Every year before start of Indian football season there is
always a question mark on one team Mumbai Fc. They don’t have team yet ready,
there star player left the club, they can’t sign any big star player but still
somehow before start of season they put a team on the pitch. It somehow sounds
to me like a moneyball movie, the Coach here Khalid Jamil has done tremendous
job with the little back up he has. He is proving to be one of the best
upcoming coaches in India especially if you look at the work he has done with
youngster.
Every season they are the one the primarily candidate for
the relegation, but for last 3 season they have proved prediction wrong. They
have somehow survived each season with kind of fight back that you always love
to see from an underdog them. But how long they can keep this doing this; I am
not too sure about that. They can do it till Khalid Jamil is there coach for
sure. He is really grown on his own, every season new players, new problem but
yet he produces a team which love to play and fight as a team. Only Abhishek
Yadav has been there longer than Khaid, He has produced a team of performing
youngster year after year. In my opinion he deserves to be an assistant coach
of Indian football team, so he can learn and we can develop coach for the
future.
Personally I am an East Bengal fan but the recent run of
Mumbai Fc has caught my eye. Look at this team, they have drawn with Mohan
bagan, which they should have won and again they defeated prayad united. The
Galaticos of Indian football, they deserve applaud for that. If I would have
been a team owner or say a football reporter I would have run stories how
Khaild is doing it time and time again. Defying the odds, getting the youngster
and player past their prime perform as a team.
This is only team from Mumbai, a city which has lost its
love for sports. In last few years I have not heard any extra ordinary talent
has come out from Mumbai in any sports. Well Mumbai needs its last hope for the
city in sports; Mumbai Fc is one of them. They keep youth engaged and also
there youth team is quite good. They promote their youth into first team rather
than purchasing players from other club. I can see lots of youngster play there
heart out, but when they go to other club they seems to be lost.
I know Mumbai has its own rich cricket team, but this a team
which need real Mumbai supports. I hope Mumbai people come to watch their match
like Pune Fc club supporter. They might not win the league but there are
winning many hearts in the process of their quest of stability. If this team
can be together 3 years they can do wonders.
P.S.: Mumbai might lose itself from football map of Indian
if they don’t do enough to support the teams in term of ground and other
backing.
