IMG cares only about ISL make no mistake about it. And even with our 170+ rank the ISL sells, showing the Indian crowd doesnt give a shit about NT as long as song dance Bollywood and some retired superstars are involved.
okay but will they release 24-25 players in September, October, November for like 6 games at Home and Away Basis besides letting go of some Stadiums for atleast 3 Home games of India Team in September, October, November and 3 games will be away. ISL is all travel travel and travel.
@atuljg ; I am talking about 6 breaks during ISL, not a single FIFA break. 11 june 2015, 16 June, 3 September, 8 september, 8 October, 13 October, 12 November, 17 November 2015, 24 march 2016, 29 March 2016. So 6 breaks during ISL plus they need to get rid rid of this stupid exclusivity clause of stadiums. Where will India host their Home games then?
If they start ISL after 8th September, then 2 in October and 2 in November. Lets see how they do it. First India should reach Second Round!!!!
Siliguri would be one venue. Ambedkar Stadium in Delhi another.
Also, that is three breaks and lets be honest, the main entertainment in the ISL so far are the foreigners. As shown from last season, I doubt the lack of national teamers will matter than much in terms of the quality we see on the field.
The following post has been made by Subhrajit Mukherjee which raises quite a few questions and is worth having a discussion. I wish @projenator joins us during the discussion.
"The last ten years or so of Indian football have belonged to Goan clubs. They have mostly dominated in all the competitions they have played lording over their Bengal counterparts. A lot of this success have been attributed to the professionalism of the Goan clubs, which is obviously evident in their team building and recruiting coaching staff. This professionalism, however, disappears when it comes to a fair treatment of travelling teams, specially teams from Bengal, when, even basic facilities are denied, in order to make life that little bit difficult for the visitors. 1) The visiting Mohun Bagan team has been provided a non AC bus by Salgaocar for their travels in this mid-thirties temperature, which is making life difficult for the players. The AIFF rulebook requires AC buses to be provided by the host team for the visiting team. 2) The Goan authorities cook up a plethora of excuses to deny visiting teams the opportunity to practice on the pitch where the actual match will be played. This time has been no exception with Mohun Bagan being refused permission to practice on the match-pitch. Mohun Bagan was also denied the same facility through-out the recently concluded Federation Cup. 3) The practice grounds are usually located far off, requiring time to travel to and fro in this heat, and the practice venues are frequently changed at the last minute. All these are done to make things as unsettling as possible for the visiting teams. 4) Lastly the appointment of card-happy referees in matches against teams from Bengal, like Tejas Nagvenkar, who yellow carded Sony and our goalkeeper Shilton Paul, unnecessarily in the Mumbai FC match. The appointment of card happy referees with a a bias towards Bengal clubs have gone a long way in denying East Bengal a 4th national league title, specially in the matches played in Goa. Mohun Bagan has also been at the receiving end of dubious refereeing decisions at crucial junctures in a lot of matches against Goan opponents. The situation has looked all the more conspicuous with referees from Bengal like Pranjal and Ranjit Baksi giving a fair treatment to Goan clubs with minimal bookings. Moreover visiting supporters are intimidated, threatened if they are too vocal in their support for their club. Last season a big green and maroon flag was pulled down from the stands by supporters(?) of Churchill Brothers. They don't even spare away supporters who watch the match with their family. These are some of the example of Goan professionalism in football, or rather the lack of it. Its indeed amusing to see the likes of Armando Colaco fulminating against the unprofessionalism in Bengal, while talking big about how professional the system in Goa is. May be the Goan football authorities need to have a rethink and a re-look at their unfriendly, unpalatable and unsettling policy towards visiting teams. The Goan football fans would want a fair battle on the field I guess after each visiting team is treated fairly. If they know that the conditions and facilities will heavily favour the home side, their interest in the game will disappear, as in evident in the turn-outs in both the Salgaocar-Pune match and the Sporting Goa- East Bengal match. For all the professionalism that Bengal doesn't have, the visiting teams are at least treated fairly and that results in a fair battle on the pitch, which in turn attracts football lovers to the stadium in numbers, as is evident by the numbers."
I can respond to each allegation & also privide a simple solution for the Clubs !. ...but I'm not going to waste by time...
