50 could have been 100 !
The milestone breacher, our own Sunil Chhettri , did exactly that last night. He became the first person to score 50 goals in the top tier league, ISL! The mark is spectacular as he was without the goals for first 10 matches, his critics to his admirers, everyone was aware that he will strike back. He is now at 4 goals, in last 6 matches. But the point is, why only 50 and not 100 ? This raises the question on number of matches he only got to play in the league. Compare it with top players around the world, many have scored such number of goals in the single season. This shows the starking difference between us and them. Only 16 on average, half of the players from other leagues. This automatically reduces the chances of contribution. This also shows how much we have lost of him, and of the other players due to the short league. Had the league was longer, matches he got to play were more, this could have been his 100th goal in the league itself. ...