THE LAST 2011 DOHA ASIA CUP, THAT WAS A HORRIBLE TOUR FOR INDIA, COACH BOB HOUGHTON SELECTED PLAYERS FROM QUOTA WITH HANDS OF WICKED BAICHUNG, INDIA WAS RATHER PLAYING WITH A B-GRADE TEAM AGAINST GIANTS OF ASIA. THE TOP CLASS MIDFIELDER LALKAMAL BHOWMICK WAS NOT SELECTED, AND TO BE HE WAS THE LAST BALL PLAYER IN INDIAN SOCCER. LALKAMAL EARNED 5 MAN OF THE MATCH TILTE IN IL LEAGUE BUT STRNAGE HE WAS NOT SELELCTED. QUALITY AND SKILLFULL PLAYERS MAINLY FROM EASTBENGAL AND MOHUNBAGAN WERE NOT SELECTED, LASTLY BAICHUNG HIMSELF DIDN'T PLAYED THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT AND ONLY MANAGED TO MAKE HIMSELF PRESENCE AT THE LAST 5 MINS OF THE SECOND HALF AGAINST SOUTH KOREA. NOW, THE SITUATION IS DIFFERENT, YOU WILL SEE MOSTLY PLAYERS ARE GETTING SELECTED FROM THE TOP I LEAGUE CLUBS LIKE EB, MB, AIZWAL FC..... AND OUR TEAM IS GETTING THE RESULT. NO QUOTA EXIST NOW, WHICH WAS A CHRONIC DESEASE AND ALSO THE REASON FOR THE DOWNFALL OF INDIAN SOCCER.
