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ISL Clubs Preview: Northeast United

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By Aaron
13 November 2021

All eyes will be on this team as they are the first club to employ an Indian Head Coach for the upcoming ISL 21-22 season. Khalid proved every Indian Football fans wrong with his man-management and showed that he’s tactically on par with other ISL foreign head coaches.
Northeast wasted no time by retaining foreign players who performed well like Deshorn Brown, Khassa Camara and Federico Gallego and signed new players like Mathias Coureur, Hernan Santana from Mumbai City and Patrick Flottmann.

COACH AND PREFERRED FORMATION

We have already seen how Khalid can do wonders. He prefers a 4-4-2 setup in which on possession it turns into a 4-2-1-3 where the second striker comes deep into the attacking midfield position and has a free role to pass to wings and cross it inside the box. The striker must have good positional abilities & heading ability to convert into goals. During an out-of-possession stage, 4-4-2 shape is employed with counter-press involved. Keeping the shape is important. If the ball is won when opponent’s position is unstable, counter attack is initiated.

STRENGTH

Northeast has decent depth in almost all departments. They have experienced Subhashish for guarding their post. Mirshad will be the second choice. They also strengthened their defence by adding Irshad, Jestin and Patrick. Along with their experienced and energetic last year defenders, these players can do wonders. Versatile player Gurjinder will be playing in the left flank while Joe Zoherliana will be playing in the right. So, at a glance they have a pretty good defence in paper. 

In Midfield, players have to work hard to find their place in the squad. Camara has tight competition for finding his playing 11 as DM, after the inclusion of versatile playe Hernan who can also manage to play in the back too. Imran will be the Indian partner for them. In centre, they have Sehnaj and Lalrempuia Fanai. Rochharzela and Gallego will assist their attacking department. These two players can be deadly, if they perform well.

Last year Deshorn Brown had a great performance with North East on loan from Bengaluru. His performance convinced the management to keep him with them. Mathias, their new incoming, is a workhorse who could play in any position. His pressing is a plus for the team. With his good heading skills, he could be useful during set-piece situations and he could come deep and get involved with the ball to initiate attacks. Indian striker VP Suhair has the ability to take advantage of mistakes by opposition defenders. They also have some young prospects who can do surprises.

WEAKNESS

Covering for the departure of Apuia and Ashutosh will be a difficult feat to handle. Players like Imran, Sehnaj and Lalrempuia Fanai can cover for Apuia but how they will perform can only be observed by playing matches. They also lack an experienced Central Midfielder. We have to watch how they play with their available players. It will be interesting who would be covering for Ashutosh as he had a playing role under Khalid. Joe Zoherliana could cover in the RB position for Ashutosh but only time will tell if he could replicate Ashutosh’s performance. His inexperience can be exploited by the opponents. We should wait and watch how Dylan Fox's and Benjamin Lambot's exit will impact them. Their results lie upon how their youngsters and new incomings perform. 

PROBABLE FINISH

With Khalid and a good looking squad, we can expect wonders. Minimum expectations are 5-6 place in point table. But all lies on how their youngsters and new incomings perform. Defenders should be conscious while attackers should be aggressive. They should find an Indian playmaker like Apuia to connect with the attack and defence. Then things will be smooth and they will be able to get a top 4 spot.

PLAYERS TO WATCH OUT

Mathias Coureur
Rochharzela
Danmavia
Jestin George

SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS

Subhashish Roy Chowdhury
Mirshad Michu 
Nikhil Deka
Sanjiban Ghosh

DEFENDERS

Patrick Flottman
Tondonba Singh
Provat Lakra
Gurjinder Kumar
Mohammed Irshad
Jestin George
Nabin Rabha
Mashoor Shereef
Nabin Rabha
Joe Zoherliana

MIDFIELDERS

Federico Gallego
Imran Khan
Khassa Camara
Emanuel Lalchhanchhuaha
Hernan Santana
Sehnaj Singh
Pragyan Gogoi
Pragyan Medhi
Rochharzela

FORWARDS

Manvir Singh 
VP Suhair
Mathias Coureur
Gani Nigam
Deshorn Brown
Lalkhawpuimawia
William Lalnunfela
Laldanmawia Ralte
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