ESPN Champion of Champion 2008

Notice: Aku busy. Sorry, short posting.

ESPN akan bagi award kepada the best sports personality for 2008 base on unique online vote kinda game.


Here the rules:

Among the 16 world best sportsperson chose, there is one little girl , I reckon she the smallest athlete in the list. Our very own, Datuk Nicol Ann David.

Nicol paired with 100 meter record holder, ‘lighting’ Usain Bolt. Although Bolt will be a clear favorite after make his name in Olympic, but maybe Malaysia can beat Jamaica in term of Internet user and Nicol might have some advantage here. Just like how last night Alex Ferguson 'beat' golf legend Tiger Woods and current result between Spain's Rafael Nadal and Sachin Tendulka of India.

But even if she cleared Bolt, her next ‘opponent’ will be Cristiano Ronaldo or multiple Olympic gold medalists, Michael Phelps.


So, guys Nicol definitely need our help to win this battle.

We can’t vote for Nicol yet, the clash between Nicole and Bolt started next week, think so.

Bookmark this address:

http://www.espnstar.com/games/champions-2008/game/

Remember to vote for Nicol when they open Match 6 game. Bloggers, please blog about this. Forward in email, post in forum, tell our friends, make sure Nicol get all the votes she deserve.

To those creative Malaysia Photoshop artist, please creates a logo, button, flag, badge or what ever material to promote this game. Stop changing you blog’s header, altering celebrity face or paste Pak Lah face into funny Hollywood actor. Start channeling your talent to more useful ways. We can treat this as a gift to Nicol from Malaysia’s internet community.

Bolasepak Euro 2008 Prediction

Lepas habis follow liga bolasepak Eropah, sekarang peminat bola ternanti-nanti Euro2008. Kalau ada tournament bolasepak sebegini, surely aku akan TERlibat dalam perjudian. That a very bold confession daripada aku. Paling kurang mesti beberapa ratus duit aku akan melayang. Pedih je rasa hati melihat rakan-rakan bergembira. But not this time, tahun ini adalah tahun aku. Aku akan pastikan aku tidak rugi lagi…. Hahahahhaha (gelak orang jahat)…

Ok, to be honest. Aku bukanlah terlibat dalam perjudian yang besar. Simply having some fun dengan rakan-rakan. Aku pun tidak berniat nak mengaut keuntungan dengan melibatkan diri. Duit kemenangan pun selalunya si pemenang akan gunakan untuk belanja orang lain makan. Ianya hanyalah sekadar hiburan bersama sahabat dan rakan sekerja. Aku harap tiada pihak polis datang dan soal siasat aku kerana terlibat dalam perjudian haram. (Ada ke judi halal?)

Walaupun hanya untuk suka-suka, tahun ini aku nak pastikan aku menang. Aku nak berlagak sombong dengan officemate. Aku nak dengan riaknya belanja mereka makan.

Kami ada pelbagai jenis style betting, tapi yang paling basic adalah pilih team before tournament started. Letakkan sejumlah wang, then siapa yang menang akan ambil semua wang yang dikumpul. Kalau ada lebih dari seorang pemenang, share la duit dalam bowl tu. Aku percaya mesti banyak office juga buat game ini.

So, here my strategy to win or to be exact, tidak kalah….

AKU AKAN PILIH BANYAK PASUKAN….!

Ada 16 teams qualify for final…

Teams yang seorang pun player mereka aku tidak kenal, boleh dilupakan…. Aku memberi sedikit harapan kepada Switzerland kerana mereka tuan rumah…Walaupun Greece defending champion, but the whole world knows it is the biggest fluke of all time.

Jadi tinggal, 11 pasukan lagi….

Pasukan yang nama striker mereka aku tidak boleh pronounce juga aku tidak berikan harapan.

Tinggal 8 pasukan…

Akhir sekali, masukkan sedikit emosi dalam pemilihan. Aku benci Cristiano Ronaldo for obvious reason, aku juga tidak fikir Portugal boleh jadi champion. Sedangkan di kampong sendiri (previous tournament) pun mereka gagal, apatah lagi dinegara orang. So, aku eliminate mereka.

Jadi tinggal 7 teams….

Final, aku akan bet 7 pasukan. Hahahhaha… 4 teams aku main di office aku, dan 3 teams aku main di office member aku. Finally, aku akan merasa menikmati wang kemenangan dari hasil judi. Tak sabar rasanya nak tunggu Euro2008 habis dan aku mengaut hasil keuntungan. Aku memang bijak….

