Monday, October 3, 2011

Tony says sorry on TV

Sorry or no, some of the points raised by Tony Cottee in an interview a long time ago were valid. Basically he stood by his story on Bola@Mamak last week.


Read Jason Dasey's column  here and the interview with the Sun here.

A note on Astro's fan page on facebook.


The fans had waited almost 15 years for an apology from the former Premier League star, and this week, ex-West Ham and Selangor striker Tony Cottee finally laid to rest the controversy that had been brewing since he became the Malaysian League’s biggest ever signing in 1996.


In his recent interview on Astro SuperSport’s Bola@mamak, Cottee addressed many of the controversial remarks that followed him during his football career in Malaysia.


"The last thing I am is a prima-donna but I was just used to a higher standard. When you go to another country and when you question the other guys, that is perhaps why I was pictured the wrong way. Did I enjoy the football? No. Did I enjoy being in Malaysia? Yes,” he remembers. “Different culture…. I had a great time. My twin boys were conceived here. So I will always have great affection for Malaysia”, said Cottee.


Cottee stunned the sporting world when he went from the Premier League to Selangor in October 1996. Aged 31 at the time, he had scored 182 top-flight league goals over 14 seasons with the Hammers and Everton.


When he returned from Asia in the summer of 1997, Cottee was signed by Martin O’Neill at Leicester City, linking up with Emile Heskey. He got his first taste of the European stage in the UEFA Cup and finally won a major English trophy when Leicester lifted the 2000 League Cup. Eighty-five league games for the Foxes yielded 27 goals, including the winner against Manchester United at Old Trafford in 1998.


Tune-in this Sunday (2 October) to find out what seasoned TV pundit Tony Cottee has to say together with Peter Barnes and Abbas Saad alongside host Jason Dasey during the 'live' and exclusive coverage of Spurs v Arsenal on BPL Sunday from 10pm on Astro SuperSport 3 (CH 817) and Astro SuperSport HD (CH 831).


You can also catch Tony Cottee on:
FourFourTwo EuroZone this Friday (30 September, on Astro SuperSport (CH 811) and Astro SuperSport HD (CH 831) and
BPL Saturday (1 October) at 9.30pm on Astro SuperSport 3 (CH 817) and Astro SuperSport HD (CH 831)

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

bila lagi kita nak ada player "World Class" kat Super League kita?

Anonymous said...

Assalammualaikum Bro Rizal...

Tony is a legends..grew up watching him scoring goals for fun is a amazing experience..and the grizzy hair of him also influence me during my school day...wanted to grow up to be like him...having the oppurtunity watching him played for Selangor is an experience that i will cherish in life..I think we malaysia will always remember his remarks but we always forgive him of his contribution to Selangor football..whatever remarks dotted by tony is a lesson well learned.

Personally i think Tony was brought in by Selangor for the M League for a reason...to boots up the team performance and in other way round to promote M League at that particular time.

M League started in 1993 and many foreign players was brought in by states team to enhance the team performance and also part of the crowd puller.

The same goes to J League..They started in 1992 ( 1 year before M League) but look at them...the league which started shoulder to shoulder with M League are now Class A of AFC top league ranking..whilst we MSL (M League) is class D of AFC league ranking...you see the difference..

When J league started they also bring in certain player like Gary Lineker, Zico, Hristo Stoichkov,Michael Laudrup,Salvatore Schillaci and Careca just to name a few.. and they do pick up from there. But M League....a very sad case..

Current MSL...where is the direction? What is the blue print to.bring the MSl to another level..what is the plan? we never know...

As a die hard fan of Malaysia League...i personally think that a lot of agendas...issue...marketing, planning...brain storming and the most import thing is to learn for those who on top of us....it may took us another wasted 20 yrs to be in the class A of AFC ranking but everything start from humble beginning....lets not forget how Kelanta FA aka TRW bouce back from Liga FAM to be the champion...why the manage to do that? Simple...a good management.. and We Malaysian hope that Tan Sri can do the same for MSL...

To Mr Tony Cottee,

We learned from your remarks..it may sound very cruel..but a lesson well learned...Thanks for the goals scored and appreciate your thought...

P/S : enjoy zaman Merzagua..john hunter..zoran nikolic..makan burger basi kat stadium bandaraya, Penang & Stadium Shah Alam .

"Haria Penang Haria" (Damn..I looked stupid saying these motto..hahaha)

Zul "Miura" Amizan..

Anonymous said...

Assalammualaikum Bro Rizal...

Tony is a legends..grew up watching him scoring goals for fun is a amazing experience..and the grizzy hair of him also influence me during my school day...wanted to grow up to be like him...having the oppurtunity watching him played for Selangor is an experience that i will cherish in life..I think we malaysia will always remember his remarks but we always forgive him of his contribution to Selangor football..whatever remarks dotted by tony is a lesson well learned.

