Sathianathan, Bathenay and FAM media officer, Zaid Jamaludin
A study of contrastCoach B. Sathianathan sounded as if he was ready to throw in the towel shortly after his side were whitewashed 5-0 by a technically superior United Arab Emirates in the opening Group C tie of the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers at the KL Stadium in Cheras.
"I will be meeting with my bosses at FAM and let them know my feelings and if they feel that I should resign, I will go. But not before I tell them the harsh reality of our game.
"Our M-League is just not good enough to help raise the standard and maintain our players' fitness level. From the fitness tests conducted, only three met expectations."
What is the solution to stop the rot?
"I don't know, I have been talking about the same thing for the past 10 years," said Sathianathan who came under fire after the recent AFF Suzuki Cup where Malaysia failed to advance to the semi-finals for the first time since 1998.
Read the report of the Malaysia-UAE clash here and here.
The margin did not reflect the true complexion of the match especially in the first 20 minutes, with the visitors struggling to impose their authority on the wet pitch. But Aussie ref Benjamin Williams turned partypooper when he adjudged Hardi Jaafar to have fouled nippy left flanker Ismael Salem in the 44th minute. Go here to study the incident yourself!
I don't wish to question the referee's credibility but I left the stadium feeling as if Williams and assistant referee Matt Cream, despite having been candidates for the AFC Awards in their respective categories in 2007, were from the Aussie outback with no experience in football whatsoever but I'm being biased here, I guess.
I did ask Kedah left flanker Khyril Muhymeen Zambri what actually took place and he revealed according to Hardi during half-time, it was Ismael who knocked into him.
I did ask Kedah left flanker Khyril Muhymeen Zambri what actually took place and he revealed according to Hardi during half-time, it was Ismael who knocked into him.
But that's football.
UAE boss Dominique Bathenay was happy to open their campaign to qualify for Qatar 2011 with a hefty win.
"It's always good to start with a win and I was happy to see Ismail Matar ending his goal drought with two well-taken goals," said the former France midfielder. So confident he was that Bathenay said he was looking forward to a win against Uzbekistan in their next match in February.
I asked him "were you happy with the standard of refereeing?" "Since we won I don't have any complains."
Williams' dubious decisions angered the 6,000-odd Malaysian fans. To vent their frustration, they threw bottles onto the pitch before half-time. Williams who plays guitar as a hobby, had to wait until he was sure of a safe passage back to the dressing room during the interval.
"It's always good to start with a win and I was happy to see Ismail Matar ending his goal drought with two well-taken goals," said the former France midfielder. So confident he was that Bathenay said he was looking forward to a win against Uzbekistan in their next match in February.
I asked him "were you happy with the standard of refereeing?" "Since we won I don't have any complains."
Williams' dubious decisions angered the 6,000-odd Malaysian fans. To vent their frustration, they threw bottles onto the pitch before half-time. Williams who plays guitar as a hobby, had to wait until he was sure of a safe passage back to the dressing room during the interval.
My sentiments exactly, oh and that's Williams on the right
26 comments:
Jangan kita salahkan lantai tak rata kalau kita tak pandai menari,
Kenapa saudara tak beritahu semua yg penyokong berkumpul di bahagian depan vip. Laungan keramat untuk azuddin dan satia letak jawatan
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Ingat melayu mudah lupa
Sathia should tell the truth, nothing but the truth. The truth is a no-brainer. We are nothing but good for nothing. We have become a nation of moaners and groaners who have lost the will to fight against the odds. Dont blame Sathia. Dont blame the FAM. Dont blame the Sultan. Dont blame it on the facilities, because we have first class facilities. Blame it on third class mentality. Sathia, dont be too harsh on yourself, because even God cannot save our bunch of no-hopers who take no pride in wearing the colours of the nation. Arnaz Khairil, Malaysia's sports writer to watch, has long given up on football. He's right. Malaysia Boleh! Malaysia Ole!
Yes! Sah penalti! cuba tgk Hardi dtg dari arah mana? Dari jauh meluru dtg dan terus merempuh pihak lawan. Tak cukup dengan itu, Hardi turut menyiku Pak Arab tu. Patutnya Hardi perlu dihukum dengan kad merah.
enough is enough. well zal, put aside the decisions by the ref, kita perlu akui yang team kita tak mencapai piawaian antarabangsa. cukup baik dan gah hanya untuk liga 'kampung' kita saja. cumanya as i've written in my blog, i must say that i'm upset with what i saw in khyril's performance. he was not in the game and merely passenger. selection of syamsuri is a bit questionable and its time for indra to only focus in the domestic league. technically, our boys only wanted to have the ball at their feet and were not creative enough in creating space for them to receive the ball and make attempts towards goal..wallahualam.
