 420 grams of loyal followers and salams to the two of you, my brothers, one from the bubble in Goa and another from a different sort of bubble in Srinagar. So yes, on that note, I think let's let's shift focus a little bit towards the latest entered into the I-League, which is of course, mom and sporting a club both of you have played for. What did you guys make of the there? Of course, eight game, but more or less now is of academic interest only because the title has been decided and Mohammed went in as favorites and and I think they got the job done pretty well. Yes, I think they played well and they were the favorites from the beginning. They had a very good squad and if you see the score, it is very much experienced. They have got good players. It was very unfortunate to see they sagged the coach after two games and they won the game. I was eating almost I spelled everything out and he said that. Which is very rarely happening in Indian football. You get someone on board and you give him two games and you sack him suddenly and you play a game which is very crucial to you without a coach. So it was very, I think, kind of tricky for them because they had to win it and sometimes when you sack a coach in the middle of the season, it disturbs the entire squad. And a lot of players, they start gossiping and what is happening in the club? What is this? What is that? Maybe some of the players, they are coaches favorite and they don't want to play under the new coach. Also, whenever a new coach comes, something is different in his mind. Yes, but fortunately they didn't bring the new coach on board. They had the assistant coach who was there with the team. And I think he took the charge and maybe the manager and maybe Dipendu, he is also the ex-player and he is the technical director or something. He has got some experience. Somehow they managed and they won the game and they are through for the iLeague 2020 now. And I think it's a great achievement for them after seven years. They are playing in iLeague. But I would say now if they want to survive, if they have to survive in iLeague and they want to play in ISL, they will have to change certain things in club obviously because they cannot be the same what they were before. Now everything is changing in every club. Football is changing. The mindset is changing. Now they need more professionals in the club. Maybe more in the management now because it's all about management skills. How do they manage the team now? They need to experience coach also who has got the experience and who is well educated. And in every department, I think they need every professional player now. I mean every professional man who can handle the things. The same manager cannot be the coach of the team. And there should not be someone who can be the president of the team and who can actually tell you who to play on the game day. So now things, things has to be changed there and I hope that they will realize it because... Yeah, it's not going to change everything. I hope, I hope, I'm sure. See now the management is new. They have got some young guys in the management. And I hope they have got the investor also now. There is no problem, no money issue. I'm sure there is no money issue at the moment and if they sit and they think what is happening around the football in India and maybe they will build a good squad and maybe they will be one of the teams who will bid for the ISL in next season. Because Mumbai has got a good fan base because Ishfaq and me, we played there. And you have seen how many people, how many people they came and watched the IFHC final. We won against Anmundi club. That was the first time I have seen so many people come to watch the game. And you don't believe when we won that IFHC, Ishfaq and me, we went to the football tournaments. We went to inauguration, Ishfaq and me for the next one month. And in my house, I did not cook the food for one month because every time I used to go to attend some function, I used to get water, biryani from there. So, they are very well, I mean... Meeraj, with these fans, they are superb. They treated, I still remember, I told them last time, someone gave me AC, someone gave me a set-top box when I will stay there. I know, I know. My cable connection was free. So, there is nothing wrong with the fans but those fans deserve at least something better. So, I totally agree with what Meeraj said. If I am a general manager or manager, my management's job is to look at the medical department. If there is a coach like that, we have to look at the players and see what style they play. Who is a good player? What is the strategy of the coach? Then, why did he make this license so hard? When you will tell him who to play, who not to play, then what is the benefit of the coach? But we don't want to get in that, there are a lot of issues. Right now, I recently heard him saying something else. But we have not heard about Yan yet. But whatever it is, as Meeraj rightly said, they deserved. They had a good team. They are lucky, they won the last match without coach. Sometimes, it also has an effect. If you go every time, there are a lot of problems. What happened was that there was no one to blame. There was no one to blame himself. But I am glad that they won. One of the biggest clubs in Kolkata. So, we will come to the I-League. I hope that they will keep a good coach. They will also do management work. Let the coach do the work. Let the good players go. The Kota system will be over. That will not be called official. They are not saying that the official is a wrong player. But the coach has the right to make a team. Because he knows how to play a team. I once again wish them all the best. They deserve the most. They deserve the fans of the players. Not only Kota, they deserve this. And now, the I-League has already got the CDB. The I-League has already decided from last year only. When they have decided about the players, they will use the AFC rule. They will use the 3 plus 1 rule. They have already said that we have a promotion