SLNA identity and restructuring

Defense - counter-attack is the traditional style of play of the team. Besides being physically strong and breaking the opponent's playing style, the team always has players with rich technique and creativity. The team's lines all have outstanding stars who always know how to shine, especially when wearing the national team's shirt. In addition, the wholehearted support of Nghe An fans from all over the country also enhances the local identity, an indispensable factor in the process of making a name for themselves on the football map of the country, region and continent.

Defense - counter-attack is the team's traditional style of play. Photo: Duc Anh

With the investor of more than ten years, Bac A Bank, the name of the football team Song Lam Nghe An is kept intact, associated with the "pride of Nghe An" and this investor as well as many fans still hope that the familiar name will continue to be kept when there is a new investor.

It must be affirmed that this aspiration is completely legitimate and appropriate, not only forSLNAbut with any large or small football club at home and abroad, especially brands that have left their mark in the hearts of fans as well as experts.

But after all, local identity is both a familiar name and at the same time must be the team's achievements, the names of excellent players as well as the good activities of the fan club... For example, if the team is still called SLNA but the achievements are continuously poor, the fan club's activities are limited, Vinh stadium is deserted... then no matter what is said, can this familiar name cause the opposite effect?

It is easy to see that the names of domestic football clubs have long been easily…fluctuating, changing according to the wishes of investors and retaining a basic element which is the local name, such as Gia Lai, Binh Duong, Binh Dinh, Nam Dinh… It is very likely that SLNA will not go out of that way in the future, it can also keep the familiar name and everyone can understand that it is just a form, an appearance, not a decisive factor of a big story that requires a lot of effort and money.

Therefore, the expectation of the majority of fans is that the new investor has great ambition, has resources and policies to both properly evaluate and promptly encourage the talent and dedication of the coaching staff and generations of players, so that they are not "inferior to their younger brothers and sisters", so that they do not have to hesitate about going or staying, and feel secure in all aspects. It is also necessary to reorganize so that cheering and supporting the team goes into practical depth, has a resonance like the fans of Quang Ninh and Nam Dinh have done, completely eliminating the situation of "many but not strong" as before.

It is easy to see that SLNA has always been an attractive topic, "like the Lam River that never dries up" for sports newspapers and social networks, and this will not change, if not become more attractive and "more popular" when the team restructures and related matters? Football needs stars, the media also needs professional stars to go hand in hand, to contribute an important voice to strengthen and promote the local identity of the team.

Don’t forget that in SLNA, contributing to the overall achievements are not only Nghe people, but also many people who have “fallen in love” with Nghe land in many different periods and circumstances, not to mention Nghe people who became famous from football in many other lands. Those precious identities, in the new context, if we cling to tradition, it means we are falling behind and being damaged. Therefore, new investors must clearly see the story of “leaving it as it is is lost, building it up is gold” to soon start cultivating for stable and long-term bumper crops.,.