Ok, itu untuk aku. Yang bakal menang at least beberapa puluh ringgit pada awal pagi 29 June nanti. To all friends here, aku dan kawan aku (www.lankapo.com) ada anjurkan simple game untuk kita semua.

Aku tak suka gambar Luca Toni yang Lankapo guna. Jadi aku tampal gambar Torres.

Click gambar (atau sini: Euro2008 Online Contest) untuk pergi ke blog tersebut. Disana, anda semua boleh predict siapa akan jadi juara Euro2008. Tekaan tepat akan dapat hadiah duit. Aku ulang, siapa yang dapat teka dengan tepat, akan dapat hadiah WANG TUNAI. Bukan sticker, bukan voucher membeli belah, bukan coupon discount Domino Pizza. Untuk jadikan lebih thrill selain kena predict bakal juara, peserta juga kena pilih siapa yang dijangka akan menang Golden Boot. Just tinggalkan komen, tulis siapa bakal juara dan siapa akan jadi penjaring terbanyak. Ramai orang declare pengetahuan bolasepak mereka tinggi (terutama peminat fanatic M.U), so sekarang buktikan lah… Jangan sembang je.

Selamat berhujung minggu dan menghadiri majlis perkahwinan....

P/S: Aku harap tiada yang kata aku menyokong perjudian. This simply for fun. Menambahkan excitement kepada kejohanan Euro. Jangan ambil serius sangat.

Danone Cup 2007

Notice: Sukan lagi. Sorry kalau tak minat

Aku tak tahu la orang lain, tapi aku follow result pasukan Malaysia dalam Danone Cup dengan penuh minat. Kepada yang tak pernah dengar apa Danone Cup tu, dan malas nak click link yang aku buat, secara mudahnya Danone Cup ada ‘Little Football World Cup’. Kira Piala Dunia untuk kanak-kanak bawah 12 tahun. Ia adalah anjuran Danone Group (yes, the biscuit) dengan kerjasama France Football Federation dan dapat pengiktirafan FIFA.

Aku kagum gila dengan pencapaian wakil kita (pasukan bawah 12 tahun negeri Pulau Pinang). They finish at number 17^th from 40 participation country. Aku bukanlah manusia yang cepat berpuas hati, sebab mungkin ada yang cakap “nombor 17 dah seronok?”. Cuba tengok pencapaian mereka.

“Secara keseluruhan, sepanjang tiga hari kejohanan, pemain-pemain kecil negara memenangi lima, seri dua dan hanya kalah sekali iaitu kepada England, menjadikan mereka sebagai pasukan kedua terbaik di kalangan negara Asia di belakang Jepun.” – dari Utusan today.

Memang system kejohanan pelik sikit la, our boys cuma kalah sekali tapi dapat nombor 17. Tapi bukan tu aku nak cakap, mereka berjaya kalahkan negara-negara eropah macam Poland and Ireland yang sering kita bangga-banggakan youth development nya. Kita juga kalahkan wakil Afrika, Cameroon, yang konon-konon mempunyai fizikal yang lebih sasa. Kita juga berjaya mengikat pasukan latin yang ada skill tinggi seperti Argentina.

Ini semua membuktikan pemain bolasepak kita berbakat, cuma bila usia meningkat, kemahiran, ketahanan dan segala-galanya tidak meningkat seperti pemain dari negara lain.

Masuk remaja, kenal motor, kenal awek, kenal kawan-kawan bodoh… mereka jadi bangang. Bila dah dewasa, start kenal kereta, kenal duit, kenal dunia… mereka menjadi semakin bodoh.

Salah siapa?

Aku suka salahkan FAM.

Tapi hakikatnya salah semua orang. Bila budak-budak tu meningkat dewasa sahaja, ibu bapa akan suruh utamakan pelajaran. Sebab tradisinya mereka kena masuk university supaya boleh dapat ijazah dan akhirnya dapat kerja dengan gaji mahal. Tak ramai ibu bapa percaya kalau anak mereka main bola boleh jadi kaya. So, aku setuju dengan sesetengah pandangan yang university jadi tempat lambakan bakat sukan kita yang dipaksa kesana kerana desakan masyarakat.

Aku stop sini, kalau bincang benda ini sampai kematu jari aku menaip pun takkan dapat solution.

Persatuan Bolasepak Sarawak - Muflis?

