yeah rohan you are part of this.... you shall help me in maintaining the player and club profiles
<br><div><br></div><div>Please, call me by my real name... The Indian Robin van Persie.</div><div><br></div><div>But seriously, okay. I already got everything set in terms of Air India, Churchill, and Dempo.</div><div><br></div><div>Right now I just started East Bengal. Should be done with everything by the end of June because I will start exam studying this week, along with setting up classes and all of that.</div>
<font face="Arial" style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">small children + big fields = poor development.... English FA finally do the maths</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">..</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 18px; ">.</span></span></font><div style="font-weight: normal; font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; "><br></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><font color="#00cccc">Reducing the size of the pitch</font></b> and the number of players is designed to develop greater technical skills among budding footballers at a younger age.</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; ">Proposals to reform youth football across England have been overwhelmingly backed by Football Association shareholders.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; "><br></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; ">
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Only teenagers will play on full-size adult pitches from the 2014-15 season, with younger children playing in smaller formats of the game on appropriately sized pitches.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Reducing the size of the pitch and the number of players is designed to develop greater technical skills among budding footballers at a younger age.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The plans will see the introduction of a mandatory 5 v 5 format for Under 7s and Under 8s, with Under 11s and Under 12s playing in 9 v 9 games.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Children in the Under 9 and Under 10 age brackets will continue to play in the already-established 7 v 7 format, before they are allowed to play on full-size pitches from Under 13s.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><h4 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; padding: 0px 0px 4px; font-size: 19px; font-family: SkyTextMedium, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 2); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 200, 203); line-height: normal; ">Step forward</h4><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"The main change is to make sure the future of game is more child sensitive than it has been before," said the FA's national development manager Nick Levett.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"There will be a lot more smaller formats of football - Under 7s and Under 8s playing 5 v 5, which means more touches, more shots, more dribbles and a lot more involvement in the game.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"We're trying to stop that jump from 7 v 7 to 11 v 11, where previously we had children playing on massive adult-size pitches, and have 9 v 9. That is the middle ground between the two.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">"These changes are a massive step forward for the future of children's football in this country."</span>
</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><h5 style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: normal; ">Feedback</h5><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">Eighty-seven per cent of the 778 votes cast by FA shareholders backed the proposals.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">Levett added the plans were put forward after feedback from thousands of youngsters across the country.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">He said: "They were saying 'why have I got to defend the same size goal as <a rel="nofollow" href="http://topics.skysports.com/Petr+Cech/?section=football"; class=" lingo_link" title="Mouse over ^ icon to search." style="outline: 0px; color: rgb(33, 76, 184); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: 15px; ">Petr Cech</a><img id="lingo_icon" class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif"; style="border: 0pt none; background-image: url(http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/icon.gif); float: none; margin: 0pt !important; position: static; top: auto; padding: 0pt; left: auto; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent; visibility: visible; width: 12px; height: 12px; vertical-align: top; display: inline; cursor: pointer; background-position: -22px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "> and why have I got to defend goals which adults use step ladders to put up the nets?'</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"All those things were really clear for us to do something better to make it appropriate for the kids playing it."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; "><a href="http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7783893/">http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7783893/</a>;
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yes good one from the FA.<br>I-league clubs should start investing heavily on pre-season training for fitness and give specific instructions to the players to own the responsibility to look after themselves throughout the year. This will improve the quality of play even with the existing players..at present the players lack fitness..<br>also since AIFF is doing so much, they can arrange a training for all club fitness programmers so instill te importance of fitness and technical know how.<br>
i guess @akshay23 means 8 players have to be homegrown in a 25 man squad..... this happens in premier league....
