India needs some home games on FIFA match dates. Otherwise our ranking will go close to 175-180. I see teams like Myanmar will leapfrog us soon in ranking. We do not play many world cup qualifiers like other confederations and then we ddint even qualify for AFC Challenge. We cant win on foreign soil against Singapore, Tajikistan. Atleast bring some foreign teams on FIFA match dates.<br>
<P>Looking athe calender for senior side ,indi adoesnt have much to cheer about reg international matches.</P>
<P>1) World cup qualifiers 2018( to start in 2015)</P>
<P>2) AFC challenge cup 2015,2017 for afc cup 2019.</P>
<P>3) SAFF championship 2015,</P>
<P>so for more than one and half year we dont have anythign to do in international arena.</P>
<P>unless india utlizes every possible fifa match day, it would be tough fo rus to get out the 140 Plus bracket.</P>
<P>again and if we are in 140 brackets , we will get tougher teams in world cup qualifiers in the first round( last time we got UAE) and wil be knocked out .so again we would be losing points.</P>
<P>India should target to get their fifa ranking to somewhere near 110 -120 till 2015 and play against teams like qatar, thailand, North Korea, Palestine,UAE,Lebanon,Syria,china,Iraq,</P>
<P>if we beat 3-4 teams from the above list then only we can ever think of challenging top asian teams like japan,korea,australia,Iran and uzbekistan.jordan.</P>
<P>If not i dont see india playing even the AFC cup 2019 or moving to the second round of fifa wc qualifiers.</P>
<P>and for gods sake dont take the easy route of qualifying for teh afc cup by afc challenge, go by the normal qualification. atleast we get some match practises.</P>
<P>to sum up SAFF is looking difficult nowadays,</P>
<P>AFC challenge looks like very difficult.</P>
<P>AFC CUp looks impossible</P>
<P>World cup : in your Dreams</P>
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i think if this is the way if india shows their attitude and progress towards football, FIFA will eventually put to rest the sleeping giant forever and put up a coffin over with wordings " USELESS"
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<P>1) World cup qualifiers 2018( to start in 2015)</P>
<P>2) AFC challenge cup 2015,2017 for afc cup 2019.</P>
<P>3) SAFF championship 2015,</P>
<P>so for more than one and half year we dont have anythign to do in international arena.</P>
<P>unless india utlizes every possible fifa match day, it would be tough fo rus to get out the 140 Plus bracket.</P>
<P>again and if we are in 140 brackets , we will get tougher teams in world cup qualifiers in the first round( last time we got UAE) and wil be knocked out .so again we would be losing points.</P>
<P>India should target to get their fifa ranking to somewhere near 110 -120 till 2015 and play against teams like qatar, thailand, North Korea, Palestine,UAE,Lebanon,Syria,china,Iraq,</P>
<P>if we beat 3-4 teams from the above list then only we can ever think of challenging top asian teams like japan,korea,australia,Iran and uzbekistan.jordan.</P>
<P>If not i dont see india playing even the AFC cup 2019 or moving to the second round of fifa wc qualifiers.</P>
<P>and for gods sake dont take the easy route of qualifying for teh afc cup by afc challenge, go by the normal qualification. atleast we get some match practises.</P>
<P>to sum up SAFF is looking difficult nowadays,</P>
<P>AFC challenge looks like very difficult.</P>
<P>AFC CUp looks impossible</P>
<P>World cup : in your Dreams</P>
<P> </P>
<P> </P>
<P> </P>
<P>so will tha tournament be scrapped or all the nations will have to qualify by the good old qualifying ways<BR></P>