my thoughts on indian football .

 first off let me just me get something off my chest . i will continue with managers series but first off let me just about my motherland bharat (english name india) . there was a afc qualifier that happened this month . the game was against hongkong . india was supposed to win the game but it lost and just like any other india i too am saddened in the defeat but let me tell you i am not here to criticize or defend anybody . 

after the defeat against hongkong bhutia legend of indian football accused the current incumbent of not doing enough for indian football. first off let me tell you i had been playing football my whole life and i had seen various stages of financial struggles to financial riches of indian football . there is isl and various competetions . indian footballers make a decent amount of money and they should admit . although its not like cricket but then let me tell you they make a decent living and have a good financial security compared to old times . 

now coming to problem i think the problem is not with the system but with the player themselves . the indian players lack the ambition to be big and do something on the world stage . i think they are satisfied by living in the pond and dont want to get out because there you will have to work hard and i think they dont want to do that . i was watching facebook clips and there were guys dicussing about the football infrastructure but let me tell you compared to other countries i think india has better infrastructure . the problem lies with ambition and the hard working mentality and looking about yourself in the mirror and finding ways as to how you can  be better . practice doesnt mean that you do the same thing everyday but doing better everday and getting better at things . compared to old times there are many a avenues available to get better and i think we need to do that . the isl had been going for last 10 or 12 years but had it contributed anything or made the standard better . i dont think so . so i think instead of blaming the system its time to get better and improve so that when the next generation come it gets into that habit and we reach some where better .