 Hello and welcome to another episode of 420 grams, your weekly football distraction where everything in the world is going wrong. We come to you with a conversation every Sunday to at least take all that stress or that tension away for a couple of hours. Joining us on this special episode this Sunday where we're talking about all things Mohammedan sporting are two gentlemen who know that club extremely, extremely well. One is a regular on the show, of course, Ishfaq Ahmed, who is with us from one bio bubble in Goa. Ishfaq has played for all the big three Calcutta club, the Spengual, Mohan Bagan and of course Mohammedan sporting. And we have the current head coach of Mohammedan sporting itself, who joins us from Calcutta where the I-League second division or the I-League qualifiers it's been called this season is in the final stages of being set up. Yann, thanks so much Man for coming in this Sunday and taking time out on sort of your off day maybe from training. It's my pleasure. How are things going first of all? How's the team shaping up and how are you all feeling about the upcoming tournament? We had a good pre-season. We had about a month's long camp in Kalyani. The boys were together. Everything was running smooth. And then we got tested several times. I don't know. I've lost count. A number of times I've been tested. But yeah, it's good. It's good for us. And then we just finished our four days quarantine in Hayat where we end the bio bubble. So these four days have been difficult. There was no fresh air. There's no balconies. We can't go to any other floors. We can't go to the terrace. There's nothing. It's just been sitting in our rooms in the AC and we had our first session today after four to five days. And it was a little difficult for the boys because it was quite hot outside and we were staying in the AC for the last five days. So yeah, getting used to the new normal and hopefully we can do something good this season. So how is it? I mean, that whole thing, I mean, I hope some of the guys aren't falling sick and all that with all this air conditioning and the hotel closed environment and the food and everything. How is the team sort of acclimatizing? You know, actually the team is doing really well because the food and the stay, everything, AIFF, IFA, the IE department, they're doing a fantastic job really. I think about this also a couple of days back. So, you know, they're doing a fantastic job. We are feeling safe in here and, you know, we can't really train on the pitch. We can't train in groups. So these past four days, I was having virtual training with the boys. So we were training each of them. They were working in their rooms in pairs. So, you know, at least something is better than nothing. So we were having video sessions, we were having the cardio sessions, we were having strength sessions, everything in their rooms through video. So, you know, this is how the new normal is and we have to try to adapt to this. And this is the first time it's happening. We are the first teams to sigh this, you know, and we have no one to learn from. We are making our own mistakes. We are, it's all trial and error. You know, so it's a new start, but I think it's quite a unique experience, I must say. Yeah, for sure. I think when you maybe started thinking about getting into coaching and we'll get into a little bit of that background story and how that happened in a bit. But I'm sure you didn't really imagine that you would be in a situation where not only would there be this pandemic and all of this going on, but that you would be at one of the clubs. There would be one of the clubs that would... Sorry, there's some echo happening. Yeah. Are you also getting an echo? I think Swagbhai needs to mute. We're all getting used to how things operate nowadays. So I was saying, I don't think you would have ever imagined that you would be at the forefront of this experiment or this as it were. From a coaching perspective, how challenging is it to get because obviously you have a bunch of boys of different ages, different sorts of experience, all of that on the team. Also languages and that kind of stuff and different people take to learning in different manners. So how challenging has it been in that sense to just communicate with the team now, especially now that you're doing so much of it virtually? See, I don't think that it's that difficult. More than I think a team, I feel it's handling individuals. You know, if you can handle individuals, if you have a good relation, one-on-one relation with each player, with each member of your staff with the officials, I don't think you should ever have any problem as a coach. That is what I feel as a coach. Others might have their own views and opinion, but this is how I feel it's more about handling individuals than the entire team. And about language, I think football is a language in itself and I don't think there are that many issues that we are facing. But yeah, some people, we have players from almost 12 states and sometimes it does get difficult. Maybe they can't understand something, but you know, we are always open and before any player would have any issue, they would come to our room, come to the coach's room and sit and discuss their issues. But now they can't come and they can't talk to me personally because it's not allowed. So, you know, all meetings are done virtually. So it's a new twist to this coaching scenario right now. And I think all the coaches need to, you know, work around it and upgrade themselves if they want to, you know, make this an easier situation for them. Because trust me, it's not, it's really, it's not that easy. Like people think that we are just in a bio bubble and that's it. But it's been really tough. Trust me, it's been really tough. We have four days sitting in one room. For us, it's 10, for us, it's 10 days. And we are sitting four days in the room thinking of four matches, you know. There's not much to think about and all your focus is there, you're getting sleepless nights sometimes. Players are calling in the middle of the nights in coach, we need this coach, this problem, that problem. But you know, so we have to learn to adjust and yeah, we're doing our best. Let's see what the results say now. Isfag brother, jump in whenever. No, no, no problem. I was just trying to see what kind of, what are they facing because we are in the similar kind of boat, you know, like we are, even though they are only four days, we have 10 days. I can understand. I think me being from Kashmir, so I'm used to it. So not to me. I am okay to sit in room and, you know, like do zoom meetings and all that. Kashmir was the toughest away match for us last season, Isfag brother. Because no internet, no mobile phone, there's no nothing that is very difficult. But what an environment. So it becomes more difficult, even if you're a free one, but you don't have your mobile phone working in today's world and no network and no internet. Even if you are on, on the road, you can go and buy something, but life becomes difficult. But leaving that aside, I wanted to know, you know, like everyone want, you know, like I played in all three clubs. So I know how management is demanding there. I think the Buddha being there is a biggest plus point for you, right? So, you know, this, the new management that came into this club recently. That was one of the driving points that got me to this club, because a very young group, you know, Sheikh Wasim Akram is the new secretary. You have the pen Dubis was the legendary ex player of this club. You have Shari Kamar, you have Dr. Taha. So, you know, these guys are all in the early 30s, late 20s. And it's fantastic to work with this sort of management because they all understand football. They're young, they're energetic, and they want to do for the club. So, you know, it's just a fantastic experience working with them because these people know football. And, you know, you can see from outside how this club has changed in the past couple of months. So, you know, as of now, everything is positive. I've had no problems as such over here. Whatever you've got, whatever players I wanted, they gave me so no problems here. Everything is just fantastic. Well, that, that for me, you know, like that's a big plus point. If you're telling me the, those changes are already there now and you feel like they are supporting you. I think that that was one of the biggest, always, you know, like a criticise, I might say, like for all the three clubs. I won't target only modern sporting. I think, you know, like the interference of these officials used to be always in the technical side. I'm not talking about what management side, management side, they are free to do whatever they want to do. But it has been a culture in Kelkata. And I'm glad that now, you know, like you, whatever you are saying, like now, young people are there, especially I know they could have from very close, have played with him, shared the same dressing room also. So, people who know football and are there is a welcome thing for me also because I have also a lot of emotion and memories attached to this club. I still remember when we won the IAPHC after 37 years and I used to live in parks like this area where Annie, I used to not to pay for anything. Most of the things were free for me and that was just love. I still remember the cable guy. I didn't have the set-top box and everything. He took the set-top box out from his office and gave it to me. He said, no problem, use it. The AC guy, he came