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 SKIP TO PAGE 12 FOR THE FINAL STAGES  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CPAV3-PM18"C'mon India, Let's Football" Yes, that's right, India have tried to drum up national interest in the world's biggest sport by turning it into a bastardisation of a bastardisation of their own national sport, so as the Indian Premier League is to cricket, the Indian Super League shall be to football. ISL Website posted:Hero Indian Super League is India’s unrivalled football championship scheduled to kick off on 12th October 2014. It is co-promoted by IMG-Reliance (the joint venture between IMG and Reliance Industries), Star India and supported by All India Football Federation (AIFF). India’s leading industrialists and celebrities from sports as well as the Indian film industry have invested in owning the Indian Super League’s eight franchises. These are based out of Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Pune. Globally renowned footballers? Sign me up! Much like the IPL, and indeed MLS (this thread is American Compatible), a bunch of washed-up old has-beens and opportunists looking for a massive payday are all thrown into a room, where the eight teams take turns to drag them out one by one to play for them. They each get one "marquee" player, as well as a bunch more foreigners of varying talent (there's a partial, probably accurate list here). As we all love homegrown rules, it should be noted that "each team must also have 14 Indian domestic players, four of which being local players to the city", and the starting 11 for each must contain at least five Indians. So, how does it work? Well, the eight teams (see below) all play each other twice in a mini-league, with the top four going through to the "finals", which work like the playoffs in England, two two-leg semis and a final, all taking place over a couple of months at the end of the year (12th October - 20th December). There's no promotion or relegation for these storied franchises! --- The Eight Teams (provisionally): Atlético de Kolkata  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/atletico-de-kolkata Notable Owners: Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd. - a consortium including Atletico Madrid (hence the name) and Indian cricket legend Sourav Ganguly Manager: Antonio Lopez Habas Notable Players: Luis Garcia (36, Liverpool, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona), Josemi (34, Liverpool, Villarreal), Climax Lawrence (giggle) Plastic Status: Strong for fans of Atletico and Liverpool. Very Spanish. They play at the Salt Lake Stadium too apparently so earn some America Points. -  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/team-chennai Notable Owners: Inter Milan, Abhishek Bachchan (Bollywood star), MS Dhoni Manager: Marco Materazzi Notable Players: Marco Materazzi (41, Inter Milan, the headbutt), Bernard Mendy (33, PSG, Bolton, Hull), Bojan Djordjic (32, Manchester United, Plymouth, a million others), Elano (33, Man City) Plastic Status: Ronaldinho was rumoured, but sadly decided not to bother. Still, fans of Inter and PSG may be interested. Chennai were rather hastily cobbled together at the last minute - - Delhi Dynamos FC  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/delhi-dynamos-fc Notable Owners: Feyenoord, DEN Networks (some TV network) Manager: Harm van Veldhoven Notable Players: Alessandro Del Piero (39, Juventus, Sydney), uh, Morten Skoubo (34, played a couple of games for West Brom) Plastic Status: Vague BeNeLux supremacy, and with Del Piero there that's cool too. - FC Goa  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/fc-goa Notable Owners: Nope Manager: Zico Notable Players: Robert Pires (40, Arsenal, Villa[rreal]), uh... Miroslav Slepicka? (32, Sparta, Zagreb) Plastic Status: Zico and Pires paper over the cracks of a fairly poor lineup, though they're yet to announce their marquee signing. - FC Pune City  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/fc-pune-city Notable Owners: Fiorentina, Salman Khan (Bollywood star) Manager: Franco Colomba Notable Players: David Trezeguet (36, Juventus, Monaco), Bruno Cirillo (37, various) Plastic Status: All very Italian. Forza Pune. - Kerala Blasters FC  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/kerala-blasters-fc Notable Owners: Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketing deity Manager: David James (yes, that David James) Notable Players: David James (44, England legend), Michael Chopra (30, Newcastle, Ipswich, Sporting Chance), Iain Hume (30, lower league journeyman) Plastic Status: Will be a popular choice, especially with David James there, also Chopra's decided he's Indian and wants to be the Tendulkar of football, so watching his efforts will be a laugh. - Mumbai City FC  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/team-mumbai Notable Owners: Ranbir Kapoor (Bollywood star) Manager: Peter Reid (for it is he) Notable Players: Nicolas Anelka (35, pretty much everyone), Freddie Ljungberg (37, Arsenal, West Ham), Manuel Friedrich (35, Mainz, Leverkusen) Plastic Status: Everyone loves a bit of Fred & Nic. Gets bonus points for being Mumbai, but loses them due to Peter loving Reid. - Northeast United FC  Info: http://www.indiansuperleague.com/isl-2014/teams/north-east-united-fc Notable Owners: John Abraham (Bollywood star), Shillong Lajong FC Manager: Ricki Herbert (former NZ manager) Notable Players: Joan Capdevila (36, Deportivo la Coruna, Villarreal), Cornell Glen (32, various teams in America), Alexandros Tzorvas (32, Greece) Plastic Status: Fair to good, solid mix of nationalities. Was probably the name of Newcastle in a Pro Evo game at some point. --- The Fixtures: http://static.indiansuperleague.com/pdf/HeroISLFixtures2014.pdf - They've changed, clicky for the most recent version. Your collective diaries will be bursting at the seams after taking all these juicy fixtures down. Here's a few that might be of interest: 12/10/14 - Atletico de Kolkata vs Mumbai City - the opening game, 22/10/14 - Delhi Dynamos vs Pune City - Del Piero and Trezeguet on opposing sides, mmm, tasty 02/11/14 - Mumbai City vs Kerala Blasters - two great English minds at loggerheads, Peter Reid and David James 20/12/14 - TBC vs TBC - what a final we have in store --- So, there you go. As for watching the drat thing, it's being broadcast in India through STAR Sports ("the tournament itself is expected to be broadcast on five channels: Star Sports 1, Star Sports 3, Star Sports HD, Jalsa and Asianet"), so there will probably be streams and the like. Hopefully more info will come through closer to kick off. No doubt FA executives will be watching with interest as they look for ways to 'fix' the England national side while skirting all the major issues. Chopra's ruled himself out boys, gotta look elsewhere. HJB fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Dec 10, 2014 |
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HJB posted:Atlético de Kolkata ahahahaha come in Real Salt Lake, your time is up
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Sep 15, 2014 21:39
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David James player coach is insanely my poo poo
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Sep 15, 2014 21:44
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big fan of Pune City, love to go swimming there
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Sep 15, 2014 21:46
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Forza Atlético de Kolkata हम शौचालय नहीं है, लेकिन हम जुनून है!!!
