They are not AIFF. even AIFF knows rankings are mostly meaningless. They are just taking advantage of lack of football awareness of most indian people.
I actually sort of wanted to see Constantine as head coach of Canada to see whether what he preaches could work in an environment that would be better than India.
Our "Lakshya" creator Rob Baan used to be Technical Director in Australia. He was also caretaker Manager for Australia National team in 1 match. Both USA and Australia will qualify for World cup and they are big nations budget wise and also important for FIFA. It will be a disaster for FIFA and sponsors if they dont make it. They hire high profile names as their NT coach-Stephen Constantine will never be in their list. Australia has hired Terry Venables, Guus Hiddinck in the past. USA have done with Jurgen Klinsmann recently. SC can think of New Zealand or Canada-thats the highest he can reach.
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why don't they try our own Stephen Constantine? He will improve Their world ranking by atleast 50, what more a football federation wants?
Both USA and Australia will qualify for World cup and they are big nations budget wise and also important for FIFA. It will be a disaster for FIFA and sponsors if they dont make it. They hire high profile names as their NT coach-Stephen Constantine will never be in their list. Australia has hired Terry Venables, Guus Hiddinck in the past. USA have done with Jurgen Klinsmann recently. SC can think of New Zealand or Canada-thats the highest he can reach.