Kick Bengal

Kolkata football is experiencing an all-time low this season. In the National Football League, defending champion, East Bengal could manage only a face-saving third spot, while another former champion, Mohun Bagan is thanking its lucky stars in its shameless elations over barely managing to overcome a relegation threat. Tollygunje Agragami, contrary to its name, is languishing at the bottom of the table. The one-time city giant, Mohammedan Sporting is out of reckoning since what now seems an epoch. In sharp contrast to the Goa teams, the big names of Bengal, save and except East Bengal to a certain extent, lack a scientific professional approach towards the game. They have been giving precedence to sentiment and emotions over a systematic game-plan and the obvious result is near to nil success. The Mohun Bagan boat is caught in the bogs of Bengal. It is too difficult for it to tackle the travails of a voyage through the creeks of corruption. Can we dare to pin our hopes on Everready?...Let time take its own course.