Bola kita sampah/rubbish?

Fuh, Ross Yusof, renowned footy commentator, radio DJ and Man Utd fan, said this on national tv...it goes something like this "over here it's rubbish" in the latest episode of the footy talk show Bola@Mamak over Astro816...hosted by Adrian Jalaludin.

kira bola sepak kita sampah la...

Ross Yusof, a Malaysian-born UK grad, I think...

Funny to think that an Englishman born in Liverpool, Dez Corkhill begged to differ, to the extent of mentioning Mokhtar Dahari...

That's Dez on the left with blogger Nadzry Abu Bakar who runs his blog here

Hmmmm

Kasihan Hj Ahmad Yusof

JATUH bangun, turun naik, dilantik dan dipecat - asam garam dunia bola sepak. Kalau team bagus, team dapat kredit, tapi kalau team merudum, jurulatih kena tendang. Lumrah.

Kasihan Haji Ahmad Yusof. Wira negara satu ketika dulu. Mententeramkan keadaan di jentera tengah tugasnya. Bilamana dia tenang, Radhi Mat Din, Subadron Aziz, Lim Teong Kim antaranya bebas meluahkan bisa.

Pada awal 1997, aku menjadi tetamu Allah di tanah suci. Sambil memanjat doa di depan Kaabah, tiba-tiba muncul muka yang familiar. MasyaAllah, Ahmad Yusof rupanya. Kami berjabat tangan, bersyukur bertemu di tanah suci.

Ketika aku merangkak menjadi wartawan sukan, Ahmad Yusof nama besar. Nak interviu pun segan-segan. Tapi dikelilingi bintang seperti Fandi Ahmad, Zainal Abidin Hassan dan Dollah Salleh, Ahmad Yusof selamba, rileks dan mudah mesra...orang Utaralah katakan...

Zaman itu, pemain berkarakter...salah tulis, diaorang marah! Jiwa kental, kena ludah, kena maki tapi tetap pro dan jarang-jarang sabotaj jurulatih atau pengurus.

"Zaman dulu, jurulatih jadi coach sampai 10 tahun tak de apapun...zaman sekarang, dua kali kalah dah pressure," kata seorang penggiat bola sepak.

Ahmad Yusof sudahpun dilucut jawatannya selaku pengurus Kedah. Khabarnya dia menjadi mangsa keadaan. Pemain tidak berapa suka dengan pengurus Datuk Khazali Din. Ada pemain tidak beri 100 peratus dalam game, tentu ada sebab-musababnya. Jadi Ahmad Yusof barangkali tersepit.

Dalam pada itu, aku terima emel ini:

masalah utama adalah berpunca daripada krisis dalaman pihak pengurusan yang melibatkan pengurus dan barisan kejurulatihan iaitu khazali din, ahmad yusof, radhi mat din dan ahmad sobri.


1) khazali din- dia ni punca utama kemerosotan kedah.
segala galanya berpunca dari dia. dia punya target musim ni mau 3 piala tapi dia kedekut nak sediakan bajet lebih untuk dapatkan playmaker yang bagus. mat yusop dah bagi list playmaker yang ingin dipancing tetapi khazali din menolak dgn alasan mahal dan pakai saja apa yg ada. kalau nak hasil yang lumayan, modal yang perlu dikeluarkan mestilahlah tinggi. baru la kita dapat hasil yang diinginkan. dia pun tau masalah utama kedah ialah ketiadaan pemain yg benar2 mampu mengisi posisi playmaker.
so mengapa beliau menolak request dari jurulatih untuk dapatkan pemain yang amat2 diperlukan bagi menampung kelemahan utama kedah.
yang kedua khazali din ni suka campur tangan dalam soal tektikal pasukan dan pemilihan line up pasukan. adalah tidak wajar untuk beliau mencampuri urusan jurulatih dan ini pasti akan merencatkan perancangan jurulatih. sudah la mat yusop ni kurang mahir dari segi tektikal, si pengurus pula duk buat pandai atur sana sini. maka hancur berkecai la tektikal pasukan. mana boleh satu kapal ada 2 kapten.
yang ketiga khazali din ni tak berapa friendly dgn para pemain. selaku pengurus beliau seharusnya bertindak sebagai bapa dalam mendidik anak. beri perhatian yang sewajarnya kepada pemain dan kena selalu ambil berat pasal pemain, baru la pemain rasa dihargai dan main dgn semangat. contohilah apa yang arwah DATO AHMAD BASRI terapkan, sentiasa mendampingi pemain dan selalu bertanyakan masalah pemain.


