well finally I got to see my Indian team today for the first time in the saff championships..I tuned in the 2nd half and must say I wasnt disapointed..from what I saw of our game we played a nice crisp passing play and some good long balls..Anthony wasnt up to it from what I saw but he had a good work rate..the mid was playing well but our pace wud slow down evrytime the ball wud go to climax who is painfully slow and a defensive midfielder..even rocus is slow but he's technically good and a notch or two better than climax...clifford worked hard..put in some good balls but needs to improve his speed as against better teams he wud be easily cut off..Am glad that Jeje scored but he is too slow and sometimes takes too much time in giving the final balls leading to sunil's frustration..he needs to work on his speed but against physically stronger teams he's usefull in shielding the ball..coming to Sunil-this guy is simply rocking right now..the hunger to score is the same which was there in a young baichung and his game has improved by leaps and bounds..his stamina,skills are of top quality now and in the air he is no less than Tim Cahill..I wudnt be surprised if we win this cup only thanks to sunil's brilliance...coming to the defence I am really disapointed with Gouramangi..he goes into tackles half heartedly and is also slow.
Nirmal makes mistakes but is eager to score and energetic on the field...most of this lethargy is due to fatigue as most players have played too much club n natnl team football..savio is definetly under big pressure as is evident by his frustrated relief on each goal we score..anyways I think we shud give ralte more of playing time and subb climax for jewel...next game coach is gonna rest Jeje and sushil wud come up who I think combined well with sunil today..even dias may be back and anthony out..both are such poor choices at the moment that it hardly matters which of these two plays...ideally ralte shud play on right wing with cliffford on left..
I think the team that would win this tournament would be the winner of the first semi final between India vs Maldives. Maldives have been improving match by match and i hope its the same against India. India should not expect Ashfaaq to start as a top striker especially when the opponent team is focusing to stop him. He would rather start as a left winger like the match against bangladesh which caused them trouble in the first half. Goodluck to the indian team and may the best team win the game !
[quote="..coming to Sunil-this guy is simply rocking right now..the hunger to score is the same which was there in a young baichung and his game has improved by leaps and bounds..his stamina,skills are of top quality now and in the air he is no less than Tim Cahill..I wudnt be surprised if we win this cup only thanks to sunil's brilliance...[/quote]
... and Karanjit as well, IMO.
Ashfaq and Thariq are excellent players. It will be a tough game for both the teams. I hope Indian fans will at list fill up the stadium this time..Whatever they said about Delhi crowd...
nepal have the poorest strikers among the semi finalist i guess had this been india or maldives ,the score would be 2-0 minimum given the no of chances they have made so far....
congrats to afghanistan for making their first final appearence... <!-- s:handgestures-thumbup: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/handgestures/thumbup.gif" alt=":handgestures-thumbup:" title="Thumb Up" /><!-- s:handgestures-thumbup: -->
the only team which looked to be challenging the title for india are in the finals.....beware india they got some real good pace... <!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/handgestures/fingerscrossed.gif" alt=":handgestures-fingerscrossed:" title="Fingers Crossed" /><!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: -->
we want to win ...
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... and Karanjit as well, IMO.
the only team which looked to be challenging the title for india are in the finals.....beware india they got some real good pace... <!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/handgestures/fingerscrossed.gif" alt=":handgestures-fingerscrossed:" title="Fingers Crossed" /><!-- s:handgestures-fingerscrossed: -->
we want to win ...