Dika is far far better player than any other attacking midfielder, got smooth free kicks , corner kicks, mainstay of East Bengal team , EB won many matches due to him!!! NT needs such players who can dribble, to take attention off other players!!! I think he is only player in India who can do a shimmy and a dribble
Francis is a winger, and a poor one at that. Dika is played at LW by EB though I think he is best in the number 10 role. Did I also mention Dika is injured? Or do you have some sort of therapy that will cure his medical issues overnight? I don't like Francis as a player, he is decidedly average but why would I clamor for the inclusion of Dika in the team WHEN HE IS INJURED!
Sehnaj is a defensive midfielder, and not a play maker, and you cannot be seriously comparing Dika to him; if you are then it show your level of football intellect. Sorry Soham.
As for all that dribble/shimmy nonsense - there are plenty of players who I am sure know how to dribble or drop their shoulder and be involved in taking away defenders. It is also common knowledge here that part of the reason Dika is having injuries, and losing his efficacy because he is OVERAGE.
It seems @TherealAG plays soccer or has played upto certain level, atleast his analysis strongly suggest that.
I read a post in some other thread that people like IFN for rational analysis like thes ^ and they less like people like Soham De.
I do agree about analysis part. But we should welcome any Indian football enthusiastic (they are rare including ISL fans). And on a certain period of our life we all were like Soham De, atlease I was.
You know what I like about IFN? After one or two months people like Soham gets transformed with proper knowledge of football and they wait for another new comer ......
Ah that is much clearer now @Soham_De. Let's wait and see how Dika gets on post his injuries before extolling his virtues IMO. When people like Mandar, Jayesh, Thoi cannot get in the team ahead of Francis and Jairu, there is little sense in calling for sensible selections for the NT with Constantine in charge. IMO, until the leagues merge can the NT be better organized and I certainly hope that by that time, we have put in better management at sporting and management level.
@Dritiman - I played amateur football, indoor football and 5-side footy in England. I know this is not relevant to this thread, but I played with couple of players who were once part of the Barcelona academy at the 5-a side level, and Romanian under 19 player at amateur level. I have never had any coaching or training in football either, play for the love of the game.
However, I do know people associated with professional football in England, particularly at Liverpool, and their youth teams. I get information on transfers among other things from a person who works for Chelsea at a management level.
Defensive midfielder branches into three different categories:
Enforcer - Break up play, Deep-lying Playmaker ,Box to box midfielder
Although all of these players above have different roles, these positions are still defensive/centre midfielders.
So in my opinion Sehnaj gets to be Deep - lying playmaker!!! I think Ralte is none of the above, so i apologise it was my mistake to compare Ralte with sehnaj!!! but if somebody sits before sunil ( in terms of position) in a formation in NT scenario, I think it should be Ralte!!!
Is SC treating India vs Guam as a practice match? Or isl blocking release of certain players? I don't understand these selections, this is open corruption or somewhere something is seriously wrong.
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Defensive midfielder branches into three different categories:
Enforcer - Break up play, Deep-lying Playmaker ,Box to box midfielder
Although all of these players above have different roles, these positions are still defensive/centre midfielders.
So in my opinion Sehnaj gets to be Deep - lying playmaker!!! I think Ralte is none of the above, so i apologise it was my mistake to compare Ralte with sehnaj!!! but if somebody sits before sunil ( in terms of position) in a formation in NT scenario, I think it should be Ralte!!!