Sarawak yang dilanda masalah kewangan sedaya upaya ke tempat lawan untuk perlawanan bola sepak Liga Super menentang Brunei walaupun terpaksa menempuh perjalanan darat menggunakan bas sejauh hampir seribu kilometer yang memakan masa 14 jam.

- Utusan (05/06/07)

Presiden Persatuan Bolasepak Sarawak (FAS), Nyipa Tinggang memberitahu wartawan FAS tidak mempunyai wang lansung. Semua pemain sudah tidak menerima gaji selama tiga bulan sehingga perlawanan ke Brunei terpaksa menggunakan bas yang diberikan percuma oleh ahli perniagaan, Datin Azerina Arip.

Aku pernah sentuh isu ini dulu. Sukar untuk aku percaya sebuah persatuan sukan yang cukup terkenal (bolasepak) gagal memenuhkan akaun persatuan. Cuba fikirkan:

1. Bolasepak sukan paling diminati di Malaysia, malahan didunia.
2. Paling kurang beribu kalau tidak berjuta manusia menonton perlawanan bolasepak setiap minggu. Paling tidak pun, mereka akan menonton highlight atau berita sukan.

Aku rasa budak university yang baru belajar marketing pun tahu ianya sebuah platform pemasaran yang berpotensi tinggi.

Di negara lain, terutama di Eropah persatuan atau kelab bolasepak menjadi satu cabang perniagaan yang sangat-sangat menguntungkan. Mungkin market mereka lebih besar, tapi gaji dan perbelanjaan mereka juga beratus kali ganda besar berbanding di Malaysia.

Tentunya ada cara untuk menjana keuntungan dari persatuan atau kelab bolasepak. Aku tidak tahu exactly how, but surely pakar-pakar business and marketing tahu cara terbaik untuk mempromosikan sesebuah pasukan bolasepak.

Dalam isu ini ini kesimpulan aku:

FAM – Bodoh. Mungkin mereka boleh mendapatkan sponsor yang lebih untuk membantu persatuan-persatuan negeri. Atau jika difikirkan perlu ‘releasekan’ persatuan negeri agar mereka cari sponsor sendiri 100%. Tidak perlu beri grant tahunan atas ehsan sponsorship FAM.

FAS – Super Bodoh. Majority persatuan bolasepak negeri tidak menghadapai masalah kewangan. Malahan ada yang berjaya mengaut keuntungan. Aku tidak tahu negeri lain, tapi Persatuan Bolasepak Perak boleh memberi peruntukan RM 50,000.00 setahun untuk kelab penyokong. Jadi semestinya ‘something wrong’ dengan FAS sehingga akaun persatuan boleh kering.

Latest Transfer Gossip

With EPL and almost all European club competition come to an end this month, peminat bolasepak akan officially menjadi pemerhati ‘stock market’. Pasaran saham jual beli player. During this period www.soccernet.com or club official site (for me, www.liverpoolfc.tv/news) are not the best source of info anymore. They will not produce the most juiciest and controversial gossip. We can’t expect Liverpoolfc.tv to expose any Liverpool target, kan. And Soccernet.com will only publish solid and proved news. For past several years, I have been using newsnow.co.uk to provide me with any latest news during this period, although some of the news simply out of this world. Who cares…

Newsnow.co.uk actually a news portal, they will feed all news related to any particular subject and put it on one page for our easy viewing.

http://newsnow.co.uk/newsfeed/?name=Liverpool&x=7&y=7

The intensiveness of the news links includes news from Thestar.com.my, even Sarawak Tribune. So, if there is any publisher around the globe write any news related to Liverpool we will be able to read it there. And the page update every 5 minutes. Cool right?

For other topic, simply explore the site yourself.

Talking about cool, jika rakan-rakan disini boring tak tau nak buat apa. Play this ‘game’.

1. Go to google.com
2. key in aku betul
3. press ‘I’m Feeling Lucky’
4. Wallaaah..!

Hehehe...

We Failed to Paint Europe Red

Even the most hard core Milan's fans would agree we almost shut them down totally. Statistic never lies....


But, the final score....



I still believe Liverpool are the best in Europe, well done guys...


Update:

Aku lupa nak buat pagi tadi, sorry...

The complete result of UEFA Champion League 2007.

Champion: Athletic Club Milan
1st Runner Up: Liverpool Football Club
2nd Runner Up: Chelsea Football Club
3rd Runner Up: Manchester United Football Club (a.k.a Mangkuk)

Ada yang tak puas hati dengan kedudukan ni ke?