any player can be counted homegrown if a player is trained for 3 years under the age of 21 by the club or nation
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Lately we have been talking about if or if not to keep promotion/relegation in the league. The majority said to keep it, although I am still for getting rid of it. Anyway I know realistically that we will not get rid of it and also I have seen many new designs for I-League but why... does I-League need a redesign or does I-League 2nd Division need a redesign.</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I-League needs a new structure but does not need a new design like conferences, but I-League 2nd Division does and if we are going to keep a 2nd Division this is what I personally think should happen...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1) Have the 2nd Division FIRST ROUND be divided into 5 groups.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">2) Have each group be ZONAL. This shall reduce travel costs for most teams. Most teams after the 2nd Division go fold because of lack of funds, most of which I guess goes to travel in 2nd Division. So reduce it by having the teams stay within there area. Less travel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">3) Zones: North, North-East (Kolkata included), East, West, South. 6 teams per group. 2 venues per group within your area. 2 games against 5 teams (10 games).</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">4) After 10 games the Top 2 teams join the FINAL ROUND. Now if you have calculated it based on number 1, 2, and 3... based on what I said there will be 2 teams from the North, South, East, West and NE in the FINAL ROUND. So the Final Round of the I-League 2nd Division will be PAN-India. </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">5) The Final Round takes place in 2 venues in 1 city. Each team plays each other twice (18 games) and thus at the end then 10 of the 30 teams will have 28 games and the other 20 will have 10 games. Top 2 get promoted and I-League relegated.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">This is probably the only way to get the I-League PAN-India. We need guaranteed representation from all 5 zones in the I-League 2nd Division Final Round.</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">So what do you guys think.</div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Lately we have been talking about if or if not to keep promotion/relegation in the league. The majority said to keep it, although I am still for getting rid of it. Anyway I know realistically that we will not get rid of it and also I have seen many new designs for I-League but why... does I-League need a redesign or does I-League 2nd Division need a redesign.</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">I-League needs a new structure but does not need a new design like conferences, but I-League 2nd Division does and if we are going to keep a 2nd Division this is what I personally think should happen...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">1) Have the 2nd Division FIRST ROUND be divided into 5 groups.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">2) Have each group be ZONAL. This shall reduce travel costs for most teams. Most teams after the 2nd Division go fold because of lack of funds, most of which I guess goes to travel in 2nd Division. So reduce it by having the teams stay within there area. Less travel.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">3) Zones: North, North-East (Kolkata included), East, West, South. 6 teams per group. 2 venues per group within your area. 2 games against 5 teams (10 games).</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">4) After 10 games the Top 2 teams join the FINAL ROUND. Now if you have calculated it based on number 1, 2, and 3... based on what I said there will be 2 teams from the North, South, East, West and NE in the FINAL ROUND. So the Final Round of the I-League 2nd Division will be PAN-India. </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">5) The Final Round takes place in 2 venues in 1 city. Each team plays each other twice (18 games) and thus at the end then 10 of the 30 teams will have 28 games and the other 20 will have 10 games. Top 2 get promoted and I-League relegated.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">This is probably the only way to get the I-League PAN-India. We need guaranteed representation from all 5 zones in the I-League 2nd Division Final Round.</font></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">So what do you guys think.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>the perfect format to get the league pan indian.....</div><div>but the only i dont understand is why include kolkatta in NE zone??? then no quality team will be left in eastern zone....as you need some quality teams for the zonal teams to improve themselves in may be 2-3 seasons</div><div><br></div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">@Shankar<;/font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Mainly because the purpose of this format would be to reduce the number of Kolkata and NE teams in the league (Well not really but let me explain). Currently we have 14 teams. 4 in Kolkata and 2 in NE. That is 6 out of 14 in NE and Kolkata. </div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Now if we moved Kolkata to the Eastern zone then there would almost me a 100% chance of the 2 Kolkata clubs coming from the East Zone and 2 NE teams as well into the Final Round. That is 4 teams from NE and Kolkata in the Final Round meaning there is more of a chance of yet another Kolkata or NE team in I-League. (I would be okay with a 3rd NE team but that is it for a few years).</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">By keeping NE and Kolkata in one group that would...</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">1) Keep that group SUPER competitive which means more entertainment sense all the teams would be equal in ability.</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><br></span></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">2) The 2 teams from the Eastern Group would most likely be teams from Hyderabad or Chennai which we need in I-League. Now obviously we can guess that if this format is implemented in 2013 then the Hyderabad and/or Chennai teams will get killed and will probably end last BUT at least as time goes on and a spot is guaranteed for a Chennai and Hyderabad team we could see some clubs investing more to get better from that area.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Same with Kerala, Punjab, Delhi etc. They will see that the chance to get into I-League is great.</font></div>
