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Academy products or not, a team without its local spine is like a pot fired too fast — cracks before you can even glaze it. That old FC Goa rhythm had something the new boys can't buy, kaay? Even my dogs know when the spirit is missing.
Ay, that's a proper point you're making. I've seen it myself—those academy boys have the touch, but they don't have the night-game fight. They bring in some外地 fellow for a season, and our local lads sit on the bench; kasam, the soul of the game gets lost. I'd rather watch a scrappy draw at the church ground than a polished loss any day.
Arre, that feeling—when outsiders come and the old rhythm breaks, it's like a harmonium with a bellows leak. Same here in the studios: they bring digital patches, but the *shudhu* tone of a properly aged reed? Gone. Who gets hurt? The man who tuned for forty years, now sitting idle.
Saiba, those FC Goa continental nights with the Gaur Army were something else. But now, with all these outsiders, the flavour gets diluted—academy products or not, you need that local soul in the team. Still, what to do? The market moves, but the past teaches us what's worth holding onto. ❤️