personally and fixed it. And a lot many, you know, like I'm not talking about I'm saying the love for the club, you know, like, and I think they are one of the big, they have the one of the biggest fan base in India. Yeah, definitely. And I mean, 1891 onwards, lots of stories, 100 plus years of stories there. So, Jan, let me ask you, you've come into the mom and job from a very different sort of establishment in terms of a club in Punjab, which is a young club which starting its story and you go from there into the sort of the cauldron of Calcutta and one of the big three over there. What was that shift like for you personally and how did that come about? What was the process? Tell us a bit about that. When Minarwa the offer came in, I was really shocked. I never expected it, you know, so early in my career because nobody expects to be a coach in the I-League at the age of 26. Players are still playing at that point of time. So when I got that offer, I was really shocked. I didn't believe Mr. Bajaj. But, you know, I thought he was joking around, but he actually was pretty serious and he got me on board. And it was fantastic because, you know, it was a new challenge for me because that team had just got saved from relegation the previous season. And, you know, I was taking over that squad. So that was a huge challenge and we were surprisingly we finished second with East Bengal, you know, in my first season in the I-League. And I was surprised myself with what we could do and, you know, team performance and post that I had a couple of other offers in the I-League, some in the ISL, some in the reserve team. So the offers were there, but I never thought that I would come to the second division after having such a good season in the I-League. So I thought maybe I-League and maybe, you know, going into the ISL was what my plan was. And a lot of people had told me that otherwise we all senior coaches who I really look up to, they also told me now go forward. But then when the moment in sporting offer came in, I thought that this is a fantastic project and this is a different challenge. And for a boy from Calcutta coaching, one of the Calcutta clubs, you know, and the I-League qualifier happening in Calcutta, the I-League happening in Calcutta, I think that was the biggest, biggest opportunity I could have got and biggest challenge I could have got. So, you know, the management was also just new and they had new ideas and a new vision for the club. So a lot of things just, you know, just added up and it was just perfect for me. And I thought that, yeah, a move back home to Calcutta would be the right one. And I signed up and I think this is just a wonderful experience. This is one on my bucket list, you know, and any coach from Calcutta would love to coach the big three. And moment in sporting is one of the biggest. So, yeah, one ticked off my bucket list. Now, hopefully very, very early days, man, for you to be talking about your bucket list and all that. Hopefully a long, long career ahead. Like you said, you're only late 20s. And it's great to see, you know, young, very young, extremely young coaches coming up and getting top jobs, not, you know, second assistant or things like that. And to see management trusting you with those kind of responsibilities. So you're talking about this new project or a great project. Tell us a bit about what the project is. Of course, bringing Mondan back into the top tiers of Indian football is that project. But is it something that is a long term kind of thing that the club management is looking at? What are the kind of objectives and what in mind are you going forward? Definitely even the club has expressed its views also on this. And right now, first priority is winning this qualifier, going into the I-League. Then second one is doing well in the I-League. And then the third one is going into the ISL. And this is what the club's plan is in maybe in the next three to five years. Maybe earlier, maybe later, nobody knows, but this is in their roadmap. You know, and they are really looking forward to going there. So that is what attracted me towards this club because they're not just here to participate. You know, and it's been six years that this club hasn't been in the I-League. They've been trying to qualify and they've not been able to qualify. And the club like Momona Sporting deserves to be in the I-League or in the ISL even, you know, because of the heritage this club has, the history this club has. 130 years old, it's not a joke. Nowadays, some clubs don't even last 10 years and they shut up. You know, so 130-year-old club and establishment when they have such a good vision and they are trusting me in that vision. So I think that it was a no-brainer and I was quite happy to work with Momona Sporting. Great, Jan, I just, you know, like you must have known, like you will be knowing all the players who are playing for the other clubs and all that and already, you know, like done your homework also. What do you think like about other teams? What do you feel like, you know, like the competition will come from? Who do you think that? See, you know, I was studying the first round of the I-League second division when it just stopped because of the COVID and I saw each and every team that is here right now has literally revamped the entire squad. Each and every team. So almost 50% of each squad is changed and, you know, because all players are sitting idle right now in the country. Those who are in the ISL are there. Most of them are sitting free and, you know, it was quite easy to get in players just for this qualifier and players wanted to play. So you can see Bangalore has made some good signings. Then Bhavanipur has made some good signings. Ara has made some good signings. Garwal has made some good signings. Maudele has made some good signings. So, you know, on paper already, you can see a battle going on but now the battle on the pitch is remaining but everybody is really looking serious to this. So leaving, we don't want to... Sorry, Annie. Just, you know, like, what do you feel like now you have been in team? How confident you are, like, you know, since you were talking about the project, you sound very optimistic, you know, from this tournament. You know, like, how you have seen now your team, you are working with. What is your personal view? Are you happy or are you satisfied? Do you think that it's enough? You can go through? See, we would have wished for a longer play season, to be honest, because, you know, a month is literally nothing but one month, what we managed to do, I think I'm pretty satisfied with the squad and I won't say the team is overconfident but we are quite confident on going forward because the boys have been working really hard. Some of the players who have been in this team for the last four to five years, they've been trying to go to the I-League for the last couple of years but they've not been able to go. So the boys are really hungry and the new signings also that I made, they really want to take this team to the I-League. So, you know, these boys have been putting in some crazy amount of effort, I've not seen it like that and, you know, I won't say I'm overconfident but the boys are pretty confident. But it's a great opportunity for you also, you know, like you making, you know, promoting the team under you is a fantastic thing for you also for future. No, absolutely. So, you know, this is something that will be written down in history. So if I can help take this club back to the I-League, there's nothing like it. And, you know, maybe promoting some other team and promoting more is putting a huge difference. Absolutely. That's why this club means so much and it's not just for us, not just for me, for the players but for the millions of fans they have all over the country. You've played for this club, you must have, you know, felt the atmosphere, not just in home matches but also in away matches. They are one of the largest organic fan bases in this country and it's just incredible, you know, just working in this club with this sort of a fan base. I can't agree more with you. I think this club do deserve, you know, like more heights. You know, I think the second division is not the place for them. They need to be much higher, you know, like, as Ani said, some team, like, we have seen a lot of teams who even became the I-League champion and I know we are now in 10 years or 15 years or in 20 years and one team to be there, you know, like sustained everything, you know, still going strong and still having that ambition to qualify from second division to first division and first division probably from ISL. I mean to say, qualifying route to I-League and then ISL and it's really fantastic. I wish you, you know, from my side, I wish you all the best, you know, there are good teams. May the best team win. Let's be the politically right. And yeah, it's going to be exciting. I hope there is live streaming for the matches or live telecoms for the matches. I don't know, everybody is excited about this season's qualifiers, I think earlier I thought it was only me but I think everyone is talking about second division qualifiers and, you know, I think it's going to be exciting. Last Sunday we started off and then for two and a half hours we were talking about what may or may not happen. We had another young coach on Mungi was talking about Bangalore United but also of course all of the other things associated with it. Sorry, sorry, go on. Yeah, it's not only, I think it's a good battle