Athens Here We Come

Notice: Quickie, just to pay a tribute to The Reds Warriors...

UEFA Champion League,Semi-finals - 01 May 2007 20:45 (CET) - Anfield, Liverpool

Update (3 May 2007):

Stupid Mourinho

“We were the best team today, even against a team only playing for the Champions League. I respected Liverpool always in my words. I don't need to say more and today I think the best team was Chelsea.” - Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho


“That's Jose for you, he's been a credit to English football, he makes us laugh now and then.”– Liverpool FC captain, Steven Gerrard

Source: Soccernet.com

The England midfielder also admitted Jose Mourinho's comments before the game had motivated the team. Stupid Jose, definitely the biggest ‘bad loser’ of all time. Just admit your team failure, bodoh…!


Manchester United Bodoh...

AC Milan crushed Manchester United 3-0 in their Champions League semi-final second leg at the San Siro to set up a repeat of the 2005 final against Liverpool. - Soccernet.com

SportsCenter… Malaysia Version

Remember AFF Championship where ESPN Star Sport yang base di Singapore cover the whole tournament? Sakit hati aku when they report about Singapore game. They are bunch of most bias reporter I ever seen on tv. Even Englishman yang comment game England tak bias macam mereka. They know that match will be aired around Asia but why they still use ‘we’ when referring to Singapore team? Bodoh punya newscaster and commentator…!

But now, we will have our very own SportsCenter. Hoooorey…! With initiative from Youth & Sport Minister and help from ESPN Star Sport we will have our own 30 minutes sport news that will cover local and international news from Malaysia’s point of view.

“The Ministry of Youth and Sports is pleased to spearhead this project to bring Malaysian sports closer to the fans at home” – Datuk Azalina told press yesterday.

Aku suka but a little confuse bila tengok barisan newscaster yang akan kendalikan rancangan itu nanti.

Lisa Wong
I think she from TV2, and as we all know bila kerja dengan RTM mereka akan disuruh buat coverage semua jenis berita. Aku pernah tengok dia baca berita dan handle beberapa rancangan sukan, I like her.

Rashid Salleh
What the hell pelakon ni nak jadi pembaca berita sukan? Gila ke apa? Bengog betul. Aku do love his performance dalam beberapa filem but baca berita… Errmm… maybe he will add more humor element dalam segment tu nanti.

Jeevan Selvanathan
Dia ni DJ kan? RED 104.9 rasanya. Aku tak pasti, but if betul la dia ni DJ, again kenapa perlu ambil orang dari field lain untuk jadi sport newscaster? Pelik…

Edleen Ismail
From 8TV, I don’t think she from sports news background juga. Tapi dia cute, lelaki akan suka dia…

So, itulah dia ‘wakil’ kita to report local news through Malaysia edition of SportsCenter. Maybe they want to have fresh face to represent them sebab tu la tak ambil muka-muka familiar. Ok la kot.

Don’t forget to catch them start from April 30, 7:00 pm tentunya at channel ESPN.

Olympic Qualifying: Malaysia vs Japan

Notice: Not Related to title, just hope tonight Malaysia will beat Japan.

Title Sebenar: FAM Sucks…

Back in 2001

Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) mungkin akan mengambil alih pengurusan pembayaran gaji pemain-pemain dalam Liga Malaysia musim depan sebagai langkah untuk mengatasi masalah kelewatan pembayaran gaji oleh persatuan-persatuan negeri.
- Utusan (09/10/2001)

Last Year berlaku lagi, and this time even FAM pun gagal melunaskan gaji player dan pegawai.

“Malah baru-baru ini, MSN turut membantu dari segi membayar gaji pemain skuad Bawah 20 Tahun kebangsaan, menyediakan bantuan doktor, jurulatih kecergasan, ahli fisioterapi dan tukang masak ketika ke Brazil (Jogos do Taca BH Futebol Junior),” - Ketua Unit Sukan Teras MSN, Datuk Zolkples Embong
- Utusan (03/08/06)

Again last year… first ever club yang menang Piala Malaysia pun gulung tikar sebab masalah gaji player.

“Saya telah arahkan Datuk Bandar Petaling Jaya untuk menghentikan mereka (MPPJ) dan mereka kena selesaikan masalah bayaran gaji dan sebagainya,” – MB Selangor
- Utusan (05/10/06)

Then again, this year FAM sekali lagi face problem to pay allowance to our national player. The national Under-23 players have not been paid their daily allowance of RM50 for January and February.

