<br><div><br></div><div>But good for his development. After his last season he needs to prove that he is not a fluke.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>yes ofcourse. but i have a feeling that this yr arows are going to have an ordinary manager.</div><div><br></div><div>many almost thought alwyn wud be roped in by papas at dempo</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>True, really my only problem with this but still, if he is as good as people make him out to be then he should perform no matter the coach.</div>
Arrows disbanded. I am not sure I can blame AIFF fully here, coz Pailan group screwed up big time. However, AIFF has been messing the project from the start - new coaches every year, not decisive about player contracts etc.<div><br></div><div>Hopefully the brighter players will be wise and choose a good club. This might be a good time for Kashyap's Rangdajied to bolster the team</div>
I am just wondering what the AIFF were thinking in the beginning. The idea of a U19 side in the I-League was perfect (especially back then) but did the AIFF think before starting this. Like, did they really believe they could control the team fully for one season and then get a sponsorship group and not expect wholesale changes which they might not be able to control? I understand that they can't run the team fully by themselves but they should have looked ahead in terms of the sponsors that would be available and what they would want (in fact, if I recall, Pailan Group came in the last minute for the "Indian Arrows" which leads me to believe more that not much thinking was done).
<p>frankly disbanding the Palin arrows is a disaster....results were showing..but typical of things in India 1 step fwd 2 steps back..the concept had so much potential</p><p>i will put this squarely on IMG, why cant they get a sponsor for PA?...it was their respnsibility for marketing , gettig sponsors...PA could have been their Swansong but alas..</p><p>fell real bad for all the PA players..</p>
I see a lot of sites writing on how pailan arrows going down a big problem..but can someone please write about the players' fate and how they are stuck in the middle? these are our u23 players, many have potential to play for NT one day, and even if not how can we allow AIFF to control our players like this? Remember they signed AIFF so that they play i league and not IMG league..so dont they have a choice now? even if given a choice we all know, whats gonna happen becoz nobody will dare to offend AIFF fearing that they cant make it to NT anymore...<div><br></div><div>Yeah, you can say why dont I write? no I cant, if i could i would have......</div><div>I would love to see goal.com writing because they get maximum readership for indian football</div>
I see a lot of sites writing on how pailan arrows going down a big problem..but can someone please write about the players' fate and how they are stuck in the middle? these are our u23 players, many have potential to play for NT one day, and even if not how can we allow AIFF to control our players like this? Remember they signed AIFF so that they play i league and not IMG league..so dont they have a choice now? even if given a choice we all know, whats gonna happen becoz nobody will dare to offend AIFF fearing that they cant make it to NT anymore...<div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Yeah, you can say why dont I write? no I cant, if i could i would have......</div><div><b>I would love to see goal.com writing because they get maximum readership for indian football</b></div>
The development of the Indian Arrows project under Floyd Pinto – A complete review
The AIFF development side finished in the eighth position in the league in the recently concluded season.
In a conversation with Khel Now early on this season, head coach of the Indian Arrowsteam Floyd Pinto had named three key players for his squad’s performances. Such predictions from the head coach could disturb the mentality of the rest of the squad, but it didn’t, in the case of the U-19 lads.
Pinto had placed his bets on goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill, midfielder and Captain Amarjit Singh Kiyam and hard-working attacker Rahul KP. The prophecy was spot on, looking in hindsight. Prabhsukhan, a boy with few words but a furrowed brow whenever his defenders made a mistake, has slowly and steadily made a name for himself as one of the safer custodians in the I-league.
Kiyam, meanwhile, was set for bigger things from the beginning. He walked the India U-17 side out at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017 and hasn’t looked back since then. The defensive midfielder slowly moved upwards on the field in position and proved his worth on most of the occasions he took the spot kick from twelve yards.
Rahul Kannoly Praveen, a winger and full-back at the World Cup, has seen his worth rise by the day. The Kerala-born youngster was one of the most creative players in the league, and not just in the side. He created chances against every opposition, and his ability on the ball is something Pinto has time and again thrown his weight around. Rahul also has a knack of playing through-balls, something only he and Amarjit in the side can boast of doing regularly.
