How many Indian foorballers are actually from Urban areas? Not even 1%. And BTW a standard cricket ground is much bigger than a soccer ground.
but a kid won't start playing cricket on a big ground ....
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How many Indian foorballers are actually from Urban areas? Not even 1%. And BTW a standard cricket ground is much bigger than a soccer ground.
Bro , I strongly disagree ....teams from the subcontinent like India , Pakistan , Bangladesh, SL , Maldives --dont have the required talent levels to play such sort of skillful football as the spaniards or brazilians or portugese do.
Such a policy will backfire bigtime .
THe way ahead for us , is the British/German way of strong , tall players with good physique ( for headers etc ) . And they should be given full support by the boards and govt in the form of proper nutritionists , physical training , strategy etc .
The short paas strategy works only when you have beyond par dribbling skills and the ability to exploit open gaps in seconds.
Today's football is perhaps 10% skill and 90% fitness. So rather than focusing on the technical aspects of football like short passing, possession football etc., we should first focus on improving the fitness standards of our players.
Even though environmental conditions in India are not conducive for outdoors training, we have enough money to build indoor training facilities. And the poor standards of diet should also be improved. It's not as you can't build muscle and body mass by eating only vegetarian food .....
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but there is no reason we cant play short pass game. You dont need 11 players with dribbling qualities. Pedro, busquets, pique, puyol, alonso, fabregas, alex song, wilshere all these player are not known for their dribbling. But because they were grown up in academies where the focus is on passing they have an eye for a pass that opens up the defence. We just need that youth system. Unfortunately here in Pakistan there is no one (atleast what i have seen) trying to do this.
First German have changed their tatics to attractive and aggresive football. Wth their young players in 4-2-3-1 formation they like to dominate the midfield and control the game
If we are technically not that good then ok we may play something like this which proved to be successful.
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but there is no reason we cant play short pass game. You dont need 11 players with dribbling qualities. Pedro, busquets, pique, puyol, alonso, fabregas, alex song, wilshere all these player are not known for their dribbling. But because they were grown up in academies where the focus is on passing they have an eye for a pass that opens up the defence. We just need that youth system. Unfortunately here in Pakistan there is no one (atleast what i have seen) trying to do this.
Agreed with the post except the first statement. Fitness is a mandatoey requirement for sports especially for being world class. There can not be any compromise. But beyond that , it is skill that makes difference among playes. So it is not possible a % break-down between fitness and skill. If you see the top players you can understand , without a certain level of fitness they could not have fully utilise their potential (i.e their skill)....
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(a), Alex Song is a pathetic passer of the ball IMO. He's got great speed, but his passing skills leave a lot to be desired.
(b) Most of the players you mentioned are products of the La Masia. They have grown up together and have built an understanding of each others' playing style. La Masia also places a tremendous emphasis on stamina and physical fitness. That is why you can see the Barcelona players chasing after the ball towards the end of the match, while their opponents have tired out. If you see the stats in any Barca match, the top distance covered would be by Xavi and Iniesta. So fitness is the basic starting point from where you build your team, not skill.

thats what i am saying. You need need skills to play attractive short pass football. All you need is a good coach who makes his team a unit and give them the calmness required to pass the ball around. And of course for this you need players who are playing such football from the start.Pakistan has done a good thing that is bringing foreighn born Pakistanis who are playing mostly in European clubs . If they can bring some success, it will bring the interest among people. That will bring investment for infrastructure etc....
At present 7 of your footballers play in England and Walse, one in USA, one in Denmark, one in Iran and Zesh Rahman now plays for Muangthong United F.C.,Thailand.

Hahahaha... anyways, quick question for you. As an Arsenal Fan, what's your opinion about the Cesc saga? IMO, having a captain who clearly wants to leave the club brings down the moral of the team. It's better to just let him go rather than distract the rest of the team.
And this morning Barca offered Arsenal just 27 million!!!! Thats almost half of the out of form torres and 3 quarters of Carrol. He has a contract untill 2014. WTF is this. At the same time sanchez is being bought in about 37 million. go give that money to your mama barca. Arsenal dont want it.
He always say Wenger is like my father. He never said I want to leave Arsenal. He only said if i leave Arsenal i will go to barca, nowhere else. If barca cease to exist tomorrow he will end up his career at Arsenal. Thats what a fraction of Arsenal fans think. I am one of them