EB should replace Hyderabad FC . I'm sorry but maybe Hyderabad is not ready for a football team . 10 team league with 27 matches till everything get settled down will be better in my view.
The Facebook/Twitter posts of Lal Holud Aikyahave been shared (not daily, but yes very frequently) by me and other members because of late they have been one of the very few reliable sources of news pertaining to EB (transfer, investor, ISL participation etc.) Though it is clear that they are close to the current management, they have made it clear on several occasions that they do not unconditionally support the club officials or the investors, rather like any true supporter their primary loyalty is to the club.
Apart from LHA, the Twitter posts of the chat forum QUEBNA are also posted quite often in this thread because theirs has been another of the voices of reason in these uncertain times: their willingness to take on any issue unbiasedly and regular updation of all relevant info on EB are commendatory. Needless to say, there have been posts based on other sources too in this thread.
In the "ATK MB News" thread, quite a number of posts of the Twitter account of The Mariners', one of the few trustworthy sources on ATK MB are shared. Should that particular thread be renamed as "The Mariners' News"?
There is no reason to place implicit faith in Dulal: in cahoots with some vested interests, he has been spreading lies and half-truths against EB for quite some time.
However, there have been some disturbing news regarding EB and its chances of participating in this year's ISL from yesterday
Earlier, members of the Asean Cup-winning team, including Bhaichung Bhutia, wrote a letter to club secretary Kalyan Majumdar saying that priority should be to support the people suffering during the Covid-19 pandemic and not playing in ISL.
“We wish to stand heartily with the people who are suffering due to the deadly virus. In this condition we think, playing in ISL is not our primary issue but our main motto is to stand by the millions of suffering people,” the letter.
Sunday was the 17th anniversary of Asean triumph.
When asked about the letter, Sarkar said: “Anybody can give suggestions but our target is to play ISL in 2020-2021 season.”
Is this a planned move by the management to justify its decision of not playing in the ISL this time? It has been suggested in several quarters that many of these players are very close to Nitu and the officials are using them as a shield to cover up their incompetence.
Also, the news shared by QEBNA that Redstrike, UK had offered EB an investor and a foreign club partner in February 2020 much before the outbreak of the pandemic but the club had rejected the offer is extremely worrisome
Before @bhaichung15 or any East Bengal fan/ex-player supports any theory of Nitu et al, lets not forget that way back in Feb 2020, Redstrike,UK had offered EB an investor & a foreign club partner-EB had then rejected the offer.
Bagan has a Dulal (if I try to read between "your" lines), so why don't u ask Nitu to have a publication house and invest on some Dulal types! That might act as a Boroline for EB, its officials & its supporters! @thebeautifulgame
A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK is what East Bengal officials signed up for when they attempted to get into the Indian Super League this season.
With the process of getting their sporting rights back from their former investors Quess dragging on till mid-July, the East Bengal officials were looking at a two week deadline to sign a new investor, complete the legal paperwork, produce the bank guarantee and convince FSDL to open up the bidding process to enter the ISL.
Logistically it was difficult to say the least but the officials did make some early headway. Prasun Mukhopadhyay, a businessman from Indonesia, was interested in investing. A couple of other avenues were also explored; from talking to certain other potential investors to seeking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's help to get co-sponsors to raise funds.
The process would have likely played out much better had it not been up against such a strict deadline. Universal Success Enterprise, the group headed by Mr Mukhopadhyay, wanted 80% shares of the football team and an investor prefix; basically a similar structure to the deal that's been recently struck between the Red and Golds' rival club Mohun Bagan and KGSPL. The company also wanted a written statement from Football Sports Development Limited - the ISL organizers - that producing the requisite bank guarantee would ensure that East Bengal could enter the ISL in the 2020-21 season itself.
While none of these demands would be unreasonable in more normal times, it created a catch-22 situation for East Bengal in this case. To iron things out, EB needed more time. For that to happen they needed to produce the bank guarantee and everything else needed to pursuade FSDL to postpone the ISL pre-season process and open the bids. But the investors wanted FSDL's assurance before committing that much mone, and East Bengal officials got caught in the middle.
To emphasize on the urgency of the situation, officials sent a last minute letter to FSDL asking for more time. But so far FSDL don't seem to want to delay things any longer.
The venue for the ISL 2020-21 season will be decided by August 7th, and colours for the teams decided by 10th August. While it's not the biggest deal to delay all that in order to issue an invitation for bids, FSDL aren't willing to bet on East Bengal getting everything in order on short notice; especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perhaps sensing the chances of playing in ISL this season slipping away, the East Bengal officials put on an effort to spin the issue. On the anniversary of the Red and Golds' triumph at the Asean Football Championship in 2003, members of that team wrote a letter to the club management; telling them not to focus on getting into ISL and instead focus on coronavirus. It's unclear in what way East Bengal may change their focus from playing sports to combating the pandemic, but it's widely believed that this will help the club officials justify their current situation to their fans who have been demanding they should enter ISL along with their arch rivals Mohun Bagan.
As far as FSDL and AIFF are concerned, the operative presumption is that ISL will go ahead with 10 teams, and there will be no need for an invitation for bids to be issued. Whether East Bengal officials can still produce a miracle turnaround within the next ten days remains to be seen.