"As much as we want to play, this problem is on my mind, I am supposed to send some money back to the family, as my mother needs it for her medical treatment… I am hoping that my State coach will play me in the Super League, so that I can get some bonuses and settle the medical bills" - U-23 player
- NST (11/03/07)

Maybe I not aware but as far as I know BAM and SRAM never face problem to pay allowance to their player and official. FAM received millions of ringgit from government and sponsors still failed to manage their financial properly and act professionally regarding this issue. Public always blame player when they failed to perform and win any tournament. We ignoring their problem and welfare then kita harapkan mereka bersungguh-sungguh berjuang untuk negara, adil ke?

I seriously afraid what happen to hockey akan berjangkit ke bolasepak atau sukan-sukan lain. Player seperti Shuhaimi Ibrahim bersara awal kerana mewakili negara tidak cukup untuk menampung keluarga. Sedih kan.

Cuba fikirkan ini pula:

Most sports association yang managed by Chinese or at least ada few Chinese terlibat will experience less problem, such like; squash, swimming, badminton.

Compare to bolasepak, sepak takraw, olahraga, golf yang always make headlines for wrong reason.

Ada kaitan ke kebetulan je?

Update (15/03/07):

Malaysia kalah 1-2 kepada Jepun. From live telecast via Astro Supersport semalam, nampaknya our boys dah bagi yang terbaik. Tapi kenapa armband bertukar tangan?

Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong, 2007 All England Champion

Today newspaper will again full with those two happy faces. Their success will overshadow our single player failure in particular Lee Chong Wei. But as everybody agrees, we prefer cheerful compare to bad news, right?

If anyone here happens to have contact with those two, please ask them to meet Nicol David and learn how to maintain their composer and down to earth attitude. Because now the world of badminton starts watching them with all the respect they can possibly imagine. After just 6 months playing together they already won 3 major titles and beat all top double players around.

Nicol have so many similarities with both of them. They young, take the world of the sport by storm also use speed and youth energy as their main weapon. So, I really hope somebody will let Nicol teach them a few lesson how to handle success and fame. I personally met Nicol a number of occasions and I can tell you guys she one of the nicest person I ever met. If Koo and Tan manage to follow Nicol’s footsteps they will become badminton legend. They are no player in the world manage to accomplished what they already won so early in their career.

Last night they end Malaysian 25 years wait for All England title. All England is the oldest badminton tournament in the world. Some believe All England is bigger than Olympic and even World Championship in term of prestige. Koo and Tan won it without drop any single game…!

More about All England: here

I also found interesting trivia about them. They share same birthday, 18 September. Not sure the accuracy of that info, I found it from wikipedia. But one thing for sure by looking at their age, they have very bright future ahead. Hope nobody will let Koo and Tan mingle with Hafiz Hashim, we just don’t want to see another ‘one night stand’.

Update:
Everybody start puji dua anak muda ini. Pemimpin-pemimpin negara, Azalina, Ong Ka Ting, MSN even Pak Lah.

"Kita dapat semula apa yang kita hilang 25 tahun lepas… Saya amat gembira kerana mereka menang. Saya cuba menelefon mereka. Agak mengejutkan, Perdana Menteri tidak dapat menghubungi mereka" – komen/gurauan dari Pak Lah di petik oleh Bernama

Sekarang aku bertambah takut, even Pak Lah praise them that high. Please, someone must help them to tight their leg firmly on the ground. Tapi pelik juga kan, Pak Lah tak dapat contact mereka. Errmm… aneh tapi benar, sapa yang bodoh kat sini?

Update 13/03/07:

"We were caught by surprise when told that the prime minister was on the line and wanted to speak to us. I thanked the prime minister for his support and taking the time to call us," said Koo. - NST

Bernama cakap tak dapat contact, NST tulis dapat contact… aduhai… lawak betul.

Entertaining Stuff - Chris Sligh & Craig Bellamy

Imagine a guy with Jack Black personality but have a wonderful voice of Josh Groban (maybe not that good, yet). Locally, just like Harith Iskandar with Anuar Zain vocal quality. Cool right? Sound like too good to be true?

