<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">gotta say we dont have any overage players in this side...majority of the boys have come since the u14days and have checked about their age at every event.</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">sadly we dont have any overseas players in this side...had issues with passports and few players commitments but seems like the locals have gelled in...had few games in thailand, palestine and now in bahrain...hopeful of atleast 6 or so points if nothing else..</font></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>How do we know? With all to respect to the real under-22 boys on the team it is hard to tell. Never know what lies could be told. Many West Asian clubs have said they are below the limit before and get caught eventually. And here I find it impossible how when India plays a team like Bahrain at any youth level we would lose yet Pakistan, with no development program/barely any get the draw. It is just to hard to believe.</div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">well all i would say that if we did have overage we would have been caught after all they do get tested... ofcourse it is hard to tell and thats why they do have wrist tests and whatnot conducted by afc. </font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">the development vs non development issues is valid but not always..like pkn u19s beat india last year while they had the best preps in china and mid east etc...and pkn u19s were called overage then when afc had no issues nor india complained. same happened when pkn u16s beat india at saff cup in nepal however we had no complaints at afc u16 qlfrs...while we saw afghanistan getting points deducted for overage players. oh dont worry we have all had our hammering against the mid east teams at youth levels and senior..</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">you saw ethiopia drawing with south africa the other day in competitive game, there is gap between the 2 countries thats wider than ind-pak but yet they drew...so football on the pitch anything happens...sometime raw talent/luck/grit gets the better of u.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">again this pkn india game is just a friendly and i dont pay much attention to it...but the new coach has done well in organising them well..thats what u can do when u r limited on quality perhaps. play to ur strengths.</div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">gotta say we dont have any overage players in this side...majority of the boys have come since the u14days and have checked about their age at every event.</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">sadly we dont have any overseas players in this side...had issues with passports and few players commitments but seems like the locals have gelled in...had few games in thailand, palestine and now in bahrain...hopeful of atleast 6 or so points if nothing else..</font></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>How do we know? With all to respect to the real under-22 boys on the team it is hard to tell. Never know what lies could be told. Many West Asian clubs have said they are below the limit before and get caught eventually. And here I find it impossible how when India plays a team like Bahrain at any youth level we would lose yet Pakistan, with no development program/barely any get the draw. It is just to hard to believe.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>many african nations have less infra/youth development than India yet they are better than India. pak team is physically well built compared to India. hence they can match west asians atleast physically if not technically.</div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Bullshit preparation to be frank AIFF might have improved a lot in Administration but this preparation will not help Indian Football .simple !!!!</font>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">gotta say we dont have any overage players in this side...majority of the boys have come since the u14days and have checked about their age at every event.</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">sadly we dont have any overseas players in this side...had issues with passports and few players commitments but seems like the locals have gelled in...had few games in thailand, palestine and now in bahrain...hopeful of atleast 6 or so points if nothing else..</font></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>How do we know? With all to respect to the real under-22 boys on the team it is hard to tell. Never know what lies could be told. Many West Asian clubs have said they are below the limit before and get caught eventually. And here I find it impossible how when India plays a team like Bahrain at any youth level we would lose yet Pakistan, with no development program/barely any get the draw. It is just to hard to believe.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>many african nations have less infra/youth development than India yet they are better than India. pak team is physically well built compared to India. hence they can match west asians atleast physically if not technically.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>Those boys start playing football at the age of 2 mind you. They may not have proper development but they do play a lot more than Indian kids do at an early age.</div><div><br></div><div>Now imagine if the African nations mixed that early age thing with proper development. They would be a force.</div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Bullshit preparation to be frank AIFF might have improved a lot in Administration but this preparation will not help Indian Football .simple !!!!</font>
<br><div><br></div><div>What do you expect. AIFF has a lot to do at this moment and needed to find a coach for the u22 and seniors.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway it is better for the boys to build confidence against smaller teams and learn the playing style Papas wants. Yes, you can say bullshit to that as well as they cant play small teams forever but at this moment in time it is okay.</div>
i think the focus should have been on u22s and maybe delay the senior coach for 10more days perhaps if thats the distraction. maybe they saw group being too hard and thought its not worth spending all that for. because in reality the group is very tough but u dont know what can happen on the pitch...<div><br></div><div>i would have liked us to play each other/..3/4saff countries..after all its practice n better than playing district teams either in pkn or india..maldives went n played srilanka..lot of asean teams doing that for..playing against each other..seems like we really dont care about preps.. but been surprised by our fed this year though..3trips abroad when we too know the group is as hard as it gets.</div>
Na, announcing the coach is good. India is watching the Euros. This was the perfect chance to announce the coach of India because he is Dutch (Euro) and India is focused on the Euros. <div><br></div><div>Also think about it. They have salaries, tournaments (a lot) to pay for and then you see in the media the women complaining and the state feds complaining.</div>
hmmm i actually would have thought go it opposite way and do it after euros..as every1 is hooked onto euros and less attention for indian football. just my opinion<div><br></div><div>well preps are a priority or should be..with the links aiff has with agents n other feds sometime its not that hard...u just pay ur airfare and thats it. but maybe they thought the boys have played whole season together and we dont need a long camp..just tune up games a week before n u r sorted. </div>
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<br><div><br></div><div>How do we know? With all to respect to the real under-22 boys on the team it is hard to tell. Never know what lies could be told. Many West Asian clubs have said they are below the limit before and get caught eventually. And here I find it impossible how when India plays a team like Bahrain at any youth level we would lose yet Pakistan, with no development program/barely any get the draw. It is just to hard to believe.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>many african nations have less infra/youth development than India yet they are better than India. pak team is physically well built compared to India. hence they can match west asians atleast physically if not technically.</div>
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<br><div><br></div><div>Those boys start playing football at the age of 2 mind you. They may not have proper development but they do play a lot more than Indian kids do at an early age.</div><div><br></div><div>Now imagine if the African nations mixed that early age thing with proper development. They would be a force.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>What do you expect. AIFF has a lot to do at this moment and needed to find a coach for the u22 and seniors.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway it is better for the boys to build confidence against smaller teams and learn the playing style Papas wants. Yes, you can say bullshit to that as well as they cant play small teams forever but at this moment in time it is okay.</div>