tough group. We need a good youth coach now but who?</span><br style="font-family: Geneva, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); "><br style="font-family: Geneva, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); "><span style="font-family: Geneva, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); ">Right now I want Colin Toal. Current India U19 coach and India Youth Scout for the AIFF. He knows what the AIFF want and what Robert Baan wants and also Toal was the one who found most of the kids that would make up the U22 team so he should already know them. Most likely though, this wont happen.</span><br style="font-family: Geneva, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); "><br style="font-family: Geneva, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); "><span style="font-family: Geneva, 'Lucida Sans Unicode', tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(242, 242, 242); ">Place your suggestions below.</span>
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OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New Delhi: Ten days after Savio Medeira raised a storm by questioning the commitment of the Indian players in the recently concluded AFC Challenge Cup, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has summoned the national coach for a meeting on April 3.
Confirming the development, an AIFF official on Friday said that technical director Robert Bann and general secretary Kushal Das would also attend the meeting. “The meeting is basically to get a first hand report from the coach on what exactly went wrong in Kathmandu. The coach could also be asked what prompted him to go public against the footballers at the end of India’s group league matches,” the official said.
Champions in 2008, India suffered humiliating defeats at Kathmandu and ended up losing three matches without scoring a goal.
Later, Medeira said he was disappointed with his boys, who, according to him, were more focused on finalising their next season’s contracts with the clubs than playing for the national team.
The chief coach went on to claim that players had no commitment and were looking to avoid injuries on the pitch. He also said that there was no leader in the team, clearly questioning at some of the senior footballers’ commitment.
Though Medeira’s outburst has caused huge embarrassment, there could be some takers for his theory in the federation. The former Salgaocar player and coach, however, is unlikely to be retained as the national coach but can be accommodated in some other capacity.
Sources said the AIFF is now looking for a foreign coach for the under-22 team that will play in the inaugural Asian meet in June. The same coach is also likely to be given the responsibility to look after the Arrows team in the I-League.
A section in the AIFF now firmly believe that little success can be achieved with the current national team and more emphasis should be given to build up a squad for the future.
Four academies are coming up in Calcutta, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore this year and Bann has been given a free hand in selecting the boys.
“We have big plans, but money remains our biggest problem,” one official said. “Talks are on with several corporate houses for financing our projects. If everything goes well, an elite academy would also come up in the next couple of years,” he said.
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They need money for facilities. Why spend a lot on a foreign coach when Santosh would cost nothing!
Exactly! whe you can get a guy who can play a team filled with unknown players and gives you the countries top 2(indian) strikers in league...and also had the best result among the low budget teams..then why look for someone who dont have much idea about the football in our country and mainly the youth and league quality
on any day i would say guy like santosh would provide us decent result and even if we want a good foreign coach then we should look for a guy who experienced in similar footballing condition to that of india
A foreign coach is a foreign coach,AIFF obviously doesn't want to see its work go waste so better appoint a good coach for U-22 team and then groom them for future tournaments.
Not saying Santosh Kashyap doesn't deserve it, he does..but AIFF's decision also not bad
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<br><div><br></div><div>I think they will choose all arrows and 1-2 more players...thats how they always do</div>