APA LAGI NAK
KAT STADIUM SEMALAM ADA LAH DUA TIGA KERAT AHLI JAWATANKUASA FAM YANG DATANG
KEMANA PERGINYA YANG LAIN-LAIN, INI MUNGKIN SEBAB TUANKU TAK DATANG DIA PUN TAK DATANG
HOI BAGI JAWATAN KAT ORANG LAIN LA LAGI ELOK.
LA SEMALAM KENAPA AZUDDIN TAK KELUAR MASA ORANG DOK TENGAH SORAK KAT DIA, BILA ORANG BERSURAI BARU DIA KELUAR, TAK HERO LAH MACAM NI
KITA TUKAR JE SEMUA SEKALI BIAR ORANG YANG BENAR2 BERMINAT JE DUDUK KAT KERUSI PANAS TU.
LAGI SATU APA LAH MANGKOK FAM KESELAMATAN KAT STADIUM HANCUS BERDERAI
Belum main lagi saya dah tau Malaysia akan kalah sebab jauh sungguh standard permainan kita dengan negara-negara Arab. Sampai bila kita nak sedar ramai peminat bola negara kita dah tak kisah dengan apa yang berlaku dengan pasukan Malaysia.
Next game Malaysia lawan Uzbek pecinta bola malaysia di lembah klang turun beramai-ramai,
memang kita akan kalah tapi habis game keluarkan lambaian kain putih Sathia, KJ & Co. thus people politician yang takkan pernah ikhlas untuk pembangunan bola Malaysia harus diberi isyarat yang jelas untuk meninggalkan FAM cukuplah setakat ini kehancuran bola sepak Malaysia.
coretan khalayak..maybe its time that we get the signatures from the fans and hand over to them. i wonder what datuk soh chin aun, datuk m chandran and previously datuk jamal nasir whom were our country's favourite sons of football. kita nak kata those yang arif tentang bolasepak takde dalam fam, previously ada jugak wakil and that includes datuk ghani minhat. but what they have to say about all these nonsense or they were merely there to listen and be the yes men. and after getting the 'datukship' its time to relax and reap the rewards and benefits? correct me on this pls...wallahualam
Our national team should be disbanded. Instead, the funds should go for development. Just forget about fielding a team for FIFA sanctioned tournaments for now.
Dear Sathia. Sorry about the hammering but we did not expect much either. So dont feel so bad. A defeatist like you deserved nothing better. In fact I think 5 was not quite humbling. Let me explain. Macam ni la senang cerita. First and foremost YOU, the Coach should have been sacked even before kick-off. Seriously. Pls tell me which sane Coach would actually announce to the world that only an X number of his players were fit enough to be involved in international duties. Ada ka? Only in BolehLand and you, proved how insane you were. Kalau announce injuries oklah. But fitness?!?!? 2 boys? 3 boys? Hallo macha, that statement alone was enough to make you an invalid as a Coach. You should not have been involved. Tak pernah dengar perkataan demoralising? As THE best Coach in BolehLad you should've come up with a scheme to at least got a draw ke, park the bus ke or whateva. Dont go giving out disclaimer saying if we lose, it's the boys. I am as fit as a fiddle. Puke man!!! U make me want to puke!!
I honestly thought that you were a goner after the last assigment but FAM you know laa...
So Sathia. Stop whining like Wenger. But then Wenger won loads of silverware but look at you? Rumah tada cermin ka? I really think you are still high with your Piala Merdeka success la macha. Come la woi!!! Move on. Beating those teams were nothing la. Even last year you got shamed by the Myanmarese? Dang!!!
So Sathia, macha, if you are to wait for your Bosses to decide then I guess you'll never go away. No shame ka? Belah la!!!
No no. Not just you. You and the whole lots of no-hopers in FAM should vacate the place. DANG DANG DANG!!!