between coaches also, young coaches. Yeah, absolutely. Competing and that's our future, you know, like I think we're very well qualified. And we did play on and we did a license together in my last practical, he was my captain in practical. So, so... So I'm going to ask you guys in a bid to compare each other's coaching styles and like give each other like a bit over to do some kind of exercise like that maybe. Yeah, surely. Maybe. Jan, go ahead. You have seen me, so no problem. Yeah, because our show is a little bit of a coach's show, one way or the other because we have a bunch of people coming on regularly of course Ishwag and everybody are regulars on the show and they're both qualified coaches and they're very much involved in coaching on a regular basis. So it's very interesting to have, of course, it's great to talk to players as well but to have the coach's perspective on things always adds a bit of different layers to the conversation. Yeah, that's for sure. I'm very envious of Ishwag Bhai because he's been able to work with some of the top coaches in the world and I'm sure he's been a fantastic learning experience. You will learn more than any course will teach you what he's been through and I'm sure that when he takes over any team he will be on fire. I know him as an individual and I know what he can bring to the table. So I'm really looking forward to that and I'm really envious because he's been able to work with so many top coaches and right now with Kibu, we faced Kibu in the iLeague and he's also a good coach. So a lot of ideas you can bring from so many coaches and I'm sure Ishwag Bhai's brain is now full of ideas. Thank you, Jan. But one of the things, like a lot of people have told me that I should look for now head coach job and all that but honestly my philosophy was a little bit different. I wanted to first learn from as you said I thank Allah for this like giving me opportunity to be the assistant of people like Steve Kopel then Elko, then now Kibu also. So it's still You were also at Kerala when the legend that is David James was there, wasn't he? Yes, yes, I was there. Sorry, sorry, go on. So for me, there were offers also for me also to take over the team but I felt I still need like a year or up to get the experience from the best and yes, learning never ends as you keep and coaching is how the coaching is very similar way you can't just stop you have to learn new things there were systems have been changing new ideas have been coming in football I don't know whether you heard the peps interview he says that what I have done the last time I want to do something different I want to see how to overcome all top coaches have been upgraded themselves so I think for me I am a little bit blessed to work with some of the top coaches even the assistants who they've gotten with themselves but yes sooner or later I have to do it myself also and yeah, let's go for Yan I think Yan is very much so why don't you go on Ishwar tell us a bit about since you guys have been classmates in your in your coach education tell us a bit about what you have noticed about Yan and his style and his you know his perspective that he brings to the pitch well I know him from when he was playing first this year they are seven style and all so way back when I was in Istanbul or Monbaga I think we might have played each against each other for those five or side or together also so so one good thing is that he is a good footballer himself also you know like I don't know what made him think to get into coaching so early but I think he plays he knows the game he plays himself and one good thing about him is he has the right knowledge and is calm and I think that you know like now I heard about him when he was talking about how difficult it is and what is important how I'm sure now he must have learned the management part like managing players because now he has the experience real time experience and I think that is very very crucial part for me also I very much believe in managing players you know and you know like when you play top when you coach top players you can't teach them anything new you know like they already know the technique and everything how to play football the best thing you can get out of them is 100% their potential you know by maybe sometimes being a friend or sometimes being a fatherly figure or or a brother kind of thing you know or sometimes little bit you know strict to them so those skills I think which he definitely must have you know like learn from the last year now still going because he's the head coach now I think technically now the latest generation of football coaches who are former footballers and now coaches technically I think they are very sound now educated and I think all of us we will learn how to manage a team will be a fantastic and fantastic for Indian football I don't know Jan tell me is it is it a challenge sometimes when you may be there players on some of your teams who are older than you and who have spent several years playing in the top division what is this sort of I mean it could be both it could be helpful as well to have those guys on your side and you know but how do you deal with some of these things that might come up to you in the heat of you know when you're in season and things are happening and sometimes things are going well sometimes things are not so you know last season in Minerva I had quite a senior team I had Jupradhaan, Kevin Lobo Anwar Ali Rahi Jupram you just name them and most of them are older than me most of them including the foreigners you have Kingsley, Dipandadika Kiran Chamcher everyone was pretty older than me but as I told you if you have that good one-on-one relation with every player it makes the job much easier and having you know figures like them it made the dressing room a lot easier to handle trust me because you had leaders in the dressing room and so many of them we did not know who to make captain you know because our squad was that sort of a squad last season so yeah it's always been good with them of the pitch I told them give me 200% on the pitch of the pitch you can come let's go clubbing also I don't mind you know so yeah but I always I'm very demanding on the pitch of the pitch you can be my best friend you can come chill in my room we can go out for movies you can do whatever you want but on the pitch you know it demands a lot more but now coming this year to moment in sporting average age of the team is much lesser than what it was last season I've gone for a younger inexperienced squad you know so young guys who been playing continuously for the last couple of years in the ISL who know the league who know Indian football I've signed them even the foreigners you can see we have Kingsley and Plaza used to approve in products in Indian football and that's what I wanted to go because we didn't have time for trials we did not have time to you know sign a player see if he's good and then maybe again change the player if you know he does not perform so we were very clear on what we wanted and I went for much younger squad because I know four matches the gaps are much smaller you know in between the games and wanted to take this team to the league because there's hardly any time once this league gets over the qualifiers the window closes in another one or two days so we won't have time to sign any players as such so we went for a much younger squad and trust me last year the experience working with those senior players helped me a lot because now it's much easier I feel it's a much easier task working with the younger bunch and you know I'm having a ball I love what I'm doing and the boys also they can relate to me that's the most important thing you know before there's to be a huge age gap between players and coaches huge you can say maybe 20 30 years but now they're all very similar and they can relate even Ishfaq Bai will we will tell you more about this but you know when the players and coaches are pretty similar in age you can be more free you can talk in better ways you know the communication gap will never be there so that that was quite helpful my age was quite helpful in fact to get me to where I am today but you know it's not me every day is a learning experience every day I'm still learning I can't say that I know everything whatever I do is right but every day I'm learning myself and I want to learn more and you know it's just fantastic I just want to keep working and get better as a coach so it's taking with the current squad that you have and it's interesting that you told us that you kind of built that squad or put together the squad looking at the ID not just as the qualifiers how much of a challenge was it to get together the players that you wanted firstly and secondly with now four weeks in sort of some kind of preseason do you have in mind some idea of your first 11 or first 15 at least is that shaping up main thing when we're putting the squad together is I wanted players who played with me who know my style of play who know my system and the other players who haven't played with me I had to be sure that they would fit into my system so those are the kind of players I'm looking for not just looking at their performance last year or their stats or you know just their videos it does not really matter to me so if a player fits my philosophy if he's played under me before you know they know because the time is very short to start from scratch all over again even if you see the team list many of them have played under me before and a lot of