FIJI will stay in soccer's dark following the reversal of a decision to do away with 60-minute soccer, former Fiji captain Abdul Mannan says.
He said the 60-minute game did not in help development in any way.
"We've been affiliated to FIFA for 70 long years and still the Fiji Football Association can't realise that nowhere in the world is a 60-minute game played."
He labelled the use of the format as a money-making gimmick.
We need to introduce 90-minute games at all levels.
"Fiji FA needs to look to the world for guidance," he said.
"We're not here for money. We're here to develop soccer.
"All the tournaments have sponsors but we don't know what happens to the money because we can't see any development work.
He said Fiji's performance in the Oceania Futsal championship was a good example of the lack of development.
"It's sad, "I read in the papers about a new Futsal academy but it sounds like another false promise."
Soccer strongman Mohammed Shams-ud Dean Sahu Khan told the FACT opening in Suva in June, the FA was doing away with the 60-minute format from next year.
After yesterday's reversal, Mannan said the game at home needed a 'solid restructure' "because tournaments put players under a lot of pressure".
"There is too much soccer. We need to cut down the number of tournaments.
"If there is a structured season, fans will adjust and flock to watch 90-minute soccer."
"We need to revive club games. Club soccer is dead," he said.
"Club level soccer was the backbone when Fiji soccer was thriving," he said.