All of Scde goa & Salgocar and their 100 supporters will weep!!!
Frankly i liked how salgoacar and Scde goa had wanted clarity and fought against some aspects in the roadmap.
But rightly so they are cowards to go out with a wimper. Churchill on its own put up a better fight before running out of options.
Funnily EB/MB had stayed quite when CB was fighting against ISL/AIFF and now as well.
Tells us two things, EB/MB sees themselves clearly above i-league or wanna play in a bigger styled league for a number of years and B.) Any side to win has to have Eb/MB on its side.
I also feel League 1&2 holds a lot of promise for smaller clubs with bigger ambitions, AKA Shillong clubs, Aizwal, Mohameddan, Tollygunge (remember it?)
New clubs such as southern samity, Chennai FC, Chennai United etc...
Unfortunately the lower half of i-league clubs have taken a beating.
No its not about mere 100 supporters..its sad for all indian football fans.but i agree dey should hav atleast given a fight. If the proposed roadmap happens,so called second tier will have no good teams and the quality wud lessen largely.and also if dere is no promotion,how can inspire the players to fight?,how fans gets attracted?how sponsors come? its high time aiff start to discuss the loopholes in their roadmap..in all likelihood mb,eb and bfc wud be in top tier isl..dat means no takers for league 1.. It wud cause destruction of remaining clubs too.. at least give promotion to league1 clubs to isl.as far as i know isl francises will not continue when dey get relegated..so relegation from isl top tier will not be allowed .but dey should allow promotion atleast ,so that we can enlarge the top tier..
Southern Samity, Tollygunje, Bhowanipore, United SC have 0 fan base and never ever would have one. Bhowanipore is a sister club of MB for ffs. MSC can't even compete in CFL. There is no viable second or third tier.
Look at the current scenario more rationally. Goa has decent state football structure. With some effort the GPL can be expanded from 10 to 14 teams. They can lie low for a few years till PP & his thugs can be replaced with a less corrupt politician. Till then if they stay united they can make life very unpleasant for Nita sponsored Aiff especially with no goan franchise will especially hurt the circus.
On the other hand look at the plight of big 2. The state football is a joke with the 3 week long CFL and literally nothing else. They NEED the circus just to stay relevant (no matter their public posturing). If they get sponsors, I am pretty sure they will pay the bribe to IMG (aka "franchise fee") also.
Also (and this may be too deep for IFN, but ill try to explain anyways). The CM has a reputation to build as pro industry, she has made it clear she will back IPL & which ever sport sscam the rich guys want...so MB & EB will either join the circus or become irrelevant
That's my 2 cents
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East Bengal, Mohun Bagan distance themselves from Salgaocar, Sporting Clube de Goa but criticize AIFF
http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2016/06/25/25015142/east-bengal-mohun-bagan-distance-themselves-from-salgaocar
There you go as I hinted yesterday
Frankly i liked how salgoacar and Scde goa had wanted clarity and fought against some aspects in the roadmap.
But rightly so they are cowards to go out with a wimper. Churchill on its own put up a better fight before running out of options.
Funnily EB/MB had stayed quite when CB was fighting against ISL/AIFF and now as well.
Tells us two things, EB/MB sees themselves clearly above i-league or wanna play in a bigger styled league for a number of years and B.) Any side to win has to have Eb/MB on its side.
I also feel League 1&2 holds a lot of promise for smaller clubs with bigger ambitions, AKA Shillong clubs, Aizwal, Mohameddan, Tollygunge (remember it?)
New clubs such as southern samity, Chennai FC, Chennai United etc...
Unfortunately the lower half of i-league clubs have taken a beating.
If the proposed roadmap happens,so called second tier will have no good teams and the quality wud lessen largely.and also if dere is no promotion,how can inspire the players to fight?,how fans gets attracted?how sponsors come?
its high time aiff start to discuss the loopholes in their roadmap..in all likelihood mb,eb and bfc wud be in top tier isl..dat means no takers for league 1..
It wud cause destruction of remaining clubs too..
at least give promotion to league1 clubs to isl.as far as i know isl francises will not continue when dey get relegated..so relegation from isl top tier will not be allowed .but dey should allow promotion atleast ,so that we can enlarge the top tier..
go if there is no league to do commentary?
At this stage anyone would be better...