the players who I've retained I know can fit into my system and they have and even the new signings have fit into my system perfectly as we had planned and you know this is the first time in moment of sporting we had a technical analyst we never had these things before so the management was very very supportive whatever I wanted to give me I wanted an analyst he got me I wanted XYZ players they got me I wanted camp these many days they got me I wanted you know whatever I wanted whatever my demands were they fulfilled and you know I'm really thankful to them and the best we can do is repay them by giving them the results that they deserve so so are you guys comfortable with the favorite stack going into the tournament it can be bad also because sometimes the guys can get a little bit more relaxed you know which we don't want and I don't let them interact too much with the media with the press right now you know not too much of that because it will take them to the sky and you know bring them down is a problem so every day we've been sitting together we've been having team meetings previously before coming into this bubble you know we've kept everybody focusing that everybody is here to win I don't think any any team is here just to participate everyone is here to win and everybody's made a squad also that is capable of winning but we are the team that can also beat for sure absolutely and they will come at us and we have to be prepared for that and I know for a fact that we being in the iLeague will add value to the iLeague moment in sporting in the iLeague will add value to the iLeague I don't know how many people will agree with this but you know East Bengal is out into the ISL more into the ISL so I think moment in sporting can add a lot of value to the iLeague I don't think only iLeague I think ISL also in future you know if moment in qualifies for ISL also I think I think it's as big as East Bengal there is no doubt they come with the history and everything and you you have seen that even I have seen that when I played iLeague for them East Bengal it's the same similar pressure same same kind of amount of people come to watch you know like it's a derby again I think some somehow over the years moment in not doing really well in iLeague has diluted that rivalry between Moon Bhagwan and East Bengal otherwise I rank it up there I still remember when we played IFA shield final against Bangladesh team it was full house and what a fantastic feeling like there was like fans everywhere you go out fans there you when I reached home fans there so you are not sure where they are coming from you know I think I think they will definitely add up value to any league no pressure around but also we are talking about fans and all of this is connected to us a youth icon youth's voice youth's voice which is their current plan when we start the show we don't know so that in the comments people keep asking where is Arjun Pandit where is Arjun Pandit no one said yes sir I will tell you welcome to the show Arjun Pandit apologies to Yan and Nishwag he is our own apologies to him apologies to all of you first of all those who are watching when you come home don't take an old house I have been in this house for 9 months sometimes something is breaking sometimes something is breaking I mean I can change my designation Arjun Pandit's urban clap I am fixing the pump I am fixing the electricity I am working with other pumps but good to see all of you yes and apologies once again if in Yan's world if I was a player right now I can see I am late by 40 minutes so 1 minute is 100 rupees because atleast this would have been fine in Goa so 400 rupees fine Yan 100 rupees 1 minute is nothing would have half your salary would have gone I used to earn half the salary poor guy, so I used to earn 4,000 yes sir I understood your heart I am sure you guys have done the usual stuff I won't ask you that but when I joined in we were talking about the value of adding to the league so there is the obvious value of history and you know wherever so we guys are Delhi boys so whenever mom would come to play in a baseball stadium sir mom's support is different however that support was an old school support base if you see Indian football nowadays there is a new school of supporters coming into Indian football and you suppose that is the target area you guys need to go after because would you say that there is a lack of supporters of this new school of thought or these young boys who are coming in no no honestly speaking nowadays youth is fantastic and they understand football now we are getting fans who understand football before you know fans would just go to enjoy the environment or you know the experience just for the experience people actually understand football and they are hardcore fans so if you would have seen the previous round before the matches got cancelled due to the covid the iLeague second division whenever mom would have played stadiums almost packed and your average fan is like 20-25 or younger than that yes it's quite a young fan base right now definitely the older batch is still there but you know they are younger the kids, the grandkids everybody is coming into the stadiums now and whenever mom is sporting is playing a match even if you would have seen the Calcutta League this year you will never find an empty seat in the stadium it's really fantastic to see it's like a festival when mom is playing whole of park circles everybody they all come and it's just a fantastic environment and atmosphere to be in unfortunately we won't be getting that now for a short period of time but I think that would work in your favour right because you are playing in Calcutta you are the big favourites with the big name signing with the big coach and now you don't have any fan pressure anything to live up to go in there concentrate on the game and move around bro you don't know the messages I keep getting you know they keep they all looking forward to us qualifying and you know the hype the media hype has taken us to another level right now and everybody thinks mom is already qualified you know that mentality is already coming but we all have to stay cool keep stay grounded and you know the four matches I say four finals not four matches four finals but in a way sometimes it is good also players to know what they are getting into club means club is you know like he has a huge history and all that and players should know sometimes and if they are tagged favourites you know like sometimes it might give you confidence and coaching part I know you will make them realise you know like we still have to play our first match but yeah but if you are favourite maybe players can take confidence from that yes so we are good and we can do we can beat opponents but you know last time yeah when my brother and I I don't know what Sadan just told you our conversations now we have started to cross 2 hours we have started to cross 2 hours now the point is after a while when everyone left because everybody was tired it was only me and Sadan talking favourites and when it came to picking favourites for the 2nd division I said I am having a little problem and you know I am not trying to I am just doing your honest opinion then you put together a size from here here here top top top top and you put them together before a tournament you suppose that is your biggest challenge because it is not like you have got these young boys you can drill into place you have got some serious players who played at the highest level and in the way they take commands the way you talk to them as a player is that a challenge for you given the positivity of time and then to bring them together and to fight for that cause as one unit you know honestly we were just discussing this also a little while back you know the squad we put together most of them have played under me they know my style of play they know my system and the new players that I signed I know they will fit into my system I know they are kind of players and the biggest advantage we had this time was they signed me early you know what happens usually in many clubs is that they signed players and then at the end they signed the coach yeah so this time they signed me on early then I had time to sign the players I wanted retain the players I wanted and you know everything is looking pretty good as of now now only the four matches will tell how good our preparations and the team has been but to be honest there are many problems everybody is focused all the Indian players the youngsters, the seniors, the foreigners everybody is really focused and they really want this they really want this and that's all they talk about yeah if I can to whatever extent you are willing to divulge some of your trade secrets last night we were watching a pretty interesting game between two top level coaches Pep and Bielsa and it was a end to end high energy action packed game so what can we expect from your modern sporting team when they take to the pitch will you look to sort of do you have a definite way in which you would tend to approach all the games irrespective of who your opposition is and like you said it's four finals so can you afford to do that in this kind of thing that you have a set platform can you afford to do that every match is different four finals I say every final is different and we go according to the opposition so as I told you I got in my analyst also who I am very comfortable working with I have got tactically disciplined players I have got intelligent players