Personally i think Tony was brought in by Selangor for the M League for a reason...to boots up the team performance and in other way round to promote M League at that particular time.

M League started in 1993 and many foreign players was brought in by states team to enhance the team performance and also part of the crowd puller.

The same goes to J League..They started in 1992 ( 1 year before M League) but look at them...the league which started shoulder to shoulder with M League are now Class A of AFC top league ranking..whilst we MSL (M League) is class D of AFC league ranking...you see the difference..

When J league started they also bring in certain player like Gary Lineker, Zico, Hristo Stoichkov,Michael Laudrup,Salvatore Schillaci and Careca just to name a few.. and they do pick up from there. But M League....a very sad case..

Current MSL...where is the direction? What is the blue print to.bring the MSl to another level..what is the plan? we never know...

As a die hard fan of Malaysia League...i personally think that a lot of agendas...issue...marketing, planning...brain storming and the most import thing is to learn for those who on top of us....it may took us another wasted 20 yrs to be in the class A of AFC ranking but everything start from humble beginning....lets not forget how Kelanta FA aka TRW bouce back from Liga FAM to be the champion...why the manage to do that? Simple...a good management.. and We Malaysian hope that Tan Sri can do the same for MSL...

To Mr Tony Cottee,

We learned from your remarks..it may sound very cruel..but a lesson well learned...Thanks for the goals scored and appreciate your thought...

P/S : enjoy zaman Merzagua..john hunter..zoran nikolic..makan burger basi kat stadium bandaraya, Penang & Stadium Shah Alam .

"Haria Penang Haria" (Damn..I looked stupid saying these motto..hahaha)

Zul "Miura" Amizan..

Anonymous said...

Mulut dia sama mcm kaki dia. pandai cakap dan pandai main bola. Yg paling aku ingat, komen dia pasal kena cuci boot sendiri dan saiz jersey bola selangor.
Tapi dia dah mintak maap, dlm konteksnya sendiri.Pada pegawai & pemain Selangor mcm mana?
Baca and jawab sendiri la ye.

Anonymous said...

Apa nak layan mangkuk ayun ni...bagi aku dia ni tak sepatutnya dilayan macam raja kat Malaysia ni..bukan bagus sangat pun. Kata-katanya memang menyakitkan hati..

X-Player

Anonymous said...

Ask Mail Ibrahim about this Mat
Salleh. His remarks about Mail's subuh prayer.

-myi-

Anonymous said...

sakit ati kan dengar komen dia dulu... tapi nak jadi professional kena la sakit ati... betul la tu...

MZZ said...

Malaysia kalah 0-5. Coach Raja kene berundur di gantikan oleh coach lain yang ada pendedahan peringkat dunia. Pemain-pemain skuad Olimpik perlu di hantar bermain di liga negara2 Top 50 dunia walaupun dalam Div 2, atau di ambil berlatih bersama2 skuad utama Cardiff atau QPR walau tidak di benar bermain dlm perlawanan sebenar. Jika tidak kita akan tetap di buli seperti perlawanan menentang Jepun & Australia.

Anonymous said...

Jgn sebab dia Mat Salleh, kito pun puji dia lebih lebih, jati diri kena kuat bro.

Btw
nak komen ,kita dah kena 5-0 dgn aussie, kita tak tahu australia tu team yg kuat? game lawan australia bukan tempat nak test pemain baru "ingin mencuba, selapas itu kita lihat macamana dia main......"

No, no, no. man!!! Msia dan Australia bagai langit dgn bumi, kalau kita sama standard , boleh lee nak test, nak budak mentah yg belum proven.

Satu lagi, dok cetita pasal Joseph Kallang Tee, aku tak nampak dia ni pemain midfield bagus, bila dapat bola mcm org kelam kabut.aku tak pernah tengok dia pass bola dgn baik, tak ada "defence split passes" tak ada, tak ada ciri midfield yg baik. malah cara dia main boleh membantut gerakan kawan kawan, sebab bila dia dapat bola, dia tak tengok terus rakan2 yg lain, dia dgn cara kelam kabut dia. midfield kena cepat hantar bola kalau ada ruang, kena ade vision.

Rajagopal kena tahu menilai, bukannya terpengaruh dengan reporter dan blogger2 yg tak pernah main bola peringkat tinggi. (setakat wakil kelas mungkin)

Tengok betul betul sebelum pilih

Zamani Misbah, zaman dia dah berlalu, pure defensive midfielder, he cant even pass the ball now.

hari tu, kita menang AFC guna pemain pemain yg masih muda, yg bertenaga, we should continue like this, not going back to the oldies.

AB

Mr Revmon said...

bukan best sangat pon dia main dulu..best lagi jose iriarte main ngan pahang.....yeah!