This is fourth successive qualification to the final tournament at U16 level. Look at all those batches now. These kids were at once competitive with Asian giants, but they never developed after that mainly because they stop playing after it. The only game time they receive if any is to run out the clock. This same team when it reaches U20 level cannot defeat the same teams it beat before, much worse in U23 level. Another thing is that this pool of players is never expanded. Look at the U17 World Cup squad. Not many players came up in that age group other than those in that squad after the WC. Clubs are not contributing players to the pool, mainly due to lack of proper youth leagues. For a one month league, clubs usually assemble a squad at short notice.
If we want to improve our game we need to start from grass roots. Our midfield is absolutely poor at all levels. We need players in middle of the pitch who are good with ball, can control the game and make smart decisions under different situations.
We have just one plan and that is play through wings using pace and once it is closed down there is no plan B
Uzbekistan is a very good team, I once spoke to Uzbek fan years ago and their secret is simple- They have uniform coaching starting from schools where players are groomed and scouted.
Also players are very skinny and short. If we are aspiring to qualify for WC we need to groom players atleast in few required positions with this attributes
Japan has 250k kids playing competitive football every year between age of 12 and 16, they play atleast 40 games a year. This does not include kids playing the game casually or at school level.
We do not have such structure sadly. And our youth football is plagued by age frauds and AIFF is complicit with age frauds rather than acting against them. We will never improve in football
My 15 year old cousin brother looks like a 18 year old. He is not even strong built.
My nephew 6 feet 3 inches and aged 19 looks a lot younger than his friends.
In countries like India, it's tough to eliminate age fraud completely. AIFF should ban respective state association/clubs if they encourage age frauds.
Difficult to point who is old and age fudging but I will 200% not believe if you told me there is no age fraud in India U17 or almost every freaking team in useless U-17 Youth cup that’s being played currently.
NE boys look like that ..rough faces most of the time..Look at Amarjit.. Players going into an AFC finals are bone density tested for age fraud. No chance that anybody in this group is overage. The U-17 Youth cup might have several Gaurav Mukhi's in it though
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Uzbekistan is a very good team, I once spoke to Uzbek fan years ago and their secret is simple- They have uniform coaching starting from schools where players are groomed and scouted.
We do not have such structure sadly. And our youth football is plagued by age frauds and AIFF is complicit with age frauds rather than acting against them. We will never improve in football
My 15 year old cousin brother looks like a 18 year old. He is not even strong built.
My nephew 6 feet 3 inches and aged 19 looks a lot younger than his friends.
In countries like India, it's tough to eliminate age fraud completely. AIFF should ban respective state association/clubs if they encourage age frauds.