I have got some experienced players I have got some young players who have been playing for a while so I think the blend is just right right now and the score I got right now is exactly maybe one or two more players I would have liked but you know whatever I have right now I am really happy with it and I couldn't have asked for more the club management is just fantastic Ian how happy are you with the story Tintu how happy are you with the fitness of the players because you told me that you would have liked to have more than a month but every coach wants more time every coach wants more time and one or two more players and one or two more players and one or two more players okay let me ask you a technical point then like did you get matches and did you manage to you know put those matches in between the pre-season you know because it was a very short pre-season for you how did it work for you and how are they physically are they prepared now or what do you think the team was together for a month together and prior to that everything was virtual we were having virtual fitness sessions virtual strength sessions whatever we could do to keep the guys closer to match fitness but definitely we needed matches for that and we did have a couple of you know friendly games in Kalyani which we managed to get the team into shape and see what was going well what was going bad but I'm very happy with whatever we got only thing a longer pre-season I think I would have enjoyed a bit more couple of more matches I think I would have been much happier with because you know the boys need matches to come and perform suddenly you tell them to play such vital matches where they are playing for the ILEE qualifiers it's gonna be very difficult but we got very few matches and I would have you know liked at least 8 to 10 matches before going into these four matches but you know we have to deal with this situation everyone's in the same situation I'm sure the same problems I'm facing even the other coaches and other things absolutely so you know we all on the same boat but you know we are trying to go in with our heads held high and with a positive mentality yeah there's a question that's coming from Indian football hub and I know this is a completely different tournament where you can't afford the luxury of having a playing style I mean you move match by match and you move opponent by opponent but an ideal scenario ideal day what is Yan Law's playing style if you guys would have watched ILEE last year you would have seen we would have dominated every single match at least based on position quite high and play some attractive football where because we have such a good fan base we need to keep the fans happy also playing some good football you know there are some clubs where the fans are not happy with the style of play I'm sure you almost have read the articles but you know we want to keep the fans happy by playing some good football because now the fans they understand football as I told you earlier the fans are not here just to fill up the numbers or you know just to come and scream in the gallery we actually understand football so you can't fool them anymore so we want to play good football entertain the fans and dominate in every single game that's what I've been doing since last year but would you take a good football or a win this time around any time definitely really good football no doubt but in these four matches win is important win is the most important absolutely because you didn't get time we can understand that and yes that's fantastic I also feel like it's about one match at a time three points by hook or crook you just want to qualify because you will get more time for Ilead absolutely Yan just one question for Ishwag Ishwag when you were playing for Muhammadan sir or Abdu team and the kind of things that have been given to Yan and I know it's for a tournament so it's easier to provide something for a tournament where the preparation is on two months are four matches you play for a full season there are different dynamics so you have seen some changes that you were talking about what was the scene like in terms of support from outside expectations not from the supporters but expectations from the club management the club people when I played we had fantastic team we had me, Miraj, Nirmal we had Tolge Pan we had Nabi but unfortunately we joined club very late because we were contracted with ISL and then that year the league didn't happen and then we joined quite late but we had fantastic team that season any coach would allow to have that kind of team like all top Indian players where they are Manish, Mathani everybody like top players we had so we won in fact we that knockout tournament but longer period we couldn't sustain because it took us time to get involved but like tournament type like IFA shield we won we beat everyone in that tournament in fact that Bangladesh team where Soni Nauri was playing they beat East Bengal, Mon Bagan quite comfortably and we in finals beat them also so yes there has been change I think the younger generation have taken over in modern sporting which Jan and me we have spoke about it there are people who know football who know football what is the meaning of football so what was the meaning of winning firstly I will tell you I will tell you honestly maybe some officials won't like it but they will come and put trust on coaches like this guy has to play why are you playing this? if one match is over why are you playing this? football sometimes you lose and you win it's part and parcel of football you can't just you can play brilliant football or you can still lose you can play very bad football but entire 90 minutes you will defend defend defend you can win anything is possible in football but you need to give time to coach you need to figure out whether it is his first class or the players do you want but I think Jan already cleared it he got all support which is a very good thing earlier it used to happen officials used to sign mainly players and then sign coach I don't know when it happened when they signed coach and then might have happened earlier also but this season like as Jan already said the players who wanted for pre-season the time they could give they gave and they are supporting I think that's really good thing that's something different and the most important thing they picked Jan they didn't go old big names and all that they changed their way of thinking that's a good point here is a guy young guy he comes from the same area and has done pre-season and was an elite team coach also let's trust him and give him a chance and I think it's a win-win situation for both for Jan somebody coming from the Medan side only and then it's a dream to not only play to coach these big three clubs I think for them I appreciate Mohammedan who is their management for trusting Jan and giving him an opportunity and congratulation to Jan also for getting this job also it doesn't matter which division they are playing the club still is huge it's not easy to coach them the expectation and everything from old India like the fans as you said they used to come that one side of the old Delhi fans will be still there they will be there they will be there they will be there they will be there they will be there so for me it is fantastic and clubs I appreciate clubs believing younger generation giving them opportunity to move forward and come forward now Jan I already told him he has a fantastic opportunity of his life if team qualifies for a league it's a win-win situation for him, for club for everyone and I'm sure he will get longer term for club and knowing Jan personally very well we have stayed 21 days in almost same room same barrack you called so he put the AC in full blast yes yes so we used to fight he used to not like AC I come from Kashmir so AC needs a full I needed 2-3 blankets 2-3 blankets boxes is nothing so for me like if they manage to qualify I think it's for a young coach that's what he needs he will get opportunity in high league and time to build squad which he has already maybe he will inject few players and and a league a proper league where he can he can make strategies apply like explain his philosophy to the club and the players what kind of system he wants and what he what are his personal goals I think that's what a coach needs yeah and this is one thing sorry sorry this is one last question how does the association come about so you are involved with Punjab right he asked this question he asked what do I say when you when there is a vacancy the news comes that they are searching so did you get these feelers that there is Mohammedan that is looking for someone and when they did eventually sign you did they tell you why they signed you why did they zero down on yang lo I'll tell you this also I had worked in Mohammedan sporting about two and a half years ago I was the head of the youth in Mohammedan sport and I had signed two year deal with them and in between maybe I think eight months down my contract I got an offer from Minerva and I spoke to the club management and that time Basim Akram the current secretary was the head of he was the chairman of the youth so I went and I spoke to him saying that you know this opportunity has come and I need to go would you let me go and he said just go don't worry about anything I will hand over NOC and you know whatever paperwork is required don't let this opportunity go on your hand so you know I'm forever grateful to them because if they wanted they could have