less than 20 months to go and they are still doing talent spotting. while rest of the world have dedicated academies with already semi ready talent pool to choose from. i can only imagine how till go for the indian team in 2017.
if u still do talent spotting despite having setup 2-3 academies under scott o donell.. this means either the talent is shit and money is wasted or mr adams undertands these academies pool list is just not good enough.
We also have dedicated academy where 30 players are training from 2012 ! this is just udgradation and to tell every one that all got chance to show their skills ! core of the team is already training form last 2 years atleast
@munna219777 ISL clubs pay the parents of the kids which attend 1 day isl tents under coaches who don't have license. Pro Photographers are hired to click pics of Birth of Footballing Nation.
The Under-17 World Cup can potentially turn into a scheduling headache for the Indian Super League (ISL) organizers, as the showpiece event is likely to eat into the glitzy league’s calender. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and FIFA have zeroed in on September and October 2017 as the months to host the tournament, which is the same period when the ISL is conducted. Consequently, it might also have an impact on the I-League, which might have to be further pushed back.
The dates for the U-17 World Cup were among the several issues that were discussed when FIFA’s Competitions Director Colin Smith visited New Delhi last week. FIFA has reserved the months of September to November for the U-17 World Cup. Almost every edition of the tournament has been conducted during this window, including the one to be held in Chile this year (October 17 to November 8).
AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said the dates of the tournament will be finalised in due course. “FIFA has reserved a period for the U-17 World Cup. And the period also suits us because before that there will be the monsoon,” Das said.
However, the federation’s commercial partners IMG-Reliance might not be entirely happy with the scheduling. After players complained of a ‘tiring’ first edition, IMG-R had demanded an extended window for the forthcoming editions. Subsequently, it was decided that this year’s ISL would begin a month earlier in September and conclude by December 20.
On its part, the AIFF — which was struggling to accommodate other tournaments — rejigged the entire domestic calender to suit the ISL, forcing them to scrap the Federation Cup and shrink the I-League to a five-month competition. However, Das insisted there won’t be any changes to the U-17 World Cup schedule. “That tournament is our priority. It is the World Cup, after all. All other domestic tournaments will be conducted after that,” Das said.
The AIFF currently has eight venues on its shortlist, which include Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi and Kolkata. Six cities will be finalised as hosts by the end of this year. Apart from Bangalore, all other venues are also homes to ISL teams. AIFF officials said the ISL can begin immediately after the World Cup concludes.
The ISL franchises are likely to bear the fallout of the rescheduling, which will result in the tournament spilling into January. Most foreign players who are signed by ISL teams are contracted till Christmas so that they are free to join another club during the January transfer window.
While IMG-R officials were unavailable for comment, a franchise owner said they have not been intimated about the possible change in schedule by the organisers yet
The current U17 World Cup is from October 17 to November 8th. So basically a half or 2/3 of a month would be needed for the U17 World Cup.
Start the ISL from mid-August to mid-to-end September. Take a break and start the league again from mid-October to December.
Of course, what disappoints me is that this will be 2017, the 4th edition... I have hopes that there will be a lot, and I mean a lot, more clarity over what will be the future of the ISL and I-League long-term and that the ISL schedule would be at least a month or two longer (as well as two new teams by 2017). This report does not give me hope of these things happening.
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i can only imagine how till go for the indian team in 2017.
if u still do talent spotting despite having setup 2-3 academies under scott o donell.. this means either the talent is shit and money is wasted or mr adams undertands these academies pool list is just not good enough.
:P
Or nobody bothers even spotting from there.
The Under-17 World Cup can potentially turn into a scheduling headache for the Indian Super League (ISL) organizers, as the showpiece event is likely to eat into the glitzy league’s calender. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and FIFA have zeroed in on September and October 2017 as the months to host the tournament, which is the same period when the ISL is conducted. Consequently, it might also have an impact on the I-League, which might have to be further pushed back.
The dates for the U-17 World Cup were among the several issues that were discussed when FIFA’s Competitions Director Colin Smith visited New Delhi last week. FIFA has reserved the months of September to November for the U-17 World Cup. Almost every edition of the tournament has been conducted during this window, including the one to be held in Chile this year (October 17 to November 8).
AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said the dates of the tournament will be finalised in due course. “FIFA has reserved a period for the U-17 World Cup. And the period also suits us because before that there will be the monsoon,” Das said.
However, the federation’s commercial partners IMG-Reliance might not be entirely happy with the scheduling. After players complained of a ‘tiring’ first edition, IMG-R had demanded an extended window for the forthcoming editions. Subsequently, it was decided that this year’s ISL would begin a month earlier in September and conclude by December 20.
On its part, the AIFF — which was struggling to accommodate other tournaments — rejigged the entire domestic calender to suit the ISL, forcing them to scrap the Federation Cup and shrink the I-League to a five-month competition. However, Das insisted there won’t be any changes to the U-17 World Cup schedule. “That tournament is our priority. It is the World Cup, after all. All other domestic tournaments will be conducted after that,” Das said.
The AIFF currently has eight venues on its shortlist, which include Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi and Kolkata. Six cities will be finalised as hosts by the end of this year. Apart from Bangalore, all other venues are also homes to ISL teams. AIFF officials said the ISL can begin immediately after the World Cup concludes.
The ISL franchises are likely to bear the fallout of the rescheduling, which will result in the tournament spilling into January. Most foreign players who are signed by ISL teams are contracted till Christmas so that they are free to join another club during the January transfer window.
While IMG-R officials were unavailable for comment, a franchise owner said they have not been intimated about the possible change in schedule by the organisers yet