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Bhaichung: No Harm In Experimenting New Ideas
With the Plan A of the Goal 2011 Project being shelved, Indian skipper Bhaichung Bhutia gave his take on the same and stated that experimenting with such ideas wouldn’t send Indian football plunging downwards.
03-May-2009 12:42:37 PM
The ambitious plan of the All India Football Federation
(AIFF) was to keep 25-30 players under its umbrella and get them to play
international friendlies, practice games and participate in various tournaments
in order to prepare for the 2011 Asian Cup.
After a month and a half of speculation, the AIFF decided to chuck the plan and are likely to opt for Plan B which is that the national team players would undergo a camp of eight months prior to the Asian Cup.
Speaking to Goal.com, the Sikkimese Sniper said, “The Goal 2011 project not going through isn’t a disaster of some sort for the players. They (AIFF) wanted to experiment with a new idea. Now it might or might not work.
“For many years, Indian football hasn’t been great. If the experiment fails, then it’s not that the standard of Indian football would go down from where it is currently. It will remain on the same boat.
“The reality is that Indian football is nowhere on the world map. But there’s no harm in experimenting something as if it doesn’t work, it’s still in that shape where it was earlier. If it clicks, it’s great.”
Rahul Bali
What do you think of Bhaichung's views? Goal.com wants to know...
After a month and a half of speculation, the AIFF decided to chuck the plan and are likely to opt for Plan B which is that the national team players would undergo a camp of eight months prior to the Asian Cup.
Speaking to Goal.com, the Sikkimese Sniper said, “The Goal 2011 project not going through isn’t a disaster of some sort for the players. They (AIFF) wanted to experiment with a new idea. Now it might or might not work.
“For many years, Indian football hasn’t been great. If the experiment fails, then it’s not that the standard of Indian football would go down from where it is currently. It will remain on the same boat.
“The reality is that Indian football is nowhere on the world map. But there’s no harm in experimenting something as if it doesn’t work, it’s still in that shape where it was earlier. If it clicks, it’s great.”
Rahul Bali
What do you think of Bhaichung's views? Goal.com wants to know...
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