just kept me back for the duration these small things matter so much the small decisions I'm always forever grateful to Basim so you know when I was getting a lot of other iLeague offers I still had a two year deal with Minerva when I signed with Minerva it was two years deal so I had a couple of other iLeague clubs talking to me few ISL clubs talking to me some reserve teams talking to me and but when Mohammedan sporting offer came in I you know there was not much to think about because what they did for me I think you know today people would not know me if they never let me go to Minerva to work in the iLeague and I would have been still in Calcutta working as a youth coach so they gave me that opportunity to go and work there so I'm always forever grateful and I always mentioned that also that you know I would always love to do for the club when given the opportunity and when this opportunity came nothing much to think about big fan base I started working on my paperwork with the club and it was just I feel it was the right decision but did they ever tell you why because Ishwas brought it up as well this is a very left field decision to bring in a young coach to bring in an Indian coach when you're from the hub of football in India where you have some big names who always come in and they come in for these top-gap situations whether it is to save you from relegation or whether it is to play a 4 match tournament or whatever whatever did they ever tell you why they zeroed in on you and brought you back they were looking for an Indian coach it's an Indian club looking for an Indian coach and I was their product I did well in the iLeague and the sort of football Minerva played last year Marvel and Sporting was looking at the same you know to play dominating football and trust me Minerva we had one of the smallest budgets in the squad in the iLeague so with that sort of a budget we played that sort of football and the club was really hopeful that I would come and repeat the same with the club now these next 4 matches are only going to tell if I'll be able to do justice to this but definitely I've given my 100% the last couple of months have been tough and just looking to God that these 4 matches come out perfectly first I think we've gone to the one hour mark June so you want to take a look at the comments and maybe pull up some questions from people who are watching and post those to Yan do you want to talk about Anwar or are you okay to talk about it I want to comment the first question is that only you will become too controversial now no worries then I won't go there go there in the sense if I can just ask you one question of course you can still choose not to answer it if you don't want to it it doesn't have to do specifically with Anwar but just in terms of this situation because we've seen the club statement and what they have said so the clubs stand Anwar is concerned it seems to be fairly clear as of today that he is no longer a modern sporting player so that's the end of that but what I wanted to ask you since you have spent so much time in youth coaching and you understand the system from inside what sort of support do young players Yan and Ishwar both of you receive when they are in academy system you know and of course there are all kinds of academies across the country so you can't speak for everyone obviously but with football whatever age they are at and this especially applies to younger players who are not yet 18 how much emphasis is given to that and how much infrastructure is provided to them to continue their education so that when things like this happen which happen very often in elite sport many of us wanted to be athletes and could not for various reasons so you have to have a plan B a plan C and all of that so I just wanted to ask you from that perspective how are young players in India positioned today what is the kind of support they are getting and just to make sure that this kind of stuff doesn't become the norm players are just left in the lurch without any options Ishwar bhai are you on mute? yeah for me I think it's really unfortunate I still remember similar condition not exactly the same condition but medical condition Habib Rahman Mandal had when he was playing for us in Mohan Bagan first time I remember we had a match in Goa in his tempo we got a red card and you know 3 o'clock match in Goa is a very hard to play and we won that match and we really worked hard and he was one of the player who was playing that match and you know like I still remember after coming out from the ground soaked in sweat and I saw Habib Rahman lying down flat not moving and all that it was a bit scary and then we had to get ambulance and all that and he got a full body cramp you know complete and then when doctor explained and everything said you know like sometimes I don't know what are the Anwar Ali's medical conditions I cannot comment on that but you know like when I saw Habib in that condition that time I was bit scared he was not able to move and doctor said you are very lucky because his whole body had cramped and they said it could have been easily his heart could have stopped because he could have got a heart attack or anything but by the grace of Allah nothing happened so sometimes it's very important for the safety of the player you know and I think now he's into coaching Habib if I'm not wrong he was doing some kind of coaching I think that there are many players in the world some due to some medical issue they couldn't compete and one of the one of the thing is in the national team course he got a really bad injury and he left his football when he was 27 or something like and then he became the youngest FIFA instructor and the coach also so I don't know what Anwar can, what are the other possibilities for him but for a club they have if he is contracted with some club or some player who has these medical conditions they should honour that contract or maybe offer some kind of job where he can do where his health permits to do that you know like I know I have seen a lot of comments where people say that people are saying that he should play match and it's his life he cannot do anything but you know no sports is bigger than anybody's life I think I think if that is the case then maybe I feel really sad because he is very very talented but clubs nowadays are very careful they do critical check up the only thing clubs can help for this kind of situation is they they will honour their contract they will pay his full amount and everything and see what else or where else they can help him in past clubs have done that and it's an unfortunate situation but I personally feel no sports in world is bigger than anyone's life and you want to add something to that I just want to say Anwar is one of the most talented young footballers I have seen his attitude on the pitch of the pitch his technical ability his tactical understanding I have not seen a player of that calibre you know an Indian and that too so young he plays like he is 30 he plays like he is 30 he is just fabulous and it was an honour working with him that guy is brilliant he is gifted let's say you know what is in his faith but he is just wonderful to be with me fair enough we have seen him now consistently for a few years I think we all agree with that also I don't want to put either of you on the spot because you are not currently neither of you are running an academy so maybe it's not the right discussion point to bring up today but we will focus on that either way I mean many of us when we were looking at the senior national team at this point even we were saying given our difficulties at that stopper position seriously looking at he was a big time hope yeah absolutely stepping into kind of fulfil that gap but unfortunately this has cropped up and I think some of the stories like Habibur Rahman sorry Ishwak which you were sharing that's a good one because I think for a young guy like Anwar right now I no doubt it's an emotional time and he must be facing a situation where you know this is all I know and this is all I've ever done but there is hope and there are things that he can still learn he is still very young and still find ways to be associated with the sport that he loves I think and I think he has plenty of well-wishers and people around the country who would be happy to look out for him and give him some of those opportunities so I hope he does finds something in fact we did a short interview with Anwar he's back at the Minerva Academy which you know so well young so we did a short interview with him a couple of days ago we'll run that perhaps tomorrow so those of you all who are asking about Anwar situation maybe it's best to hear it from Anwar himself and then rather than you know bring everybody else into that conversation how do we take this forward guys anything else you want to specifically talk about in terms of the bubble either of you Goa bubble or Calcutta bubble what's going on? is something going on? there's nothing fun about the bubble we're just sitting in our rooms watching TV and thinking about the matches and it's giving us more tension it's not easy bubble is not easy at all but this is what it is at least it's happening here it's unfortunately for coaching you know like it's again and right on to you know what you called a thing where you have to deal with it you have to motivate players you know it's not as young already said for four days you know like they are just they don't know what to do because you keep repeating the same