@gaffertape spot on dude..ileague is lucky to have Aizawal...its going to be carnival there!! hope we see a team from Kohima and Sikkim soon.....personally i would like KBFC to start afresh this year and give it one more shot...better scouting from local leagues (CFL/MPL/even GPL) should get them some decent talent who can be built into a unit with an organised 3 month pre season. Definitely they need a different marketing team and show to Pune that they have ambition, crowds should and would follow.....Do they really have to play at Balewadi??? are their options closer to the city, even if the stadium is smaller (Pune guys can comment??)......
@gaffertape...interesting league?? (better than ISL any day for sure but hardly competitive) looks like a 2 horse race again (MBvs BFC) who could be the contenders? don't see any other team with real ambition.... though I hope MB and BFC perform better in AFC this time (if they can host a semifinal at Kanteerava/ Slat lake, it would be epic)....that would bring the interest back amongst the competition to invest in teams. Just wish MFC would get a few more sponsors onboard and start investing in the team. None of the NE teams look like genuine contenders this time.
The title race was close last year with a 2 horse race....and we had a 4 to 6 horse relegation dog fight...thats well over 50%of the League fighting for something every game...and no regular 6nil plus scores that we had from the days of Utd Sikkim , Air India etc.
But you are right in some regards...disappointing to see Pune FC and Salgaocar haven't really got much title ambiiton nor does East Bengal
East Bengal : look settled in CFL , will probably get a new Coach & Marquee after ISL MOHUN BAGAN : cash crunch could decide their foreigners situation for I-League Salgaocar : sibling rivalry fueling the desire to improve SCdeGoa : best chance to brag about being beat Goan team and some genuine youth development Pune FC : contemplating folding I-League team KBFC :contemplating folding I-League team SLFC : will use youngsters & only add foreigners in December. Owner and AIFF vice-president is lobbying for "No foreigners" in I-League RWFC :contemplating folding I-League team BFC : looking for way into ISL MFC : indifferent Aizawl FC : just happy to be here
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But you are right in some regards...disappointing to see Pune FC and Salgaocar haven't really got much title ambiiton nor does East Bengal
MOHUN BAGAN : cash crunch could decide their foreigners situation for I-League
Salgaocar : sibling rivalry fueling the desire to improve
SCdeGoa : best chance to brag about being beat Goan team and some genuine youth development
Pune FC : contemplating folding I-League team
KBFC :contemplating folding I-League team
SLFC : will use youngsters & only add foreigners in December. Owner and AIFF vice-president is lobbying for "No foreigners" in I-League
RWFC :contemplating folding I-League team
BFC : looking for way into ISL
MFC : indifferent
Aizawl FC : just happy to be here