BTW This is not 100% what my proposed plan is. There are faults that I will address and there are financial things as well. <div><br></div><div>I posted this at 4:45 in the morning over here so my head was not in the right place. More later on this plan...</div>
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<br><div><br></div><div>Please, call me by my real name... The Indian Robin van Persie.</div><div><br></div><div>But seriously, okay. I already got everything set in terms of Air India, Churchill, and Dempo.</div><div><br></div><div>Right now I just started East Bengal. Should be done with everything by the end of June because I will start exam studying this week, along with setting up classes and all of that.</div>
</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; "><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Only teenagers will play on full-size adult pitches from the 2014-15 season, with younger children playing in smaller formats of the game on appropriately sized pitches.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Reducing the size of the pitch and the number of players is designed to develop greater technical skills among budding footballers at a younger age.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The plans will see the introduction of a mandatory 5 v 5 format for Under 7s and Under 8s, with Under 11s and Under 12s playing in 9 v 9 games.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Children in the Under 9 and Under 10 age brackets will continue to play in the already-established 7 v 7 format, before they are allowed to play on full-size pitches from Under 13s.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><h4 style="margin: 0px 0px 0.9em; padding: 0px 0px 4px; font-size: 19px; font-family: SkyTextMedium, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 2); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(196, 200, 203); line-height: normal; ">Step forward</h4><div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"The main change is to make sure the future of game is more child sensitive than it has been before," said the FA's national development manager Nick Levett.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"There will be a lot more smaller formats of football - Under 7s and Under 8s playing 5 v 5, which means more touches, more shots, more dribbles and a lot more involvement in the game.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"We're trying to stop that jump from 7 v 7 to 11 v 11, where previously we had children playing on massive adult-size pitches, and have 9 v 9. That is the middle ground between the two.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; "><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; ">"These changes are a massive step forward for the future of children's football in this country."</span>
</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; "></p><h5 style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: normal; ">Feedback</h5><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">Eighty-seven per cent of the 778 votes cast by FA shareholders backed the proposals.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">Levett added the plans were put forward after feedback from thousands of youngsters across the country.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">He said: "They were saying 'why have I got to defend the same size goal as <a rel="nofollow" href="http://topics.skysports.com/Petr+Cech/?section=football"; class=" lingo_link" title="Mouse over ^ icon to search." style="outline: 0px; color: rgb(33, 76, 184); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-size: 15px; ">Petr Cech</a><img id="lingo_icon" class="lingo_icon lingo_icon_black" src="http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/spacer.gif"; style="border: 0pt none; background-image: url(http://static.lingospot.com/spot/image/icon.gif); float: none; margin: 0pt !important; position: static; top: auto; padding: 0pt; left: auto; line-height: normal; background-color: transparent; visibility: visible; width: 12px; height: 12px; vertical-align: top; display: inline; cursor: pointer; background-position: -22px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "> and why have I got to defend goals which adults use step ladders to put up the nets?'</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; ">"All those things were really clear for us to do something better to make it appropriate for the kids playing it."</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.4em; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4em; "><a href="http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7783893/">http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11661/7783893/</a>;
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<br><div><br></div><div>You mean some quota or full team?</div>
any player can be counted homegrown if a player is trained for 3 years under the age of 21 by the club or nation
<br><div><br></div><div>the perfect format to get the league pan indian.....</div><div>but the only i dont understand is why include kolkatta in NE zone??? then no quality team will be left in eastern zone....as you need some quality teams for the zonal teams to improve themselves in may be 2-3 seasons</div><div><br></div>