Indian football thread

masterofnaiads · Sep 12, 2014

Materazzi becomes player-manager of Chennai Titans after they fail to sign Ronaldinho!

We all can hate Chennai together!

necromancer · Sep 13, 2014

Wow perfect. Chennai deserves Matrix.

jammin · Sep 13, 2014

Atlético de Kolkata

necromancer · Sep 13, 2014

Owned by Atleti.

jammin · Sep 13, 2014

Still sounds so ridiculous. :lol:

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Lords of the Bollywood and Cricket clique, please take a couple of Maldivian footballers on charity to this league of superness, and I will guarantee viewership from me and that one other guy who follows Maldivian football. :b:

necromancer · Sep 13, 2014

Any famous Maldivian footballers over 32 and likely to sell jerseys?

derpu · Sep 13, 2014

Salman Khan's club will win.

necromancer · Oct 12, 2014

ISL started today. Atletico de Kolkata looking decent.

jammin · Oct 12, 2014

This looks like Serie A. In slow(er) motion. :lol:

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A couple of friends and I randomly picked teams to support. I drew FC Goa. Forza Virat Kohli, Zico and Pires! :cool:

EDIT: And Andre Santos nice nice :eek:

necromancer · Oct 12, 2014

Better match than I expected. Atletico de Kolkata quite capable. Borja's goal was class. This Fikru fellow is like a 2nd division top European league quality striker. If there was a fantasy league, I'd have picked him.

Mumbai City was really average though.

Considering the occasional quality, this is midtable Serie B level I think.

jammin · Oct 12, 2014

necromancer said:
Better match than I expected. Atletico de Kolkata quite capable. Borja's goal was class. This Fikru fellow is like a 2nd division top European league quality striker. If there was a fantasy league, I'd have picked him.

Mumbai City was really average though.

Considering the occasional quality, this is midtable Serie B level I think.

I will play the shit out of a fantasy league for this :thumbsup:

You can even choose your favorite Bollywood owner and scooter points based on screen time

necromancer · Oct 12, 2014

Ha captain Ranbir Kapoor and you'd win it.

jammin · Oct 12, 2014

Pffft wait till Virat Kohli steps into the arena with a bottle full of Fair and Lovely

necromancer · Oct 13, 2014

Kerala lost 0-1

Michael Chopra is horrible now. The team had so many more chances than NorthEast but couldnt put one in.

Dinar · Oct 13, 2014

ninjammin said:
This looks like Serie A. In slow(er) motion.

Yep, a league of oldies and has beens ~ iTV Commentary during UCL :devilcon:

Patri · Oct 13, 2014

necromancer said:
Kerala lost 0-1 Michael Chopra is horrible now. The team had so many more chances than NorthEast but couldnt put one in.

Kaavile paattumalsarathil pidikkam!

necromancer · Oct 14, 2014

Delhi 0-0 Pune. Del Piero on one side. Italian tactician and Fiorentina's coaches on the other side. Classic Italian start.

necromancer · Oct 18, 2014

Andre Moritz. Excellent player. Hat-trick today; was their best player in match 1 when he came on as as sub as well.

Sven · Oct 28, 2014

Damn, Andre Moritz!... Didn't hear about him in idk, 10 years probably

necromancer · Oct 29, 2014

Was he considered good back then?

His team is the worst team in the league btw.

So far this league is classic Serie B. Teams are dead slow, but that's leading to more instances of skills and fancy goals.

jammin · Oct 29, 2014

I saw the top 10 goals the other day, some really good stuff in there. :thumbsup:

Goa and Kerala :fp:

And they're supposed to be the most passionate football areas in India :lol:

necromancer · Oct 29, 2014

Kerala is actually playing some really creative football, probably the most passing/creative type team in the league. But horrid horrid finishers. They put too much trust in Michael Chopra whose tummy is hanging out in lumps at the moment. Got benched after the first two games. Then there is a chap called Iain Hume who's the only one who seems capable of putting the ball in. Also Kerala has 5 away games first up. I still have hope they'll start getting results soon.

Goa on the other hand has been really bad. Zico has done nothing positive.

Best teams so far - Atletico de Kolkata, Chennaiyin and Delhi Dynamos.

Best player has been Elano by a countrymile. No surprise as he's the only top player in the league who's not past his prime.

KujaIX · Oct 29, 2014

The Elano?

Kerala should offer Jardel one final payday and try and get him back in shape. Just cross it into him.

necromancer · Oct 29, 2014

Yeah, the Elano.

Anelka has debuted yesterday btw after his Quenelle ban. Kinda flopped though.

Sven · Oct 29, 2014

necromancer said:
Was he considered good back then?

His team is the worst team in the league btw.

He was good in the youth teams, but never made anything after he was promoted to Internacional first team.

He played with Pato and Luiz Adriano (or just before them, not sure).

I support GOA because psytrance

necromancer · Nov 13, 2014

So average attendance is behind only the top 4 European leagues: http://www.firstpost.com/sports/isl-best-attended-league-asia-fifth-attended-world-1800615.html

Duration and novelty plays a part of course, but this is a great start.

Rickaka · Nov 13, 2014

Who'd have known India would pull a Qatar

in b4 India WC 2026

necromancer · Nov 13, 2014

Probably 2030. We've got the U-17 world cup in 2017. They are pushing to host Club World Cups and U-20 World Cup just after that. Then the plan is to qualify for WC 2026 and to host WC 2030.

Lord Snow · Nov 13, 2014

necromancer said:
So average attendance is behind only the top 4 European leagues: http://www.firstpost.com/sports/isl-best-attended-league-asia-fifth-attended-world-1800615.html

Duration and novelty plays a part of course, but this is a great start.

So many flavours to choose from in India,we have 2-3 months of Cricket,Hockey,Kabbadi,Football and starting in December,Tennis.Federer is going to be there along with Djokovic,Serena William.10 years back we just had The National Team Cricket Matches to go to.

Its a different feeling altogether to experience the first world problems of your regional football team not performing.

jammin · Nov 13, 2014

Never underestimate the power of Bollywood. You can sell ice to an Eskimo if Ranbir Kapoor is sponsoring it.

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