relegation. So, there is a target that you can come to the I-League from a proper channel. It is a fantastic thing for Indian football. And the two or four teams in the I-League If they can manage to make a good team and bring good coaches, I think there is a good chance that we will see a relegation promotion start over. One more big team coming in for ISL. Yes, that is true. Because when the I-S-L top division has been formed, all the big clubs will have the ambition of playing in that. Even the new Delhi club, in fact, Sudeva, is the only club from that massive football market that is Delhi, playing in the I-League. Even they have ambitions of making it to the I-S-L in the future once promotion and relegation opens up. And that then opens up, I guess, some commercial opportunities, the interaction between the wider marketplace and the football club. It allows communities to be built, all of those things. A bigger platform for players to play on, more role models. And then the whole system, I guess, gets a bit catalyzed. But this whole situation was a bit bizarre, I think. And I don't know if you guys have seen it before, but in public, I don't know how you guys see it, but generally isn't that, that's pretty much what a coach is supposed to do. Is this a Calcutta scene, basically? No, no, they have to change, Sudeva. They have to change. And it was happening. Before also, where, you know, management, they used to come and they used to, you know, talk to the coach and, you know, tell him, okay, today he will play, today he will play. And I think in field clubs, Ismengol Mohan Magan, they have changed it now. They are more professionals and they leave everything on the coach. And I think, as I said in the beginning also, I have told you, these are the things that are going to happen in the future. Because if you have to look ahead, they have to give authority to the coach. If there is a coach, as Ishwak told you, if he has licensed A, then what did he do to license A? Because he has knowledge of the game. So if I am the coach, I have played, I have got A license. Now I know how to build the team. Now in case, if we have some suggestions, we have to give authority to the coach. I know how to build the team. Now in case, if we have some suggestions, you come and you speak to me. My request is a suggestion. But you don't force me to go and play in a different system and play someone who I don't think will fit in my system. So that is totally unfair. And which I think some of them, modern sporting officials, they will also realize it, this is not good. Because football at the end of the day, it is the players, the coach and the management, which everyone has to work together. Yeah, management, they have to do their own job. Coach has to do their own job. Players have to do their own job. So if someone from the management will become the coach and the coach will have to become the manager and the players will become the coach, then everything goes wrong and you don't get the result. But anyway, fortunately, this was a short tournament and they did manage to get the results. And we had Jan Law, in fact, on the show, a week before the tournament started, talking about all of these positive things that are happening at Mormon sporting, in terms of the young manager, management, the secretary was seen, all of these people who are football people genuinely interested in the sport. You know, and they're coming in from that perspective. He also said that all of the players that he wanted for the ILE qualifiers, he managed to sign those players. So there were no issues. The club was willing to spend money on players and things like that. Then you had news of the investors coming in, the new kit launched. So there was a lot of positivity, a lot of positive stories coming out of Mormon sporting. And then boom, suddenly. And the same positive that they did earlier, because of that, they won three matches. They got, because the coach worked for a month, they got all the nine points. Everything was in place. And especially for this, they should have no hope of good football or bad football. What mattered in this kind of tournament is three points. So three points, if the coach qualifies you, that's what matters. And their performance is the same. And he won two matches. But what exactly happened and what happened between them, God only knows. But as Maharaj rightly said, you have to change those things. If you want to go ahead and perform, win the ILE, or if you want to become a force where everybody respects you and recognizes you. But if you do the same, like Maharaj said, there was something in Calcutta, in that tradition, in football, officials used to get involved. Which is, everybody knows. There is no hidden story. And everyone knows. Officials themselves know. Absolutely. And Mohan Bagan is an example. They have done previously under Kibu very well. Give him a team and roll him. Do whatever you want to do. Show team and we want the results. Simple as that. And management should ask for the results. There is no problem in that. But at least, if you are talking to somebody, if you are talking to somebody, I might have brought the result to the coach. If you have brought it to him, let him work. Or if you have brought it to someone else, you are doing it to work, but you are doing it indirectly. Is that a failure? Is that a failure? Is your success your success? Which is not fair. So these two clubs, and hopefully Mohan Bagan will, as Mehraj said, Deepu Bhai is their technical director. Footballing. I will handle that. But the management that has come, he understands this. Footballing part, let's leave it to the technical director and the coach and all for them. And you see, the sponsor that has come, keep your terms well. Hopefully, convince them. We will also go to ISL. Don't wait for ILEAK. You also come. We will be happy. Mohan Den is Bengal. If Mohan Bagan comes, it will be much more fun. It will. So in terms of what happened on the pitch, any, not just, Mohan Den, of course, overall, if you look at it, any