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[SaniaFan]

This is sure becoming old age club house

[arjun2761]

Wow! Did not realize that India has a poor track record qualifying for Asian cup! We have actually qualified 3 times in past 4 attempts compared to just two time in the previous 50 years!

Of course, year 2000 and prior, the tournament only had 12 teams or fewer qualify. This cycle the number of qualifiers is 24 and the immediate prior 4 times the number of qualifiers was 16. A little more surprising is that India has never hosted the tournament.

[jayakris]

A little more surprising is that India has never hosted the tournament.

With China having given up hosting it next year, I thought we might get a chance to host it. But our federation is in FIFA's doghouse and we are barely avoiding a country ban for AIFF's no-election record and the Supreme court case and all that. I guess we won't host it any time soon.

[Omkara]

We should have scored more goals against HK and Afg. While we are slowly doing better, it was a surprise for my wife ( and probably many who don't follow football), that we don't naturally qualify for the Asia Cup.

Anyway, we have done better. Now we should start winning/drawing against the Asian best.

This is sure becoming old age club house

We have golden oldies forums since eternity. We were always old age club house or oldies with young heart or youngsters who have aged early.

Had we been a younger group, we certainly would have more smilies or emoticons by now.

[suresh]

AIFF hired astrologer for Rs 16 lakh to ‘motivate’ the national team: Team insider