AIFF Polls: Player power, puppets or battle for relevance? | Football News
Chaubey, a goalkeeper for Tata Football Academy in the 1990s, always talked about “relevance” off the field. Despite an impressive array of ‘clubs that have played’, Chaubey will, privately, display an uneasiness standing between the pillars that are clearly unquenchable.
“As a player in India, you need to start thinking beyond football soon,” he said, as Indian sport entered the 2000s on television.
When he found himself finally relegated from the bench from the first goalkeeper as his 15-year-old professional career progressed, Chaubey looked further. Obviously, the idea of coaching is not something that will satisfy him. He even considered modeling and acting in the soap Bangla. He intends to protect his face when he is brutally abused by a rogue club owner in Goa who rightfully dares to claim a debt from him, because “even if your career is not No matter where you go, at least the face is still intact. it will serve me later. ”
Television commentary in Japanese will show life on the sidelines such as shiny, less sweaty, holding a mic in hand, a set of clothes to replace the goalkeeper’s shirt. In 2014, he will find his true calling when the BJP goes headhunting in their quest for Bengal.
Today (Thursday), the night before AIFF Elections, as liked, Chaubey’s relevance search is popping up in full force. But how many of these aspirations are fulfilled by forces outside his territory?
The member states that had rallied to help overthrow Praful Patel, and forced to call new elections, abandoned their own ambitions for office in favor of Chaubey’s last-minute run of candidates. .
“We support the ruling government, it doesn’t have to be seen as supporting the ruling party,” said one member, about how it is beneficial to support a ‘government’ candidate, the fund to cash-strapped state associations, but he’s also giving tacit instructions that may have come their way to do so.
Chaubey’s opponent then, a first, the former captain of India, the first Indian to play 100 international matches, should be praised for his bravery in the face of the might of Chaubey’s supporters. . But if only this were the case. It is often automatically assumed that Bhutia should be the right person for the job, even being interpreted as having become a better administrator: “But, does Kalyan have any experience?”
Throughout his career, Bhutia never seemed to have had any of the instability that hit Chaubey – perhaps even during his stay at Bury FC. To this day, however, it is Bhutia who is desperately seeking any kind of involvement in this battle for administrative supremacy.
When the band Chaubey gained full access, Bhutia found herself trapped. He found last-minute supporters in the very force that member states had sought to overthrow. Undeterred, Bhutia showed a brave and cheerful front, tirelessly striving with those who would admit privately to keep him within reach.
Although it looks futile, the effort and effort is admirable. One person, however, had to ask, as rattled as he was by excited Air Force personnel at the Subroto Cup announcement on Thursday: “So what happens from the day after tomorrow, Bhaichung?”
“What happened?” he laughs. “If it happens, it will happen, if not, I will always love Indian football.”