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Sep 15, 2014 21:47
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Things are looking good for us Atletico de Kolkata supporters: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ow/42637193.cms
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Sep 16, 2014 16:25
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""Every team is quite competitive. There will be legendary like Zico (Goa coach) and we will have Luis Garcia. The standard will be very high and we will have the opportunity to see high quality football of speed and agility. " Wow, said by the great Ganguly himself...
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*atletico de kolkata fans going wild chanting 'have you ever seen a cow at mumbai arena' and making GBS threads in the stands during a game against mumbai city fc* सामूहिक बलात्कार दोस्त पसंद करने के लिए कृपया!!!!
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Sep 16, 2014 16:41
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Can't wait to see Del Piero spraying bollywood passes all over the shop
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Im http://www.starsports.com/football/leagues/competitionid=100025/isl/matchvideos/index.html Hype
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That fixture list seems a bit clogged is there a reason they don't just do a bunch of games on one day? Seems like all but the biggest fans might get sick of a game every day for months.
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Insurrectionist posted:That fixture list seems a bit clogged is there a reason they don't just do a bunch of games on one day? Seems like all but the biggest fans might get sick of a game every day for months. Look at this jokester.
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हम सब हम सब मुंबई शहर मैल नफरत हम सभी मुंबई शहर मैल नफरत मुंबई शहर मैल नफरत!!!
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Insurrectionist posted:That fixture list seems a bit clogged is there a reason they don't just do a bunch of games on one day? Seems like all but the biggest fans might get sick of a game every day for months. haha are you paining in your good head? you're not making two thousand rupees in only one day and the high command knows it!
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Sep 16, 2014 18:04
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the great ganguly knows his football soccer business like mumbai city fans know that we poo poo on their streets!
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Sep 16, 2014 18:06
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Hey Pune, don't make it bad, take a sad league and make it better
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Kurtofan posted:Hey Pune, don't make it bad, take a sad league and make it better im all aboard the pune bandwagon
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straight up brolic posted:lol There's a solid contingent of us that freaking love Pune.
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I came to see if there would be an elephant on a team crest. I was not let down. Super Mario goes to India and murders everyone on the pitch.
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oh vishnu, is that India and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his daring mohawk?
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Sep 17, 2014 20:42
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Are they waiting for a railcar out of Mumbai?
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advanced statsman posted:oh vishnu, is that India and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his daring mohawk? potm imo
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This is depressing to me because there is a rich history of club football in India with some awesome narratives and rivalries and it's going to get drowned out next to this gaudy shitpile of a league. I can't wait for goals to be renamed DLF Maximums, saves to be renamed Tata Incredible Stops, and white cheerleaders from Eastern Europe to be flown in. Hooray!
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I support the team with the elephant in the crest because elephants rule.
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advanced statsman posted:oh vishnu, is that India and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his daring mohawk? lmao up the goa 
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Sep 18, 2014 04:36
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Pires and Ljungberg 
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mr. unhsib posted:This is depressing to me because there is a rich history of club football in India with some awesome narratives and rivalries and it's going to get drowned out next to this gaudy shitpile of a league. I can't wait for goals to be renamed DLF Maximums, saves to be renamed Tata Incredible Stops, and white cheerleaders from Eastern Europe to be flown in. Hooray! It'll be interesting to see which way it all goes, so far it seems like they're really striving for Indian development over full-blown gimmickry, but if at half time in the opening game they trot out Janet Jackson I think you can dismiss that idea.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ow/42596912.cms loving Khaki Money FC outspending everyone 
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We poo poo in the streets We poo poo in the streeeeeeeeets You all eat cow meat We poo poo in the streets
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Oh Kolkata, (oh Kolkata) Is wonderful, (is wonderful) Oh Kolkata is wonderful, It’s full of poo poo, curry, and Atletico; Oh Kolkata is wonderful.
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advanced statsman posted:Oh Kolkata, (oh Kolkata) Atletico Kolkato bros *does the cool guy nod*
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Sep 18, 2014 18:05
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In our defensive foursome He's absolutely awesome From corners he will score some It's Nallappan Mohanraj! and We hate Pune City, We hate Goa too, We hate Mumbai City, But Atletico de Kolkata we love you.
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the rowdy kolkata boys will be making GBS threads in the streets of mumbai tonight lads
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Sep 18, 2014 18:10
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Hands up if you love Vishnu! Hands up if you love Vishnu!
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*to the tune of Smoke on the Water* Jeannnns in the gyyyymmmm And making GBS threads in the street DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN
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*incredibly sincerely while watching any given Indian Super League match* WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA WHO ARE YA
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