Chopra said his foot got stuck in the astro turf and he got injured..why the hell doesnt the foot get stuck of Rakesh Masih,Sushil Kumar etc kind of painful to watch players :P
STUART Watkiss insists Grimsby will always be home as he prepares to embark on his Indian adventure.
As reported in yesterday's Telegraph, Grimsby Town's Head of Youth is leaving Blundell Park for a
"once in a lifetime opportunity." After a year back with the Mariners, the 48-year-old is heading to the Indian city of Pune to create a completely new I-League team from scratch.However, the man who was Town
assistant and caretaker in his previous spell at the club admits that leaving his adopted home will be tough.
Explaining his new role, Watkiss told the Telegraph: "Officially, it's manager of a new team that's going
into the I-League in India, based in Pune. "It's manager, but also to go and literally set everything up.
"The season starts in January, and as we speak, there is no training ground, no facilities, no equipment, no players – absolutely nothing. "So it's completely starting from a blank canvas and will be a bit
The former defender may have been born in Wolverhampton and spent his playing days with the
likes of Wolves and Walsall, but Grimsby has been his home for the best part of a decade.
"I've lived here for about nine years," remarked Watkiss, who has been a first-team manager at
Mansfield and Kidderminster Harriers, and Youth boss with the Stags and Barnsley.
"I came up in my previous spell and had three really good years, then three years over the river at
Hull before I came back. "Grimsby's my home now – I've married a local lass and I would imagine that Grimsby will always be my home."The club is something I've got a lot of time for, and a lot of feelings for. I've had a great 12 months,and am really grateful that I had an opportunity to come back and work on the Youth side."Day to day, the apprentices have been super to work with – very receptive of all the ideas and plans
we tried to implement."The staff at the academy are great and are some really good people, and there are also some really good coaches within the system. "Then, there are the parents' committee who raise money to keep the academy operating, along with the local businesses."He added: "I just find the people of
Grimsby really good people and really sincere people. "I really enjoy living here and I am
undoubtedly going to miss the place – it's the first time I've ever done anything like this.
"When I go over in a few days time, I'm going to be away for seven months, and I'm going to be
away from my family for a fair period of time."Obviously, that's the negative, but
the project just sells itself and I'm really looking forward to it."I don't really know what to expect
and it took me a little while to get my head around it."But the more you look into it, the
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"once in a lifetime opportunity." After a year back with the Mariners, the 48-year-old is heading to the Indian city of Pune to create a completely new I-League team from scratch.However, the man who was Town