<h1 style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="5">The Dutch coaches in India must develop youth football – Ruud Gullit</font></h1><div><p style="color: rgb(26, 39, 50); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Ruud Gullit, who is in Kolkata on a two day visit, stated that in order for India to be recognized in the sphere of football, there is a dire need to focus on improving the game at the youth level.</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 39, 50); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">With Wim Koevermans, who was Gullit’s team-mate in the Netherlands squad which won the 1988 European Championship, being appointed as the head coach of the Indian national team not long ago and Rob Baan, another Dutchman, having the task of coming up with a master plan to develop the beautiful game in the country, the former European Footballer of the Year believes that under the tutelage of his countrymen, India can make definite improvements saying, “If you ain't Dutch, it ain't much.”</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 39, 50); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; ">“I think Indian football is in good hands. The most important for these coaches is to develop youth football because that is where it all starts. It's important to have training facilities, the pitches.</span>
</p><p style="color: rgb(26, 39, 50); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></p><p style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; ">"Every club there has an amateur team and each team has about three or four pitches. For this reason, every kid has got the opportunity to play in the pitches," Gullit told the media.</p><p style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 17.27272605895996px; ">“So you have to first think of building pitches, the artificial ones because of the weather."</p><p></p></div><div><a href="http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/07/29/3273242/the-dutch-coaches-in-india-must-develop-youth-football-ruud">http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/07/29/3273242/the-dutch-coaches-in-india-must-develop-youth-football-ruud</a>;
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<br><br>he is the____________________th (enter the no.) person to say the above things.<br>
<br><div><br></div><div>Been counting 9489 person (who has said in newspaper). That number increases when you add random fans to 2,029,102.</div><div><br></div><div>(Made up numbers)</div>
<b style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; ">Indian Division One Bidding:</b><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; "><b><br></b></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">I know we have the I-League and IMG league idea and also more league idea's like the CMG league which was for West Bengal and now two of those parties are in a "fight" over what league should be the priority league, or celebrity league etc but what if we did bidding. </font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">What if they AIFF unsanctioned the I-League as the top league and gave the I-League rights to the IPFCA and then they set a deadline in which all the organizations interested in being the top league in India give there model to the AIFF and the AIFF select the best option. Honestly I feel this can be a better thing to do instead of the horrible model we are doing now.</font></div>
while watching i league hls & an old el classico on tv simultaneosly, there we can notice huge difference between the game with problems in indian football...
stadium--as already mentioned by @arsenalkid & others in other discussion thread..
saw banners in fatorda stadium like FLAMING ORANGE for scg, RED MACHINE for curchill bros good idea...BUT WHERE ARE THE FANS???
no cheer for goals in the stadium due to lack of fans,not an atmosphere for football..feel sleepy as in an lecture class in engg college
awkard bounces of the ball during play disturbing the rhythm of the game, while euro league teams play pin point passes,crosses our players don't find the intended target, either it will go out or the marking defender will take it....lack of attacking flair
club names--already discussed by all the members here...
afternoon kickoff--well several premier league games are held on weekend afternoon, we never feel bored but here its pathetic that we switch onto other channels....
no coverage of USFC,SLFC matches where stands are full,never mind the ground ...the fans in the stadium encorages us to watch the game..& it hides irregularities in the stadium
Exactly. Of course people will come back and say how if these teams played in there city then they would be filled but please, we need to have something. At least beat the A-League where the average attendance is 16,000 (If we can beat Melbournes 45,000 a game then I would be impressed).
Anyway, suggestion to solve this..., expansion, not pro/rel. To many great cities where an owner won't bother spending money on a 2nd Division team.
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<br><div><br></div><div>Been counting 9489 person (who has said in newspaper). That number increases when you add random fans to 2,029,102.</div><div><br></div><div>(Made up numbers)</div>
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while watching i league hls & an old el classico on tv simultaneosly, there we can notice huge difference between the game with problems in indian football...
stadium--as already mentioned by @arsenalkid & others in other discussion thread..
saw banners in fatorda stadium like FLAMING ORANGE for scg, RED MACHINE for curchill bros good idea...BUT WHERE ARE THE FANS???
no cheer for goals in the stadium due to lack of fans,not an atmosphere for football..feel sleepy as in an lecture class in engg college
awkard bounces of the ball during play disturbing the rhythm of the game, while euro league teams play pin point passes,crosses our players don't find the intended target, either it will go out or the marking defender will take it....lack of attacking flair
club names--already discussed by all the members here...
afternoon kickoff--well several premier league games are held on weekend afternoon, we never feel bored but here its pathetic that we switch onto other channels....
no coverage of USFC,SLFC matches where stands are full,never mind the ground ...the fans in the stadium encorages us to watch the game..& it hides irregularities in the stadium
Exactly. Of course people will come back and say how if these teams played in there city then they would be filled but please, we need to have something. At least beat the A-League where the average attendance is 16,000 (If we can beat Melbournes 45,000 a game then I would be impressed).
alright
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Scorpion King Higuita may visit Kolkata next week
http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2012/11/05/3503116/scorpion-king-higuita-may-visit-kolkata-next-week?source=breakingnews