Thursday, July 26, 2007

Malaysian soccer. A new beginning??

After losing 5-1, 5-0 and 2-0, the whole world know the status of Malaysian soccer. Mediocre at best. Most of the Vice Presidents has resigned and so has the General Secretary. The coach is going to go off soon. The parliament has said that this is a National issue. Some have said that it was a mistake to co-host the Asian Cup and we have made fools of ourselves. The TV screens shows the late Super Mokh, Mokhtar Dahari, the only world class striker we had in the 70s and 80s. All living to the past, still searching blindly to the future.

Personally, I feel that this is the best thing that has happened to Malaysian Football. We've finally woken up from our slumber. Finally changing channels from the English Premier League and care about the national team. Hopefully, a new FAM will emerge and set some realistic goals. We don't need to send players to the Premier League. Send them to Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and see if they can stand it. I do hope we can produce some good players. There are 25 million Malaysians, we only need 11 footballers. Good luck guys

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Malaysian soccer team. What's new? Nothing much

First of all, I would like to make it clear that this is just a fan's view and I will always be a Malaysian team supporter for life. Having said that, here is the fact

"CHINA proved to be head and shoulders above Malaysia when they beat the hosts 5-1 in an Asian Cup Group C match at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil last night." New Straits Time July 11th.

I expected them to lose but 1-5?? At home soil with 18,000 fans cheering them on?? This team did win against Cambodia but lost against Jamaica under-21 and another team which I can't recall. They should have had their tactics figured out by then. But were outclassed. This is when the other host countries, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand were celebrating good results.

The only game which I remember where Malaysia was exciting was when we beat Thailand 2-1 in the 2003 Tiger Cup and there was some hope for the team but it turned out to be a false dawn.

The only positive is that this is the first game. Hopefully, the manager will go on a shouting spree with the team and the team will say, " We played like *#@t tonight but were going to kick some a%$ tomorrow". Help us to help you, guys. Malaysia boleh