Monday, August 25, 2008

Boon or Bane

Heard over radio while driving to work this morning:-
BAN ON FOREIGN PROS IS SET TO STAY!

Ohhh big deal..local league anyway, wasn't overtly paying attention though..hehe but at least it's not a Flip Flop decision.
and then, reasons cited :-
  1. Foreign strikers hogged the goalscoring chart
  2. Most of foreign pros were bad signings etcetera,

and a few other meek reasons, can't remember it...erk, feel like turning off the radio. Sickening!

To the state FAs and the bigwigs,

Whose fault is it when the foreign pros you signed turned to be an accidental limping tourist?

A lesser version of Pini Zahavi mischievous act or the non existence of talent scouts network? or keeping up with the spirit 'biar papa asal bergaya'?

To start with, who is of a sound mind wants to ply their trade in Malaysia if they can cut it in Europe's big leagues or in Asian continent, Japan and Korea? If they are that good, zero chance they will slip the grasp of vulture like football agents scattered over the lesser continent like Africa. The young pros would be shipped and nurtured in smaller leagues like Belgian and French, cutting their teeth waiting to be discovered and paid a ransom in EPL, La Liga or Serie A. Some might make it, some don't. So, obviously those who did touch our shores were a bunch of leftovers, unwanted, discarded...any other name you may want to put across....and after that, classify them as mediocre.

They were already MEDIOCRE when you signed them. Good players command hefty salary which is out of reach for most state FAs. So they sign a cheap player and what do they get? 5 star performance? Well...kindly do the math.

and for crying out loud, even Leeds United which went into administration paid the salaries on time.........didn't they?

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