The junior side had a season to remember. Pinto tried many new players, with Aakash Mishra and Aimol Reamsochung breaking through. U-16 players Rohit Danu and Vikram Pratap Singh re-directed the side’s attack after they were drafted into the side, and both boys from Bibiano Fernandes’ team have scored a handful of goals between them, helping the side often.
Vikram Pratap’s hard work earned him praise, as the winger-forward made sure to run the full length of the pitch whenever the need arose. Danu, on the other hand, added treachery to the team’s attacking instinct, and some of his finishes were class. These U-16 boys, along with Gurkirat Singh, have a long way to go, and the season suggests that they are on the right track.
Another player who grew leaps and bounds is defensive midfielder Deepak Tangri. Tangri, who had formerly made the India U-19 backline with FC Pune City’s Sahil Panwar, took Amarjit’s position at No. 5 and never looked back. The former Elite Academy and Mohun Bagan reserves player took his new position like fish to water and screened the defense as if he was made to do it. He jumped high for winning aerial duels, something both Suresh Singh Wangjam and Amarjit lack. After the departure of Jeakson Singh to Minerva, it was important for the coach to add more steel to his defensive midfield, and Tangri answered.
Last season, the Arrows were working on a ploy that their then manager, Luis Norton de Matos, had ideated. This season, they played to their strengths. Boris Singh Thangjam, a right-back under Matos, was regularly used at the wing by Pinto again. Thangjam was used in the same position sparingly by Nicolai Adam as well. Ninthoi Meetei, too, played a part, after a stop-start beginning to the season.
This season has also seen two under-performers from last season come to the forefront and leave a mark. Both Aniket Jadhav and Rahim Ali, forwards that led India’s line at the World Cup, were regularly used on the left wing, a role they thrived in. Jadhav is set to visit England on a three-month-long trial stint with English club Blackburn Rovers, something that would benefit the forward. He needs to work on his finishing.
Central midfielder Lalengmawia, who was criticized during the World Cup for his lackluster displays, played well whenever he was called upon. His free-flowing nature of runs and fluid footwork weren’t the most inspiring but contributed to the ideas Pinto had in his mind.
The central defense, too, had some tremendous outings. Anwar Ali, Narender, Jitendra Singh and at times Lalengmawia, all played safe, disciplined football that wasn’t great on the eye but was certainly effective on the pitch. The Arrows squad used its depth to great effect, and the contribution of the U-16 players shouldn’t go unnoticed.
The team has come a long way but needs to continue to work the same way it has been functioning. Some players that are continuing on loan from ISL sides will leave after the Super Cup, and Pinto will need to look at other available options. This team, though, has completed the league in style, beating Mohun Bagan 3-1 and standing on the 7th spot on a table of 11 teams. They scored 19 times and accumulated 21 points during the season.
It certainly shows development in a side that completed last season at the bottom of the table, with just four wins under its belt. The team, under Pinto, looks happier. The author has conversed with several players in the squad, and everyone seemed to know their respective roles. There haven’t been clashes, and the boys have been far more welcoming to new ideas and players. This holds them in the right stead for the future, which gapes at them with bright eyes.
With the U-23 qualifiers looming large on some players from this squad that new manager Derick Pereira has called upon, it will be a litmus test for their verve and abilities as they face Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan from 22nd March onwards in Tashkent.
Comments
<br><div><br></div><div>True, really my only problem with this but still, if he is as good as people make him out to be then he should perform no matter the coach.</div>
http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2013/07/20/4128971/sanjoy-sen-i-am-okay-with-pailan-arrows-boys-playing-for-img
<br><div><br></div><div>Sad to see still.</div>
The development of the Indian Arrows project under Floyd Pinto – A complete review
The AIFF development side finished in the eighth position in the league in the recently concluded season.
In a conversation with Khel Now early on this season, head coach of the Indian Arrowsteam Floyd Pinto had named three key players for his squad’s performances. Such predictions from the head coach could disturb the mentality of the rest of the squad, but it didn’t, in the case of the U-19 lads.
Pinto had placed his bets on goalkeeper Prabhsukhan Gill, midfielder and Captain Amarjit Singh Kiyam and hard-working attacker Rahul KP. The prophecy was spot on, looking in hindsight. Prabhsukhan, a boy with few words but a furrowed brow whenever his defenders made a mistake, has slowly and steadily made a name for himself as one of the safer custodians in the I-league.
