That was dreadful. First need to say this... get Manvir Singh an I-League contract! Guy looked good out there but had horrendous service. We have no proper midfield and everyone when on the ball looked clueless or nervous (besides Manvir). Nikhil, every time he got the ball, ran either into trouble, or just misdribbled. Jerry Lalrinzuala is still suffering from what he had in November during ISL. He is 18 (19 tomorrow) but playing offensively has never been his strong suit but something that can be worked on, he looks like he lacks composure still.
Defense looked good, can win the ball back okay, but once that happens we look nervous and either attempt a random pass or a random kick up the pitch to Singaporean players.
Constantine will blame this on the fact that these are the players he has been given but for the last 7-8 months he has been riding on the ass of some luck and Sunil Chhetri/Gurpreet Singh Sandhu magic. The team here, somewhat like the senior side at times, looked disorganized, as if they haven't played with each other before. Literally after the goal we lost possession because I believe Nikhil couldn't complete one fucking touch... shambles.
SC already has given excuses weeks ago. He has done his job !! Shitty undeserving players will manage to get contracts in ISL irrespective of how fucking bad they lose in qualifiers.
Any nation which has serious ambitions of doing well will send its best U-23 players, unfortunately this doesn't seem to be the case here. Our midfielders cant even dominate a Singapore team(Singapore - naturalized players = Nepal/Bangladesh).
Manvir in just one game showed more potential than what guys like Manadeep,Robin Singh,Holi ever showed.. He looks like a raw player who can mature into a fine striker..We really need a big tall striker like him..what a find he has been..Also if Alan Deory starts running more/put more effort he can be a better player than Holi Narzary..really disappointed with our set pieces today..thats where we missed out a big opportunity to convert
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Defense looked good, can win the ball back okay, but once that happens we look nervous and either attempt a random pass or a random kick up the pitch to Singaporean players.
Constantine will blame this on the fact that these are the players he has been given but for the last 7-8 months he has been riding on the ass of some luck and Sunil Chhetri/Gurpreet Singh Sandhu magic. The team here, somewhat like the senior side at times, looked disorganized, as if they haven't played with each other before. Literally after the goal we lost possession because I believe Nikhil couldn't complete one fucking touch... shambles.
This team is going to lose all three matches in qualifiers for sure.