Indian Super League

I hope in the future will come good players, not only veterans. Sure, James Keene it's a nice addition and he has only 28, but not enough

 

Adrian Mutu is one of the players in ISL

Thing is the format needs to change then automatically teams will have better players and preseason.

 

He didn't signed yet. Yesterday was on the official site of ISL, but today was cuted from there. I think he will not play in the ISL

 

He was denied Indian Visa for being drunk, he'll be here next week.

 

LOL. you heard that news. was at the embassy. I don't know if is true, but where you read? Me in the Romanian press...

 

News is out already, UK press is first to release such content.

 

aha,

Anyway, he showed his class even at 35. He scored two nice goals 1-2 months ago in the Europa League play-offs. One of them.



but he enjoyed his life too much. Otherwise, a great talent. If he was more disciplined...

 

Mutu is world class, irrespective of his off field issues Indian fans will be delighted to see him play alongside Trezeguet and Kostas Katsouranis .

 

Next game about to start in few minutes. Del Piero not in the starting 11 for Delhi, while Kostas is striker alongside David. Sure, will not be there. Just a graphical error.

http://www.indiansuperleague.com/matchcentre/2014101413848-delhi-dynamos-fc-vs-fc-pune-city

 

Mutu gets his Visa, done deal !

 

Following this with interest.

Wish someone would pick up the rights in the Middle East given the large Indian ex-pat population.

 

India's new pro soccer league kicks off, but will it score with fans?
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/10/sport/football/india-soccer-league/index.html

 

I have watched the Delhi Dynamos - FC Pune game on TV and sincerely it wasn' t absolutely a sold out ( max 35,000 spectators ) !!!

 

Is it safe to say that ISL is more like MLS than like Euro leagues in design (playoffs, drafts, etc) ? It sounds like it.

 

Where'd you come from with that analysis?

 

I think that a 12 teams ( with also East Bengal and Mohun Bagan ) in the next ISL should be perfect !!

 

http://www.firstpost.com/sports/opening-week-170-million-indian-tv-viewers-tuned-isl-1771385.html

 

Well, they'd need to at least have 14 clubs and promotion/relegation.

ISL is a fun league that at the end of it every goes away and the drat system kicks in again for next year...it's not a serious league to go into ASIAN competitions.

 

The biggest problem would be (re: playing in the AFC) the number of foreigners. They have 8 foreigners in each team, the AFC only allow 3 +1 (AFC player) in their competitions. I watched the first half of Kerala v Goa last night, and it was very fast paced with lots of movement. However, passing in the final third was abysmal and other than the international players most players were not of a high calibre (even some of the foreigners were pretty poor). Although it was exciting as most the Indian players weren't afraid to take on the man (even if they didn't really have much skill).

Hopefully though this competition can lead to a higher quality of players in India, and over time the number of foreigners can be decreased. Maybe then they could look at AFC competitions. ATM they wouldn't make it past the qualifying knock-out stage.

The crowd figures are very encouraging, so it may get more legitimacy sooner rather than later.

 

To expand to Bengaluru and Hyderabad next year.