- I am puzzled by the move from FAM to hire a new "Technical Advisor" (TA) for our beloved Harimau Malaya football team.
- The idea of having this so called TA is to monitor the progress of Harimau Malaya team and to find the real reason on why this team is not performing consistently.
- I personally believe that there is no-what-so-ever reasons for them to appoint anybody as TA for our team as we have done it before. For me they don't really contribute to the progress of our football team and even if we have them, our standings are not that good either.
- Just because we didn't make it to the 3rd round of World Cup qualifying matches, everybody now thinks that some one should do something to save our football team so that they won't make the same mistake again. Some even ask our Dato' Rajagopal to resign.
- I know that we are all frustated when we lost the match againts our arch rival Singapore but for me, the best thing that we could do is to develop the players. It's because the players will determine whether you win or you lose a game, not the TA and also maybe not the coach. They (TA & coach) can guide you but in the end the players will have to prove it.
- We do have great coach coach like Pual Le Roy, Allan Harris and a few more who is a world class coach. Paul Le Roy has been into 4 or more World Cup competition with different teams and Allen Harris is a "Side-kick" for Terry Venables who is one of the most successful English coach in their history. What i am trying to imply here is that we can have great coaches, but if the player is not good, it will also not do any good to our football team.
- Developing a player is not an easy task. It takes time and afford to see it bear fruits. Look at Spain. 7 of their main players plays for Barcelona and look at how Barcelona plays their final Champions League game against Manchester United. Their brand of football is awesome!! the passing is so fluid even a great team like MU struggles to find the possession and played like a school boy. It is understood that these players have been playing together since they were 17 and they continue playing until today and eventually win the World Cup.
- As a conclusion, i think we don't need to over react went we lost a game or a match. What we can do is to understand the problem and find the solutions for us to over come it. If we still need to appoint a TA for our team, it must be done for a long term basis as he will be the focal point of reference for our future coach and become the advisor to FAM.
- I got a feeling that our current Harimau Malaya squad is our new "Golden Generation" team. So we do need to take extra care of them.
See--evaluate--do--pray