players that stood out for you guys, any performances that you want to talk about, particularly? Many, I think, any of the figures you think are good enough to play in the ISL, for example? There are that Ghani, Ahmed from Hyderabad, the only which I think Mehraj might be knowing, he did pretty okay in Mohan Den. And I think maybe he has the experience I lost here playing for Hyderabad. There were some good players also, but yes, foreigners made a huge difference, especially for Bhavanipur. I think Shilton had a good tournament again with his experience and all that. And overall, there are talent, but I think they need maybe more matches. Maybe the I-League, now for the Mohan Den players, there are some good players. Azhar Din Malik was good. I felt he did good. Bangalore overall, they look more comfortable with the ball. Some of their players did quite well. That was good and pleasing to see that they played a good football. Bangalore. There is a new team, sometimes they are qualified for the first time. But they have Richard as now, more time in hand. Think over, where did they go? I felt that up front, their... Firepower lacking now. Firepower was lacking. You see that same team, you see the Bhavanipur. If Arja was playing at Bangalore United, I think we would have had a very different scenario. Yes. Maharaj is telling he has a game or something like that. What is the game? I am playing semi-final today in Islamia College. My team is playing semi-final in that tournament. His opponent coach is his cousin brother. Yes, he is my brother. He has put a poster on the social media. Big brother versus small brother. Are you coaching? No, I am coaching the team. Actually, I am the head of this State Football Academy and I am looking from the top. So, I am going to watch the game today. Fair enough. We will let you go in... Do you have 2 minutes? Yes, yes, yes. 2-3 minutes. We will just take some comments because there are quite a few people who have tuned in to watch this live. First of all, a lot of love for both of you has been coming to our comments. A lot of people are saying hi. A lot of love for both of you. So, you are missing Panditji and Dendi. Yes, they are there. When Panditji comes, all the fan base he has made all of them are awakened. He does the walking dance. He does the walking dance. Unfortunately, that is not the case with us. Arka Prabha, who is missing the run of brother Ishwag's wing. So, we will wait for the new wingers and their runs. Unfortunately, for all those of you who are asking, Pandit is busy with the IPL. There is a double header today being Sunday. Navtej, we are also missing Pandit and Dendi, no doubt. But what should we do now? We will have to be happy with the second stringers. What else can we say? These are big people. They will come when they have time. Sikhar is saying hi. Nice to see Sharda as well. Why league structure is not in place and JNK Saurav Halder is asking. We talked a bit about that and I think if Mehraj unfortunately has to go otherwise we can keep talking about that but it is a complicated scenario. Guys, you want to take that question quickly on the league structure and what is happening on the league front? This year the league is not happening because of the COVID-19 and JNK football is still trying to get the permission from the government authorities to conduct the league. But there has been a league in JNK for many years which is happening. And I think the ten teams are the only top teams that are playing there and very unfortunately they are not getting many games. The top best team in our state JNK Bank which is one of the best teams in our UT now has played eight games only in one season which is very unfortunate and if we keep discussing about it it is going to take a long time but I am sure I am sure I am praying and we are trying that the structure of the league changes in here and we have more matches to play we have more teams to come and play and at the same time there is a league for the youth also which has not been there till now and we are actually NIF we were supposed to do it if this COVID was not happening then maybe from next year as NIF International Football's home we are conducting a youth league especially for the youth maybe in 18, 15 and 13 where all the youth players will play and hoping that Juma and Kashmir Football Association will also work not only work with the seniors they will work also on the youth as well. Fair enough. Fair enough. Mohan Bagan fans Sandeep Sarkar is saying that because of iLeague trophy coming home that is the story that we have heard we have also heard that the bridge will be lit up in Mohan Bagan colours not much to cover there guys the league, the iLeague was over a while ago I think we have talked about it at length on many occasions it is good that trophy is coming but they have left our league no problem there will be a new champion and the good news is that there is atleast one club in the league any let me go first just 2-4 I will take more comments a friend of Aditya Narayan who is a lot of you in the whole chat he is spamming he said he is a girl Aditya Narayan from the name ok no danger boy love is good there is a question where how would you rate killer killer 8-8 snake this year's ISL teams as compared to previous year also how do you see KFC compared to the well killer unfortunately the planning this season was very difficult because it was not working and everyone was worried about their safety but as compared if you talk about KBFC we have a very young squad which has a lot of young top Indian talent and some of the really high profile foreign players are coming player like Hooper which we have already another player like Costa who played almost 8-10 years in Danish club Sparta Prague and he was the captain of the team and there are like more good news is on the way good profiles are coming as foreign players but yes that little bit of that preparation has not up to the mark like how we wanted because of this covid and it's not only for us it's for everyone so pre