2) mat yusop - sekarang ni majoriti penyokong kedah menyalahkan beliau atas kegagalan pasukan kedah...
memang tak dinafikan mat yusop patut disalahkan. jelas tektikal beliau ternyata tidak berkesan. alasan mat yusop ketika bermula saingan liga ialah masalah kecederaan tonggak utama dan kurang keserasian antara pemain. 2 game terakhir ni beliau dah berpeluang menurunkan barisan idamannya dan hasilnya tetap sama. kedah masih lagi tumpul. ternyata mat yusop gagal dan mengecewakan kita semua.
tak wajar mat yusop bagi alasan kecederaan kerana jika pemain tonggak cedera atau berdepan penggantungan, maknanya kedah akan gagal.. apa fungsi pemain lain?? apakah mat yusop hanya mengharapkan kepada pemain tonggak sahaja???
sebenarnya mat yusop dinilai dari musim lepas, bagi saya beliau tak mampu menggalas tugas selaku ketua jurulatih.
tiada peningkatan yang ditunjukkan dari musim lepas.
ini juga berpunca daripada sikap khazali din yang suka mencampuri urusan mat yusop dalam bab tektikal dan line up pasukan. maka bertambah serabut lagi la mat yusop.
mat yusop (lemah tektikal, suka jadi pak turut) + khazali din (kedekut, suka memandai) = lingkup team kedah


3) radhi mat din dan ahmad sobri - depa 2 orang ini adalah orang yang amat penting kepada mat yusop kerana 2 orang ni dah bersama dgn pasukan sejak dari tahun 2004 lagi. depa lebih mengenali dan memahami peribadi para pemain berbanding mat yusop. selaku pembantu kepada mat yusop (ada yg kata mat yusop sebenarnya pembantu radhi), 2 orang ni juga patut dipertanggungjawabkan atas kegagalan merencanakan tektikal yang berkesan kepada pasukan.
ramai yang tahu radhi juga banyak terlibat dengan tektikal pasukan dan pemilihan pemain.
radhi jelas bersembunyi dibelakang mat yusop dan menjadikan mat yusop sebagai kambing hitam. sebenarnya urusan tektikal pasukan banyak dibuat oleh radhi. perlantikan mat yusop pada 2010 juga atas nasihat dan rancangan radhi. ini semua dah dirancangkan dgn alasan radhi tiada lesen kelas A. Sebenarnya radhi sudah banyak kali membatalkan urusan kursus kejurulatihan lesen kelas A di FAM kerana dia tidak mahu dilantik sebagai ketua jurulatih kedah. radhi sebenarnya tidak mahu menggalas tanggungjawab kerana bimbang jika kedah gagal, namanya akan busuk.
perlantikan mat yusop ibarat sebagai pelengkap sahaja dan dibuat atas dasar mat yusop adalah rakan baik kepada radhi dan ahmad sobri.
masing2 ada kepentingan sendiri (politik dalaman).


akibat dari ketidakpuasan hati pemain kepada sikap angkuh khazali din, ada segelintir pemain bertindak melakukan silent protes ketika beraksi.
mereka sengaja bermain di bawah kemampuan sebenar sebagai tanda tidak suka kepada khazali din dgn harapan agar khazali din dipecat.
sebab tu la kita tengok ada pemain yang seolah olah bermain sambil lewa, hantaran kerap sangkut, malas nak ligan bola dll.
ternyata tindakan pemain ini adalah tidak wajar sama sekali. mereka seharusnya menyuarakan rasa tidak puas hati dgn cara yang betul.
bukan dgn cara mengkhianati penyokong.
tak dinafikan pemain juga hak untuk menyatakan sesuatu tetapi bukan dengan cara sebegini, sepatutnya guna landasan yang betul.