thing and how long you will do that it's a difficult situation unfortunately it's all over the world yes bubble is no fun I recently heard Sunil Gavaskar also saying on TV the same thing he said even Mohammed Kaif said because they are experiencing the bio bubble also it's not it's mentally a challenge but yes we are professionals we have to deal with it I think we also have to consider or remember how lucky we are that despite what is happening around the world all of this sort of paraphernalia this infrastructure has been created to allow sport to go on so and I think it would be far tougher for like right now you are sitting in the company your mind is not working it would be much tougher for you guys for players everyone if there were no football happening at all at least in this whatever systems have been created and hopefully everyone can stay safe through them yes sir we are stuck in the bubble for 6 months we have nothing we are sitting there this is our release on sunday 2 pm I have heard from Pandra that Thakers are opening sir I totally agree with Siddharth I mean the trade-off is a non-negotiable if you love the sport okay stop it but as long as you are giving us time to go on the field and play and okay atleast that is happening we are in that hope when we will leave in 10 days we will go to the ground yes sir sir just imagine if the coach is in trouble for 10 days the coach is frustrated whatever is going on at home after 10 days the training has started that is what we are talking about it used to be like this it is not like that your coaching staff is so big that if you are doing wrong if someone says sir we had already made this plan and one month training plan has already been made now let's go to the ground we were talking about our RWA football league our D-Block RWA football league hit me here but how things changed in Calcutta a place that is so let's not beat around the bush a place that is still alive because of its history and despite the immense amount of mismanagement and all that has happened the history for some reason has always taken it through have they kind of realized because now the top league is the ISL and my guess is if you want to play in the top league there is a certain amount of professionalism you need to bring about in the way you handle your accounts have you seen that change coming around not just in the big three but even in the smaller teams like say Abhavanipur is there in the second division has that mentality shifted a little bit now everybody is trying to go corporate once it goes corporate everything will be smooth sailing and all the smaller teams also now we can start a different debate about that some other time no before there was no criteria for any clubs to participate or to play any league so now the Indian football association which is the parent body of West Bengal they have put down a lot of guidelines and the new secretary is doing a fantastic job and every single club is becoming professional so you have to actually come here to see it to believe it is becoming a fantastic atmosphere every club is coming with their analyst every club is coming with their masseur every club is coming with five to six technical staff they are coming with the kid boys with ball boys one team manager one operations you know so you can see not just what's happening on the field but off the field also people can't see on screen a lot of it is changing right now in West Bengal and it's really good to see because you know Bengal football was the maker of Indian football and I think it can really come back so small small changes are coming about but I think in the next four to five years I think it will be completely different and it's going in the right direction right now but you know why we've had this discussion a lot of times on our show so the one thing like I mentioned is the history and you know of all these clubs that is keeping it going now suddenly a corporate comes from Uber is there that fear that that history is gone and the corporate takes over and while there is good I'm saying is there that fear also that suddenly you'll forget in moving forward you'll forget all that's glorified you in the past no I honestly I don't feel like the history changes anything if there's any corporate coming on board the history is always still history you know and I think unless the corporate come in there's going to be no professionalism in the club there's going to be no credibility just hoping that everything even the smaller clubs even if it is a small you know bit of investment coming in from some club or some takeover from some management I think it will be just fantastic and you have no idea about what Bengal football can do what is the potential to be honest it is just going to waste right now but in the next five years I mean all that potential it hasn't really touched where it should have gone right absolutely so if you would have seen maybe 50 years ago if you see the Indian national team it was all maximum in the first 11 only it will be maximum from Bengal you know now it's difficult to find too many Bengalis in the national team and other states are going forward so but the structure is there it is coming about slowly but surely and you know it's in the right direction honestly in the next five to six years we should see some positive development okay should I take some comments from people on youtube vertical comments coming in okay so first is Arjun Bhai the owner of the mic we hit the cat and put it in front of us so that you have clear and crystal sound can you Indian football hub Yan is asking a question a lot of people are asking MSC investor please and they are giving their own answer they have been found market cube is the investor of Mohammedan sporting confirmed I don't know what the is there any truth to those reports so you want to respond to that you don't want to respond the club will be announcing all these officially the name of the investor everything will be announced shortly then physical condition of your players how about injury this is from Yan how about the injury and recovery infrastructure for tournament in terms of what the AFF is giving you given that you guys are the first people and also from the club side see we have before we used to do ice bath we can't do ice bath before there were so many ways of recovering players but now you can't do most of it so we have our messiers here with us we have our recovery boots we have cold showers so the players they all have tubs in their room ice go to those tubs they can do basic ice bath there but you know there are a lot of restrictions and it's not easy trust me it's not easy we also finding new ways to recover the players quicker because nobody's been in this situation before and there's no one we can learn from people are going to be learning from us from this experience we've had here so coaches keep calling me people from ISL on the side so a lot of coaches they keep calling me they ask me what are you doing how are you managing this situation how would you do that but you know it's a lot of knowledge sharing and you know it's not been easy I thank my technical team I thank the management for supporting us in this situation but it's not been easy another question from Prateek Mishra which who do you consider your biggest competitor in these qualifiers all the teams are strong see every match yeah every match is important you know you can play the best football you can have 90% possession and lose a game also that's the beauty of the game so there's no team that I would ever underestimate every team is strong it's easier to compete and everybody wants to play against modern sporting everybody wants to beat us that is the most important so that is what is motivating us to work harder and stay more focused so that's what's important there's another one Himanshu Jangar they want to understand about this player could you tell us a bit about Himanshu Jangar who is he where he come from he was with me last year in Minerva as well he's a striker come winger very very talented boy he made his debut in the iLeague he played 5 matches I think last year at the age of 15 a fantastic talent so I brought him in here right now he's with me and he's just phenomenal this boy he's something to look out for he's one of the players to look out for he's also part of the national team and he's just phenomenal Ishwak why don't you take the next question it's from Aditya Vijay Kumar he's saying are we going to see a lot of long ball counter attacking tactics in this coming second division or are we going to see teams trying to play dominating beautiful football well it's a very smart question I think they might gauge first each other all the teams will start with cautious because you know like you don't want to concede first you don't want to lose the match because one match can change everything even one point can change everything in this because there is only four matches you know sometimes there are one one loss will be better than two draws you know because technically you are gaining three points by losing one and winning one and I think there will be there will be a lot of counterattacks also there will be definitely long balls also Jan has fantastic striker who has grown himself he needs those sometimes those long balls he is fast and big you know like he can be a target man he can run with ball without ball and there are other teams like chroma is playing for one team and all that they are all quick and definitely you will