"If we keep changing, we’ll be in the same situation next year" - Stephen Constantine asks for consistency at East Bengal FC | ISL 2022-23 | OneFootball

"I hate losing," the East Bengal boss said. "When I look back at this season, in the games we lost to Odisha, the one we lost to Goa, the first one against ATKMB, the two games against Hyderabad, Chennaiyin FC one we should’ve gotten something, and Jamshedpur too. We threw away two points against NorthEast United FC.

"But given the circumstances, this is the best season East Bengal have had in the ISL. Six wins and 13 losses are not good enough to be in the top six.

"Can we get better? For sure. It’s just a case of implementation. The plan and vision are there. Everything is there, we just need to do it. We need to be consistent in our decisions. If we keep changing, we’ll be in the same situation next year."

"I learnt that you got to prepare from way before than we did. We can’t start in August and expect to do anything good."

"I’ve been trying to bring in Indian players and identify foreign players since October. We brought in Jake (Jervis), who made a difference for us. I’ve not been able to bring in several of my targeted Indian players.

"We must move quickly, because time is running out and again we’ll be left with players discarded by other teams or look for players in the I-League."

"I don't think we had enough of those moments where (we could have changed the match). I don't think we deserved to win this game. But I feel that we were very unfortunate not to take a point from this game."

"Lalchungnunga is a very decent prospect. He is a solid defender. He needs work. Of course, he is not the finished article. Mobashir Rahman has been one of our better players in the last five or six games. He may need another good season, but I think he's getting there.

"Naorem Mahesh has done fantastically. I would say those three players for me are worth monitoring. They may not be ready at the moment to go into the full national team, but if they keep improving, next season. I would be picking into the national team."

"When you do things at the last minute, you sometimes don’t have too many choices.

"I thought Jordan (O’Doherty) has done OK. Charis (Kyriakou) has been very good. Ivan (Gonzalez) did OK, but not totally impressive. I think he’s used to a different way of playing. Lima (Alex) has been good, but not as good as he can be. He’s a better player than that."

"But we put all the emphasis on the foreigners, the four which play should make a difference. But I must tell you if there are seven Indians, who are driving the car, are of not good quality, then you are bound to struggle."

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