bagi penyokong kedah, semua pihak harus bertanggungjawab termasuklah pemimpin kfa sendiri.
bila dah tau team ada masalah sepatutnya kfa kena ambil tindakan yang segera supaya team tidak terus hanyut.
buat post mortem secara terperinci, cari punca sebenar masalah dan cara mengatasi.
bukannya duk tuding jari satu sama lain.


secara peribadi la berdasarkan situasi pasukan sekarang ni, kalau nak pecat mat yusop lebih baik pecat sekali dengan pengurus dan penolong jurulatih.
amat berharap agar pemimpin kfa mengambil tindakan yang sewajarnya demi mengembalikan semula maruah pasukan kedah.


12 mac 2010, penyokong kedah akan sekali lagi mengadakan demontrasi di perkarangan stadium darulaman selepas perlwanan kedah vs terengganu untuk meminta kfa supaya memecat pengurus pasukan, jurulatih dan penolong jurulatih.

Syabas to all winners

Despite suffering a bout of poisoning, Pandelela (her FB nick is Lulu Dolphin) enjoys the limelight

Pandelela wins 100PLUS-SAM Awards 2010 Best Athlete crown

KUALA LUMPUR (March 6, 2011): National diver Pandelela Rinong received a belated birthday present when she was voted the Best Athlete in the 100PLUS-SAM Awards 2010 today.

The Sarawakian, who turned 18 on Wednesday, is the first diver to win the prestigious award which comes with a cash prize of RM10,000 and a trophy.

Pandalela made history by clinching the first-ever diving gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi last year when she defeated Olympic medal winners from Australia and Britain to win the women's 10m platform gold. Pandelela also won a silver medal with Leong Mun Yee in the synchronised 10m platform final.

Pandelela was the toast of the nation when she bagged two silver medals in the individual 3m springboard and 10m platform disciplines at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in July last year. Her two silver medals made her the first Malaysian female to mount the podium at a multi-Games meet organised by the International Olympic Council.

She also marked her Asian Games debut with one silver in the synchronised 10m platform and one bronze medal in the individual discipline.

A stunned Pandelela, who was feeling under the weather, said: "I can't believe it. I honestly didn't expect to win the award as I was up against some great champions.

"This is a big honour for me and I hope to build on this success. My main goal is to do well at the World Championships in Shanghai in July as it is an Olympic qualifying event.

"The finalists (top 12) will earn a place in the London Olympics next year and that is my initial goal apart from trying to get a medal," added the Bidayuh.

The other nominess were five-time world squash champion Nicol David, world No. 1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei and Keirin king Azizulhasni Awang and shooter Nur Suryani Taibi.

Meanwhile, wushu exponent Yeap Wai Kin, who won two gold medals in the World Junior Championships was named Most Promising Athlete.

There were also several prizes for reporting with Astro Awani's Mohd Zulhelmi Zainal Azam winning the RM7,000 top prize.

List of winners
Best Athlete: Pandelela Rinong (Diving)
Most Promising Athlete: Yeap Wai Kin (Wushu)
Special Award from National Sports Association: Datuk Lee Chong Wei
Outdo Yourself Award: National football team (Suzuki Cup champions)

Best Report (Print): Wan Mohd Fakhrul Anwar (Kosmo!)
Best Report (Electronic): Ku Mohd Lufti Ku Yahya (RTM)
Best Commentary (Print): Rajes Paul (The Star)
Best Commentary (Eletronic): Rozihan Mohd Raji (RTM)
Best Photographer: Mazlan Samion (Bernama)
Best Special Report: Mohd Zulhelmi Zainal Azam (Astro Awani)
Best Reporter: Mohd Zulhelmi Zainal Azam (Astro Awani)

To the winning sportswriters/sportscasters, congratulations! Rozihan or Yan has bagged a double. Her docu Menggapai Harapan on the Thomas Cup was also adjudged the best sports programme in the recent Anugerah Seri Angkasa. The Star's Rajes Paul is getting bolder in her writings by the day, while Zulhelmi Zainal Azam's special report on the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury - arguably the most devastating injury for a footballer, deservedly won the top prize. Kosmo's Wan Fakhrul Bakar is already a respected football writer.