Akuilah bola kat Malaya memang tak boleh nak maju lagi dah. Saya sokong kata-kata Sathia, M-League tidak membantu!! Oklah ambik dr thn 1989 masa zaman semi-pro ditubuhkan sampai la, apa yang kita dapat?? Gold medal SEA Games pun tak dak, etc etc etc kecuali Pesta Bola thn 2007 itupun Sathia jgn dok lupa kalau dak Referee Siam yang tolong banyak dah tentu kita tak dapat kalahkan Myanmar. So kalau offer Sepp Blatter jadi S/U Agung & Carlos Alberto Pareira jadi head coach pun tak sure kita boleh maju. Tanya pemain & persatuan negeri yang menjadi watak utama M-League, apa yang depa dok buat saban minggu...?? Semua orang akan cakap 'this & that' pas tu jadi apa?? Tak kisah kalau VVVIP FAM tak datang sbb Sultan tak datang, tp Presiden sendiri pun sukar nak datang so camna. Terus terang cek dah malas nak sembang bola local ni sb tak tau mana hala tuju bolasepak kita..
since when the national team became 'Skuad Sathia'? cant help to be bemused with Ahmad Khawari's headline for his report in Berita Harian today ... http://www.bharian.com.my/Current_News/BH/Thursday/Sukan/20090122041432/Article
Skuad Sathia 0, UAE 5
Oleh Ahmad Khawari Isa dan Mohd Fadzrie Hazis
bhsukan@bharian.com.my
Sathia, the players, the stadium janitor, the RapidKL bus driver, the cats & dogs etc are not to be blamed for the rot that is Malaysian football ... agreed with kakibola, we simply do not have the capability to reach the 'piawaian antarabangsa'.. we used to lenyek teams like UAE once upon a time ...
gosh man, how low can we go?
the answer to the rot is to revamp the entire football culture & system in this country.. hav eto agree with Shebby Singh somewhat ...mana dia bolasepak liga daerah??
I recently married a woman from Muar, Johor and have been spending sometimes in that lovely town bordering Malacca. too bad tho', i cant find no Muar FC team there, tho' there is a dilapidated Muar Stadium somewhere there. being a jerseys colelctor, I duly 'made' a (fantasy) Muar FC jersey, put it on and walked around Muar.. 20 questions, I guessed, I received from the folks there ..'ader ker team Muar FC?', 'mana kau dapat jersey ni mamat? etc ...
sigh .....
1-0 ke... 5-0 ke... 11 telor ke sama jer....
Tak bawak apa-apa perubahan pada FAM. Kedudukan di kerusi empuk FAM sikit pun tak goyang.
Biarkan peminat keriau... Bising pun dalam seminggu dua jer, lepas tu suma org lupa. Lantak la depa nak menyalak, janji kita masyukkkk dah.
bro hakim
macam mana org muar nak tahu tak ada langsung satu salam perkenalan dengan semua peminat dan juga tak di war-warkan yang ada team daripada muar
mana dia media officer reka ciptala satu artical bagi menyalurkan informasi pasukan
jangan dok tiduk je ini bukan HOTEL BEB
Bro rizal, apa hang dah buat kat FAM sampai hang 'pindah malam' dari FAM. Selalunya org yang diambil & dipilih oleh SU Agung akan ditatang, dibelai, dan didefend.
Try hang tengok seorang ketua unit di FAM tu... walau sebesar mana pun salah dia, tetap akan didiamkan jer.
Aku ingat hang mesti dok buat tak semenggah punya hal dulu kot? Tu sebab hang cabut awai. heheheheh
Dont give Up Super Tigers !! we can still qualify !! Uzbekistan Home and Away...UAE Away.
Who Dares Wins.
Gang...why not to show our protest to FAM, semua peminat bolasepak seluruh Malaysia, boikot jangan pergi tengok all matches FA Cup on 31st january. We show to FAM our PEOPLE POWER. Not FAM aje yg ada power.
LOL..akupun x tak bleh nak percaya ngan bola sepak kita.................x de harapan langsung!!!!!
mungkin kita patut bubar semua yang berakitan bola sepak dan tubuhkan liga bawah umur....liga sekarang ni hapuskan terus.....klau bagi yng bawawh umur wakil negeri kelab masing2 mungkin kita akan tuai hasilnya dalam 10 tahun lagi!!!!
Boleh dikatakan cam format pc and start smula
LOL..akupun x tak bleh nak percaya ngan bola sepak kita.................x de harapan langsung!!!!!
mungkin kita patut bubar semua yang berakitan bola sepak dan tubuhkan liga bawah umur....liga sekarang ni hapuskan terus.....klau bagi yng bawawh umur wakil negeri kelab masing2 mungkin kita akan tuai hasilnya dalam 10 tahun lagi!!!!
