Sunday, August 3, 2008

Foreign players can pack their underwear and go.

The FA of Malaysia (FAM) Council decided that Malaysian are never able to compete against the best of World Football so they are forcing all foreign players in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) to go from next season onwards.

FAM deputy president Khairy Jamaluddin admitted that the MSL had failed to meet its objectives since its launch in 2004 and blame those foreign players for failing to contribute positively to the growth of Malaysian football. This is blaming *his inability shits on the hard floor!*

He also said that most of the foreign players were not of high standard and failed to draw in the crowds. I don’t understand how the hell did he graduate from Oxford? If Malaysian want to see quality foreign players, they would rather watch Europe league. I who watch local league want to see how my local mates are doing!

FAM shut out foreign players from 1999 to 2001 because the foreign players then were of very high standard and had put the local players in the shade. I was playing as a reserve for Sabah then and the coach instruction is to pass to the foreign players and let them do the stuff!

Now… the story different pulak!

KJ should have admitted that the main reasons for doing without foreign players are the poor financial management of State Football Association. As an ex-state player, I know how this State Management guys run the association, they run it like a government department with that *tak ape* attitude! Always expecting extra *BONUS* from the state government, don’t our tax money got better use than feeding those half past six so called pro players?

Malaysia Football name is very *busuk* not only because of corruption cases but also non-payment of salaries to foreign players. Some ten years ago, a Terrengganu Foreign player commits suicide after failing to receive payment from his employee! That’s the highlight of Malaysia football aside from the corruption scandal!

KJ even stated Anti Corruption Agency believed that AFRICAN PLAYERS are involved in match fixing! Bloody racist… Why should he only mention *AFRICAN* instead of Foreign!

It is not uncommon for foreign players to be released after just two or three matches or be kept on the sidelines for an entire season.

The last case of unprofessional conduct involved Ivan Ziga, a Slovakian player who plays for Sarawak FA. Ivan Ziga claims his contract was terminated nine-months early without any explanation. He also claimed he was not paid. He took his plight to the Football Association of Malaysia but received no reply until Ivan Ziga threatened to take the case to FIFA.

Ivan Ziga's case is not uncommon in Malaysia, with most other cases involving African players who are either not paid or left stranded when their contracts are terminated early without any proper explanation given by teams.


http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2008/8/3/sports/21994349&sec=sports

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