Kiyam, meanwhile, was set for bigger things from the beginning. He walked the India U-17 side out at the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2017 and hasn’t looked back since then. The defensive midfielder slowly moved upwards on the field in position and proved his worth on most of the occasions he took the spot kick from twelve yards.
Rahul Kannoly Praveen, a winger and full-back at the World Cup, has seen his worth rise by the day. The Kerala-born youngster was one of the most creative players in the league, and not just in the side. He created chances against every opposition, and his ability on the ball is something Pinto has time and again thrown his weight around. Rahul also has a knack of playing through-balls, something only he and Amarjit in the side can boast of doing regularly.
The junior side had a season to remember. Pinto tried many new players, with Aakash Mishra and Aimol Reamsochung breaking through. U-16 players Rohit Danu and Vikram Pratap Singh re-directed the side’s attack after they were drafted into the side, and both boys from Bibiano Fernandes’ team have scored a handful of goals between them, helping the side often.
Vikram Pratap’s hard work earned him praise, as the winger-forward made sure to run the full length of the pitch whenever the need arose. Danu, on the other hand, added treachery to the team’s attacking instinct, and some of his finishes were class. These U-16 boys, along with Gurkirat Singh, have a long way to go, and the season suggests that they are on the right track.
Another player who grew leaps and bounds is defensive midfielder Deepak Tangri. Tangri, who had formerly made the India U-19 backline with FC Pune City’s Sahil Panwar, took Amarjit’s position at No. 5 and never looked back. The former Elite Academy and Mohun Bagan reserves player took his new position like fish to water and screened the defense as if he was made to do it. He jumped high for winning aerial duels, something both Suresh Singh Wangjam and Amarjit lack. After the departure of Jeakson Singh to Minerva, it was important for the coach to add more steel to his defensive midfield, and Tangri answered.
Last season, the Arrows were working on a ploy that their then manager, Luis Norton de Matos, had ideated. This season, they played to their strengths. Boris Singh Thangjam, a right-back under Matos, was regularly used at the wing by Pinto again. Thangjam was used in the same position sparingly by Nicolai Adam as well. Ninthoi Meetei, too, played a part, after a stop-start beginning to the season.
This season has also seen two under-performers from last season come to the forefront and leave a mark. Both Aniket Jadhav and Rahim Ali, forwards that led India’s line at the World Cup, were regularly used on the left wing, a role they thrived in. Jadhav is set to visit England on a three-month-long trial stint with English club Blackburn Rovers, something that would benefit the forward. He needs to work on his finishing.
Central midfielder Lalengmawia, who was criticized during the World Cup for his lackluster displays, played well whenever he was called upon. His free-flowing nature of runs and fluid footwork weren’t the most inspiring but contributed to the ideas Pinto had in his mind.
The central defense, too, had some tremendous outings. Anwar Ali, Narender, Jitendra Singh and at times Lalengmawia, all played safe, disciplined football that wasn’t great on the eye but was certainly effective on the pitch. The Arrows squad used its depth to great effect, and the contribution of the U-16 players shouldn’t go unnoticed.
The team has come a long way but needs to continue to work the same way it has been functioning. Some players that are continuing on loan from ISL sides will leave after the Super Cup, and Pinto will need to look at other available options. This team, though, has completed the league in style, beating Mohun Bagan 3-1 and standing on the 7th spot on a table of 11 teams. They scored 19 times and accumulated 21 points during the season.
It certainly shows development in a side that completed last season at the bottom of the table, with just four wins under its belt. The team, under Pinto, looks happier. The author has conversed with several players in the squad, and everyone seemed to know their respective roles. There haven’t been clashes, and the boys have been far more welcoming to new ideas and players. This holds them in the right stead for the future, which gapes at them with bright eyes.
With the U-23 qualifiers looming large on some players from this squad that new manager Derick Pereira has called upon, it will be a litmus test for their verve and abilities as they face Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan from 22nd March onwards in Tashkent.
https://khelnow.com/news/article/i-league-2018-19-indian-arrows-gameplay-review