see long long balls you know like desperate situation you will definitely see because if match is ending you know for example it's hiding towards go less draw team who needs quickly they will definitely go direct football I don't think this is a tournament for a beautiful football I think this is a tournament for three points I think I am done with the questions majority of the other stuff is just having fun with each other so continue with the fun guys thank you so much for joining regularly on Sunday at 2pm one brother said Siddhan bhai be ready at 8pm you have a chat our Sudeva will chat at 8pm there is another team that has got direct corporate entry into the ILEE to play their way to the ILEE come next season it looks like an enticing prospect on the one hand you say ok there is no East Bengal there is no Mohan Bagan but the other way of looking at it is that these guys are gone now it's time to come in there set our identity and make ourselves as the big boys of the league actually I feel like if we make it to the ILEE it's a chance of even performing well in the ILEE because I don't know because because of this pandemic a lot of teams aren't really spending that sort of money like before they are spending all the money that a team would love to have and it's a good opportunity to win definitely and to see a lot of new teams coming into the ILEE next year we will see another team the AFC coming into the ILEE it's really good to see that a lot of people are interested and even the other teams who are here right now playing the ILEE qualifiers they all want to be in the ILEE so you know the ILEE people know that it has value and it has a lot of hope point in football and people know that in another couple of years there will be promotion and relegation to the ISLF as well so people want to get in there now is that Mohammedan's plan as well or suddenly next year we will hear a big investor coming in boom Mohammedan sporting ISL you want to take the root the ladder root he is ready for both the roots yeah if I can go take the team through promotion it will be a huge huge to be honest but if an investor comes in and takes us to the ISLF I will be very happy but yeah definitely as a coach you want some challenge you know and that's what I would love to have cool I think that that's a great note on which to wind up this wonderful Sunday afternoon conversation thanks so much to both of you Eshwagbhai's yawn is coming sir on yawn a great question I think non-stop copy paste how to get selected for Indian team question mark tell me sir this is the question you are asking he will see he will see he will see it is simple actually young kids they ask their parents sir it is simple procedure you play well then you represent the state you play well then you select in the club you play well automatically in the national team when you play well you will not waste you are seeing yawn it is a nice point given that we keep on saying we have so much catching up to do but that system is in place sir you know school's boys are national junior national from there you will get a club you will play in the second division from there you will see you can play in the i-league and now you are in the ISL people like Eshwagbhai will have their eyes on your tournament that is exactly what Eshwagbhai's journey was pretty much I feel that what is happening right now if it could have happened maybe 30 years ago it would have been fantastic you know what is happening right now what the ISL has brought into this country if it would have happened 30 years ago you know right now we would have had a fantastic footballing culture in India I think it was 30 years ago in the middle 30 years before 30 years before Indian football was doing pretty well I still remember even you know like they were beating quite a top Asian countries like they were not so close to us but I think we didn't add up good things we stayed there only we thought what is happening right now we don't need to be upgraded so in the middle what we used to think as we used to think some of the old coaches they never needed coaching license what they had taught they had taught from their coaches then this was the generation you know the warm up you have to warm up 10-15 rounds before that we used to do 30 rounds you are getting 10 rounds so when I came to ISL one of the top coaches coached in Premier League also technically very sound he said warm up warm up not wear yourself off so we didn't understand 15-20 rounds we used to train in the morning and all that so that culture thankfully has changed now I think we should thank for the coach education department good coaches are coming so fantastic tell us a new coach came to our school a Punjabi coach from Delhi a very good coach he called a hotel and we don't know what tactics he would talk about when I was playing I used to hold him and I used to spit on his face just spit on his face this was the team talk let's rock go in and play we lost 6-7-0 and it ended I think that should sum up what it used to be so true the ball I used to cross I used to go ahead with that same ball both of them we used to coach a top player when Miraj will come he will ask he used to have less stamina he used to he was thirsty in the middle he used to drink some water that's why you won't grow ahead we used to play at the University of Delhi North Zone University in Punjab it used to be an agricultural college the coach used to sit one day before the game after the practice the coach thought tell me what you want to be when you grow up no one is telling me but no one is telling me that I am a big player a guy who was the best player he said I want to be like Buffon he was like why did you call me here and that was it these were the kind of conversations if you want to become Buffon start talking unfortunately tell no offence to them but that's what they have learnt which is unfortunate no disrespect to them they were great players but what I have learnt I will teach them if I was that smart I would be a scientist I will teach what I have learnt that time the coach didn't have a coach he used to sit one day I have never seen tactics in my life when I started football in the same team the university of Punjab lost the first match after the first match the whole team of Punjab has become dirty the coach has blown up the whole team the whole team is dirty so whatever I am guessing you got to push just final words for people who have tuned in and for the people who might watch the show later on what can they expect from Mohammedan these four games and have you been told anything about broadcast is it being broadcast somewhere where can we watch it the sport is going to be broadcasting what I heard hopefully same what who had broadcasted the iLeague last season they are going to be broadcasting this as well so anyway for the fans you can't come to the ground enjoy the matches on TV pray for us hopefully we take this team to the iLeague and entertain them even further than the iLeague that's all I want to say and once things are normal please come to the stadium they always have even in bad times the fans have been there that is what is important these fans are really loyal we want to give back to the fans thanks a lot to all the fans best wishes to them as well perfect Eshwag anything you want to say before we head all the best to Mohammedan your former team of course I already wish them especially to you also all the best you know at the end it don't take too much in this football and you know it you have the experience of iLeague so you have you know like one step ahead and all the best may the best team wins and god bless you may the best team win and may that team be Mohammedan sporting yeah we will have a party after that absolutely last time we have seen a bit of your dj skills you know what you all will be doing we will have a virtual party last time there was Mangi you are not there they asked me my guess is I picked two teams Mohammedan and Bangalore united even though other teams will be now abusing me and all that so which is fine but nothing Mohammedan I played myself I am a bit emotional as a fan because he won and because he played with Mangi but if you ask me it's a really tough tough tournament you don't know who is going to win but as a fan if you will tell me I want Mohammedan to win and as a friend and all that if I am here and Mangi I will support him that is why I am asking about the broadcast because I am saying that it will be fun you know there is that added incentive that you are fighting for that one spot and there are so many things so the broadcast that they are saying I hope it happens what Yain is saying that the people who are broadcasting in the ILE are going to be showing that and we of course will be watching it and we will try our bits and try to do some analysis and we are very much available for commentary for that broadcast in case anyone is interested in giving us that talk they will give it to you if you do it for free happy to do it for free I think Arjun Pandey will be there no no sir Arjun Pandey is not affordable sir we are in the IPL but Yain won't take your time once again thank you so much for taking our time and joining us all the very best Yain take care thanks so much thanks Yain take care take care Yain see you Shwak see you brother bye take care see you guys bye ok fam I hope someone is going to take us off it says we are still live on youtube so just hang around Pandit till we get confirmation that we are off our producer leaves us