season is little bit hampered Indian players are here and foreigners are still coming so because of that there is no balance but overall good and hopefully we will all have a good tournament fair enough Mehraj I think on that note we might as well let you leave because there are a lot of comments and questions we will keep taking I am on my toes thanks so much for taking the time out you take care all the best for the tournament and keep us happy see you brother soon thank you before we end Isfak this afternoon's chit chat any last thoughts on the qualifiers of course there is one round of games left Bangalore united will play moments sporting tomorrow afternoon at 2pm and at the same time I think it's Aarav versus Bhawanipur these are the last fixtures which we will not be coming to you live because these are now the games are happening simultaneously and our manpower is busy Isfak will have training so will Renity but we will try to join you for a maybe a wrap after those games happen a quick bit but essentially this is our review of the entire tournament so your last word Isfak on how the tournament has gone both from what you saw on the pitch as well as from an organisational perspective and all of that honestly I congratulate Ollidia Football Federation successfully hopefully tomorrow nothing goes wrong and everything finishes well nicely mountain team has confirmed their breath in iLeague which is fantastic there is a wonderful thing the first time they started in this country some sporting event and did it brilliantly except that one case which is still very normal the amount of cases we are getting so that is a great thing I think great job teams have done well they follow the protocols and everything in some good football actually from Bangalore one of the teams who played really good football which was very encouraging for all of us I was happy to see some teams are playing a proper football and you know like Mohammedan they had a good fire power up front and overall good team they won all the three matches and qualified which is a good thing I wish them all the best and a way to go like Indian football have led the show after pandemic which is a great news for Indian football absolutely the IPL players had to run because I think their bus is not there they are a spoiled type so Indian conditions they can't go to jail they don't have a bus so absolutely football and of course the most popular sport in the world so no surprises there in terms of the lead that has been taken so congratulations to Sonando on that front and hopefully the iLeague as well some issues in terms of the scheduling because clubs want a little bit more time to build their squads and all of those issues so hopefully that will also happen meanwhile we have the ISL to look forward to and we will be getting you updates on that although I think I don't think we will have any opportunity as the press as media to get into that bubble even if we go and isolate so I don't know we will have to keep I think they must come up with something I hope so but there is nothing that we have heard so far at least I have not heard maybe the big papers and Marcus might have an update on that we will check with but I am hoping that since now I am not so far away from Goa I am hoping that something sort of arrangements for the media as well if not interacting I am sure they will have media is a very important part also for any sports press conferences and things like that can still happen virtually so if they don't want us to be in direct contact with the players I can fully understand that but there are ways to have a separate entrance perhaps to the stadium maybe they will whatever I am sure they will have a separate entrance or something a separate box for press because it is very hard to report on games if you are not present at the ground and watching the players because television might be great but at least those of us who report on sport are not used to doing it off the tube so let's hope that that works out I also want to make a quick comment on Garwal FC the Garwal heroes the Delhi based club they also played quite encouraging football actually in the end even Arah who were the kind of outsiders in the tournament they grew into it they managed to draw against Bangalore they scored a goal against an own goal of course but they got on the score sheet against Momdan earlier when Renédy and me and Pundit you were there also this tournament is like it won't give you time to settle you lost first match you are almost out so there are only 4 matches where is there chance to settle in and then play a catch up game by the time your teams are you feel comfortable and you adopt the environment the ground and all that the tournament is over and that's what happened for Garwal and Arah our friends are making some plans to play against Garwal maybe in the Delhi league when it will happen it will be very good then we will call you you will also come we will come to Delhi okay so on that note I think we will wind up this conversation as well as our coverage more or less of the iLeague Qualifier 2020 congratulations again to Momdan sporting club and all of the Momdan fans in Calcutta and all over the world wherever you are we look forward to seeing you in the iLeague after a long gap it should be fun good to have some Calcutta representation in the iLeague once again on 420 grams on this channel like and subscribe press the notification bell all of that and please keep your feedback coming as well and we will come up with now there will be a bit of a gap between the next on pitch action so we will think of other things to chat about we will get updates maybe from different parts of the country figure out what is going on in various places some ex footballers from from all over there Ishwak and us we have friends I think from most places where football is played in this country as well as the women's game so we will do some of those updates in the coming weeks meanwhile thank you very much for joining once again and we will see you next time