Read another feather in her cap and Rajes' hard-hitting piece and Wan Fakhrul's blog

From left Zulhelmi, Astro Awani sports editor Fadzrie Hazis and national team captain, Safiq Rahim. Zulhelmi was once a national futsal player under Brazilian coach Lula. Zulhelmi and Safiq were once team mates in the Selangor Under-19 squad.

Qatar 2022?

While it's hard to envisage any of the Selangor players taking part in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, some of the present batch of Qatar Under-19 outfit may have a role...They were in Shah Alam for two weeks recently for a training camp. Originally they wanted to set up camp in Cairo but due to the political turmoil, they shifted the base to Shah Alam. Perhaps it is worth marketing Kuala Lumpur as a training ground for teams from the Middle East.

Qatar Under-19 Dutch coach, Tini Ruys, does not want to foretell the future..."but they are 17 and 18 today...11 years from today, they might be the seniors guiding the team."

When asked the origin of the players, Ruys says: "Although they came from families of various descent, they were born in Doha."

Lulu Dolphin atau Jojo?

Siapakah agaknya pemenang Anugerah Penulis-penulis Sukan Malaysia (SAM) esok? Jojohasni atau Lulu Dolphin? Baca di sini

Supremo or clerical role for Van Huizen?

Steven van Huizen is the supremo when it comes to technical matters of all national hockey teams. Read here. Van Huizen's role is akin to that of the technical director of national football team, I guess. Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah is perhaps imposing something that cannot be done at FAM.

Updated:

An insider contacted loose cannon, saying that van Huizen is in fact the national teams' coordinator and coaching (NTCC) whose key task is to liaise with the relevant stakeholders, namely the players, selectors, MHF, NSC, OCM and the Asian and world bodies. He also acts as secretary to the national team management committee.

Loose cannon is not too clear on van Huizen's role, whether or not his technical expertise will be required now that Beng Hai and Nor Saiful Zaini Nasiruddin are back handling the senior team.

When van Huizen was invited for Kafe Sukan after the silver medal feat in the Guangzhou Asian Games not too long ago, he went out of his way to give credit to Beng Hai.

What MHF is doing is good. It's about putting in place a system or process, similar to what BAM is doing with Datuk James Selvaraj, who is cracking his head to persuade Datuk Misbun Sidek to return to the fold.

What I don't understand is why ensuring national team equipment is accounted for and updating players' profiles, contact details, visa and updating statistics, international caps and goals come under van Huizen's jurisdiction? This means he will be bogged down by clerical duties...and his technical expertise will not be fully utilised!

Looking at his track record, van Huizen is best be appointed as the technical adviser, nothing more, nothing less.

Dahlan Maamor dan celotehnya

Dahlan Maamor, orang Kedah yang tidak mungkin aku lupakan sumbangannya, sekalipun kami pernah berselisih faham satu ketika dulu. "Rizal, u pi cover game Public Bank ni, interviu lah Karel Stromsik ka...Dollah Salleh ka," kata Dahlan, masa tu reporter sukan Harian Metro, kat aku. Masa tu 1991.

Siapa tidak kenal Dahlan sekarang...pengacara TV, bekas setiausaha akhbar, bekas pegawai media FAM, novelis dengan 11 buku...juga seorang blogger. Siapa agaknya yang menjadi mangsa sindirannya
di sini. Dulu pernah ku tulis Kecoh di Angkasapuri, lama sebelum aku dituduh menjadi penulis upahan Astro.