The voice of SLNA fans needs to be respected.

Paradox

There are so many paradoxes going on atSLNA- the only remaining symbol in the era of football moving towards professionalism. And it becomes questions, doubts that can never find an answer. SLNA Club has all the elements to become a strong team in V.League, Vinh Stadium with the love of Nghe An fans also deserves to become a crowded, bustling place every weekend.

Temporarily closing the past miracles and achievements, SLNA is still a team with a very strong internal force coming from youth training. This is a very important launching pad to help V.League clubs maintain stability in terms of force. And to have this key issue, SLNA youth training has received attention, support and strong investment from the province and related parties. Rarely does any locality in the country spend 20-25 billion VND each year on youth training.

For other teams, in addition to selecting foreign players, they also have to recruit domestic players. But SLNA is not the case. The Nghe An team is a rare club with an abundant source of local players, almost no need to spend money to recruit domestic players and 100% of the players are from Nghe An. However, the biggest paradox is that SLNA's best players cannot stay and contribute long-term to their hometown team. When they are 25 years old, they leave and a professional team can hardly earn any income from those transfers. This is a paradox that goes against the laws of professional football and world football.

Vinh Stadium has been “cold” for many years now because the trust of SLNA fans is gradually running out. Photo: Duc Anh

The next paradox comes from the selection of foreign players. For any club in V.League, success or failure depends on foreign players. In the past 5-7 years, it is not that SLNA has not been able to find good foreign players, but they only play for 1 year according to the contract and then leave. Only Michael Olaha played for 3 years, the restJeremie Lynch, Damir Memovic… all leave to find new destinations. Is there any solution to this existence?

If it is a financial issue, it is not entirely. The sponsor Bac A Bank still ensures the stability of SLNA Club's operations. Looking at the story of Than Quang Ninh players being owed salaries, bonuses, and signing bonuses for 8 months, we can see the value of the sponsor SLNA's more than 10 years of companionship. And the paradox here is that SLNA Club is almost not proactive or unable to find additional sources of income.

Fans' feelings

After the humiliating and humiliating 0-2 loss to HL Ha Tinh, the SLNA Fan Club forum spoke up. Although, this is not the first time they have spoken up. If a team only loses a few matches, that is a very normal thing in football. And the head coach can be responsible for those losses, but the poor results of SLNA for many years from 2016 until now, that is completely a story outside of expertise, but rather a development orientation.

Specifically, the SLNA Fans' Association forum administrator wrote a long article about their thoughts and feelings towards SLNA at this time. The article started with words like "on the side", they stood on the side of the players to understand that, for some reason, the players' abilities, performance, spirit, and psychology have not been fully developed. They stood on the side of the SLNA coaching board to understand the difficulties and pressures of the professionals who are at the forefront like Coach Ngo Quang Truong.

Nghe An fans have been disappointed with the team for a long time. Photo: TK

Nghe An fans also stand on the sponsors’ side to appreciate and be grateful for the businesses’ efforts in a situation where football cannot generate income. And SLNA fans also have respect and recognition for the SLNA Club leadership team for what they have done for Nghe An football and their own difficulties.

However, the highlight of the article is the issue that SLNA Club leaders need to trust the next generation of young people. In the era of economic and social development, a club, a business likeSLNAis operating sluggishly if not backward.

Football without spectators, football will die. The voice of the fans needs to be respected and listened to, just like the Hai Phong Fan Club requested to renew the leadership in the hope that Hai Phong football will develop. A no-nonsense approach has brought about initial positive results, Hai Phong Club has a new president and many specific plans have been set out clearly and methodically.

Vietnamese football and V.League are having fun like never before with the fire pans all over the country, it is a pity that Vinh stadium and SLNA fans are being forgotten. The world football federation FIFA always has a message, that is “Respect” – roughly translated as respect.

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(Baonghean.vn) - Whether it was by chance or coincidence, in two consecutive losses in round 6 and round 7 of V. League GĐ1, SLNA both lost by a narrow margin from a set piece situation and both goals were scored by the away team's central defenders (Tien Dung of Viettel and Anh Quang of D. Nam Dinh).