Introspect and look at your youth system. ..your payment issues. ..your over importance of regional league over National league...
Leave the refs alone...we all know they are incompetent ..Tejas is terrible....but i can list a lot worse. Last week a player punched a ball amd got away with nothing !
This looks like the typical. ..world is against us bullshit you expect from someone like Bablu Da or Bhowmick
We didnt win I-league in last 5 years because we fucked up in crucial matches. Thats all is there to it! EB has been the most consistent of Indian clubs in recent years, with all our "unprofessionalism", we have done a few things right.
Mohun Bagan didnt win a trophy in last 4 years that is mostly because they managed to build a disbalanced squad every season. Also they sacked a fair bit of coaches/season.
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If they start ISL after 8th September, then 2 in October and 2 in November. Lets see how they do it. First India should reach Second Round!!!!
The following post has been made by Subhrajit Mukherjee which raises quite a few questions and is worth having a discussion. I wish @projenator joins us during the discussion.
"The last ten years or so of Indian football have belonged to Goan clubs. They have mostly dominated in all the competitions they have played lording over their Bengal counterparts. A lot of this success have been attributed to the professionalism of the Goan clubs, which is obviously evident in their team building and recruiting coaching staff.
This professionalism, however, disappears when it comes to a fair treatment of travelling teams, specially teams from Bengal, when, even basic facilities are denied, in order to make life that little bit difficult for the visitors.
1) The visiting Mohun Bagan team has been provided a non AC bus by Salgaocar for their travels in this mid-thirties temperature, which is making life difficult for the players. The AIFF rulebook requires AC buses to be provided by the host team for the visiting team.
2) The Goan authorities cook up a plethora of excuses to deny visiting teams the opportunity to practice on the pitch where the actual match will be played. This time has been no exception with Mohun Bagan being refused permission to practice on the match-pitch. Mohun Bagan was also denied the same facility through-out the recently concluded Federation Cup.
3) The practice grounds are usually located far off, requiring time to travel to and fro in this heat, and the practice venues are frequently changed at the last minute. All these are done to make things as unsettling as possible for the visiting teams.
4) Lastly the appointment of card-happy referees in matches against teams from Bengal, like Tejas Nagvenkar, who yellow carded Sony and our goalkeeper Shilton Paul, unnecessarily in the Mumbai FC match. The appointment of card happy referees with a a bias towards Bengal clubs have gone a long way in denying East Bengal a 4th national league title, specially in the matches played in Goa. Mohun Bagan has also been at the receiving end of dubious refereeing decisions at crucial junctures in a lot of matches against Goan opponents. The situation has looked all the more conspicuous with referees from Bengal like Pranjal and Ranjit Baksi giving a fair treatment to Goan clubs with minimal bookings.
Moreover visiting supporters are intimidated, threatened if they are too vocal in their support for their club. Last season a big green and maroon flag was pulled down from the stands by supporters(?) of Churchill Brothers. They don't even spare away supporters who watch the match with their family.
These are some of the example of Goan professionalism in football, or rather the lack of it. Its indeed amusing to see the likes of Armando Colaco fulminating against the unprofessionalism in Bengal, while talking big about how professional the system in Goa is.
May be the Goan football authorities need to have a rethink and a re-look at their unfriendly, unpalatable and unsettling policy towards visiting teams. The Goan football fans would want a fair battle on the field I guess after each visiting team is treated fairly. If they know that the conditions and facilities will heavily favour the home side, their interest in the game will disappear, as in evident in the turn-outs in both the Salgaocar-Pune match and the Sporting Goa- East Bengal match.
For all the professionalism that Bengal doesn't have, the visiting teams are at least treated fairly and that results in a fair battle on the pitch, which in turn attracts football lovers to the stadium in numbers, as is evident by the numbers."
I can respond to each allegation & also privide a simple solution for the Clubs !. ...but I'm not going to waste by time...
Introspect and look at your youth system. ..your payment issues. ..your over importance of regional league over National league...
Leave the refs alone...we all know they are incompetent ..Tejas is terrible....but i can list a lot worse.
Last week a player punched a ball amd got away with nothing !
This looks like the typical. ..world is against us bullshit you expect from someone like Bablu Da or Bhowmick