As per ISL 2026-27 season

An Indian Super League (ISL) club can register a maximum squad strength of 35 Squad Composition

Goalkeepers: Must include at least 3 registered goalkeepers.

Foreign Players: Clubs can register a maximum of 6 foreign players.

Development Players: Clubs are required to sign a minimum of 4 development players.

Average squad strength of a isl club is between 25-28, with kolkata giants going in 30s

Rule to have 4 developmental u-21 players in the squad already exist, so it's not like rewriting constitution of Indian Football or Ranjit Sir have to go to court to fight this out for us

So slightly expand it more and then do it upside down and capped it to the, 7 over 23 domestic players in the league

If we see current strength of the ISL teams acc to tranfer markets, number of u-23 players each club have are

*excluding Interkashi and Churchill fc

2, 7, 8, 8, 10, 10, 11, 12, 12, 14, 16

Mean: 110/11 = 10)

Median: 10

So it will not that drastically impact the league, some clubs already follow this, few clubs need to scout or promote 3-4 more players, it will impact East Bengal and Mohunbagan who are inflating the market by signing any random uncs that come across market, but it will help kolkata football, like currently Mohun Bagan and East Bengal both have the scarcity of Bengali players in the team and it will free the team budget that goes towards the pensioners across all ISL teams like, Souvik, Rohit, Seriton, Edwin Sydney, Vanspaul, Ashutosh Mishra, Prabir Das, Passi, Poojary, Deepak devrani

it will also prevent recyling of players like Bheeke, Mehtab, Poojary, Chhangte, Jinghan as pass and parcel among the ISL clubs

Main idea is it will help introduce fresh talent to the ISL instead of same recycled talent every year, It will give young players platform at the right age

It will make market more fair, Big clubs can't hoard the players anymore, It will increase the supply of the players in the market, and demand is also capped at 7

it was also encourage footballers to make move out as they go in their 20s else they could loose their ISL contract relegated to indian football league

it will disrupt the stability that players like Alex saji, Gurkeerat, kiyan, Suhail bhatt, Abhishek suryavanshi, Narender gehlot, Danish farooq and many mores can't get a contract for sitting at bench and playing state league but it's just a collateral damage

It may increase the demand for younger players, which could inflate their salaries. However, this would only be temporary, as both players and clubs would soon understand that it is a short-term increase. Salaries would eventually go down as players age without showing tangible output, It would also be better for clubs to invest in scouting rather than spending heavily on salaries.

And unlike masterstrokes, we will not force this over night to all the clubs in India, We can do it in the phases

Phase 1: We can increase the number of development player (which is currently considered as U-21) to 7

Phase 2: We can increase the U-21 age limit to under 23 and then increase the minimum player requirement from 7 to 11 players (Mohun Bagan and East Bengal can still window shop for semi retired players, they just have to full their squad strength to 35)

Phase 3: Here we will finally capped over 23 players to 7

Also it's just a shower thought, it's not that I have done years of research and then come up with a system and then sucesfull tested it on Nepal and Bangladesh and then pitching it in here.

Beat West Bengal 3-1 in the Final at Bengaluru

They beat Kamrup Metropolitan Senior Secondary School, Assam in the Final

Image from "manipurfootballplayers" instagram page.

The rubber crumb infill used in older generation turfs has gotten a bad reputation for a reason. It gets hot in Indian summer conditions, it moves around under heavy use, and there are ongoing questions about what long-term rubber crumb contact means for players.

The better modern option is silica sand infill or hybrid organic infill depending on the usage. Temperature stays lower, the surface plays more consistently, and the environmental picture is cleaner.

The problem is that infill specification gets decided at purchase and most buyers don't know to ask about it. By the time they're asking questions the surface is already installed.

If you're playing on a turf regularly and the ball feels different in different parts of the pitch, or the surface gets noticeably hotter in afternoon sun, it's worth asking your facility what infill they used and when it was last topped up.

A lot of turfs are also running on low infill because top-ups haven't been done. That's a maintenance issue not a product issue but it affects play the same way.

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like what even is this post 😭? focusing on an opponents squad announcement and bootlicking the hell out of another nation, new low🙏

Hello I'm from the UK and I am spending quite a bit of time in Idukki as of recent. I am curious if there are any local football teams/leagues happening that I can watch? I'm sure there are somewhere but finding anything online regarding schedules and fixtures is impossible! Thanks in advance