Enter Chris Sligh. He is very funny young man but indeed extremely talented dalam bidang nyanyian. Yesterday I bumped into one website and happen to watch his American Idol audition. Memang betul-betul lucu, with serious face he said he believe he look likes Cristina Aguilera, and the main objective he try his luck dalam American Idol is to make David Hasselhoff (Baywatch) cry one more time. Since last season, camera caught Hesselhoff menangis masa concert final. Isn’t that cool? Luckily, last night I watched his performance, not just Paula and Randy love his superb singing ability and powerful voice but he also managed to insult Simon Cowell with Teletubbies joke…Hahahaha. Ryan Seacrest betul-betul suka tengok contestant kenakan Simon. To be honest, semua orang suka, kan.

To share with my entire friend here, I placed clip from his audition. I never put on YouTube or any other video dalam Aku Betul...! I proudly break the inclination for Chris Sligh, truly.. The next American Idol.

Cute kan dia? hahahaha....Memang menghiburkan...Talking about entertaining, watching Steven Gerrard and friends beat Ronaldinho's ass memang best pagi tadi. The fact that Benitez masukkan Riise and Bellamy walaupun mereka bergaduh di padang latihan truly show how professional Liverpool as football club compare to Rijkaard yang still tidak mahu guna Semuel Eto’o selepas comment panas beliau.

News from Soccernet:

Bad Boys On Target

“It Was Our Destiny” – Bellamy and Riise

You'll Never Walk Alone

“Liverpool FC announced on Tuesday that the Board has agreed the terms of an offer for the Club from Mr. George Gillett and Mr. Tom Hicks. The Board is unanimously recommending that the Club’s shareholders accept this offer.” – Liverpoolfc.tv

For those who not familiar with European football, allow me to say something. There, almost all football clubs is a business organization. They have shareholders, board of director, CEO and of cause manager. Players are just their employees and life assets. Some clubs are public listed company. So, if anybody successfully bought majority of the share, consider they own the club. After Man Utd and Aston Villa, now Liverpool turns to be own by American billionaire. But most club from Spain and some in Italy still run as association basis, where members of the association will elect one president for each agreed term, for example for every 4 years there will election to choose president of the club.

Few comment related to the takeover:

“I believe this is a great step forward for Liverpool, its shareholders and its fans. This club is my passion and forms a huge part of my life. After much careful consideration, I have agreed to sell my shares to assist in securing the investment needed for the new stadium and for the playing squad” - David Moores, ex-Chairman of Liverpool FC

“Liverpool is a fantastic club with a remarkable history and a passionate fan base. We fully acknowledge and appreciate the unique heritage and rich history of Liverpool and intend to respect this heritage in the future….We are particularly pleased that David Moores and Rick Parry will have a continuing involvement in the Club. For us continuity and stability are keys to the future.” - George Gillett and Tom Hicks, co-Chairman of Liverpool FC

"The future is exciting….We've heard a lot about the finances and the resources, but the one thing I can promise is that it's going to be a lot of fun” – Rick Parry, Chief Executive Liverpool FC

"They are successful businessmen and they realize the real business of a football club is the business of the first team…..They recognized they need to change a lot of things. There are some aspects of Liverpool which must also remain the same, but it's clear where we can improve.” – Rafa Benitez, Manager, Liverpool FC

I can’t find any comments from Liverpool FC Captain, Steven Gerrard. I believe local lad like him surely will not happy for the idea of his club will be own by American businessman instead of Liverpudlian (David Moores family). There are one comment made by Xabi Alonso to represent players of the club, maybe Gerrard busy with international duty and reporter can't find him. Not even LFC official website, weird.

As a foreign Kop, I hope Liverpool will continue the tradition of incredible passion and pride of the greatest football club ever in history of football.

Who Mr. George Gillett and Mr. Tom Hicks? Read their 1^st interview with Liverpoolfc.tv here.

Sukan Sikit

1. Malaysia kalah kepada Singapore 4-5, penalti.
2. All our player out from Super Series Korean Open
3. Sharapova demolished by superb Serena.
4. Federer menang lagi.

Boring nak cerita pasal sukan. The only thing aku nak cakap, we can’t kutuk our football player. They already gave everything to beat Singapore. We just have to admit lady luck not on our side. But why on earth Norizan pick youngster Khyril to take crucial last penalty kick? He should choose player paling pengalaman, budak tu tahu if he failed Singapore akan menang, he just crack under tremendous pressure.

Sport Updates Lagi...

Australian Open

At least half of my prediction is true. FedEx and Sharapova both in the final. I just can’t believe Serena William managed to make a noticeable comeback as early as 1^st major of the year. We all knew when she at her best, she be able to beat anybody, hopefully not this time. Sharapova just too hot to be on the losing side. But why she wears same dress untuk setiap round? Boring betul.

