One thing I like about Datuk Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad, when he was heading the FA of Malaysia secretariat, was his ability to cope and deal with criticism.
Sure he gave me a rollicking on a few occasions that I took a dig at FAM throughout his two-year tenure as the general secretary.
I swam against the current when FAM (and Pak Lah) wanted to go ahead with the Manchester United match despite the Malaysian government's contractual obligations with the Asian Football Confederation.
I questioned FAM's role as the supposedly end-users of the high performance training centre in Brickendonbury, London and whether or not FAM were consulted in the Champions Youth Cup (CYC) saga.
We argued on many issues and I gave him my two sens' worth, even "live" on RTM1's Fokus Bola shortly after the Asian Cup debacle last year, when I felt FAM were not doing enough to help Norizan Bakar form a decent squad.
So it was nice to appear again on TV this morning with Dr Ibrahim and he was not alone this time. The former Penang Deputy Chief Minister brought along his offsprings Zaiful, Zairil, Zaireen and Zaida for TV9's breakfast talk show Nasi Lemak Kopi O at Sri Pentas, where we got to discuss the ongoing Euros with hosts Yat and Aziz Desa.
Moi, on the left, wearing an old jersey of Les Bleus. The white strip is the away kit worn by the Cantona and Papin generation between 1993-1995. It's a special one because I bought it at the adidas boutique at Rue de Louvre in Paris after covering the Toulon Youth Festival (featuring David Beckham among others) for Berita Harian in 1995.
The French were not exactly on top of the world at that time, having failed to qualify for the USA World Cup in 1994.
Second pic (courtesy of Aishah and Kak Lin) from left loose cannon, Yat, Dr Ibrahim (England fan), Zaida (Holland fan), Zaireen (Dutch fan), Zairil (Dutch fan) and Zaiful (an avid fan of France).
6 comments:
mr rizal...
we are talking about euro...
but how many of us especially others aware that our Piala FA final is just one week away...
bro rizal,
betul ka COO MSL tu kena pecat, atau dalam versi rasminya - letak jawatan, sebab salah laku terhadap kakitangan FAM?
apasal tak bongkar citer tu? mana boleh orang yang sebelumnya selaku anggap dia paling berkuasa, tiba-tiba berhenti macam tu aje...atau bro rizal ada kepentingan apa-apa nie?
kalau nak jadi loose cannon, kena buat betul-betul bro...jangan ada pilih kasih...kalau cam tu, lebih baik jadi cannon yang dok dalam kelongsong je....ha ha ha
salam dari jalan chan sow lin
Kemungkinan Saudara Rizal, tidak tahu bagaimana nak memulakan isu ini yang di katakan bermula 3 bulan lalu di perkarangan FAM. Mungkin ada Udang di sebalik batu kot."
Tanya kawan baik saudara mengenai isu ini.
Boleh tolong beritahu blog mana yang membicarakan COO MSL petak jawatan?
Rizal hang dah gemok sungguh. Kalau aku tak enlarge kan gambar, aku tak tahu itu adalah muhriz ...
gang-baik
semakin galmour lah you bro selepas meninggalkan malay mail. selalu keluar TV.
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