Boleh dikatakan cam format pc and start smula
Jangan salahkan sesiapa la mangkuk hayun..kita kalah sebab kita semua mangkuk ayun. masyarakat mangkuk. tahu tengok bola je.kalau kalah je kutuk coach dan FAM. tak pernah cuba study struktur FAM tu...sape yang sebenarnya buat keputusan hingga dah 14 org coach dah kena tukan...berapa setiausaha agung yg sgt 'setia' dah bertukar. tapi puak2 tu yang masih disitu. mereka ni lah yg merangcang kehancuran bolasepak negara sejak berpuluh tahun dahulu lagi. Mereka pennghabis beras dan dana FAM je. ...malah nak cerita...sebab kau org pun mangkuk ayun..tak reti2
setuju boikot FA Cup tiga puluh satu hari bulan bulan ni. Biar pegawai tinggi FAM yang ego tu saja kontang kanteng kat stadium. Kalau nak bagi lagi meriah, mai kita pakat suruh suma referee jgn mai stadium. Biar pegawai FAM yang jadik ref
setuju dengan bomo apa pasal
kali ni kita patut bersama sathia. sampai bila kita nak salahkan coach. ada sesuatu yang dia cuba perkatakan yang jurulatih lain tak berani nak kata. yang lain tu macam ahli politik UMNO je. FAM tak lebih dari parti politik UMNO..masih dengan nolstalgia lama..dulu, kini dan selamanya
To the blogger... grow a pair. Stop blaming others and open your eyes. You make it sound as if Sathia was wrong to voice out, when in fact, he should have voiced out long ago about the standard of Malaysian football. We've been shyte and the whole world knows it, bar the boardroom-sitting idiots in FAM and most of the state associations.
I'm glad Sathia came out and told the truth, someone needs to say it. If it isn't gonna be those suit-wearing clowns ruining the state of our national football, then it might as well be the national coach.
Well done Sathia, at least someone has a pair...
Abang Hakim Selamat Pengantin Baru/Lama. Dapat orang Muar kira terror beb sebab dia orang pasti pandai masak asam pedas. Dulu anak arwah Tan Sri Sulaiman yang namanya Hassan adalah orang yang bertanggungjawab memastikan bola sepak Muar meriah. Adik beradik Sathiapun pernah ber'aksi' di sana. Maka lahirlah pemain - pemain seperti Rosli Mahmud yang pernah partner Hassan Yahya dlm skuad Johor, S.Surenderan (ex national), arwah Yazid Mahsuri dan Ramlan Rashid. Si Ramlan ni pernah kena gantung sebab jadi kapten team remaja pastu boikot keputusan pengadil. Kira 'walkout' la tu. Tapi Abang Hassan la yang bertanggungjawab guna segala power yang dia ada untuk selamatkan karier Ramlan. Dengar cerita Zainal Abidin Rawop pun bakatnya main bola diasah kat Padang Muar Club dulu. Muar FC patutnya layak main Liga Premier tp sebab tak de pulus punya pasal. Berbalik pada cerita team Sathia ni, rasanya biarlah FAM & Ahlil-Ahlil Gabungannya bermuhasabah agar tak terus menerus dihimpit kekalahan. Sebetulnya kita dah tak ada pemain berkualiti. Sekolah Sukan Bukit Jalil & Bandar Penawar dikatakan sering melahirkan pemain - pemain berpotensi tapi lepas sekolah mereka dah tak de tempat dan team nak bermain sebab state coaches dakwa mereka bukan pemain didikan negeri! So bebudak ni jadi pengganggur terhormat la. At the end, main Futsal atau jadi Artis. Dengar cerita players realiti team Chelsea yang sedang ditayangkan kat tv pun adalah players Sekolah Sukan. Ni ada mak bapak players yang sok sek sok sek kat kedai kopi. Sekolah kena main peranan tuan - tuan untuk membantu melahirkan pemain - pemain. Tapi setahun pemain2 ni dapat main 3 - 4game je setahun. Mana nak maju. M-League tak membantu...70% betul.
Look at the bright side, after so many years, we now have our own official national jersey. Good Job FAM. Hopefully, the game also enhanced.
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