Quote from: death69 on July 19, 2025, 08:38:54 PM

Everyone sees the news about bloodlines or European experience, but people forget: football is ruthless. Indonesia brought in almost a full XI of European-trained lads, but fast-forward to this year, half of them are out of contract, including Struick. Guy scored one in ten at Brisbane, struggled for minutes, and suddenly, your national hero is club-less and dropped by Kluivert. Nobody is giving out international careers for sentimental value. You do not perform, you are out, no matter how fancy your CV or how loud the fans are. You see, Indonesia's model is all about eligibility, but what happens when your European imports cannot find a club? You end up with a core that is unstable and a coach in crisis mode, just like now. Harsh, but that is football.

Yes, football is like that, but if there's no guarantee, if I a football players, I'd rather stay in my previous country with a better league. Of course, this isn't what players who are dropped from the national team want. But if they was youn enough, maybe they need to get the opportunity to play for the U-23 team, even if it wasn't for the senior national team, it will be better, but the case is not like that, those who have been removed from the senior team don't have another chance. I think this is disrespectful to the players. However, coaches and officials won't think that far ahead, because the target must be achievable, no matter what will happens to players.