Aku juga tidak faham how come Nadal kalah quarter final. He looks fit and strong as ever, maybe just another bad day at office. Talking about bad day, Andy Roddick knows everything about it. Kesian dia semalam, the whole arena laughing after the match when commentator asked Federer why he whacked Roddick 6-4, 6-0, 6-2. Fellow Malaysian also makes a headlines yesterday kat Australian Open. Associated Press photographer, Vincent Thian experienced a piece of Roddick mind, bila Roddick lepaskan geram and baling racket almost hit him. Nasib baik nobody injured. Hahahaha…

Ronaldo

He used to be the best striker in the world. After 17 years old young boy introduced by Bobby Robson at PSV, rest of the world witness another Brasilian talent unearth for us to enjoy. Semua orang tahu kejayaan yang dia miliki, world cup, FIFA world player of the year, Champ League dan banyak lagi. Within next few days, he will wear AC Milan jersey. The interesting parts adalah, he the only player yang pernah dan akan bermain with 2 biggest rival club in the world football.

Barcelona – Real Madrid and Inter Milan – AC Milan

Barcelona snatched dia dari PSV before he move to Inter Milan. After Inter help him with his long term injury problem he snub them by signing for The Galaticos. Barcelona’s fan yang pernah sayang dia start to hate him a lot before the arrival of Ronaldinho. Now, he will again give another reason for Inter’s fan to hate him, by accepting AC Milan offer. Sama macam Khalid Jamlus, pindah dari Perak ke Selangor last 2 seasons. Then after 1 ½ years tak score a single goal semasa memakai jersey merah kuning, Perak dengan penuh kebodohan offer him a contract to partner Keita Mandjou. Stupid…!

Korean Open

All the best to Roslin, Hafiz, Chong Wei, Koo – Tan and Tan Fook – Wan Wah yang qualified to quarter final. Sayang sebab only one of our double will be in the semis. This Super Series draw kadang-kadang menyakitkan hati juga. Roslin sudah mula menampakan hasil dari training (or sparring) kat club di Denmark.

Harimau Mengembek… Singa Berkokok...

Masing-masing menggunakan mascot yang ganas, but to be honest both team failed to lift up to their nick name and entertain supporters masa game hari tu. Strikers Malaysian umpama kambing yang cuma pandai membuat bising tanpa sebarang hasil. The whole Singapore team pula sememangnya telah diayamkan oleh pasukan Malaysia. Ramai dah tahu, game tu Malaysia main cantik, we control the flow and as I stated in my previous posting, Singapore love to defend deep. Cuma striker kita failed to convert all the golden or half chances and our midfielder pun have no confident to test Lionel Lewis. Just a fluke shot from Hardi menghasilkan 1^st goal.

“Tidak terlintas langsung di fikir pemain tengah kebangsaan, Hardi Jaafar sepakan lencong dari sudut kiri berjaya…” – Harian Metro

Aku admit aku a bad loser, difficult for me to accept team yang aku sokong tewas atau gagal meraih kemenangan. I will try to find excuse to blame other parties for the defeat. I don’t know bagus atau tidak sifat tu, but sememangnya aku sukar menerima kekalahan. So, ada beberapa perkara yang aku tidak puas hati berkenaan perlawanan tersebut.

Antaranya:

1. Why AFF choose referee from China since Singapore ada import Chinese to play for them, their midfielder Shi Jiayi, play for Young Lions dalam S-League. Although nothing much to say about his decision that night, but as I mention earlier I will find all kind of excuse to protect my team. Maybe, Chinese referee will bias to Chinese player.
2. Two occasions, Hairuddinn jatuh dalam kotak penalty Singapore, referee takes no action at all. If he believes no fault committed by Deniel Bennett, he should show yellow card to Hairuddin, since obviously Hairuddin claim for the call.

I also can’t understand why Norizan tidak menggunakan youngsters like Khyril Muhameen and Saramsak on the early stage of the game? The Kedah duo really made an impact when Norizan send them in. Compare to Eddy Helmi and Nizarudin Yusuf, pemain muda ini lebih laju and not afraid to make a gamble move.

Last match Singapore tidak boleh gunakan khidmat their creative import midfielder, Mustafic Fahrudin, sebab suspended. Then returns leg nanti, they will be without their captain Aide Iskandar, since hari tu kena kad merah. Damn stupid la dia ni. Harian Metro confidently said referee punish him sebab ‘curi masa’ dengan pura-pura injured, possible juga. But I believe dia kena kad sebab he stupid enough to enter the playing field after he got his ‘treatment’ without referee’s permission. Masa dia angkat tangan untuk masuk padang, dia tak sedar yang dia dah few meters inside the playing field. Stupid…!

