Hyderabad have Subrata Pal & Jongte. Both are good enough. Subrata is better than all GKs other than GSS & Amrinder. He organizes his defense very well. Today's was the only goal HFC conceded this season in 3 matches.
I was a bit shocked to see Kattimani starting. Thought Jongte will be no. 2. Same with JFC. Niraj can be no.2. Kattimani & Pawan are not great keepers. Atleast give these youngsters a chance.
Manolo has done a great job in developing a set of Indian players. However few aspects of the game were disappointing and is because of the flawed system we have. I hope FSDL make the season longer with more matches and schedule them properly so that the Indian players really get to learn from the coach and improve their game by playing enough.
My biggest worry is that once the season is over by March (except 3-4 players from NT setup) will go back to hibernation and forget everything they learned by the time they come back after 8-9 months.
Hopefully next season we can have a 3 leg season and as such the season starts earlier maybe in September. If the preseason starts in August then we may have a max hibernation for 4 months. But then again knowing FSDL, they may find new excuses to shorten the season.
The only worry is an Indian midfielder who can score. Apart from Thapa to an extent there is no option yet for Indian team. Players like Yasir, Liston should start scoring. Most of them basically in the final third decides not to shoot themselves but pass the ball which kills the momentum. Yest Aniket looked fatty( not sure if its only me), but played well with some deft touches, Jamshedpur attack changed after he came in, but again instead of shooting in the final third his options are poor.
In Bangaluru the problem with players like Udanta, Asique fail to score because they feel they have obligation to pass thr ball to Sunil so that he can score. I think they might strt ti score a few more goals once Sunil retires. The less sai about Sahal the better, he needs to add dimensions to his game apart from a few skills, put some weight and practice final passes. NE youngsters also look promising. Overall Indian defence might settle in with quite a fee new good options like Chana(looks rock solid), Akash Mishra( rrally like tjis guy), ATK Indian defence, defensive midfield also look settled with Rowlin putting up a great show and looks now box-box midfielder. Problem area is striker and midfielders who can score at will , someone like callibre of Boumus
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I was a bit shocked to see Kattimani starting. Thought Jongte will be no. 2. Same with JFC. Niraj can be no.2. Kattimani & Pawan are not great keepers. Atleast give these youngsters a chance.
The dressing room is on the other side of the field. It was almost FT, why take a long way around the field.
My biggest worry is that once the season is over by March (except 3-4 players from NT setup) will go back to hibernation and forget everything they learned by the time they come back after 8-9 months.
But then again knowing FSDL, they may find new excuses to shorten the season.