Arrows were playing good last season. Pinto deserves credit for that. Arrows also had creative players like Amarjit, Rahul kp etc. But the tactics he uses now wont help us to develop players for the Senior National Team which wants to play short passing football.
One thing which everyone is missing is that this is not the complete u16 team which has moved to U18..Our best batch which was the WC team is U-20 now and that's the one that beat Argentina, held Venezuela etc under Pinto and played really well in the I league. This is pretty much some players from Bibiano's previous team and a bunch of new average players
Why does I League not conduct a Tournament now for U19 Age Group, Have the current U19 team take part in it ..and see whether they really finish up as Winners..at least we can get a good 3/4 new players in every position..
@Ronny According to todays starting lineup, apart from Narendar gahlot, Ningthoingamba and Jeakson all were from India u16 team. This team has few players from India u17 team and most of the players from India u16 team. Pinto has also tried to scout players from I league and Isl teams.
We looked okayish in the second half. I will reserve my judgement w.r.t team till the time we play decent opponent(s) on decent grounds and decent conditions.
This pitch is horrendous on top it there were water puddles today. Can't expect players to play tiki-taka here. However,this team definitely needs Danu and Amarjit for Afc Qualifiers.
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Get a foreign coach who is a good scout, knows about age frauds in India and develop players to the same style Stimac wants....
Ind and Ban both won 1 drew 1 scored 3 each against SL
This pitch is horrendous on top it there were water puddles today. Can't expect players to play tiki-taka here. However,this team definitely needs Danu and Amarjit for Afc Qualifiers.