Saturday nanti maybe Radojko Avramovic akan convert Fahrudin to partner Precious Emuejeraye in the heart of their defend, since they have no establish central defender selain Bennett yang lebih diperlukan di sebelah kiri. Hope our strikers boleh beat these new combination and produce goals yang akan membuatkan penyokong mereka senyap.

Tahniah kepada Penyokong Selangor yang berjaya menghidupkan suasana stadium dengan gendang dan paluan kompang. On the way balik, I also witness bus with plate number AFQ 5898. Penyokong Perak, datang dari Ipoh just to support Malaysia, cool..! Seronok tengok die hard fan Perak and Selangor berpadu tenaga support Malaysia, mereka ini selalunya macam anjing and kucing. (sapa kucing sapa anjing?)

Berita Pasal Player Muda Kita Training kat EPL: here (Harian Metro)

RM550, 000.00..!

Many parties offer cash money for our national team to win tonight match and also to win the AFF Championship. Happy to watch still banyak pihak menyokong bolasepak tempatan. Lebih setengah juta ringgit menanti pasukan kebanggsaan jika mereka berjaya menewaskan Singapore dan Thailand (tidak mungkin Vietnam). Easy calculation, each player will get around RM22,000..! 22K for two matches, I can’t figure out any other good reason for the player to give 100% to win the championship. Semua orang suka duit... kan..

National Team Promises Hefty Reward - TheStar

Habuan Menanti Pasukan Malaysia - Utusan

Kalau jenis yang suka kritik kerajaan, surely we can say why we want to waste a lot of money to our footballers, since we already ‘pay’ them a lot. Their monthly salary lebih dari pengarah jabatan kerajaan or manager dalam sector corporate. Lebih baik that half a million we donate to mangsa banjir. For me, aku tidak peduli, any effort to support our football team or any other sport aku tidak akan kutuk. Plus, that money dikumpulkan oleh private sector, not government. Lagipun tabung untuk banjir yang di usahakan oleh pelbagai pihak sudah meghampiri 10 juta ringgit. Pada mereka yang tidak puas hati, pergi berlatih and try represent our country in any sports.

Aku betul-betul teruja dengan game malam ini. Harap Malaysis boleh perform and beat Singapore at least with 2 goals margin. But aku sakit hati bila orang cakap kita mesti kalah tonight. I not sure they say like that just because dah putus harapan dengan pasukan kebangsaan. Ada officemate aku yang betting dengan aku Singapore akan belasah Malaysia. Geram betul …. Dia predict Malaysia akan kalah, ok la.. aku boleh faham, but how come he willing to put his money on Singapore? Kalau boleh aku nak minta dia pergi ambil peperiksaan kerakyatan (Malaysia ada ke such thing?).

Singapore surely will play a little defensive tonight, not because they play away from home, but memang cara main mereka sebegitu. Their backline consist of 3 foreign imports, that’s shows how defensive they are. Maybe everybody blind by their 11 goal trashing of Laos. People start to say striker Tampines Rovers, Nor Alam Shah adalah forward paling power kat South East Asia. Total bullshit….! Aku malas cakap banyak, aku confident Khaisonisam and friends will make us proud tonight. Winger Kedah, Khyril Muhaimeen will make Deniel Bennet look stupid with his dazzling run and tricky footwork.

To those yang interested to support Malaysia all the way to Kota Singa this weekend, Kelab Penyokong Bola Sepak Selangor (SSFC) arrange a trip with 10 buses. We only have to pay RM45.00 for bus and stadium ticket. Tidak la mahal sangat.

Jemputan SSFC - Utusan

Contact Numbers:

Mohd. Nasir Yunus 012-3209207

Azahari Musa 012-2873299

Zulfakar Asmuni 019-3933979

Abu Hassan Ariffin 016-9760002

Kudos to SSFC for their initiative, memang dari dulu lagi SSFC active support Malaysia and Selangor soccer in particular. I still remember masa zaman kegemilangan Selangor, they have all kind of shirt, souvenirs sampai discount card with their logo.

Tapi kelab penyokong Kejor Yob Kejor pun tidak kurang hebat. www.yob4ever.com adalah website kelab penyokong paling popular di Malaysia. Hooorey..!