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The Facebook/Twitter posts of Lal Holud Aikya have been shared (not daily, but yes very frequently) by me and other members because of late they have been one of the very few reliable sources of news pertaining to EB (transfer, investor, ISL participation etc.) Though it is clear that they are close to the current management, they have made it clear on several occasions that they do not unconditionally support the club officials or the investors, rather like any true supporter their primary loyalty is to the club.
Apart from LHA, the Twitter posts of the chat forum QUEBNA are also posted quite often in this thread because theirs has been another of the voices of reason in these uncertain times: their willingness to take on any issue unbiasedly and regular updation of all relevant info on EB are commendatory. Needless to say, there have been posts based on other sources too in this thread.
In the "ATK MB News" thread, quite a number of posts of the Twitter account of The Mariners', one of the few trustworthy sources on ATK MB are shared. Should that particular thread be renamed as "The Mariners' News"?
However, there have been some disturbing news regarding EB and its chances of participating in this year's ISL from yesterday
Earlier, members of the Asean Cup-winning team, including Bhaichung Bhutia, wrote a letter to club secretary Kalyan Majumdar saying that priority should be to support the people suffering during the Covid-19 pandemic and not playing in ISL.
“We wish to stand heartily with the people who are suffering due to the deadly virus. In this condition we think, playing in ISL is not our primary issue but our main motto is to stand by the millions of suffering people,” the letter.
Sunday was the 17th anniversary of Asean triumph.
When asked about the letter, Sarkar said: “Anybody can give suggestions but our target is to play ISL in 2020-2021 season.”
https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/football/east-bengal-trying-hard-to-get-into-indian-super-league/cid/1787425
Is this a planned move by the management to justify its decision of not playing in the ISL this time? It has been suggested in several quarters that many of these players are very close to Nitu and the officials are using them as a shield to cover up their incompetence.
Also, the news shared by QEBNA that Redstrike, UK had offered EB an investor and a foreign club partner in February 2020 much before the outbreak of the pandemic but the club had rejected the offer is extremely worrisome
Before @bhaichung15 or any East Bengal fan/ex-player supports any theory of Nitu et al, lets not forget that way back in Feb 2020, Redstrike,UK had offered EB an investor & a foreign club partner-EB had then rejected the offer.
https://twitter.com/QEBNA?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://allsportspages.com/east-bengal-no-isl-no-investment-prasoon-mukherjee/
East Bengal's ISL hopes are stuck in a catch-22 situation
A RACE AGAINST THE CLOCK is what East Bengal officials signed up for when they attempted to get into the Indian Super League this season.
With the process of getting their sporting rights back from their former investors Quess dragging on till mid-July, the East Bengal officials were looking at a two week deadline to sign a new investor, complete the legal paperwork, produce the bank guarantee and convince FSDL to open up the bidding process to enter the ISL.
Logistically it was difficult to say the least but the officials did make some early headway. Prasun Mukhopadhyay, a businessman from Indonesia, was interested in investing. A couple of other avenues were also explored; from talking to certain other potential investors to seeking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's help to get co-sponsors to raise funds.
The process would have likely played out much better had it not been up against such a strict deadline. Universal Success Enterprise, the group headed by Mr Mukhopadhyay, wanted 80% shares of the football team and an investor prefix; basically a similar structure to the deal that's been recently struck between the Red and Golds' rival club Mohun Bagan and KGSPL. The company also wanted a written statement from Football Sports Development Limited - the ISL organizers - that producing the requisite bank guarantee would ensure that East Bengal could enter the ISL in the 2020-21 season itself.
While none of these demands would be unreasonable in more normal times, it created a catch-22 situation for East Bengal in this case. To iron things out, EB needed more time. For that to happen they needed to produce the bank guarantee and everything else needed to pursuade FSDL to postpone the ISL pre-season process and open the bids. But the investors wanted FSDL's assurance before committing that much mone, and East Bengal officials got caught in the middle.
To emphasize on the urgency of the situation, officials sent a last minute letter to FSDL asking for more time. But so far FSDL don't seem to want to delay things any longer.
The venue for the ISL 2020-21 season will be decided by August 7th, and colours for the teams decided by 10th August. While it's not the biggest deal to delay all that in order to issue an invitation for bids, FSDL aren't willing to bet on East Bengal getting everything in order on short notice; especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perhaps sensing the chances of playing in ISL this season slipping away, the East Bengal officials put on an effort to spin the issue. On the anniversary of the Red and Golds' triumph at the Asean Football Championship in 2003, members of that team wrote a letter to the club management; telling them not to focus on getting into ISL and instead focus on coronavirus. It's unclear in what way East Bengal may change their focus from playing sports to combating the pandemic, but it's widely believed that this will help the club officials justify their current situation to their fans who have been demanding they should enter ISL along with their arch rivals Mohun Bagan.
As far as FSDL and AIFF are concerned, the operative presumption is that ISL will go ahead with 10 teams, and there will be no need for an invitation for bids to be issued. Whether East Bengal officials can still produce a miracle turnaround within the next ten days remains to be seen.