Overall I think we were let down by our strikers Daniel,moinuddin,kamal etc big time.. The defense was pretty good considering the hostile crowd and overage plays of other teams (let's admit that also)..to be honest Gursimrat,Sarthak and Jerry are good enough for final 11 of the AFC qualifiers team.. I still can't understand why hayden was not utilized.. He looked very good when he came on..a very good penalty as well
Who cares? These kids are being spoiled in these academies, getting lazy and worthless. Loose to Bangladesh Nepal.. Kick these players coaches out, shut the academies and start youth leagues.
When you are in club you have hunger to represent national team but i see this hunger being missing at our youth level because of aiff academy such a small pool.. For eg daniel knows he wont be dropped of nt squad because there is none available outside to replace him
What is meant by B team.All these players were brought in as the best talents available in the country. May be the coaching they were given from the beginning was some B stuff.
A proper Youth system actually signifies not only proper academies but also proper youth leagues at appropriate levels. A youth league atleast starting U-14, U-16,U-19 and then Reserves followed by Proper Professional League and not highs and hooplas..
Only when such a structure is in place, football will start to improve and that is a long term process. SO if you start now, then probably you will get results after the next 10 years.
I would argue that we don't need a reserve league, per say, as we have the perfect structure on paper with the national and regional leagues to set up "B" teams... BUT THAT SHIT NEVER HAPPENS!
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For eg daniel knows he wont be dropped of nt squad because there is none available outside to replace him
I mean its the B team
Isnt it a failure to find 50 good players who are worthy enough to win SAFF cup??
here A team goes best 25 B team goes next 25... We can produce only 25 best players in an age group?? that is really a failure of our youth system
@Shankar
Youth System? Is there any youth system?
A proper Youth system actually signifies not only proper academies but also proper youth leagues at appropriate levels. A youth league atleast starting U-14, U-16,U-19 and then Reserves followed by Proper Professional League and not highs and hooplas..
Only when such a structure is in place, football will start to improve and that is a long term process. SO if you start now, then probably you will get results after the next 10 years.
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